New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-22
BABY RELIANCE HITS LOG NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
LoCkner and Shields Win a.
Hour Race in Fast Time.
LOWER THE WORLDS MARK
Eckel and Mcneil Make Hard
Fight and Finish Three
Miles Behind Leaders.

George Lockner and Billy Shields. OF
Syracuse. were crowned champions at
Neutrality-suspicious. motor cycle racing by
winning the twce-around- the-clock race
which ended al lD:ll O'Clock at the
/ Brighton Beach Motordrome last night.
/ They were paired at the -tart, aud were
/ the only team 10 endure the grind with
ont being reconstructed.
! The other two teams 20 finish wcr
I formed from remnants Of the original
complement OF six teams. The recon-
s,ructed team OF Earl Eckel. Of Washing
ton. y. j., and Jimmy Mcneil. Of Scot
land, finished second, about three miles
behind the leaders. and the Arthur
/ Chapplc- Billy Wray duo. the only other
! team to finish carried of third prize
They were six miles behind Eckle and
+ Mcneil
| The winning pair trayersed 1874 miles
, and , laps In the twcnty-one hours Of
actual riding. breaking tho worlds record
OF 1893 miles
( The long race proved severe strain on
: the riders. The physical condition of the
cyclists after twelve hours Of riding was
such that the referee was compelled TO
grant the men two hours respite 10 Sc
I cure much needed sleep. when the men
were about To- resume riding II was dts
covered that the heavy pounding of the
! machines on tho board track had loos-
pncd many OF the nnls. Before the car
penters had completed their task Of put
/ ting the track ia a safe condition the
| IN la fob hAII =
rest The resumption Of the race found
Lockner and Shields and Chapple and
, Spencer on even terms, with ISL miles 2
laps 10 their credit
or the FIVE teams that originally start
I'd only three were still on the track at
J the twelfth hour. while newly formed
fourth crew also was riding. Nenden-
/ bury. who was teamed with william
! Wray. gave the spectators scare at the
, NTH hour. when ne fell from his machine
and slid for fifty feet He bruised his
right hand severely and was forced TO
retire from the race. Hartley Thomas
was also forced to stop riding when his
! right wrist which he injured In a recent
race. swelled to twice its natural size
| yendiz then formed "A new combination
with the burly Billy Wray.
When the riders were called from the
/ track they were examined by DR.. Thomp-
son, the motordrome physician. who de-
clared that the men We're I'm splendid
condition. with the exception of John
! Cox, who, with "Scotty' Mcneil. was L
strong favorite for the chief prize. DR..
! Thompson refused 10 allow Cox to con-
/ tinue. declaring that the exertiou had re-
suited I'm an enlargement of the heart.
Although the management failed to offer
any explanation, Earl Ecke was permit
ted to team IN with Mcneil. although
Eckal had not been contestant from the
/ beginning.
When the men were again sent on, ut
il5 y. m, Lockner and Arthur Chapple
1 continued to set "a terrific pace, getting
further ahead of the previous world +
record. The first named startled the
spectators by his sensational riding, and
when relieved by Billy Shields nearing
the seventeenth hour they had gained a
lead of eight miles.
At the eighteenth hour L,ockner and
Shields, who were I'm the lead. with nine
miles over Chapple and Spencer, had
covered "A distance OF 1854 miles and l
! lap, which far exceeded the former
worlds record OF $50 miles held by
Charles Spencer,