New-York tribune., 1912-12-10

Miles ahead OF the record and riding
strong. the riders in the international six
day race a, Madison Square Garden
entered the second day Of the grind last
night. At Il o'clock they had ridden 512
miles and laps and were nine miles and
seven laps ahead OF the record Of 5O2
miles and laps. established by Drobach
and Collenson in 1898. Kramer and Moran
we're leading.
With the exception OF the Suter brothers.
Of Switzerland. all the riders seemed to
be in good condition. \ great crowd was
on hand all night. and amused them
selves in various ways In the interim be
tween spurts A favorite method was to
tear paper in bits and shower it on the
occupants Of the boxes.
The hardest kind OF hard luck was all
that prevented All Grcnda and Eddie
Pye the Australian team. from stealing d
lap last night shortly before 10 o'clock
Coming out Of the rucE. Grenda shot away
ike an arrow from a long bow Five. ten,
then twenty yards he led the pack and in
creased his lead with each drive Of the
pedals lie had a lead Of fully one-third
u a lap when Pye relieved him. and the
pair paced each other around the track
until one-half a lap separated them from
the leaders. Pandemonium reigned in the
Garden, The crowd jumped on the chairs,
yelling and cheering like Comanches. Wild
confusion was tossed into the camps Of
tne rival teams. and riders who had left
The race 10 get an hours sleep We're
hustled back TO relieve their partners.
OF went the riders, slowly but surely
gaining Suter. the Swiss rider was
bad last and losing ground when Pye
took up the race. but Eddie tire blew
out and so a grand effort went for
haught.
The sprints followed each other thick
and fast. Clarence Carmen, the Jamaica
boy. leaped out time and again, but stood
no chance Of shaking the pack. II was
amusing to see the ease with which
Jackie Clarke. Walter Rutt and "Piggie'
Moran pocketed him on the turns and
kept him in check.
AT 10 o'clock Paddy O'Sullivan Hehir
came out on the track. and some more
lurious riding was in order. but soon the
pace slackened. and the fans settled back
o listen 20 the soothing strains of "On
ne Mississippi"
III fortune dogged the steps Of the Aus
ralians. II would seem. for at 10 80
o'clock Grenda went out in another wild
dash, attended by Jackie Clark. Fer more
than two miles the men from the Anti
l. 4
quarters of q lap on the field, when Fogler
and Carmen were in collision on the
Fourth avenue turn and fell. The bell
changed and the sprint was declared off
While riding after Grenda and Clarke
every man In the race was on the track
From the press box 1t appeared as If
Frank Suter, of the Swiss team. and Jum-
bo Wells had been Tapped, but the judges
ruled nay.
A series Of spurts. the most sensational
perhaps ever witnessed In any six day
race kept the crowd in a constant up
roar, and carried the straining riders far
ahead Of the record yesterday morning
and through TO the eighteenth hour at
8 o'clock last night. At that hour Eddie
Pye. the little Australian rider, led the
field past the line and registered 405
miles and ] lap. which broke the former
record Of 39S miles and laps, estab-
lished by Eddie Root and Jimmie Moran
In 1908 The knowledge that they were
breaking the former marks urged the
riders on and squirt followed squirt. The
crowd. eager for the wild dashes, was on
It's feet, and when a rider hunched over
The handle bars the boys In the gallery
fairly rocked the building with their wild
shouts
The spurts began shortly after o'clock
Yesterday morning and Frank Kramer.
The national and worlds champion sprint
Hcer. started the fun. Just when the
aghthawks turned up their coat collars
and settled down into their chairs for
lev winks OF sleep, with the riders pedal
ing along at a leisurely pace, Kramer
mot high on tho bank at the Madison
avenue turn, and before the pack was
sware OF the move was out IN front by
twenty yards. riding like wild. If the
eontestsnts were caught mapping, the
qowd were hugely alive 20 the situation.
tHc lesped on their chairs. yelling their
iInss out. At the first outburst of cheers
he othe- men never looked up for
,noment They rode, and rode hard.
@o'an' Aramers partner. dubbed Pig
~ oy the crowd, took up the pace, and
about three miles the wild dash con-
sn1eo. Al last. however. the field caught
ana the pace slackened
ne pace In the afternoon was equally
sAl almost The men rested little from
se exegticns OF the early morning and
s demands Of the crowd for action met
~ 10 response. No response? Well.
,.aactiy. There were BrOcco and Wal
VINO hit the pace when they came
me Track, and at odd intervals Walter
DOE Fogler and Jackie Clark were
relied upon for some fast work
80 nv hrst spill OF the race occurred AT
~, e'ock Yesterday morning Marcel
,,ssa"' partner Of Brocco. fell 10 the
ts,s wnlie rounding tho Fourth avenue
'st ne was unhurt. and at once