New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-19
FIVE Teams Tapped
in Sprint for Prizes
u,Graw Puts Up 5000 and
the Burst of Speed
Follows.
s,v.DAY RECORDS
90 BY THE BOARDS
v,,,lrab Makes Game Attempt
"a Make Up Lost Ground
al the Garden.
p, Ian HNMTHORNE.

Rv FRED HAWTHORNE.
- ,feCraw was the little mis-
~ maker 40 last nights session OF
". six-dav bicycle race M MeolSon
s.,s~e Garden, and although nus M
Ss..s~t rodcsty prevented him from APP
-,;~- in person 40 the scene ll W"S
l.,rSced thst "Jawn' had separated
t.,-,ssF from 5000 for series OF
.-,r+s between che riders.
Terrific bursts Of speed followed inc
..brrsf o. generosity ON the part OF
~ Little Napoleon, and the teams
an. 10 such desperate lengths 70 gam
80 coveted prizes that I'VE teams loSt
~. 5rrirc the ucryc-wreckI pace.
those 10 drop behind were the teams
90 Vsnlev and Thomas, Mltten and An
s,~.or and Bcdell and bedeli Whicn
,,st one lap each, and hanSen ana
Vonsky and T.erDey and pupuy, VINO
ere twice Tapped by The flying nelc. Cd.
Woblrab. who Is paired with GRASSY
prs- started wild burst OF speed ln
81 fourth mile ct g ftteer-mle sprint
,,r bee mstigatei 10y NcGraw, ana
vsrt around tire track at such bhnoding
need as 10 leave the rest OF the held
Aree-ousr,ers Of lap 10 the rear IN
I've circuits Of the oval
sRvan, Ryan, Ryan. Where is
.crsssv'e" imp,ored the thousands who
vsre standing up IN their seats as
,bsv looked for Nohlrab's partner to
n bis relief and complete the lap
IL. the German had fought so hard
20 get a.. ..,ot
,;ss. mounted his wheel and started
-~stirr down the straight 20 releVe
81. mariner Something went wrong
,;.b the chain on his wheel, however,
,rS he was forced 10 stop. Wohlrab,
.i+borcb he was firing fast from ms
.c-risc eFor. kept digging at his
rlssls SO haze that he maintained nus
irs6 for another circuit Of the trach.
There was q limit 90 his strength,
t,wever. and after Ryan had made
,,o-ber attempt 20 get into the night
s-5 fs1e6 Worlrab was compelled 70
Sow nm and 60 back with the PACK.
Tbs teams mentioned above were un-
-bls N stand the pace and lost then
i,-s because Of that. Oldtimers az
~ GARDEN said Wohlrab's sprint was
ore NJ the greatest ever seen az the
csrser. and would surely have gained
10 Ian had Ryan been able TO DO ms
share. -,.- r--.,. Ill.
10 r;ie~s lost a.l thought Of the $40
r-;,s attached TO the winning OF IL.
Fverv man was intent only on holding
h, own against the flying Woh.rao.
corls NcCraw have been present 70
vit-ess the havoc his dollars wrought
az the track he must have smiled al
he idea Of going Dick Rudolph OF the
pos.or Braves. one better. Harry
Hampstead. the president Of the Giants.
was sitting in a box. however, ana
broke three chairs IN his acrooatlc
leans IS he yelled and waved ms arms
no. Mr. Hampstead is not a slH-day
fan. but he lust needed the exercise
Before the Giants leader had out
Ru6olrbed Rudolph in the matter OF
rri7e giving there had been frequent
intervals Of sprinting for lap prizes
donated By the management Inc
money was about equally we'll dlstrlb-
rta5 among the men on the track, and
when Jackie Clark flashed ahead IN
ore sprint the whole house Numbered
is applause.
About 3 o'clock. just tier sprint
lad started. Nerri, Anderson and
Menus Belell collided on the goth st.
g5e Of the track and came heavily
down. Their falls did not DO any real
iamage and they were soon back al
yors
NcNamsra. Grenda, Goullett, Egg,
Clark. Wohlrab. the two Bedells and
R7an were among the winners OF the
FIST instruments of McGfaws SUI
=sr &c.,.
When Frank Kramer, the sprinting
champion of the world, came out On
he track shortly after o'clock 10 rue
ouarter-mile exhib ton. the gallery
.rnortals greeted him with shouts OF
oh. YOU champ" and Kramer waved
his hand 20 the ceiling anC grlnned a
grin Clarence Carman also Went
nile behind motor pace. Neither o. tne
men fractured any records ID their eA-
tbitions
It was grind, grind, grind at the
Garden throughout most Of the day
he riders maintaining a pace OF aoout
L miles AN hour and losing several
niles Of the lead they had established
over the old records on Tuesday ngnI.
Wednesday is always the hardest day
Of the week for siX-day riders, the
strain apparently reaching It's greatest
heights az this time. From now on,
towever. t SIS probable the men will
Increase their pace and make fresh IN
roads on all records that have not here
iotOre been chastised.
Shortly after Z o'clock in the. morn
ing. George Sores, of the French team
Of Sores and Dupuy, came YEARLY to
halt by the track side and announced
hat he was through. Water on the
knee was the cause assigned by the
citizen Of France for his withdrawal
iIom the merry o-round.
Seres's retirement seemed to atect
Big Frank Cavanagh with q brilliant
idea, and be also brought his wheel TO
stop and let il be known that he was
suffering from bad cold on the
stomach It had been noticed that for
several hours previous 70 this Cava-
rsgh had shown signs Of illness and
had not been riding with as much dash
as before
Dupuy and Charles Piercey, Cava-
nagh's partner. then formed "a new