Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17
Kramer and Lorenz Enter Pro-
test for Second Money.
FOGLER AND CLARKE WIN
Victors Cover ais Miles and Nine
Laps in 142 Hours.
THRONG WITNESSES FINISH
Madison Square Garden Packed as
Six-Day Bicycle Contest Comes
to a Close.

NEW YORK. December 16-"Joe"
FoeIer of Brooklyn and Jackie" Clarke
OF Melbourne. Australia. won the six
DAY bicycle race, which ended at 10
clock tonight in Madison square Gar
! den The Foglcr-C larkc team finished
one lap ahead OF six other teams. which
were punched in tie for second place.
| IN" finish. before throng which
packed the big garden. lacked the cx-
! cltement that has attended the wind up
| of siX-day races in recent years, when
| victory was decided by a mile sprint
between members of teams tied for the
lead as the bell rang for the close Of
the contest. Fogler and Clarke prac-
tically won the race at an early hour
this morning, when a series of sensa-
tional spirits resulted in their gaining
| d lap on the entire field.
| The advantage thus gained was held
by the leaders to the finish tonight al
though many attempts were made by
the second division teams to regain the
ground lost in the early morning
| jams
Team Pedals ais Miles.
| Foger and Clarke won the race by
pedaling 2,71S miles and laps in the
| 142 hours of the contest To the six
teams Immediately following, 2.71S miles
and 8 laps were credited. The winners
were eighteen miles and two laps behind
the record Of ,, 1871 miles and lap made
by Mcfarland and Moran in 1908. The
| final score was follows:
Fogler and Clarke, 2,7ls miles o laps;
| Kramer and Moran. Halstead and Dro-
bach, Pye and Collins. Cameron and
Nagin. Demara and Lawrence, Lorenz
and Saldow, 2,71S miles laps; Hill and
Redel 2.71S miles laps; Georget and
Brocco, 2.717 miles; LapZe and Van
| Houwaert, 2.717 miles laps.
| Frank Kramer of East Orange, n. j.,
| the national sprint champion, and James
| Moran of Chelsea, Mass. were the second
for his team in a sprint, in which he, with
Drobach. LorenZ, Magin, Lawrence and
Pye, were nominated to represent their
teams-all tied lap behind the winners
to decide the six places after the first.
The final one-mile sprint was from d
standing start Kramer took the lead in
the third lap. cutting out a fast pace
| until the sixth lap, when Magin punctured
| a tire and the race was stopped.
Kramer and Lorenz Protest
Kramer for time refused to go on,
claiming that the bell was rung for the
| final lap, and he in the lead. Kramer
finally put in a written protest to the ref
cree and agreed to start.
After delay of an hour they We're sent
away Lorenz did not start. claiming that
he rode ten laps to Kramers nine and
declaring that he won second money. He
put in protest. The five men finished as
follows:
Kramer, Lawrence, Drobach, Magin
and Pye.
The order of standing Of the first six
teams thus is:
Fogler and Clarke.
Kramer and Moran.
Demara and Lawrence
Halstead and Drobach.
Cameron and Magin.
Pye and Collins.
Attendance Breaks All Records.
More interest was shown by the gen.
eral public in this years race than in any
in years. the attendance breaking all rec
ords In one particular it was unique, and
this was that only one lap was stolen
during the week-and that one the lap
that gave the lead and ultimate vicory
to Fogler and Clarke and effectually dis
posed of the Frank kramer-Jimmy Moran
team, regarded a the most dangerous ri
walls of the Brooklynite and the Austria
liam
Compared with the cyconic sprnts dur
ing the week, and particularly the heart
breaking jams which decided the race,
the work of the men for the greater part
of the final day was very tame. The
strain of the weeks grind showed plainly
on every one of the riders.