New-York tribune., 1911-12-15

Riding a, pace thar kills. the thirteen
teams left I'm the siX-day race IN Madlsoh
Square Garden climbed close TO new re-
cords last night. once. at o'clock. the
men were three miles ahead of the best
previous score for ninety-two hours, of
l.792 miles and laps, made by Halstead
and Lawrence in 1899. Accidents, however,
caused the men to slip behind and the
ninety-hfth hour found them almost two
miles behind the former mark of 1851 miles
ard laps. While there were some spirited
sprints, steady, fast riding was the order
of the day
The pace, however, has told on the riders,
and the sprints were generally short.
Frank Kramer showed the effect Of the
hard riding, and when he leaped out In a
Wild dash shortly after o'clock he tired
quickly and stopped after four laps. The
sprint resulted IN bad spill. in which
, Pye. Cameron, Wiley and Wells went TO
the floor. Pyes front wheel came off and
he carried the others with him.
The accident alone saved Stein and
Thomas from being Tapped. Both Were
on the track riding hard in the effort tc
hold their place. but were more than halt
lap in the rear, and slowly falling back
when the bell rang
shortly after 10 o'clock Georget started
a squirt. but Pye and Hill soon took the
lead from him and raced away I'm the van
FoRler and Lorenz also went away from
the pack. but on the fourth lap Moran
blew cut tire, and the gritty Calvin fel
with bump. He escaped with a slight
jarring. and the crowd cheercd him as he
remounted his wheel
I'm a sprint just before midnight Lapize
and Van Houwaert were Tapped. Stein and
Gorget were over three-quarters Of a lap
behind, but Calvin fell and put an end ia
the fast riding.
| Several hundred six-day bicycle fans
and score OF special officers engaged in a
wild struggle shortly after o'clock yester-
day morning. There we're probably n thou
sand or more spectators in the Garden at
the time, lazily watching the riders circle
the track, when the management issued
orders 10 clear the house. At the COM
mand of the officers all except about three
/ hundred left the building, but the remainder
stuck 10 their seats and refused tn bulge
an inch for any one. When told a number
Of times TO leave they declared that the
management had no right to drive them out
and force them TO tuy new tickets.
Argument falling TO produce the desired
results. the special policemen tried force.
but here they found more than their match.
Like the six hundred at Balaclava. the de-
voted three hundred at the Garden stood
To their guns. Speciafs TO right OF them.
specials to left Of them. specials I'm front Of
them jabbed, hooked and walloped Was
there man dismayed? Not one. The men
took a hand in the jabbing themselves. and
soon all hands were in a grand free for-alI
battle which waged around the building.
After half an hour the specials were bad
ly bruised lot and the spectators sounded
Cease firing" I'm possession OF all they sur
yeyed
The riders In the mean time declared a
truce and watched the fight with keen in
terest IT was the psychological moment
for an effective sprint but II pleasure and
good fight interfere with business. why.
give up that business was their motto.
The management raised the prices yestar-
day and general admission is now ST. In
terest, however, has grown keener with
the approaching end Of the race. and great
crowds were in attendance at all hours
During the afternoon a party OF 200 school
boys occupied arena boxes, the guests