New-York tribune., 1910-12-07


-erday IN the six-day cycle race at Medi-
son Square Garden. Only thirteen teams
remained II the grind at 2 late hour last
night Then Eddie Root. OF the Irish-An1er
icau team. wearing IS as his competing
number. contributed largely 70 the sprint
inS which brought two serious spills in its
wake To add 70 the chapter of calamity,
q was Impossible Cor the racers 10 hold 10
+heir record performances. So the second
GAY Of the big race ended with the racers
5ehind the miles and laps esta blisned in
other years
There Vas also another matter which
seemed important during the day. II was
disposed Of in 2 manner 10 settle all dis
rute. however Il was the mooted question
~ % TIE length OF The saucer-shaped track
The allegation that it was far short of the
risrsnce caused The management TO have
= properly surveyed by ". P. Ellison. q
cixiT engineer. After making his survey he
made 2 sworn statement that IL was 52s
feef - The lap a. the pole-or $50 feet re
CURED for the mile of ten LAPS. So all
travelling waz disDelled-
Calvin and Anderson were declared out
Il The race al eight minutes after midnight
eeta- covering 97e miles and laps. AT that
ZINE r7e- we're many laps behind the
leaders
The riders van and weary, showed the
.-=t e~fdances IF the strain from the toTtu-
o1s paco last night. The crowd that packed
ne Garden 70 the extent Of uncomfortable
ness. which was in strange contrast with
-he uipping and eager air OF the wintry
blasts outside. was all too ready TO read
rhe Signs as il goaded the riders on Sprints
were plentiful. Yet each in its way showed
o~ q weakness. Root. with his faunting
thirteen. vas in all Of them
The first Of the stirring bursts Of speed
came about O'Clock. Then the crowd had
settled itself into place. The ee-ly-comers
had become tagged because of the dreary
routine Of circIinS the track Norman An
sierSyr. of the AmeTican-Swedish team,
1hereipon reeled off some fast laps The
ts-he-s pald scant attention until he had
ls1f 3 Ian the lead Frank Calvin. his part
ner relieved him and tried gallanty 10
make il the full lap. That started the fast
riding
4 dozen sizzling circuits OF the track fol-
e.
land pair. eet5ing the pace before the teams
we're al even once more. Not content with
.nis Rurr challenged Floyd AIacFarland.
Who vas trailing at his elbow. and led a
sensational sprint. Calvin could not hold
-7e pace and he lost a lap before relieved
hv Anderson. That rider did no better In
fa-- he went further behind, as Rutt. ever
ready 70 set MacFarland back. II possible,
i.a-.eed the crowd 70 stand Up on the seats
ha <,- -TEr
-co-ched through q score Of laps AS re
,,il- Calvin and Anderson We're distanced.
losing three laps a. each. despite frequent
reIiefs. were unable 10 keep up with the
rIrcling bunch OF riders
A. -he night wore on the signs Of the
strain began TO show itself in many WAYS.
The sensational spirits OF the early even
5rs were not repeated A hurried lap or
-wo a. best was AL the men could do. In
between there was the dull. almost heart
sess grind. always with slackening of Of
-is. r,are The barometer was always fall
5ng falling Ike its TnercuriaI couteTpart
outside in The storn1-riven streets Six good
miles behind the record the thirteen
r,e.ared oll. with the proba bllity that more
would he lost before day dawned again
Get I'D 70 the record. again. That was
thr --v o. the fans as the weary racers
peiaIiod around the saucer track The hold
=
no hours had been surpassed. dwindled
and faded between y O'Clock and noon yes
-e--la- The pace had been too fast At
10 stroke of high noon the teams leading
IN -fse great race were eight laps behind
The t1i-ty-siH-hoUr record OF Cameron and
Kre5Js last year
/ cid not seem as II The human engines
- muscle and bone could hold 70 the per
fo-naace that had added new figures 10
,.ciiuE history. How swiftly the change
.-z-7o MAJ be imagined from the fact that
a. = O'Clock an hour before noon. the
teams we-2 one mile and three laps ahead
q ali previous figures for the great race
4. that time Fehir and Goullet. the Kan
zsroo team. were IN the lead They man
aged - keep The place right through the
-ar1r part of the night despite tho attempts
on he part ~ the others TO dislodge them
Falling behind the record things began
20 happen in the first place PcUchois. Of
,he French team. decided that ne had his
III ~ racing II was with difficulty and a
lsr o. table d hofe conversation that Dr.
Cox got him 10 relieve his team mate,
t..-orzet. shortly before noon. Pouchois had
been on the track a short time when a
SE.f;rr began. which caused the Frenchman
70 lose ground Ge"rEe;. with only short
res. assumed Pouchois's place. He gaInely
tried 20 make NJ the distance In the midst
TIE Withdrawal % Pouchois- This narrowed
The field To thirteen pairs Of grinders The
French Belgian team. composed Of German
and Terlinden withdrew Monday.
The crowd that had sought shelter in
scors from the wrath Of the young and
s-1:~ky blizzard was ike Roman mob. not
20 be lr,peased bv anything short of a
J,jfInE pacs however. They cried out that
the eyclers were lna:ing. and urged them
70 ger IN e-ort OF the record once more
As q result there Was rerttable melee OF
srrintiug- Everybody took = dash. Worked
a-r, to q Wild pitch Of excitement. the crowd
spi-rrcd the cyclers on with cheers and yells
OF approval The crash came shortly after
6 o'clccA-
a.sr5onal team started the disaster by open
ing lsp z squirt from a high plunging ride
an rl;e bank on the e5th street side OF the
t,,sldjrg. He shot down with tremendous
su-st Of srseed Rutt. Moran. Fogier and
she rest followed him Four laps of wild
,-acFny followed as the field trailed Clarke
:, hot pursuit The pace became a furious
,r,e While rounding the Fourth avenue
ss,d Cameron and Hslstead Went down in
. sniH along with Walker and others Hal
.,e.a received a bad cut over his right eve,
tut he was soon up and on his long jour
s~r again