New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-16

Riding at a terrific pace, eight OF the
eleven teams still left in the six-day blcy-
Gle race at Madison Square Garden, bat
tied along on even terms last night At II
o'clock, the 18th hour, new record was
established Lapize and Van Houwaert
and Georget and Brocco lost a lap in a
wild sprint led by Hill early last evening
The foreigners have shown signs OF weak
enng for the last twenty-four hours, and
the other teams have allowed them little
rest
Palmer and Wells withdrew from the race
after 1890 o'clock this morning They lost
a lap just before midnight.
A big crowd filled the Garden prepared
to stay until the end at 10 o'clock tonight.
At o'clock there were three thousand
persons i'm the arena. and the crowd grew
at every hour BY 10 o'clock fully eight
| thousand were in the house few tickets
| have found their way into the hands of
| spectators and were snapped up at almost
double their face value.
! Between 10 and II o'clock there were at
| least twelve fights in different parts of the
house. The most serious row occurred on
the 18th street side About twenty men
were involved. and chairs we're thrown by
/ several OF the combatants. one man,
whose name could not be ascertained was
taken out in bad condition by his friends.
! \ riotous band Of thugs and crooks made
! the Garden their rendezvous throughout
the night, and a lght-fingered band of
| pickpockets made rich haul from sleep
! ing occupants of the boxes. one man was
robbed Of s75. and when he opened his
mouth he was set upon and badly beaten
by the men he accused of robbing him.
The special policemen tried TO clear out
the Garden at o'clock yesterday morning.
/ but to no avail. The insurrectos were in
an ugly, mood and refused point blank to
move an inch. The specials were directed
to the River Styx and other places and
advised to hire a hall" No effort to use
force was made and a recurrence of Thurs
! days battle was averted
Gambling games of various descriptions,
| from craps to three-card monte were in
operation yesterday evening. and the sure
thing" gentry found broad field for their
! operations.
! The riders were a badly bruised and bat
tered lot as the result Of frequent falls, and
some continued on their grit alone Saldow.
Of the German team, is suffering from a
fractured rib on his left side Or. Cox
examined the man and advised him to quit
| the race, but the German had his side
wrapped in heavy bandages and after three
hours gamely, or fooishly, resumed. He
relieved the tired Lorenz. who had ridden
TO- ,hraz hoI,l a.,
the sprlnts although in great pain. The
team is making a good showing under the
| heavy handicap.
Stein and Thomas were forced To quit the
race at Al o'clock yesterday afternoon.
stein has suffered from bronchitis for the
last two days, but with a remarkable dis
play of grit he continued 10 ride. Finally
! his throat became so bad that he was I'M
| able to 20 on, and at the advice of his ply
| stefan gave IL up Thomas rode alone for
more than three hours. and just before he
left the track for the last time he led the
pack in wild dash which lasted for half
a dozen laps. AS he eased down he was
| wildly cheered by the crowd, who appreci-
ated his remarkable display of courage.
\ charge OF foul riding was entered
against Jimmy Moran. Of the Kramer
Moran team by Brocco. the popular little
| italian rider. and. i'm the opinion of those
who witnessed the scene, should have been
upheld At 80 o'clock Fred Hill led one
of his frequent sprints in an effort to get
back that lost lap. Brocco shot after him.
and. riding like a fend. took the lead.
! IIlll again passed into the van, however.
with Brocco and Moran hot on his heels.
I.,
shot down and. hitting Broccos rear wheel,
! hurled him to the boards. Moran went over
! the wreck and barely missed hitting Brocco.
/ The latter escaped unhurt, but Moran
wrenched his leg. Brocco then lodged a
| COMPLAINT against Moran, but was unable
70 prove his charge, and the judges dis
missed the case. The crowd. resented the
action. and Moran was roundly booted when
! he came on the track
There is so much stalling and laying back
for punctures and other trihng causes that
the committee passed ruling yesterday as
/ follows:
after y o'clock Friday. noon. December
II in case OF a tire puncture or other acct
dent 10 wheel other than falI me rlder
r,uet secure another wheel or nave the one
he is riding put into proper condition and
he on the track within fifteen laps from the
time the accident occurred, or be relieved
by his partner within the fifteen laps pre-
/ scribcd ANY violation of this rule will re-
suit I'm the loss of a lap or fine. at the dis
erection of the board OF referees
| shortly after ! o'clock Moran broke his
wheel and Kramer took the track fourteen
laps after the accident occurred. The lat
ter at once started sprint but on the
fourth lap Wells fell and Stein tumbed
over him Neither was hurt
The irrepressible Fred Iill led one of the
greatest spirits of the race shortly after
o'clock last evening. and as a result Georget
and Brocco and Lapl2e and Won Houwaert
were Tapped Fogler and Clarke were saved
only through an error Of the officials VINO
decided that Clarke had picked Fogler up,
when In reality he started far ahead and
then rode with the pack, In direct violation
Of the rules. Palmer and Wells made vio-
lent protest, but the officials smiled In
superior way and dismissed the complaint
Hardly had the riders settled To saner
pace when Drobach went out at the head Of
a mad dash and for over mile held his
lead. Close at his heels the bunch tore,
while seven thousand fans" roarcd and
chccrcd themselves hoarse Slowly Georget
and I.aplze dropped back. and after half
mile more DIobach AMI Ilalstead. riding In
relays. pulled up on them. The foreigners
were tired out and just after the bunch
shot 10y them Georget came "A nasty IAN
on the Fourth avenue turn. He fell down
the track and hit the railings In front OF
the press stand with crash. He was
picked up badly dazed and carried TO his
quarters Brocco soon relieved him and
the race continued.