New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-13
FIGHTS ENLIVEN
SIX-DAY RACE
Big Crowd Grows FESTIVE
When Sprints of the
Riders Pail.
COLLINS BREAKS HIS
COLLARBONE IN SPILL
Grenda Drops Out of Contest and
Clark Teams Up with
Bobby WalthOur.

furnished most of the excitement At the
siX-day bicycle race in Madison SQUARE
Garden yesterday. The crowd kept
swarming into the arena all day until in
the early evening not a seat could be had.
and hundreds stood about the nclosurc
and wherever space could he found, cher
shing fervid hopes for something worth
while to happen. There were some
sprints. but none were lasting
Mitten and Thomas started out at lO:l5
o'clock in an attempt To regain the lap
lost earlier in the week The burst OF
speed was shortlived. however, for CON-
ing around the Madison avenue turn,
after going only one lap, the rear tire OF
Hits wheel blew ont and indirectly
ended it,
Collins, hearing the explosion, showed
up. but in doing so fell and broke his
colarbone. This forced him 10 retire
from the race. and left Bobby Wsithour,
one of the favorites. without partner.
Great applause greeted the announce
ment at midnight that Jackie Clark and
Bobby Walthour had Joined forces.
Grenda retired from the race on account
of swollen knees, due to many falls. The
new team is scored the same way az the
Clark Grenda combination, and is, there
fore. only one lap behind the leaders.
Grinding away at a pace which tore the
heartstrinss, the riders continued their
assault on the former standards. At 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon, with Root
and Mcnamara leading. the last of thu
records established by Charlie Miller and
Frank CDutch'O Waller. who won the
race I'm 1899. was wiped off the books. The
hard riding commenced at 5 O'Clock in the
morning. and every succeeding hour saw
another record fall
The former mark for the I0lst hour,
which was passed al o'clock, was 1851
miles and laps and was broken bv 9
miles and 9 laps. At o'clock the men
had ridden 2,O6i miles and 3 laps. which
broke the old record for the 1O5th hour by
81 miles and lap. So il continued until
at o'clock in the afternoon, the men had
driven 2,li6 miles and laps, cclipsing the
former standard Of 2l25 miles and lap.
These marks have stood for fourteen
years and were made under conditions
less favorable than those which now
govern the race. In 1879 the riders had .
he on the track constantly or paw the
penalty in ground lost. Now. I'm case Of a
SPILL puncture or other trouble. a man is
allowed a reasonable length OF time in
which TO return
Anderson and Hansen. tho Danish team.
were lost To the race at 7 o clock yesterday
morning. The continuous snriuting wore
the men down TO point Of exhaustion.
an bo, h, l..
ruCk they retired when five laps behind
Kopsky and Keefo are miles behind the
leaders. but are sticking it out pluckly
At intervals they show flashes Of ginger
and head little sprints At such times the
leaders pay no attention, and while the
crowd cheers Kopsky and Keefe steal
few laps. Early yesterday morning they
gained no fewer than twelve laps I'm two
hours.
The early hours were enlivened by sey-
eral terrific spirits. one of which resulted
in the gaining of "A lap by Cory and
Walker. which placed them on even terms
with the leaders. In the same sprint Ap-
plehans and Packebusch We're renau2ed
lap for unfair relayinS. They made a
bitter protest declaring that they should
have been fined So and been allowed 10
keep their place with the leaders. Their
protest was allowed later.
The fast riding was started b. C5rman
shortly after $3.50 o'clock. Catching the
riders half asleep. he shot out INTO the
lead, and. riding like a wild man, drew
out twenty-five yards in the lead After
several laps Ryan, Droback and Goulet
came up on even terms, and Ryan kept
the sprint up. After about five miles
Brocco fell and the sprint ended. Tie was
rot badly hurt, but considerably shaken
up. Every rider was on tho track, all re-
LAYING. and making the pace until the sau'
Ger was one jargon of color. Hansen ana
Anderson fell far behind, while kopsN
and Keefe made little attempt 70 follow
the pace.
The practice Of allowing kcctc ana
Kopsky to regain their laps at intervals
almost allowed Carman and Cameron 10
regain the lap which separates them from
the leaders. At O'clock Keefe started out
on a little excursion, and in lcisuteH
sort of manner Carman followed him, ana
examining on the power. opened zap Of
half lap before il was discovered. Two
miles of hard riding followed before cam,
eron. who took up the relief tired anu
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