Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-10
NINE TEAMS LAP
FIELD IN BIG JAM
Petit-Breton's Effort Started
Thrilling Sprint Before Dawn
in Garden.
JOE FOGLER GETS ON JOB

JOE FOGLER GETS ON JOB
The big breakup in the six-day
race came off at 4:S3 this morning.
Eight teams are now leading by one
lap, while six teams are one lap be-
hind and the -Kopsky pair are
over q mile back of the leaders. The
sprinting that caused the shake-up
was of comparatively short duration,
but as desperate as any ever seen In
the Garden. A little Jump by Petit
Breton started the lam" Root shot
out of the bunch, obviously to tame
tho Frenchman, and he pulled away
for a lead of thirty yards. and then
eased up by going high on the bank.
For three laps the riders rode high
! on the track, apparently uneasy, and
inclined to settle down again, though
apprehensive of something more seri-
GUS to follow. At this juncture Joe
Fogler shot down on the pole and
dashed away in earnest. There was
no mistaking Fogler's intentions-he
was on his way. Riding stronger
tnan at any tlille III lho law wv
opened gap, which he increased
with each circuit of the track.
Hill and Lawrence Go Up.
Fred Hill and Percy Lawrence drew
up on Fogler as he made the third
dash around. Goullet came out and
relieved Fogler, drawing away from
| Hill and Magin, who relieved Law
renee. Goullet fairly flew around the
track. and, without looking for as
sistance, continued his sprint, With
Magin and Hill still on his wheel.
Fogler came out again. and, riding
stronger than In his first sprint, in
| creased the teams lead considerably,
with Magin still following and Ryan,
who relieved Hill, close in their wake.
| The riders were by this time strung
all over the track, and not in groups,
as is usually the case in big jam
1t was a wild, mad, reckless struggle
In the group nearest the leaders the
riders changed pace every lap, but
lost ground on each lap during the
first two miles. Even the great Jackie
Clark was unable to make any head
way in the chase, and Root was no
| better than Clark. Hansen, Mitten,
| Thomas Cory and Packebusch went
to the front In desperation, only to
fall farther behind when they swung
up after making a fruitless effort to
pull up on the leaders.
Goullet Tires at Inst.
On the fourth change Goullet tired
perceptably after going three laps.
and Ryan, riding in wonderful form,
shot away and looked for a minute as
though he was going to lap the entire
field alone. Fogler came on again,
and Ryan's lead was soon cut down.
Unable to stand the furious pace, the
teams of Cory and Walker. Mitten
and Thomas, Hansen and Anderson.
Appellants and Packebusch gradually
lost ground, until they were finally
Tapped. The Clark-Grenda, Breton
Perchicot, Root Mcnamara, Hal
stead-Drobach teams were still far
behind the leaders, quarters of
a lap intervening. and it looked as
though they, too, would succumb to
the speed of the three leaders. Great
sprints by Brocco and Grenda saved
them. however. When the leaders
were losing their snap Grenda went
out, and was pulling away from the
second division when he locked
handlebars with Pete Drobach, and
they both crashed to the track on the
Fourth avenue turn. The bell was
given to stop the race, but the riders
failed to hear the signal, and con-
tinued on their way. Even the
stop the speed-crazed riders.
Crowd Goes Mad.
When It was announced that nine
teams had Tapped the field there was
a deafening burst of applause from
the immense crowd that filled the
Garden. For many hours the crowd
| 4. %. a
and there was not vacant seat to be
seen. Never In the history of the
race had so many people remained in
the building all night. Waiting ex-
pectantiy for more excitement, there
were fully seven thousand bugs"
still waiting at o'clock. The old
timers declared this Jam" to be the
most exciting, with one exception,
ever witnessed In the New York six
day race.
Shortly after IL o'clock last night
there was an interesting sprint that
was continued longer than the event.
full sprint of this morning, but no
teams were Tapped. In this jam"
Breton. Verri and Perchicot showed
to advantage, and Hill, Walthour and
Hansen rode poorly. hardly able to
hang on to the tail end of the pack.
In the first stage of this series of
jumps and spirits Walthour and Hill
showed to brilliant advantage, but
they had to drop back from their
efforts.
The records of last year were
broken at intervals, but between the
hours of II p. m. Tuesday to a. m.
today the riders dropped behind as a
result of the slow pace.
Tho Mitten-Thomas and Cameron
Carmen teams protested the placing
of their teams ono lap behind the
leaders. Cameron claimed he had a
fiat tire and Mitten and Thomas said
they were in the lead, instead of be-
hind. The riders were strung out
around the track In an endless chain,
and they had no idea of who was
leading or who was behind. They rode
In blind desperation that was be-
wilderlng.
Collins and waithour were fined $2t
for making bad pickup on the
forty eighth hour during a sprint.