New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-20
KAISER AND WOHLRAB
OUT FOR AN HOUR
voo<tv Wins a Bonus, Then
Drops Out of Race
Kramer Shows Speed.
Il, FRED HAWTHORNE.

i.sh fer Che second bonus when 'he
''iuis s~rv Kaiser. the Youngest man in
he rscc. was picked up by his trainers
IN carried unconscious 20 ms cot.
,..-rst Wohlrat. .hc German rider,
HISbos been supplying constant thrills
3, bis ATTEMPTS 90 gain q lap on the
s.re field was also painfully injured,
- sf. side Of his face having been
.,,-oe1 hv contact with the track.
~ D~ohach. Jackie Clark and Nor
Anderson were the men who
i~r+',3 60 Che bottom Of the steeply
i-~t,f trrc, as G. result Of the mlN-up.
sn were more o~ less bruised.
KAISER and Wolhrab did not make
.t.ir ~eerreararct ON the boards for
~ porr. and then they were greeted
,-..h storm Of cheers from the 6,OOO
-srs,rs IN the audience. 10 was an
. ro-rce8 that in swinging up the bank
4 ,,spsrstorv 90 sprint down the
II ..-siritsvav Clark and Wohlrab had
v .,rF5ed To save himself Wohlrab in
,,'rrts~iIv grabbed the man nearest
t;-, Kaiser. who chen grabbed at Dro-
S,.I end all three went down, their
,-bee's snIlrc the other riders.
P~ior 60 this accident there had been
series of spriuts Tor bonuses OF $40
sm,le. KopsSy, who was hopelessly IN
,be rear with Hansen, dashed out and
esrtr-ed one Of the prizes, the other
rters sitting up and loafng down the
io~estretch 10 was Kopsky's debut
asa prize winner. Tremendous cheers.
kopsky Drops Out.
A few minutes later Kopsky an
rogrcfd his retirement. and his opart-
rer. Hansen then teamed up with
piercev. who had been left without a
rsrtner shortly before 6 o'clock by the
retirement of uupuy. At 10:45 John
Be8eu. one Of the veterans, also quit
the track. leaving his partner and
brother. Menus. 90 find another team
mate within four hours. This left only
thirteen teams in the race at II o'clock.
The newly constructed team of Pier
cev and Hansen cnalized their team
ine up st 10;30 o'clock by capturing
four out Of o series of FIVE spirits at
unknown distances. Anderson took the
first SO bin and then Piercey flashed
across the line for the second, gaining
such a lead on the field that he contin-
uei and won the third.
By beautiful team work Hansen then
dashed away and won the fourth prize,
and before the other riders realized
what was up picrcey relieved his part
rer and won the nth and last of the
money sprints. But the Australian was
not satisfied with this and continued
ahead a. furious speed, regalnlng one
Of his team lost laps.
By this time the entire Garden crowd
as con a.rnH nd a
couraging cheers were shrieked from
al sides as Piercey again went out and
gained half a lap more. Little Hansen
sneaked down the fat stretch and
csugh. Percey 40 the Madison av.
turn. and then SET sail for the rest Of
the field. catching up with the pack
after 8 two-lap sprint, making the sec
ond lap his team had made up in the
space Of ten minutes. and placing him
self and P.ercey just ten laps behind
The leaders
During tho evening Pete Prunty made
bis bow and let 30 be known that Oscar
Hamme rstcIn-Oscar of the high hat
had offered the winning team $1,000 10
appear az his theatre for one week.
Utter lack Of interest on the part Of
all the udersl
Frank kramer rode an exhibition
quarer-m,le unpaced in % seconds,
and then George Sores, who quit the
nce early iu the week, rode a mile
behind q motor in 1910 40. Sores
looked much happier following the
suffering motor than he had as SIX
dayrder, and he travelled much faster.
Discomfort Among Riders.
During the day of yesterday" as
the Official war communicates from
Paris and London phrase IL, spirit Of
discomfort developed among some Of
the riders az the Garden because of
the intermittent Offering Of sprint
pnzes by spectators and the manage
nert
Goullet and Grenda. the Austrsl-
5'ians, and Nerri and Egg, the Italian
SWISS team, who have won more than
ihelr share Of the prizes, were said TO
he well satisfied with the state of af-
tirs. Most Of the other riders, how
ever, contended that the tremendous
pace set by those frying TO capture the
money was mere than human endur-
ahee could stand and could not be con-
unued for Ions.
a grievance committee, composed Of
NE teams of Moran and Mcnamara,
cameron and Kaiser, Walthour and
halstead and Clark and Root, nomi-
itaied Piggy Moran for the doubtful
1onor Of holding a conference with
floyd Mcfarland. the manager, in an
eHort 20 haze the practice dScon-
tinued
-. Piggy and Floyd went into execu-
we session for several minutes. Moran
argued that prizes should be offered
az stated intervals so that the riders
could prepare for the test, but McFar-
lahd replied that all the men knew that
money prizes for sprints would be Of
Tered before they entered the race, and
.aa' tae custom would not be discon-
unued.
When piggy" minated that he and
''hefs would never compete IN another
SA-day race under similar conditions,
mcfarland executed "a thanking move
Ment by stating that if any Of the
Hcers withdrew because of the prize
tNlng De would see 10 IL that they
Garden.
General piggy" then retired to the
IeAehes Of his allies and told them
le sad news. Later II was announced
Ia' tae mal,ontcnts had been forced
ieceoe little ground in the face
me terrific bombardment by General
cfsfiand and his forces, but that
.ley were maintaining a defensive posi-
on despite the unexpected advance
-g'n the part Of the enemy.
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