New-York tribune., 1910-12-11
ROOT AND MORAN SCORE
cantllre First Prize in Final
Dash of Six-Day Cycle Race.
GARDEN PACKED TO DOORS
Clarke and Rutt Make Up Three
Laps, but Fail in One
Mile Sprint.


80 Foo, rode against Jackie Clarke. Joe
- s-d Patrick O'SulIivan Hehir.
r.. line for TIE extra mile was min
.s 57-5 seconds Clarke was second,
-7or7e- third and Fehir fourth Root won
r. half wheel II a desperate finish.
-bA four teams who were tied for the
had after lss hours Of continuous riding
povered 25s5 miles and laps,
The four men picked 20 settle a siX-day
-sce with a ore-uaile sprint ioafed along
4o- : time Not until the beginning of
ne 7fth Ian vas there any show of speed.
ID "a that time Root led, with Clarke.
F-ogfer and Hehir II close order. Then
q the --irn Of the Fourth avenue bank
Clarke shot high and tried 70 pass Root
Thai sent the four away Ike frightened
rabbits Hungry for s sensation. the lusty
lungs Of the thousands started noise that
rzid Tot cease uutl. long after The contest
was over.
Clarke found l. impossible o pass Root
TIE latter clunE to the pole with des-
seration. Clarke rode higher VI. Pedal as
n would he could not force his front
wheel IN front Of the New Yorker, al
though Tapped OF him Al Lhe finish. The
rfdInS vas furious IT the he'd lap. All took
chances that threatened accident Happily
none occurred. The only change in the
original positions a. which the mile was
begun was 1haT FoG1er succeeded in lifting
Ais wheel an inch o. TWO ahead Of EIehiT' :
" rs To capture third place.
ArcordiuE TO the rules framed TO govern
she race. Of which the present marked
rhe eighteenth holding. the remaining
teams we're placed according 20 their 20
sftions Up - the last dash ". /. Mtten
an LLOYD Thomas. tho Western pair. TOOK
sIf-h place. Fred West and Walter De
Mara. the Native Son team. sixth. with
George Cameron and Alfred HaIstead- the
toast-to-Ccast team. seventh. The other
righr pairs had dropped out during the
progress II the race
The prize money viii be paid over 20 the
teams tomorrow Root and Moran VIII
s-ceive sl.5n0. Rutt and Clarke. $1,000; Fog
ser and Hill $500: Hehir and Goulle,. 500:
CIit1en and Thomas. S4ae: West and De
Mara. $50. and Cameron and Haistead $50
shortly before the last mile AIiJTen and
RGt- alteTuated Y speeding around The
au-c had some STIFF tits. Mitten was bent
anon riclinz Up the lap that would give
Jim z piace in the final. All ne accom-
slizhed however vas 70 work the crowd
s1to 2 feverish state
-sJ-tSi6e the Garden things were as lively
Hs within On 7he 9th street side Of the
building near Fourth avenue the police
guard allowed numbers Of the street crowd
- scauper Up the iron fre escapes Once
I'd they disappeared in the windows. II is
believed that Il vas some q rne specra-
Sors Who cot in in This ular1er that Just
before the final mile removed tho electric
a7uIhs from the overhead lights and threw
rherr OF the tracks, where The explosions
taused q u7oY,ertary disturbance
Altogether the dash that brought the
race TO al end was only q duplication Of
-he sensational sprInring in which Clarke
sn5 his partner Rutt. had engaged earlier
IN the dar. Then Clarke and Putt set the
crowd 20 q high pitch Of excitement. in
which II gave vent 10 cheers and veIls that
continued for fully ten minutes by ma king
" the jrree laps that the team was be
bind the leaders + was 4 fast and fUri-
oEs h1J Z redaling. Still l. brought jtE
reward for II landed the patched-up pair
among The riders in front
The first burst OF speed came shortly
AFTER : O'Clock yesterday morning. RIItt
arc Clarke, by tie fastest sort Of riding
managed 20 gain the first of their laps.
The work OF tho two demonstrated how
good they were. and every inch of the way
ooutrfhuted sensational riding. Clarke
opened I'D ard shot n the front. He
gained z quarter lap before the others
woke u. The splendid relief work Of the
TAO made itself felt and il was the de-
re-u1ining factor Clarke finally proved IN
ec1al 10 the task. and the cid order was
Resumed. with The reconstructed team only
tEo laps behind.
After some jockeyi7g n the early morning
Moran started 4 sprint Clarke was after
him OF the jump R11t soon relieved
Clarke and caught Moran At this The
ITO slowed down The pace became so
-TzT fell
scraped his knees. Clarke and Hill then
began 2 TUssle. The bunch finally melted
together again and the weary round cen
fnUed- Playing waiting game. Rutt. who
had replaced Clarke. finally caught the
rest nappfng and secured another lap after
thres minutes Of wonderful riding Fol
lowing this, Rutt and Clarke hy their &C
1lTity in relief work pulled away and ac-
fua-ly gained The third lap that put them
on even terms with the leaders
IN fact. sensational moments were packed
no ne last DAY. The crowd most of the
'-ae vas lighting for places upon the seats
Climbing over each others shoulders, in
Greer that they might not miss a glimpse
" t1e happenings. Floyd MacFa-land the
@leran- vas the centre Of al eyes. II was
re and his knowledge Of inside work ~
'fcie racing that received the credit for
1aH wonderful performance OF Rutt and
'orke N overcoming q three lap lead IN
fsf days time
] hs+ such = thing should hsppen in the
iAst hours OF the race added TO its tense
ness Every one was on tiptoe Now and
men on the track the bitterness Of rivalry
cropped ou1- IL was not 10 be wondered
- livery rider was z the breaking point
Nerves and tenapers were tired and aching
u needed only a little Thing the touching
oi an elbow as the wheels circied the track.
y srouse anger and bring forth flashes Of
temper
Larry IN rhe day -onsiderab bic rouehire.
sInost T-r@stlIng or wheels. followed one
OF these outbreaks Clarke, Jimmy Moran
snc Fred Hin were engaged in il. By a
A44TV~ margin e serious catastrophe was
sFerteo- K was ali due TO the fact that
ine rrspTessiole Clarke would sprint
whether the others wished TO or not
Moran, who had vainIy tried 10 ernbroil
-haefariand before his retirement. set
about the same tactics with Clarke. who
asd been the partner Of the lankv Cali
sornlan veteran. The Australian would not
tinnit- Hill Joined with Moran, and they
iseo every srtifice 10 pocket Clarke
trying TO force his way through. Clarke
ohiy by good management averted a SPILL
5ls path vas made difficult, however, and
pe nnaliy began 10 ride with a desperation
thaf was calculated 10 wreck something
s4Tcre he was through On the y7fh street