Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-09
JIMMY MORAN FORCED TO
DROP OUT OF STRUGGLE

that he was the best man IN the race
at the time. When he went to the
front each time he pulled away from
the field and had the riders strung
out with wide gaps between them.
Fog1er, Goui1et's mate, did not show
to advantage. Joe was neither good
nor bad, but he lacked the snap of
the Fogler of old. He was of no as
sistance to his partner in the Jam"
but had he been as good as Goullet
the team might have Tapped the field.
Clark; still suffering from the effects
of the spill early Monday morning,
was not at his best, and some of the
other stars were more or less off form
on account of injuries.
Drobach and Halstead are riding
exceptionally well and showed sur
prising speed in the mix-up. Unless
injuries disable this team they should
be able to hold their own right up
to the end of the race. Verri and
Brocco and Perehicot and Breton
showed to advantage also.
Riders Fr1irt with Record.
The pace in the race has been ex-
tremely Uneven. At times the riders
go ahead OF the former marks, only
to lose their advantage In mileage
In the hour following. On the thir-
tenth hour they were three miles
and four laps in advance of the mark
established in the race OF year ago
by Brocco and Berthet. On the next
hour they dropped a mile behind the
record. On the fifteenth and sixteenth
hours they were still behind the rec
ord, but during the seventeenth the
pace became fast again and resulted
I'm new figures being established.
From one mile ahead of the record
on the seventeenth hour the riders
dropped back to four laps in advance
of the former record on the eighteenth
hour. The nineteenth hour found the
riders seven laps ahead of the best
previous mark, and on the twentieth
hour. when the big Jam" came off,
the old record was eclipsed by one
mile ana four laps. In the hour fol-
lowing the riders changed pace and
literally burned up the track, which
brought them TO two miles and two
laps beyond the old figures. Little
Brocco was much in evidence during
this hour, and he pedaled away with
the precision and speed of turbine
engine. They dropped back to a six
lap lead in the twenty-first hour and
eased up considerably following bad
spill. which put them six laps behind
the worlds mark made last year by
Clark and Hill.
Crowds Pour into Garden.
The race is proving as popular as
In former years, and crowds pour into
the Garden at all hours of the day
and night. The same old fascination
is there, and there Is never at any
time less than 5000 people In the
building. During the wee small hours
of Monday and today but few vacant
seats were in evidence, and the "all-
f1iphtarat xuara ItpYtanallv f1aicv pan-
pie of prominence in many walks of
life, professional men, stage celebri-
ties, bali players and maghates who
are here for the meeting of the Ma
tional and International leagues came
in to give the race the "once over"
and many OF them, enthralled in the
meshes of the six-day octopus, re-
manned much longer than they had
anticipated. Regardless of what light
the race may be viewed, 1t is one OF
the greatest attractions in the sport
ing category. 1t excites the curiosity,
and there is no other pastime which
draws such a variety of patrons.
After midnight. there are many "un-
desirables" in the seats and the oval,
but soon after the dawn of day they
leave for their haunts elsewhere. and
then come the best class that attends
the race. Men and women with their
children, youngsters who have read
about the race, or heard their elders,
are seen taking their seats with eyes
opened wide with curiosity. 1t is all
new and wonderful to them, and the
childish queries as to who Is who and
what is what is indeed interesting.
Women are more in evidence this year
than in former years, and they are
as strong for the game as the men.
Ladies Yell for sprfnts.
Three ladies' sitting In the royal
box" made repeated requests for a
sprint Just as the g. m. score was
going up, and they were accommo-
dated by little Lloyd Thomas. Shoot
ing out of the pack to please the
ladies', the Californian started some
thing that almost resulted disas-
trously for him. A regular old-time
sjan' followed, and Thomas could not
stand the battering sprints that never
ceased for twenty three minutes. I'm
able to keep up with the leaders,
Thomas rode off the track before be-
ing relieved by his partner, Mitten.
They missed the pickup of forty yards
and Referee Arthur Ross fined the
team $25. Grenda and Moran and
Ryan and Hill were fined the same
amount for bad pickups In this lam"
also.
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Clark and Hehir, Cory and Walker
Grenda and Moran and Goullet and
Fogler led in the sprinting and the
Keefe- Kopsky team lost another lap.
Cory and Walker made brave effort
to place themselves even with the
leaders, but with the big fellows after
them all the time they never got far
away. Keefe and Applicants came to-
gether and fell, but they were not in
jured. Anderson and Hansen were
half lap to the bad at one time, but
little Hansen made up the distance by
a great sprint.
Another Bad SPILL.
Petit Breton, of the French team of
Breton and Perchicot, started a sprint
shortly after II o'clock that ended
abruptly when Clark blew tire,
bringing "the Rocket" to earth and
carrying Dfobach and Hill down with
him. Hill and Drobach were both
painfully injured, and the race was
stopped for over a half hour while
physicians worked over the unfortu-
nate riders. Both riders were carried
from the track in an unconscious
state. Drobacf1's left ear was almost
ripped from his head, and Hill re-
eeived decorations on the face and
head. Clark fell on his head and suf-
fered from shock. When revived Dro-
bach stated that he had beautiful
nocturnal vision that had Whistler's
best effort backed off the boards, and
in which stars and other planets came
wildly before his unconscious gaze.
The sound OF waves pounding on the
shores accommodated the picture