New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-12
Clarke and Grenda Make
Vain Attempts to Regain
Their Lost Lap.
TEAMS TWENTY MILES
AHEAD OF RECORD
House Cleaning Vies with Dashcs
in Interest at Six-Day
Race In Garden.

Twenty miles ahead OF the record and
| riding hard, the teams in the international
six-dsy bicycle race at Madison Square
Garden kept a crowd OF perhaps eleven
thousand spectators on tenterhooks last
night. There was deal of fast and furi-
Gus sprinting in which Clarke and
| Grenada, that tireless pair from the An
tipodes led, but the field, watching lynx
eyed. answered every squirt in kind and
maintained the one lap advantage.
The crowd was in a constant uproar
urging the firing riders on to greater ef-
fort, and one man In box offered 800 70
any team that gained a lap before mid
night in bona fde sprint. Kopsky and
Keefe continued their little sorties from
time TO dine and picked up several laps.
alwayt with the consent OF the other
riders, who refused to chase them.
Shortly before 10 o'clock Carman. OF tho
New York team, III out in a sprint that
threatened for the time being to result IN
something. In twinkiing he opened
gap Of some forty yards, but the pack.
paced by F'ogler. Mcnamara and Freddie
Hill. picked them up in jig time. Law
and order had scarcely been restored
when Clarke went out, but nothing re-
suited therefrom, and the grind went on.
Intermittent dashes marked the race, but
no team was able to gain q decided adj
vantage.
AS result Of the most Desperate sprin,
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Collins. the motor chasers: Applicants and
Psckebusch. the Germans, and Walker
and Cory, the Australians, gained a lap
on the field. This placed the first two
teams on even terms With the leaders, and
the last named only one lap behind
Clarke and Grenda, however although
they rode gamely and we'll, were unable
10 gain that one lap, which many believs
separates them from ultimate victory.
At SD o'clock Clarke daIted out. snd
was some thirty yards in front before
the field started after him. walthour ana
Collins alternated with the German team
and Cory and Walker In setting furious
pace, and by clever combination work
pulled out and away. For fully twenty
five minutes they raced like mad, with
every man on the track. and reliefs made
so frequently that one could scarcely
tell which man was racing and which
trying 10 pick him up.
At o'clock last night the riders wei,
twenty-six miles and four laps ahead n
the record for the ninetieth hour, estsb-
lished by Brocco and Berthet last year.
II was housekeeping" day at the Gar
den. About s o'clock fifty or moro HUSKY
special policemen, armed with stout, bust
nesslke looking clubs. wendell their unit
ed way to the gallery ard ordered the
star boarders'' out In the cold. The
aforementioned guests had no intention
Of leaving their domiciie. and so declared
themselves To be rousted on THURSDAY.
when heretofore they had been allowed
TO remain until Friday pleased them
little
Some few revolted and smashed a couple
OF chairs, and one or two others threw
glass on the track. The insurgents came
by the cudgels and the others, having no
desire 10 taste the same medicine. loft in
good order. There were about Ave thou
sand in tho Garden when the order 70
clear the building was issued.
The prices have been raised. and the
general admission is now 81. but tire
crowd continues 10 pour in IN the eSpec-
tation of seeing something worth while
At an early hour last night there were
fully nine thousand spectators IN the
house, and a steady stream OF humanity
stormed the ticket Offices. A corps 81
boys from Father Drungool's school were
the guests of the management. The ooys
had the time OF their young lives cheer
ing the riders on.
Jackie Clarke and AL Grenda were the
favorites. and the Riddles yelled them
selves hoarse urging the Australians 70
steal back that lap which separated them
from the leaders. They had special
little yell for the occasion Of Don't you
! worry. don't you fret; Clarke and Grenda
will get there yet" The gallery gods ap-
plauded the youngsters and echoed the
sentiment.
After morning OF lazy ridinS, the men
perked up after noon and there we're
series OF wild sprints. At $50 O'Clock
Jackie Clarke dashed into the front and
relayng with Grcnda, gained quarteI
| OF lap. The advantage was short lNe''
however for Clarke was not sharp ]"
his picking up. Scarcely had the NUS
tralians been corralled when Root Fog'er
and Hill went out together, and clarke .
cut off by the rest of the field. lost almost
half lap before he was able "
straighten out. Grenda relieved him. ana
| by a great show OF speed made mp th'
lost ground in less than half a mile l"'
fast riding continued for more than t"eh-
" mlnutes-the longest sprint of the race