The sun., 1913-11-30
ALL SIX DAY BIKERS
NOW HERE FOR GRIND
PerchicOt. Breton, Packebusch
and Applehans Sail In
From Europe.
FOUR IN BIG SPRINT RACE
kramer. Clarke, Perchicot and
Ncrri to Battle Next
Saturday Night.
FOUR IN BIG SPRINT RACE
with the arrival Of four more European


the entire contingent of six day riders
is now in this country awaiting the
start Of the grind which will begin in
Madison Square Garden week from
tonight. The latest arrivals were Perch
icot and Breton. the French team. ana
iackebusch and Appellants. the German
pair. After landing yesterday afternoon
they Immediately went over to the New
ark Velodrorne. where the other Euro
pean pair. VERT and Brocco. who came
q, week ago and the Australians and
americans have been training hard the
last two weeks.
The preliminary short distance cham
pionship meet that always precedes the
start OF the annual week long even' Is
cooked for next Saturday night the
Zig race that night is the four cornered
struggle for the worlds sprinting honors
that will bring together quartet OF the
hest sprinters that America, Australia
and Europe can send to the mark. Frank
Kramer will uphold the honors OF
america Jackie Clarke, kramer's most
bitter rival. is to ride In the colors oil
Australia. The European representatives
are francesca Verri. the champion OF
Italy, and Andre Perchicot. the French
whirlwind.
The entire contingent OF sixteen teams
las been made up for the six day race
and for the first time In the history OF tne
grind foreign riders overshadow he
American contingent. There are only SIN
out and out Yankee teams In the cohtes',
although there are sixteen American
riders out OF the field Of thirty-two--
ust one-half There are five distinct
foreign teams. counting the Australian
uairs as foreigners, and there are nVe
combination teams. four or them com
,osed of one American and one AUS
"A nj thpr E.fl
Nshman will ride with Yankee
The influx OF the high class Australian
,iders to America within the iaet rev
ears has made new epoch III !ne
history of the sport. and right now !ne
l,ds from the Kangaroo Land nave the
,,unsr hand with the possible exception
4 Frank Kramer. the American chaih-
ion Kramer wont ride In the coming
,,c, With kramer's retirement there IL
10 American team to measurs up u
six day championship standard. conse'
,,uently an Australian team JACKIE
,Tarka and Paddy Hehr. has been made
the fayorite Next in popular choice
,.on,, three combination teams OF amer
cans and Australians. and they are placed
m the order AS the! are taNoreu 'oe
t'ogler and Alfred Gouilet. Jimmy MORAN
and Alfred Grenda ana f'du'e r'oo' an"
Reggie Mcnamara.
combination has been made in the
form of a book showing the teams IN
the order of preference. rated accoruihs
Ia the odds that would be laid against
them should there be any betting on theH
.hances of winning. This oroer Is
clarke and HehIr. Australia ;.'...-.., $40
''ouiie, ,ar TO-, anu >'..................... 5to
Grenda Ansia''N and Moran Australia and ,o ,
ROO, %e'iIS md Mcnamara, Australia and 10 ,
psrch,ro, and Breton France. .........:... ITO
John Bedeli and Cory, America and Aus "a -
preS Ha lin and Ryan Amer,ca..,...."... 10 to !
Walker and Pye: Australia .,''.''.''.' 10 "a 20
Waithour and Collins, Ame1ca..'.'.''' 20 10 !
aeri and Rrorco, Italy y................. % to !
lawrence and Masin Amer,ca ;...;'',,,, .,, % 10
tis.eac srca anu '''.''..'''.-..,...... 80 to
yesie and Kopsky, Australia and
psnkebusch ana Appiehans Germany 100 to
Cameron and Carmen, America. .'iV 10
Clarke. whose teaming with Hehir has
,,ade that team the favored one with the
talent, has prepared diligently for the
grind and is in excellent conuitioh ne
has been in constant training for month
and even remained out OF the limited hour
six day race held recently in Boston in
order to be at his best. He has been a
contestant at the Garden for several years
and on two occasions he mas oeen a
member of the winning combination
once with Walter Rutt the German. and
j
Is a combination of Irish and Australian.
as his name, Patrick O'Sullivan Hehir.
4,alls He Is a hard. aggressive man ana
n good plugger Clarke has the distinction
of being the leading winner on the Ameri-
can outdoor tracks during the season re-
Gently closed.
Goullet, Joe Fogler's Australian part
rer is known as a husky rider, ana al
though he never has won the New YORK
grind he has the honor Of capturing the
first six day race ever held in Paris, last
winter Fogler was his partner then. as
he il now. The latter Is one OF the vet
erans OF the game, a Brooklyn boy ana
le has been In four winning combinations
i'm the Garden, including that OF last year,
when he and Rutt carried off first honors.
C;renda, the Australian. who Is the part
rar OF Jimmy Moran holds the American
tventy-fiye mile championship. which he
captured at Newark this fall. Mcnamara,
the Australian, who rides with Eddie Root,
captured two six. day races In the an
tlpodes last winter. Root himself mas
won the New York grind four times ana
A six day rider of the first class
The Europeans are not regarded very
.irhly Perchicot and Breton. the French
en- being looked upon as the best. Nerr'
nd Brocco, the Italians, may do WELL as
rocco is "A plugger who has shown IN
the Garden grind before. but II IL Verris
.r packebusch and Appellants are
am got together at the eleventh hour
> take the place of Rutt and Stol' both
whom were injured In races abroad
The absence OF Rutt the German crack
nd the worlds champion. will be re-
rctted by followers of the sport. The
outon was popular in this country. be
des being wonderful rider he had
,cn planning the trip TO America for
,uble purpose, as he was to have met
rank Kramer. our champion. In special
atch on the Saturday night preceding
ic six day race in the Garden ana tneh
was TO have competed In the DIG
ind The accident which put him OUT
- the running occurred in Paris three
erIls ago. and as the result Rutt may
lpt ride again this winter. II ne ever
. des at all again.
The mlshap occurred in the last neat OF
. three cornered match with Houriier
nd Meuerger. Frenchmen, at the Ne'o
drome oliver. The Frenchmen were sal"
to have been teaming against Rutt' anu
Jiouriier won the first heat, as Meuerger
stalled Rutt in the final sprint. Ihe
second heat went to the German ana the
,ssue came down to the third heat Here,
while Hour,ier was leading. Meuerger ~
said to have forced Rutt OF the track to
the cement runway on which tho Ger
mana front wheel collapsed ana NJ rel