Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-04
PUNCTURES ANNOY
RIDERS IN TRAINING
Plenty of Excitement and Hu-
NOR for Railbirds at the
MOtOrdr0me.
ALIENS LIKE ROAD WORK

Foreign and American six-day rid
ere took possession of the Motor
drome track yesterday. 5wathed in
heavy wraps they circled the steep
saucer for most OF the afternoon.
The steady grind was punctuated
with the unpleasant sound of pune
turing tires, almost all of the riders
being forced to continue in short In
tervals in order to patch up the
blown rims. Joe KopslSy after being
victim three times packed up his
wheel and started for home.
Sprint Champion Frank Kramer
Joined the pluggers during the after
noon in preparation for the four
cornered international match race
slated for Saturday night Kramer
unwound five fast miles, sticking
with the bunch until the last couple
of laps before cutting loose.
Kopsky. the "hero" of the Boston
race, says he has spent more for
tires in training than he will get out
of the coming six-day grind. Numer-
GUS punctures were registered at the
Motordrome yesterday among the
squad practising there.
Andre Perchicot spent half the aft
ernoon putting up his tires. HIt's good
exercise for the wind, this pumping
! business" said the Frenchman, who
wears a cap trimmed around with
many gay colors. Perchicot speaks
English quite we'll now.
Breton has very little to say, per-
haps for the very good reason that he
can't say it-in English. He tends
strictly to his knitting in practise
and pays little attention to the ca
prices of the brother Frenchman.
Perchicot includes In his training
methods a little of the rough stuff
likely to be included In spills. He
took one header" yesterday after
puncturing, landed on the top of his
head and, spinning round like top,
skidded along for about ten feet. 1t
seemed that his neck would be
broken, but he bobbed up smiling.
Frank Kramer took little spin
with the boys yesterday, but a pune
ture put Frank off his steed the first
time out. He had to be content with
a borrowed wheel after that.
Brocco is as popular as ever with
his countrymen, judging from the
way they cheer him at every oppor-
tunity. They are quite numerous
among the railbirds-Brocco's admir-
ers, and cries of viva lie Brocco"
will probably be as frequent as in
other years during the big whirl.
The foreigners are extremely fond
of the road end of their daily train
ing. The unusually fine weather for
this time of the season has left the
roads In fine shape, and it was ideal
for spin yesterday afternoon.
Worth Mitten, who will be half of
the Thomas Mitten combination,
pushed the pedals for a while at the
Motordrome yesterday afternoon.
Applicants and Packebusch. Gar
mans, are among the newcomers who
have never ridden before New York
crowds.
All of the cyclists trappings will be
shipped over to the Garden tonight
or tomorrow.
Bobby Walthour cut his workout
short. After spinning about for thirty
miles the Dixie fiier HE'D himself to
the trainer TOT d FuD. NO uoo iiu-
ing your brains out before the race"
said Walthour.
Verri impressed the spectators yes
terday at the track with his style,
The Italian stuck to the crew of
grinders without apparent effort, fin
ishing the afternoons task with
flashes of a sprint that bodies i'll for
the rest of the field.
Jimmy Moran, the Chelsea milk
man, Is no more the corpulent gentle
man. Moran has lost ten pounds of
the excess avoirdupois during the
past fortnight. He won't venture an
estimate on the coming weeks loss
of weight.
A hole In the Motordrome track,
by which entrance to the Enclosure is
effected, caused the spectators no end
of anxiety yesterday. At times when
the brushes between the riders be-
came nip and tuck the man forced
up would barely miss the opening.
Perchicot did hit the block below the
aperture and catapulted down on the
boards.