Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-18
TUMBLE
WITH LIGHTS OUT
Underground Gable Trouble
Plunges ArmOry in Darkness
With SixsDay Race On.
NONE OF RIDERS INJURED

Due to underground cable trouble the
lights at tie First Regiment Armory
last night were extinguished, causing
Il spill on the Sussex avenue turn. III
which every rider was thrown to the
bottom of the track The lights We're
out for almost a minute and caused
general confusion among the specta
tors. Fortunately, there was none
seriously hurt but had there been
sprint on at the time it is probable
that more than one team would have
been eliminated from the ten combi-
nations today. As events proved,
Fogler hit the outer guard rail at the
bottom of the track and Dupuy
crashed against one of the uprignts
at the top of the embanlment. out
side of few bruises both F'ogler and
Dupuy said they were not injured,
The lights went out at 7.5l and II was
S:25 o'clock before the race was re-
sumed, the riders refusing TO go on
the track unless the gas jets were
lit,
Lights being extinguished i'll a six
day race is not a novelty, If it can be
called such. In New Haven the track
was often plunged into darkness. ac-
cording to the riders and at Buffalo
one time in an amateur eight-hour-a-
day race there was a big spill some
years ago.
Being a lap ahead in the iX-day
race may appear to be an enviable
position but it is not so cheerful a
position as it seems Goullet and
Hill are now the enemy and all the
rest of the riders in the race are al
lied against them. The leading team
was pestered for a while after the
liam" that put them ahead but 1t
was nothing compared to what they
can expect today. The four teams in
the second division have sworn ven
geance and make no bones about
their intentions when the race gets
under way at o'clock this after
noon.
Moran and Drobach, Root and
Lawson and Walker and Wohlrab
were Tapped as q direct result of
their hard ride TO lap the Fogler-
Verri team. When Fogler and Verri
were caught by these three teams
Goullet and Hill made their start and
had a big advantage, as they had
taken things easy while the three
teams were getting Verri and Fog
| Ter.
Lawson says he was caught nap
ping by Goullet. The Swede thought
that Goullet was simply going to
sprint lap and then swing UP. and
when Lawson realized that the Aus
tralian and Hill were really serious
! il was too late to get them.
Moran was very sore when he was
tapped and wanted TO go out imme-
| diately and murder the leaders.
| The other "allies' insisted upon
waiting until tonight. They will
probably all come to the armory this
afternoon primed for the big effort,
but Goullet and Hill will be pre-
pared for anything that may hap
pen
Cavanagh and Spears rode so we'll
| in the big lam" last night they are
filled with courage and are not afraid
of anything now. When the jam
started Spears hesitated again, but 1t
was for an instant only. AFTER
| dropping to the back Of the field he
shot out again and was up with the
| neld IN nail zap
Spears was presented with
bouquet after winning prime
early in the evening. 1t was the first
| floral offering of the race and came
| from a fair admirer OF the big Aus
tralian sprinter.
If the riders had had all OF the
bicycle lamps on their wheels that
have been put up for primes" dur
ing the race and had them lit, there
would have been no spill when the
lights went out.
Linart has Id a very enjoyable
time in the six-day race--he says 1t
| is so much pleasanter than life In
Belgium. But after the big Jam"
he remarked that there are other
things about as bad as life in King
Albert's devastated country.
Being left on the track too long in
| the big liam" was the real cause Of
Fogler being Tapped. verri got into
an argument during the Jam" and
forgot all about his partner, who was
having the greatest battle of his life
and against overwhelming odds.
Fogler was dead after going almost a
| mile unpdCeu, anu uS never Saiiio
back. Root left Lawson on the
track too long also, which took much
of the steam out Of the Swede.
! Root put up a great sprint in the
| final mile last night and rode like
| the champion of old.
| Fred Hill proved himself a great
general in the big jam. The Boston
rider was always in evidence and he
aided materially in the lap-gaining.
Fred says the race is not so very
hard, but after the big sprint ne
admitted that he was as tired as the
rest of them.