Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-03
Notable Achievements of Bike
Stars Who Will Start in
Long Grind.
U. S. WELL REPRESENTED
Ex-champions and Record
holders Galore Will Measure
: Skill in the Garden"

OF the thirty-four cyclists who
will battle in the six-day race at
Madison Square Garden, New York,
next week, fourteen claim America
as their birthplace. One lone rider,
Martin Ryan, nicl5named Grassy"
is native of Newark. There are
three Germans. two Tasmanians, two
Danes, seven Australians, three
Frenchmen. one Italian, one Scot
, and one Swede. There are record
holders and former champions ga
lore. The statistics of the riders,
with their birthplace, records and no
table achievements follow:
Hill and Ryan.
FRED HILL-Born at WATERFOWL,
Mass, February 5, 1889. Won Brus-
sells six-day race in 1912 with Root;
won Berlin six-day race in 1918 with
Clark; won small six-day race and
twenty-four-race at Buffalo with Dro-
bach and Clark, respectively.
MARTIN RYAN-Born at Newark,
N. J., November II, 1888.
Appellants and Packebusch.
WILLY APPELHANS-Born os-
terode Germany, February Is, 1886.
HERMAN PACKEBUSCH-Bo al
5tendel, Germany, March 10, 1885
KopsI<y and Keefe.
JOE KOPSKY-Born at New York
City, November 4, 1884. Holds Amer
lean amateur 100-mile road record
of 8:26:27:06
FRED KEEFE-Born at Cleveland,
Tasmania, September 4. 1886. Holds
American unpaced records of 25 miles,
l:10:00 3-5; 80 miles, 2;24:00 3-5; rs
miles, 3:4400; 100 miles, 10000. Fin
ished recent Boston six-day race;
won 81 girl and lost her.
Anderson and Hansen.
NORMAN ANDERSON-Born at
Odense, Denmark, December q, 1870.
Champion of Denmark 1902 to 1906.
NORMAN HANSEN-Born at Cop
enhagen, Denmark, December 81 1890.
Amateur champion of Denmark in
1911.
Lawrence md Magin.
PERCY LAWRENCE-Born at
Denver, Colo, September 10, 1887.
American amateur champion In 1903.
Holds sixth-mile record of 20 4-5:
three-fourths mile unpaced record of
l:23 3-5; one-half mile unpaced of
So 1-5; all amateur marks.
JAKE MAGIN-Born at Philadel-
phia, June IL, 1887. Lives in Irving
ton.
Goullet and Fogler.
ALFRED GOULLET - Born at
Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, April
!, 1891 Won Sydney and Melbourne
bix-day races in 1912 with Hehir; won
Paris siX-day race in January with
Fogler; Western champion in 1912.
Holds three-mile handicap record of
$40 2-5; two-third mile unpaced of
Ell 1-5; quarter mile unpaced,
liza 1-5: one mile unpaced, 1:51; one
nile competition, 1:47 3-5.
JOE FOGLER-Born at New York
,ity, March II, 1885. Won six-day race
IN New York in 1905, 1906, 1911 and
fouliet; won Boston race with Law
ton.
Pye and walker. Lad
ERNEST PYE-Born at Swan Hill.
Victoria, Australia. April 81, 1880.
Won A. and A. wheel race in Aus
Ealia in 1902; holds unpaced records
br two miles OF 4:01 3-5 and three
niles in 500 1-5.
j. GORDON WATERPROOF at
Melbourne, Australia, February 2,
1886.
Halstead and Dr0bach.
, ALFRED HALSTEAD-Born at
GidlhShto' Odl'' ANoFciiiooi no. LOOT
Holds road record from Pretoria to
johannesburg, South Africa, of 2:13:30,
distance 100 miles
PETER DROBACH-Born at Grail
senZ, Germany, November 49, 1890
Won small six-day race in Buffalo
With Fred Hill.
BroccO and Verri.
MAURICE BROCCO-Born at Fis-
mes France January 2S, 1885, Trouble
maker for other riders in six-day
faces.
FRANCESCA VERRI-Born at