Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-08
NO BIG SPRINTS CAUSE
CHANGES In SIX-DAY RACE
An Hour Before Noon Teams We're Away Behind
Records and Falling Farther Talk
Of Rutt and Clarke leaning.

TT HERE was no change in the rela-
tive standing of the ten re-
naming teams in the six-day
race at IL o'clock this morning. At that
hour the leading seven teams had
Travelled 1876 miles and s laps. against
h record of 1928 miles and Q laps.
1t was still the ~listless grind, far be-
hind the record at 10 O'Clock this morn
ing. The three squads in the same
relative positions had Travelled 1861
miles, and the first seven teams had
made two laps, the second squad one
lap and the Rutt and Stol combination
were even at the mile mark. The record
for that hour is 1910 miles and 8 laps.
At 9 o'clock this morning the distance
covered by the leading teams was 1544
miles end 2 laps. The second squad
was still one lap behind and Rutt and
Sto1 had done nothing to retrieve their
two lost circuits. The record for that
hour is 1888 miles and 9 laps.
Although the monotony of the grind
around the saucer track was relieved
by several spirited sprints there was
no parallel in the early hours today
for the exciting moments of yesterday,
when the big shake-up occurred among
" AaCA6 A III NC0hA1 A0[% 80
garden contest contented themselves
for the most part with a slow pace
that resulted In the teams this morn
ing being miles behind the best figures
for previous contests. The easy going
was evidently helping to keep the men
In trim, and SO far as could be OBJ
served nearly all Of them were in ex-
cellent condition. The one exception
$500 VIy.Ifr-. H. D-~1 ItrA. fnar~
who fell and sprained his ankle dur
ing the night. He came out at inter-
walls this morning to relieve his part
ner, and was shown consideration by
the other cyclists under Moran's lead
ership, several of them taking turns
In helping him around the track.
Riding along forty-eight miles and
two laps behind the record at s o'clock
this morning, the six-day racers had
covered only 1,b26 miles and s laps.
against the record of 1,575 miles. There
was no relative change in the posi-
tons OF the teams since the sprints OF
yesterday morning. when the tapping
of Clarke-MacFarland and West and
Demara and the double tapping Of
Rutt and stol took place.
The members of the Australian team,
Ernie Pye and Gordon Walker, gave
an exhibition of grit and gameness
last night which has seldom, If ever.
been equalied In a six-day race Early
in the evening Walker was seriously in
jured in a spill, when he and Mitten
were damned on the Madison ven
turn, and was carried from the track
In an unconscious condition. His part
ner, Pye, Immediately took his place
and rode for three hours straight, dur
ing which time he managed to keep VI
to the field In three fast spirits, tr
which members OF the other teams
were constantly relieving each other.
Walker was carried to the track by
his trainers shortly after l o'clock and
placed on his wheel to relieve his
WORKOUT partner. He vas scarcely
able to walk. but he managed to keep
en- his wheel and up with the rest OF
the riders long enough to give his
side-psrtner a much needed rest. 1t
is doubtful whether his injuries viii
allow him to complete the SIX days.
His ankle is badly wrenched, and his
back is sprained.
Apparently Rutt and Stol are biding
their time. waiting fer a suitable OPP
%portunity to cut loose. In an effort to
regain the two lost laps. All of the
riders were wide-awake a night, and
at the least sign Of a sprint the whole
field jumped.
The consensus OF opinion among
New York scribes is that P. T.. Powers
has not secured enough foreigners pos
sessing class for this years six-day
race. There is not an italian In the
big event, and the SOM OF sunny Italy
were always big supporters of the
game. Then. too, the withdrawal OF
the French teams and the tapping OF
Rutt and Stol has had a big effect on
keeping down the attendance early in
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