New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-11
piders Continue the Furious
Pace and Stick to Each
Other Every Second.
SIy SPECIALS" ARRESTED
your Boys Also Hailed to the
Police Station for Climbing
Up Fire Escapes to
Gain Entrance.

.,.,oek in the evening the fifteen teams
70 still tied for first honors. and all
~. men appeared 10 be in good condition.
-A,r had ridden 956 miles and laps.
vbirb added 10 miles and laps TO the
record set 10y Joe Fogler and Jackie
clarke I'm 1911. Spirits were many, and
,Se crowd found reason for much cheer
,ns Kramer. Pye, Rutt and Brocco kept
mo mack moving at a lively pace.
hish silk hat AFFORDED little di-
r,rsion for the riders and picnic for the
,,sctators Shortly after $50 o'clock
psrehjcot appeared on the track wearing
dix hat and caused a howl from the
,,oWd The Frenchman soon passed the
Rat 10 Pye. who in turn relinquished it in
f,vor Of GRASSY" Ryan. The last named.
sov-syer. handed II to Frank Kramer, and
,hs champion wore IL until Eddie Pye
headed a sprint Then Kramer threw the
sst into the crowd and leaped out after
the leaders.
Between Z and s O'Clock me sprinting
vent on without interruption. Kramer at
one time had almost half lap on the
s.ld. but Rutt caught him and at once
b,san another dash At intervals Clarke
End Perchicot leaped out. but at the end
the positions remained unchanged. At 10
o'clock Clarke Moran and Rutt started
sprints hut gained nothing.
On the complaint OF William Booth
manager Of the race and Battalion Chief
Howe. Of the Fire Department six spe-
esl officers and four Youths were ar
.Ig.g..
lives and patrolmen attached 20 the East
"a street police station.
The special officers were charged with
allowing boys 20 ascend fire escapes on
the 18Th street and 9th street sides OF
the Garden and for small remuneration.
obtain entrance through doors which, ac
cordine 10 Battalion Chief Howe, should
be opened only in case Of fire. The
youths were arrested on charges Of dis
orderly conduct.
TIE special officers described themselves
as George Bernard. twenty-six years old
Of No. 2272 Rathgate avenue. The Bronx;
Harry Reuland. eighteen. OF No. 26i First
avenue; Charles Riordan thirty, Of No.
- East I45th street: Charles Stevens,
Nerrick Road. Queens: Peter Freeman.
ivenfy-oue. OF No. 500 Second avenue. and
Peter Williams. thirty-eight, OF No. 452
West End avenue.
The young men said they were Leopold
Cole. sixteen, address refused; James
Merrety. sixteen. Of No. Jl8 West 2sth
street William Boyle, nineteen. Of No. 247
East 18th street. and Thomas Boyian, six
Teen. Of No. IA East 18th street
Betting on the outcome OF the race
smong the spectators last night was eX-
Iensive. The odds at which wagers were
placed were as follows: Kramer Moran.
Ito J.: Root Hehir. 4 70 ]: EggPerchicot,
to J. Foeler-Rutt Z TO ]; Grenda-Pye,
70 10 L. Clarke-Hill. IS 10 J: Ryan-Thomas,
% 10 ] Bedell- Mitten, 70 10 /, and the
others 200 70 !. including Brocco- Berthet.
suter-Suter Carmen-Loftus. Walthour-
Cameron. Drobach- Collins. Lawrence Ma
Gin and Wslker-Wells.
Early in the day the management de-
cided that the gallery gods had seen
enough OF the race for 30 cents and
ordered the building cleared. With feel
ings of coming disaster. the Pinkertons
took up the thankless job. The boys left
their seats all right. but they walked down
10 the arena and refused 70 move another
inch Finally all hands went back Il
the seats they left a few minutes before
and the specials. with memories Of the
battle last year. decided to let them alone
All ended well, but for a time things were
more than promising. for that element
which freQuents the upper galleries anc
darker corners Of the Garden al the six
day race Is not 10 be trifed with.
Already there have been several law
less outbreaks. Shifty eyed individuals
move around the arena. ready for any
thing During the night there were many
brawls among rival factions. but fortu'
nately no bad fights occurred. Three
card monte sharks and their cappers piled
their nefarious trade I'm the basement last
night. but so far as could be discovered
there was no effort made by the manage
ment 10 stop them, although several suck
srs were trimmed OF their rolls" TO quote
from one OF the youths VINO was outside
the ring
Plugging gamely along In their round
about Journey, the riders slowed up per-
esptibly In the early hours yesterday
morning, and from lead Of over eleven
niles they dropped to within seven miles
and few laps OF the old record. That
vas shortly after o'clock in the morning,
a. the thlrty-second hour. but before .
Velock series Of spurts brought the men
back nine miles ahead of the mark once
more. This time marked the turning
POINT Of the day, and from then on until
O'clock I'm the evening the men plugged
Steadily. but al a pace which oblterated
mark after mark as the day wore along.
AT the forty-second hour they had
Iedalled S7l miles and laps which broke
NE record OF $50 miles laps established
Brocco and Georget In 1911 by II miles
and laps
me night riding was without incident.
ana after the crowd had called In vain
'or sprint II began TO look about for
Vuer diversions. This was soon forth
.0inng. The newspapers lying about the
aOor provided much treasured "ammuni-
Non' and presently groups OF young men
.o'ea about gathering them up. After re-
"ms 70 the seats in the gallery the
.V",hs In question devoted much time to
sefhs the papers up. and stilI more to
9"'"ihg them Oh the heads Of those who
sVpled seats on the arena floor. one
H mad his silk hat broken by this
stmiess' fun. firing Of torturlng unre-
= ING victims those In the galleries went
eep Tor the most part. while others
es ~" remained awake made the night
,h.,. with their demands for action and
s'a Shouts and jests.