The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-02
FAMOUS RIDERS
IN BIG BIKE RAGE
Ro0T JOINS WITH AUSTRALIAN
FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS OF
THE WORLD.
WALTHUR TO RIDE
FRANK KRAMER AND JIMMY MO-
RAN TO rEAM--MADIS0N
SQUARE READY FOR
THE EVENT.
WALTHUR TO RIDE

NEW YORK, Dec. IA week from
tonight, or at i2.l Monday morning.
the six-day bicycle race Will start AT
Madison Square Garden. This SAX
day grind Of the knights OF the wneei
has become q fixture here
For many years the six-day btcy-
Gle race was under the management
Of Pat Powers. With the sale OF tne
Garaen Powers lost control OF the oie
bicycle rate, and this year II VIII be
held under new management WIN
the passing of the old regime VIII 50
many features that were formerly
part and parcel Of the race. New rules
will govern II and new rules WIZ
proven, the Garden from being turned
into a lodging house for all the UNI
desirables who formerly used II IA
rendezvous night and day.
The army Of the great uhWasneu'
the thugs and the pickpockets Will De
tagged at the gate.
Through various changes that havs
been made in the rules governing a.e
running Of the race there will De i11
hours OF riding, and no time .ahen
out for accidents to riders or wnssn.
and riders who stall for rest w s,asa
the going Is hard and they are tired
will be penaiized for every lap tney
lose while off the track
In years past riders have purpose.
iy axed wheels or tires so tnat "
VAS necessary to leave the track TOT
repairs, and while the matter was
being attended 10 they would take =
comfortable rest while the others "e's
still riding. -
In MANY instances riders have in
tsntionalIy fallen in order TO get
s.st To make this sort OF work
4. s-sap.assahss Tag ruiez have been ~
altered that when team ~ on tha
track for more than ten s-lS TOT amp
cause whatever they will lose every
lap covered by the other riaers IN
THAI Tina. n.
Another rule that will improve TINS
wear. contest is in reference TO rioers
who are in front blocking those VINO
may want to come from the rear onu
act the pace.
frank Kramer win compete. krn-
mer. who has been the peer OF ,he
short distance riders OF the .otln ~.
the last twelve years, rode ms urst
six-day race last year. and u .in-
proved his form as spring ria-f. nnt
his friends contend that anoiher RAGS
will put him on edge
Ice ogier. the veteran sh-aay
rider. says that this kind Of racing
makes an lin and out q GEM
petisor fogler eeiie.es ina, nam.
w.li never again be the sprint cnau
p,nn II he goes through the comihs
race in the Garden.
As an all around rider Kramer was
never better than he vas TINS seaaoh'
FOR wears ne has not been good IN
FIVE and ten mile races and manu-
caps, but he has seldom been oe~'sn
ms season IN any kind OF race 80,
kramsr and Jimmy Moran VIII
team This season. Last year kramer
rode with Moran and they hnisnso
second 10 Clarke and Fogier. Inc
latter pasr won the race by tnii zap,
K-mer and his mate being on essn
,.,A, with Ave other teams al .ns
start OF the last mile. hf@naer
ire field In o anal sprint
Moran Is a brilliant six -day riaef,
ava The Kramer Moran combination
vii, Ia called the American team.
Morap has won two races IN thas
CITY. was second in three, shiro In ~" -.
ana anished fourth. hfth ana six.n IA
other races In the Garden He aaso
wnn two races In Berlin, ana WI
" a., ether cities In this country.
p;d,nx with F'ogier. Moran won inc
rsrsnt six-day race in Boston.
Eddie Root will be the only TED
~aaentatiye of New York city' ans
slender. blond athlete, who mas oesn
fhe hero of many contests ner1, na.
entered and will ride with
OSu,Iiman. Hehir. Of sydney. Aus
a. u
local hoy has double up with iaa8
e,rner In the big grind
With oliver Dorian, OF sheepsnea
nav Root won his first race IN .sv .S
Tho two following years he won ~ a.s
Ice Fogler, OF Brooklyn. and IN ~. .S
ne won with Jimmy Moran, OF U.s.
tnn. In 1908 Root and roger TAN
secoud AS a six-day rider noo, :.
without a peer, and the only tlacs
wna class with him are WAITER nuss
,na German champion, Jackie Iiarks,
-, Australia, and Frank Kramer "
Raos "a a rare combination OF the
r,nrger and sprinter. and In all 0, .ns
faces in which he has competed -
has never been in trouble. In nen'I
POO, believes ne has an ideal paf.ns.
IKE Root, Hehir 10 both spIinee'
and plugger. ~.-ra ram.
Robby Walthour and George Am
eron will team up Tor TINS ~.
Walthour halls from Atlanta, Va ~
-, ,hirreen years ago. He lost nif
,,ar,rer IN that contest and rode alone
aatrst his rivals for four days. WIN
Archi. MacEachon. OF Canada, as :
nartner. he won the race Of 1871. az ~
nuhlicated this performances IN Two
r,ith Bennie Munro. OF Memphis:
THE other riders who signed con.
.racts Yesterday are John Bedeii. o.
Yynbrock. l.. L.; Worthington MNten
- davenport, Ia; Grassy Ryan. %
Newark, and Lloyd Thomas, Of CAT
fornia-
Smith and koishnatnsn.