The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-19

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| Former record--i.46o miles and laps.
| made BY Root and Mcnamara In 1918
Sprin,s for special money prizes Of
fered by several spectators and a bonus
for two. three and fifteen mile events
donated by Manager John ]. McGraw OF
the Giants enlivened the six day bicycle
/ race in Madison Square Garden last
night. These aprints started al $40
O'Clock and eliminated two hours later
| IN a bold bid by Wohlrab and Ryan to
lap the nine teams tied with them for
first place. The dash OF this pair failed,
but cost several OF the trailing combina-
lions one or moro laps Thomas and
Hanley found the pace too stir and
dropped one lap. The Bedel brothers
lost two laps as did Mit,en and Ander-
son. while Piercey and Dupuy and Kopsky
and Hansen fell three circuits further
behind tho leaders.
: One spill marred the sport. Nerr! COL
lding with Menus Bedell and tho pair
carrying Anderson down with them.
Frank Kramer rode an exhibition quar-
ter mile in rs I-5 seconds. Clarence
Carman, paced BY Jimmy Hunter. rode a
mile in 40 1-5
Gus Wohlrab and Martin Ryan re-
gained their lap and came up with the
leaders early Yesterday morning Just
why the sprint came Off at that time Wa
"a mystery TO most Of the riders az we'll
as tho spectators. for the riding had been
! 80 fast for hours before IL that IL would
seem as II noae ~ the riders could have
a squirt left IN him
Just as the riders had finished racing
Tor twenty miles FOR $500 offered by Dick
Rudolph a Frenchrnan announced that he
would Offer a like amount In memory
OF rider Trickey Comes for ore mile
squirt. Comes was killed in battle only
a short tim. ago. The prize caused \
real scramble. Goullet carried of the
money by great spur'. crossing the
finish line only Few feet In front Of
JacHIe Clarke.
As has been .he custom in all OF tho
other prize spriuts. the bunch slowed up
once IL Was over. Oscar Egg. who -
teamed with VERT. thought he hat a
good chance 20 lose the field and started
out Ike a whirlwInd Tho Swiss gained
almost half a lap. He and VERT re-
lieved one another often. but thy could
not hold thsir advantage aud the gap
steadily closed up.
As soon as The nving Swiss had been
caught III. riders settled down once more
! Thai Is they started 20 settle down. but
'hey never got the chance. for Wohlrab
shot TO the front aNd the Nc d did not
tppsa- 70 take him very seriously. II
Vas not until the e-Stpniie amateur got
half lap ahead that the bunch gave
chss" and then Il proved :" n" too late.
Tor RYAN. r!s partner. picked him up on
tho Tw"nty-eighth street side Of the
track and. Increasing tho speed sat by
/ Wnhlr al. caught The rear guard before
+ they had gone hair a mile.
The Sru"llng pace st through the early
morning hours yesterday cut the Held
dow0 To- fifteen teams Frank CavdnaEh
~ the pi"vccv- CRvRual;h team. which was
lappel i've times duli-'s tho spr,ut.ug
shorty after midnight, quit with a cold
IN his stomach ~ o'rinCk in the morning
Sercs Of III" French team dropped ou' a.
about The same TIME, 80 Marcel tupuy
( and Charles pieIcoy Joined forces and
took the over score. which put them six
laps behind the leaders. kopskY and Han
, sen lost steadily through tho day and late
last night were nine laps behind tho lead
/ ers Most Of me -id"rs wer" showing the
effects OF the sustained hard going last
night. and 4 - more than likely tina, the
, field will he further depleted before an
+ other twentv-rouy hours
Jimmy Moran. who has been riding in
~ day races in New Work for the last ten
/ wears. announced yesterday that Il Is his
! intention 70 re'';c from the same AT the
end Of his grind Moran has won the
event ONLY t"lc" nut mas neen mp IN TIE
, none, ncal.y every tiulc ne mas started.
George Cnlombotto. an Italian rider,
and Julian Provost Of Belgium. who were
TO have ridden n the race and arrived too
late. were - tho Garden Yesterday. sorclN
dlsRppointed because they were NOT Oh IN"
track Colomhotto was especially prevcd
because he had come over on an eight daN
boat winch had taken ten days for the
trip.
Egg aud Nerr!. who max" up the italian
team. have hccomc great favorites with
tie crowd because Of their fine riding in
the Jams N,rri did practically no train
ing for the event, but the fast riding OF
the first couple Of days has put him in
good condition and his team now com
mences 10 loom nm as one OF the most dan
grrous In the race