The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15
FINAL SCORE

New York. December 14.-Fogler ana
Rutt. the German-American team. won
the six-day bicycle race at Madison
Square Garden ending tonight Wal
ter Rutt took the honors for his .eam
In the mile sprint. which decided the
race. The Bedeli-Mitten team, repre-
scented in the sprint by Bedell. was
second. and the Ciarke-Hill. with Jack
Clarke doing the riding, finished
third.
The Root-Heher. the Drobach-Coi-
Inns and the Grenada Pye< team finished
fourth, fifth and sixth. respectively
Root Drobach and Grenada rode for
their teams in the sprint The time
for the mile was 20 4-5. The sprint
was necessary 10 decide the tie be-
tween these six teams. which, when the
time for ending the race was reached.
were punched for the lead. The track
was cleared at 9:57 and the final scene
OF the race staged.
Immediately afterward a second
sprint was started between the Kram-
er-Moran and Perchicot-EgS teams
which were tied lap behind the lead
ers when the long grind ended Frank
Kramer won this sprint. which gave
his team seventh place, and the Egg
Perchicot team was relcgsted to eighth
position. The time was 3:45 l-5. Per-
chicot rode for his team in the sprint
The teams all finished within the
money, the prizes ranging from ST.
500 for first and $1,000 for second.
down to $3.50 each for winners Of sew
enth and eighth places
Walker and Wells brought up the
rear of the nine teams. which complet-
civ 1aad n
gone 1861 miles and five laps. with
the trailing pair a lap behind, and
Walker and Wells an additional lap in
the rear.
The record for a six-day race Is
2,737 miles and l lap. made by Nc
Farland and Moran In 1905
Nine Teams Stay.
AT o'clock the retirement Of the
Brocco- Berthet team from the race
was officially announced This left
nine teams still in the running. with
their standing at o'clock as fol-
lows:
Grenada-Pye. Root-Pye. Clarke-Hili.
Rutt-FogIer. Bedeil- Mitten. Drobach-
Collins s.ss1 miles laps; Kramer
Moran, Egg-Perchicot. 1881 miles
laps: Welsh Walker. 2.se1 miles s
laps.
The record for the hour is 2,sss miles
6 laps.
when former Police Chief Devery
started the final sprint to decide the
tie among the leaders. Clarke was
leading, and the other riders were
trailing along in the following order
Rutt. Bsdell. Grenada. Root and Dro-
bach. Clarke set steady pace for
The f,rst three laps and then gradually
Increased IL until on the fifth lap he
had the string travelling around at =
dizzy mace No change was MADE IN
the relative positions of the riders
until the eighth lap. when Root ana
PET. made bid at the same time
tho passed Clarke. On the hnal lap
clarke PASSED 2 sot- Grenada who was
figured a likely winner. never hs@red.
and on the fns circuit was passed
BY DrOoach-
Hold Berk for Finish
The riding during the early part OF
the evening was desuitory- the men
~c.li1fns- they had no chance TO beat
49,. -ccord. They obviously saved their
strength for the FINAL dash. and there
,vere few Sprints. The crowd was not
l.rve hit the faithful -six-day sleep
60 we're all there. checrine hoarseiy
~. rus,fiv as the sturdy German
flashed across the tape winner
tn. only excitement during the early
hours Of the night were the rcpesteo
erorts OF Walker and Wells 70 get
ba~< the French team Of Perehichot ana
20. who we're tied with Kramer and
Moran Tor seventh place and we're one
Ian ahead Of the Australians Tine
and again Wells 3r Walker would STAR
I, eorin, and have the frenchmen trail
~ In short order. but because OF bad
reiiefs they could not make their work
effective.
An % the riders stopped snd dr~~
~, az their camps OF "a the u@ckzids
- ia. following a fail by Milton
when one Of his tires D1rcf1re1 HIT
.er vas thrown heavily. but scturn>4
20 The race ten nninctes iatcf.
report came from Tire box o8<1
that the ATTENDANCE during the wee
had averaged es.eoe each day 81 tweop
ty-four hours. This was . r<~ rec
ord FOR tire bicycle races. The teal At
Sndancs Of the week seinE estinsfo9
at close TO 1saeeh