New-York tribune., 1910-12-01
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Fourteen Teams Named 10 Start
in Six-Day Cycle Grind
WORKING ON SAUCER TRACK
Diamond Buttons for Umpires
Who omciated in the
Worlds s Series.

The entry list for the eighteenth annual
International six day team bicycle race
which VIII start at Madison Square Garden
one minute after midnight on Sunday. was
closed Yesterday. with fourteen teams card
ed for the week-long grind The riders
have been selected from an application list
OF at least three hundred cyclists. and when
the starting gun is fired it Is the belief Of
the management that the twenty-eight who
Will tight for the biggest prize OF the cycle
racing game are the pick Of three cont
nents America. Europe and Australia.
Every one has proved his worth as
long distance star, many of them have won
in previous six-day gTinds both here and
abroad and the newcomers have been
chosen because Of clever performances on
track and road
The doors viii be thrown open at the Car
den on Sunday night at 7 o'clock and
band concert will entertain the spectators
until the start of the race.
The entries in fun are as follows;
Coast to Coast team-George Cameron.
New York City, ana Alfred HaIstead, san
American-Swedish team-Frank Calvin,
New York City, and Norman Anderson, Co
penhagen.
German Holland team-Wa alter Rutt, Ger
many. and Johann Stol. Holland
French Belgian team-AchllIe German,
France and Francois Nerliden, Belgium
Kangaroo rean-Patrick O'SuIIivan
Hehir New Zealand. and Alfred Gouilet,
Western team-W. L AIitten. Davenport.
Iowa, and Lloyd Thomas. san Francisco
The Pony tean-George Wiley, Syracuse.
y Y, and Percy o Lawrence, san iran
French team-Leon Georget, France. and
Julien POuchois, France
Australian teanl-E. A. Pye, Australia,
ard Gordon Walker. Australia
International tean-FlloEd MacIariand,
irish American ream-Eddie Root. New
York City. and James Moran, Chelsea,
Dixie-Mormon tean1-Bobbv Walthour,
Atlanta. Ca, and Iver Lawson, Salt Lake
Boston-New York team-Joe FogIer.
BROOKLYN. and Fred Hill, Boston. Mass
The Hub tear-Elmer Collins, Boston,
and Peter Dr0bach, Boston.
4 force Of one hundred carpenters took
possession OF the Garden early yesterday
morning and the work Of eTecdEE the huge
saucer track upon which the race viii De
run is 10 be pushed rapidly.
The track will be ready tomorrow after
noon. and Walthour and Collins. who meet
IN ! motor paced race on Saturday night.
and RuJt. Clarke and Kramer who are TO
race for the worlds sprindng champion
ship the same evening. viii give II a thor
ough try-out so soon as il Is finished
President Johnson of the American
League announced yesterday in Chicago
tEat diamond buttons would be given 10
the four uInpires who acted in the world 5
series lust the same for the twenty
three mem bers of the victorious Philadel-
phia teaIl IN the past the nationa- COM
mission has limited the jeweiry 10 the play
ers. the manager and owner of TIE winning
club
This new departure viii provide for EN-
fleTas for Hank O'pay. Charles RigIer,
Tom Connolly and Jack Sheridan. the UNI
hires. as well as for President Ben Shibe,
Connie Mack, manager OF the Athletics
and President Thomas Lynch OF the Ma
fionaI League. The emblems will be Tor
warded to the players and officials within
= few days. according 10 President Johnson.
Io,nuv Evers second baseman OF the
.-i,5-aro Cubs who has had under advise
r7eut proposal 10 coach the Naval
Acadaun-, baseball team a. Annapolis next
enrinc. announced yesterday that he would
,,er accept the offer he will go South win
his team on the regular spring training