New-York tribune., 1912-12-12
S|X-DAY CYCLISTS
SHOW KILLING PACE
Wear and Tear of Early Efforts
Beuin to Tell with Race
Half Over.
RIDERS IN MILD "STRlKE"
Rad Accident Sends Magin to
Hospital and Keeps His
Partner Out of
the Grind.
RIDERS IN MILD "STRIKE"

tsred the last half OF the grlnd ldst nlSil
The struggle has now developed into a
srryival Of the fttest The Suter brothers
lost another lap last evening. just before
"a o'clock. and Carmen and LOTUS were
nassed by the field in the same wild dash.
Several riders appear TO be on the verge
n cracking under the strain, and the
critics expect the positions Of some of the
teams 10 be changed before tomorrow
earning The frequent falls have shaken
IN a few Of them badly, and the relent-
less spurts of the veterans have taken
tho edge off still more. Several of the
men have adhesive tape over cuts and
bruises.
The sprint which resulted in the lap
ming Of Suter and Carmen was started
nv the latter. Shortly before 10 o'clock
Carmen shot away from the pack, with
Jimmy Moran at his wheel. He was un-
able TO hold the pace, and dropped into
the ruck His partner, Lotus, was SLOW
in relieving him. and by the time he ar
rived on the track he was half lap to
the bad In the meanwhile Kramer
Ru,t and Pye maintained the pace until
muscles rebelled. and the crowd IN the
pscked seats was satisfied.
the imposing lead of twenty-five miles
which the leaders enjoyed over the rec
ord at an early hour yesterday dwindled
10 little more than five miles in the
evening. and some there are who now De
ieve that the old record of 2,1S1 miles ana
lap for the full distance. set by McFar-
land and Moran IN 1908. will not be broken
For the first time since Bobby Walthour
organized a strike" several years ago.
the riders took much the same position at
llSo o'clock yesterday morning The men
aid not refuse to ride. but merely dropped
off the track proper and pedalled around
on the fat floor. John Valentine, the
referee. pleaded begged and then threat
ened the riders 20 try and force them
back on the saucer, but in union there IL
strength. and the men stuck to the nat
While this was going on Grassy Rayn
lighted q cigarette and puffed on 1t
hunerly. while other riders dressed them
selves up in costume and made merry
for an hour. In this time the men
pcdaHod OILY fifteen miles, and fell back
close TO the old record.
II was contended by the contestants
that the turns on the track we're so steep
that it was practically impossible TO stay
ON unless at a high rate Of speed. and
that they were about at the limit of
human endurance from the killing pace.
Finally. however. the men got back on
the track proper. and once more the
records began to soar. At 4 o'clock in
the afternoon they were ten miles ahead
Of the old mark but slowly they dropped
back again until at O'Clock last night
they were only FIVE miles and few laps
TO the good
The Madison avenue turn. that peren-
NAL hoodoo Of bicycle races at Madison
Square Garden, added another victim to
its already all too grewsome list at 6lS
o'clock yesterday morning, when the most
dangerous spill Of the grind occurred
Jack Magin, Of Newark, who with Percy
Lawrence Of San Francisco. made the
New Jersey California team, broke his
collar bone and narrowly escaped break
ing his neck while riding in a sensa-
tional sprint. AS a result only fourteen
OF the original fifteen teams were left
in the race Lawrence was unable to
End a mate in the five hours allowed by
the rules which govern such cases, and
reluctantly gave up the grind. The acci-
cent 10 Magin was the first serious mis-
tap OF the race.
Grenda and Drobach started the sprint
IN mad effort to steal a lap. They
opened gap OF about twenty-five yards
before Tire rest of the sleepy riders real
lzed the situation. and were going strong
when the field set out in mad pursuit
Cnfn III hoId "a
and before his brother Paul could get on
the track, he had been Tapped by the field.
stu Grenda and Drobach pedalled away
Ike mad. and reliefs were made by the
other teams every other lap. At last Wal
ter Rutt. Frank Kramer and little Jackie
Clark came on the track and soon caught
the leaders. The sprints did not end by
any means. Rutt and later Clarke went
out In front like scared jack rabbits and
the field was forced TO follow or quit.
While the pack rounded the Madison
Avenue turn, Berthet who had relieved
Brocco, fell, and sliding down the bank
hit Magin and carried him TO the floor
The bell rang at once and the sprinting
stopped. II is an i'll wind which blows
no good, for had the insane pace been
maintained much longer several other
teams must have been Tapped Attend
ants hurried TO the PROSTATE riders and
carried them 10 the training quarters
When Dr. Frank Creamer discovered that
Nagin was badly injured. he called an
ambulance from Bellevue Hospital. 1t
was feared that the rider was injured
internally. and the physicians stated that
his condition was critical.
Berthet was badly Jared by the fall.
out otherwise was unhurt After a rest
no resumed the race Much sympathy
was felt for the Suter brothers, for it
was generally known that for the past
lwenty-four hours they were riding on
courage alone.
The accident 10 Magin apparently was
without effect on the iron nerves OF the
Vther men. for hardly had the remaining
1eans returned 10 the track when Walter
hutt jumped out in another sprint He
mad ridden only few laps when Moran
vent down with a crash, carrying with
I'm John Bedell and Gordon Walker
MS spill happened within "A few yards
VI where Magin was hurt. but this time
n'e nohe ot the men was injured. walker
was Jared but continued after few
minutes rest.
During the early hours Of the morning
various barber shop" quartets tried to
entertain the crowd. but unfortunately
lor them their efforts were distinctly
vut on order since most OF the men IN
@ one crowd wanted 10 sleep. and so de-
ciafed themselves
~ the ffty-second hour Clarke and Iiill