New-York tribune., 1911-12-14
WILD SCENES IN GARDEN
One Rider in Six-Day Race
FeIIed by a Bottle.
BAD SPILLS MAR STRUGGLE
Leaders Far Behind Record IN
Long Grind Now Only
Half Over.
SCORE AT O'CLOCK IN SIX
nACE

Wild disorder added excitement TO the
siX-day bicycle race in Madison Square
Garden YESTERDAY Weary of watching the
tired riders circle the track at a snail,s
pace. some OF the elect from Mulberry
Bend and Cherry street began to hurl ir-
vectlycs at tho riders and t3en TO nght
among themselves until Philip Kibel, Of
No. go East 1lth street was severely beat
On and Knocked out FOR several minutes. lie
was finally revived and asked to he escort
ed from the Garden.
The most serious trouble, however came
shortly after 6 o'clock. whom Ferdinand
Schultz. soldier in the United States
army, attached TO Fort Hancock. was ar
rested for hurting bottle At the riders
just as Icdde Pye was leading furious
sprint The missile whizzed behind Pye
and barely missed Jimmy Moran, who was
following close i'm the wake Fred Iiill
! however was unable 10 dodge the bottle
and he was knocked of his wheel Fortu-
nately he was not hurt. \ crowd of spec
roughly until the police appeared.
Late last evening eight Of tho thirteen
teams still left I'm the grind were strug-
| Cling along in front. one lap In tho rear
| four teams were riding hard il the effort 10
l make mp the lost ground, and game TO the
end Calvin and Wiley, two laps I'm the
rrck, have shown signs of giving up. John
Bcdcll said: We're not licked yet, and
well give them the best We have
Seven thousand persons and perhaps more
gave noisy evidence Of their interest in
tie race. and the riders responded to the
demands OF the crowd for action. Fast
spurts. long continued, we're the order OF the
evening. but there was no change in the
positions Of the teams.
Eddie Pye led the pack in a wild dash at
/ o 80 o'clock. and he and Drobach opened
gap of some fifty yards on the field. On the
third lap STEMS tire blew out. and he went
down with crash. The bell rang and the
riders eased up for while. After about
five minutes Calvin dashed ont, and was
! far out i'm the lead. but tho bell had not
been sounded to continue. as Stein was still
Off the track The chief scorer however,
| lost his bead when the men began TO sprint
and instead Of sounding the signal he tried
to yell at the riders. Ills voice was drowned
I'm the roar of seven thousand other voices
and tho pellmoll dash continued.
Rounding the Madison avenue turn tho
! front wheel Of Galyin's machine collapsed
and he went down. Cameron. Wells and
Lapize piled mp over the wreck and still
the bell was not ruug. The riders. how
over had moro sense and dropped into
/ l.,f, al
badly Jared, but Nds able 10 continue. Tho
other riders were dulurt
Frank Kramer appeared OH the track at
{ o'clock IN the afternoon riding q new
bicycle built from his own plans. and which
weighs only sixteen pounds. II is the light
cet wheel In the race.
As result Of the terrible spill which
manned half Il dozen riders and broke a
dozen machines early Wednesday morning
| two teams were forced to retire from the
struggle Eddie Root. whose leg was badly
| torn and an artery severed. could not
/ continue. and Menus Bedcll, whose head
was split open. also dropped out John
! Bedell and Fred Hill teamed up, and were
: penalized a lap. according TO the rules
/ OF the race Menus Bedel is the victim
( Of a "hoodoo" IT would seem. He has
! been injured in several siX-day races, and
: I'm one suffered fractured collar bone Up
| to the time Of the accident the Redells were
riding strongly.
George Cameron had his hand badly torn
/ and kept riding With his fingers ncssed n
{ heavy bandages. Lloyd Thomas had his
/ face badly bruised, and Jumbo Wells had
/ his knee cap displaced. Bedell's head was
/ cut almost from ear 10 ear. and he was
| unconscious for fifteen minutes Walter
/ De Mara had a marvellous escape from
/ being dashed to death. His wheel cata-
pulled toward one Of the boxes, when a
/ rider struck him and hurled him back to
! the track He landed on his head. and was
/ stunned for ten minutes. Upon being re-
viyed he tainted twice, but gamely resumed
/ the chase after a rest
! Calvin and Wiley were penalized lap
/ because, according to the judges. they
did not complete a pickup. Calvin de-
clared that the pickup was perfectly leglt-
mate. and that every team in the race
was picking their partners up in the same
manner Floyd Mcfarland, the veteran
rider. said that. in his opinion. the riding
was all right. and that the judges were alb
I solutely wrong in their decision.
Jackie Clark, the dashng little Australian
I.dcr, started a wild sprint at 40 o'clock
| IL the afternoon which resulted in the lap
| ping Of Lapize and Van Houwaert. Georget
| and Brocco. Thomas and Stein and Calvin
/ and Wiley. The lap lost by Thomas and
stein. however, was restored by the referee
because Stein mel with @ punctured tire
and Thomas broke the spoSes OF his wheel
Clark was back in the bunch and with ap-
rarently no desire to quicken his pace. on
the east turn. however, he shot up on the
bank and plunged down the stralghtaway
riding like mad. lie opened a gap and was
going away at every turn OF the wheels.
Tho crowd rose 90 its feet and roared It's
orplause as the pacl; bent over the bars
md shot out in pursuit
Lap after lap the lying Australian
podaled but most OF the pack gained by
slight degrees. Laplzc and Georgct. WHO
have shown signs Of weakening for the last
twenty-four hours, dropped back. All the
teams rushed relief after relief cn tn"
boards bot for some reason or other the
fiery Brocco and the sturdy Van Houwaert
were not sent ont The pace became more
furious and the foreigners dropped back
further into the ruck.
Gcorgct aud Kramer came 10 nasty
croppcr While turning thr dreaded Madison
avonu" bank, but th"y escaped with bad
Shaking up. n WIS half an hour before
kramer was able to resume riding
rhe early hours nj the race were sloU.
Tho rider. rodded over their bar, aud Vcr'
unable to sruri. Thnv fcll further and
fDrihor hehiul ih. record. 80 "''lHck in
thc norulns Tire men were siaht miles bn-
hind tle mark and nishtiall found them
seyenteen miles back.