New-York tribune., 1914-11-22
Outsprint Field in Final
Hour Long Dash
for HOnOrS.
LOWER THE WORLDS
RECORD SEVEN MILES
Much Prize Money Divided Af-
ter the Grind-Berlin ScOr.
ing System Pleases.
BY FRED HAWTHORNE.

Alfred Goullet, or Australia, and Al
fred Grenda, Of Tasmania, his team
mate, won the annual six-day bicycle
race at Madison Square Garden last
night, with Ivor Lawson and Peter
Drobach second, Reggie Mcnamara
and Jimmie Moran third, Oscar Egg
and Francesca Verri and Joe Fogler
and Fred Hill in a tie for fourth and
fifth place money. George Cameron and
Harry Kaiser sixth, and Percy Law
renee and Jake Magin seventh and last.
When the last yard had been covered
in the race Goullet and Grenda and
the next five teams had travelled n
total of 2,758 miles and one lap
breaking the record established last
year Goullet and Fogler of 2,75l
miles fla. by seven miles and one lap
Lawrence and Magin and Jackie Clark
and Eddie Root were tied one lap be
hind the six leading teams at the be-
ginning of the last hour, when all four
retired from the track to allow the
leaders 20 fight out the series OF
sprints that wound up the race. It
was announced that the two trailing
teams would decide seventh place in a
one-mile sprint, but Clark and Root
decided not to compete, thereby giving
the honor to Lawrence and Magin.
BY taking first prize Goullet and
Grenda won 81 500 and a weeks en-
gagement at Hammerstein's Victoria
Theatre, beginning on Monday, at ST.
600. Lawson and Drobach got
81 900. Mcnamara and Moran $3.50, Egg
and Verri and Fogler and Hill divided
$500 between them for fourth and fifth
places. Cameron and Kaiser drew down
$3.50 and Lawrence and Magin got the
seventh purse, of $3.50.
Instead of a one-mile sprint at the
end of the last hour. as has alSays
been the custom heretofore, the six
leading teams engaged in series OF
ifteen-lap sprints, with the points Ci-
vided according TO the order of finish
in each sprint. and the total number
of points gained by each team IN all
the lap races 10 be counted. Tn IRE
were fifteen of these sprints within the
last hour.
Goullet won seven times Cor his
team. was fourth and fifth twice, the
great Australian rider completely
eclipsing every other man on the track
by his showing Reggie Mcnamara and
Ivor Lawson were tied for second place
in the point score, with 80 each, IS
compared 70 Goullet's individual total
of 40.
The Garden began TO FIJI up shortly
before 2 o'clock, and an hour later the
great amphitheatre was packed from
floor 70 rafters with a crowd that was
thirsting for thrills. They came soon
enough, and with unusual frequency.
At 9 o'clock the flags OF all nations that
had been decorating the riders sleep
Il - 1nrnr FaN
and this was the signal that the final
hours test was about 70 begin.
The six leading teams then took pos
session Of the track, and AZ they cir
cled slowly around, Pete Prunty, the
announcer, stated the conditions Of the
last hour: Six points for first place IN
eacn fftecn-lap sprint, 5 for second. 1
for third, for fourth, for fifth and !
for sixth. The firing OF the pistol
started the men off in the race for the
final honors.
The riders taking part in the first
snrin. we're Goullet, Mcnamara, Dro-
bach. Verri. Hill and Cameron. Goul-
let hung back until two laps from nome
and then came around on the outside Of
the field with wonderful burst Of
spoed, Just nipping Mcnamara as they
asSheG across the finish line.
Iver Lawson won the second heat
BIZ a rare exhibition OF riding, with Joe
Fogler hanging 10 his rear wheel 20 the
end Goullet was caught IN pocket
when a lap from the finish, and had to
be satisfied with fourth place. In the
-evt sprint, however, the australian
era,n CAPTURED the honors in dss-
3Cra'e fight down the homestretch with
50 .n,era his cOuutryman.
C~ende took Goullet's place IN the
Toul r test, finishing in fourth place
hu- Cou'let again appeared for the
frtf me. and won in a desperate drive
from Mcnamara. Grenda took the
sixth heat in a ding-dong battle with
Fogier, then Goullet took the track for
the seventh heat and showed his wheel
ahead, with Hill in second place. The
ninth. twelfth and fifteenth sprints
v,ere also taken by the Australian, who
seemed &c have world Of speed in
his sturdy .ces.
NcNsmara rode zen times for his
team, and the effort was too much for
ever his rugged strength. In the eley-
enth sprint Moran, who had been en-
Toying long rest, came out and opened
up with great burst Of speed. He was
intent oi "a Ni44b 4ap OA NlN AtlN bt-
fore the othe: riders woke up, and
was relieved by Mcnamara after two
circuits Round and round the wooden
track az reckless speed dashed the
riders. bat after gaining three-quarters
Of a lap Mcnamara and Moran could no,
stand the killing pace, and were caught
by the pack headed By the inde-
iatigable Gou.let Moran, at least, had
the satisfaction Of earning first place
by his well planned sprint in this ses-
sion