Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-13
WEARY BIKE FANS MAKE
BEDS ON ARENA TAN BARK
AT Intervals Between Jams
Fans Take 'FOrty Winks"
on Garden Floor.
"PESTS" OUT AT LAST
Poor Bobby WaIthour Went Out
to Clean Up and Got Cleaned
Up Instead.

A number of fans made the floor of
the arena their sleeping quarters
during the wee hours of the morning.
By spreading papers over the tan
bark they made beds that suited the
purpose to a ct"
At $3.50 o'clock the team of Kopsky
and Keefe was declared out of the
race. Although Tapped repeatedly.
the pests" managed to make 1t
warm during the time they were on
the boards. That the record was
broken was due In part to these little
gamesters.
Much like the kid who was going
out to beat up a few of the enemy,
and instead got hinged right off the
reel, was the sprint to gain a lap
attempted by Bobby Walthour early
this mornig. Bobby with four hours
sleep went out to do up the field and
before the lam" was over, the team
OF Clark and Walthour was trailing
two laps to the rear.
AS was expected the great lam"
or the week occurred this morning
When II became known that Grenda
was to retire and that Clark would
team up with Bobby Walthour. who
lost his partner last night, the fans
In the Garden stayed until the morn
ing hours expecting that Clark and
Walthour would attempt to get up on
even terms with the leaders How
ever, when Clark began his sprint
at 3:05. Walthour could not keep up
after big gap was opened. Then
began a series of sprints in which
Gordon Walker, Eddie Root and Nc
Namara figured. Later in the morn
ing Walthour went out and opened
up half a lap. The Atlanta boy was
allowed to get such a lead owing to
the generosity of Joe Fogler, who
refused to set pace. Then when Clark
came on the field he was all in and
was easily caught. Then, too, Clark
was long time getting on the track.
With such lead as Walthour opened
up 1t appeared an easy matter for
the team to gain O "once around"
Out Of the seventeen teams which
started Sunday night, but ten re-
manned in at an early hour this morn
| ing.
The team of Brocco and Verri Ia
holding on in great fashion Despite
the efforts of the American riders to
shake the italian combination, little
Brocco and Verri manage to be right
up with the leaders in practically
every sprint. Only once during the
week was Brocco tagging behind.
VERT went out Thursday morning
and made up a lost quarter lap.
Joe Fogler came within an ace of
being forced over the rail in the 1906
Jam" The Brooklyn battler re-
| lieved Goullet on the bank and was
fined $2b for the said act
| And still little Brocco hangs on.
The wee member of the italian team
had a weary time sticking to cruel
during the big lam" in which Apple
hans and Packebusch and the others
suffered.
The great finish will come tonight.
and II the final mile does not see
some great action 1t will be q great
surprise. While II Is early to pick
the probable men who will finish for
their respective teams, should the
finish see Goullet, Verri, Drobach,
Mcnamara, Lawrence and Hill as
representatives of their teams,
wouldn't It be a great race?
| Big All Grenda was indeed the I'M
fortunate rider in this race. The
quiet Tasmanian had many well
wishers who wanted to see him and
his partner, Clark, gain the neces-
sary lap that would put them on even
terms with the leaders, but the many
tumbies suffered by the tall one
proved to be his undoing.
Jim Baum, the field king and
"Jayseff," the magician, were around
and about the building mingling
with their friends among tho riders
and trainers. When last seen they
were bound, for the cafe heading a
convivial party. They freed few
three-card monte men, but the latest
bulletin does not say which OF the
parties were successful.
The Perohicot-Breton combination
was eliminated from the rnce when at
445 this morning the team withdrew
Perohicot was badly injured in fall
during one Of last nights sprints.
! Ksefe and Kopsky, the 'nris iccsi''
~ this rHos, were won6ssfug why