Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-07

The dizzy grind, the squirt, the
spill and the thrill! They are all on
the program for another whlrl-
ing nerve-torturing, sleep-destroying,
captivating six-day race. The yearly
classic which sets the bike bug dippy,
holds the six-day fan who is a vet
a in a tighter grip every year
and makes bike fans by the hundreds,
will be started tomorrow night.
A burst of flame, a puff of smoke
and t~hesechoing report of the start
er's pistol, the fiashlight puffs and
explosions of a dozen photographers
for the big dailies, a cry of satisfac-
tion and approval by the immense
gathering of fans which will jam
the huge garden amphitheatre to the
rafters, mingled with the whirr Of the
wheels, and another six-day bike
craze will have its tentacle-like grip
on the populace of Newark and New
York. Newark is named first be-
cause the bike %populace of Newark
is larger in proportion of the size Of
the city than that of Gotham.
All this takes place tomorrow night,
when fifteen teams will face the
starters at midnight just as the big
clock on the Metropolitan tower tolls
the witching hour. From that time
on the bike fan will think of little
else, as the nearby timepiece tolls off
the quarter hours and the week drags
elowly by for the riders, but all TOO
swiftly for the fan.
Under new management this year.
with new life infused into the project,
which has always been a success, this
wears event is expected to surpass
any previous affair of the kind held
not only in this country, but in any
part of the world where bicycling is
known and enjoyed. 1t is patronized
more extensively than the big Euro
pean grinds in Paris and Berlin, and
will be run on a bigger scale with the
Acknowledgment combine behind the
guns.
No effort has been made to get a
bunch of foreigners to come over who
cannot stand the pace and would quit,
dlsgruntled, before the race is fairly
on.
still. there is enough variety among
the nat.onalities and the make-ups of
the teams to give satisfaction to all,
and the German-American and the
Italian-American will have just as
much chance to root as the citizen of
the United States. The innovation of
p Swiss team should prove popular,
too. as the Sutor brothers can be de-
pended upon to give a good account
of themselves.
It will be the second six-day lace
Frank Kramer has started in under
these conditions. Last year Frank
lost out. but the Clarke and Hill COM
bination of s.x-day fame will have a
hard time to repeat. Kramer is hay
ing a banner year, and hopes to wind
UP with one more gem in his
diadem. Jackie Clarke, the six-day
~monopolist, should have the time of
his life trying to win this years race.
Pluck and presence of mind alone
saved Charley Stein, former bike
rider and now a pacemaker, from
probably fatal injury at Madison
SQUARE Garden last night. The acct
dent came in a two-mile motorcycle
match race. in which Jimmy Hunter,
Newark's daring speed boy, was STEMS
opponent. Hunter took the lead from
The start and held it for a mile and
a quarter. when Stein steadily made
an effort to pass his opponent. In
doing so, he was forced to ride low on
the last turn. He hit the bank and
the fiat at the same time. which
forced his feet from the pedals. In a
second the machine was swerving on
a zigzag ours along the track. As
1t went around the Madison avenue
turn, Stein obtained partial control
of the runaway machine. He slid
from his seat, but hung to his handle
bar, shutting off what power he
could. Here n was reminded of
the great Motordrome tragedy. In an
instant STEMS machine jumped TO
Ihe top of the steep bank and rode
on the railing for fully twenty-five
feet. He was stopped by a project