New-York tribune., 1911-12-12
Score az I O'clock
in Six Day Race

Falling slowly behind the record. the
fifteen teams IN the annual international
six-day race entered the second day OF
the grind this morning while siX thousand
persons looked on with interest. AT the
twertv-third hour the men we're almost six
miles behind the record Of jG2 miles and
laps established by Drobach and Collins
g., tho race last year. The riders saved
their energies, and the spurts were few and
far between. The crowd in the meanwhile,
for lack Of other things To 40 sang
songs and Hhistled.
The men ale strong, and for the most
part I'm good condition, bat the twenty
four-hour fatigue" has affected few.
Jimmy Moran, the veteran OF pfesious
races. complained Of pains IN the stomach
this afternoon, and In the early hours OF
the night Kramer. his partner. did the
greater part OF the riding Moran's train
ers are not worried over his condition ana
declare that he will be all right at the nm
ish The smoke laden atmosphere has nld
a bad effect on the eyes of some ot lhe
riders. and George Wiley wore par 81
coggles. "Pedlar" Palmer, OF the Austria
lian-New Zealand team, declared ''he
blocmin' air was 'orrible.'
The crowd wearied of watching the
riders circle the track at a slow pace, ana
when Brocco, or "Knocko.' as the croWd
soon dubbed him, came on the track, the
bows In the gallery hailed him with glee
and called for a sprint. The field watched
him closely, and for some time the Italian
trailed the pack Not for long, however.
Rounding the west turn BrOcco rode high
on the bank and jumped his field
The rest pursued him closely, Kramer
and Lorenz leading the bunch. Tne merry
pace continued. and Frank Cavanaugh was
unable to follow He dropped further ana
further back, but Brocco let up In his ca
reer and Cavanaugh was saved. For two
laps the riders plugged slowly, recovering
their wind. when Palmer hit it up ana
gained about thirty yards before he was
discovered. The field soon oy4rhauled him.
and once more the pace became safe and
sane.
one accident was caused by the evcitement
attending an attempt by Moran to jump the
field early last evening Moran had just
come on the track 10 relieve Kramer ana
started a sprint. AS the crowd cheeIeu'
John Butler, of No 2O5 West ga street tdu
TO the edge OF lght 1n 9t S'ss - on view .y the the
racers. lie tripped and fell down the entlrc
flight and was unable to rise. pr. Sturgls
examined him and found his left leg prohel
! below the knee. lie was IcIloNcu W '"~
Moran passed the four hundred mile
mark AZ b17 D. m, with the heia dt @ iis
hack hut for over an hour slow riding was
| the order of the day. At o'clock Clarke
| eulivened The pace, and for Tour laps ne
rode at top speed, but the helu "ds W., M
/ him All the time For the next hour SLOW
! riding ensued with only a few fast laps to
break the monOtony, but with NTaillel'
/ Lorenz and BroccO all Oh the track To-
/ gether at $3.50 o'clock. the fun came. . 49,
| Kramer relieved Moran and MT IL up.
/ Round and round for over q mile the men
| raced at top speed. Kramer jumped the
! held and opened "A gap OF almost a qu9ItSr
! of a Ian but LorenZ and the nery niue
! Procco paced the field in the merry cha-e
and pulled il up. BrOcco and Lorenz poth
/ took turns at going out IN the iedd, ~
| ipeir efforts failed To loosen the PACK
! John Bcdell then took mis- place III the van
| but tho veteran Iynbrook man was unable
! TO accomplish much. ,..
| Furious spurts marked the early hours
| OF the race yesterday morning, anu az U
! O'Clock Hill, of the Root and Hlll comOina-
tiCn led the pack around the saucer track
ia a sprint which resulted IN the smasn-
/ ing Of the old record for six hours Ot lti
miles and . laps made by Leanier ana
! I>rcps I'm 1902 nm and Root set the mark
AT l4l miles / laps The fast work, how
ever, sapped the strength Of the riders. ana
! they were six laps behind the reCoI1 InI
1908 Lorenz, of the German team; Brocco;
OF the FIcnch-ltalian combination, ana
! Clark, Pye and Palmer, OF Australia MADE
themselves conspicuous by their ocCdslOndl
Gashes one or another kept forcing the
pace in an effort 20 gain lap.
/ Calvin ana Wiley and Ryan and taya-
uaugh finally were Tapped but the other
teams maintained their standing. - was
Jackie Clarke. Of the ke-Fogl"r team
who started this particular sprint, Inc
Pack was swinging along in lazy string,
the men nodding over their handlcbars and
even the lynx eyed gallery gods half doing
In their seats, when, rounding the Madison
avenue turn, Clarke shot to the front. Be
fore either the crowd or rival riders aWoke
10 the peril of the situation, Clarke was
a quarter of a lap i'm the lead. The riders,
headed bv I.orenz. quickly rushed 10 pur-
suit Reliefs were frequent Slowly the
pack punched and gained On Clarke, with
the exception Of Ryan and Wiley, who
| slowly dropped back. After mile and a
! half had been covered Ryan and Wiley
were caught and passed.
! \ nasty spill followed few moments
later, when LorenZ shot away from the
bunch and rode twenty yards I'm the van
on the Madison avenue turn, that time
IGNORED hoodoo his rear tire blew out anC
he fell 10 the track. John Bedell was rid
ing close behind him and he piled up ovel
the wreck. The bell rang and the race was
suspended while DIR. Cox examined tht
fallen riders. Neither was hurt and bot'
soon resumed riding.