Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-11
Old Marks Are Shattered Daily
as Weary Battle Goes
On.
TALK OF COMBINATIONS
Cyclists Change Shifts by
Clock and Yell at
Overtime"

For the first six hours of the fourth
days racing the riders in the six-day
race were ahead of the former mile
age records. At the seventy second
hour the field completed 1,460 miles
and five laps. which was IA miles and
8 laps more than the 1912 mark. The
cyclists increased the tally to is
miles and IL laps in the succeeding
hour, while at o'clock they dropped
back to an advantage of IL miles and
laps. From this hour on they
dropped steadily back until at 6
o'clock the racers were but miles
and 8 laps in the fore of the old
record
Another record is being established
by the riders, that of growing boards
Worth Mitten leads in this respect
The smaller of the Midget team is
hidden behind bush that would do
credit to caveman.
Jack Neville is preparing for the
icy sidewalks of Vailsburg by sliding
up and down the back stretch off the
track. slim John" has negotiated
the trip across the slippery boards to
and from his camp almost 100 times
without a fall
John Chapman, the former man.
ager of the Velodrome, took look
during the morning at the grind of
which he was manager last year.
Joe Dehner, who is among the
handlers of Root and Mcnamara. was
afraid that Mcnamara would Dust
off his feed since the first day. In
addition to a bad stomach, Mae" had
a bad knee. He is in much better
shape now, and is due to go great
guns before Saturday. Root is in fine
fettle, considering the stage of the
race.
Rumors of combinations began to
circulate this morning around the
Garden for the first time during the
week. 1t was said that Kopsky and
Keefe were to ride themselves dead
in an effort to pull the foreign teams
up. Perehicot and Breton, Broceo and
Verri, Hansen and Anderson and
cameron and Carmen were alleged to
be in on the arrangement.
In the minor sprints of the early
morning Aft Grenda, when on the
track, seemed to disregard the Fog
ler-Goullet combination, as whenever
there was any activity he would get
on McNamara's or Bobby WaIthour's
wheel and stay there.
The crowd grew to such proportions
last night that several of the gallery
gods were forced to take refuge on
the Orders in the roof of the Garden.
Ernie Pye was one of the spectators
this morning in the judges stand.
Pye's knees still panied him.
The trainers are beginning to feel
the strain of the race as well as the
riders. Some of them look as though
they have been put through a mill.
and the loss of sleep has made them
a dopey lot. Some of them try TO see
everything, and therefore forsake the
hay and the slumber
Paddy Hehir is still towering
around the building, and at times
sat along the track side. Paddy does
not declare himself on the probabili-
ties of his old partner, Clark, and his
mate, Grenda, regaining their lost
ground, but says that he would like
to see them tied with the leaders.
Tad, the sporting cartoonist, was
around the press stand late this
morning. Tad was one of a group of
scribes who were putting Cub"
through the third degree. The said
cub was looking for some free tickets,
so Tad, in order to be agreeable, wrote
him an order for half a dozen. In
stead of calling him cub he should
answer to the name of a bear.
Some of the riders are changing
shifts, according to the clock. They
have drawn the line so fine that they
scream murder If the trainers keep
them out on the track for a minute
OF two over time. This riding, accord
ing to the 59-cent alarm clock, can be
held accountable for the bad ankles
of Gordon Walker. There is such
thing as drawing the time too fine.
There is some class to the trainers.
During the dull moments the valuable
assets of the camps manage TO have
a bit of fun with other handlers and
the crowd as well. Decorating each
other with, burnt cork will probably
get off to a flying start today.
George Cameron 10 a star. George