Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-07
VETERANS TRY IN
VAIN for LOST LAP
Efforts of Root, Lawrence and
Walth0ur Keep Three Lead.
ing Teams on Move.
FRED HILL GETS WATCH


BOSTON, Nov. 1.-The merry and
more or less stereotyped whirl of the
six-day race was punctuated by the
presentation of many objects of the
jewelers. art on this, the fifth day
of the contest. It became known for
the first time that Fred Hill, of Bos-
ton and South Orange avenue, New
ark, N. j., Is a product of Water
town, Mass, when q delegation from
the latter place presented Fred with
a gold watch. Shortly after the pres
ontation Jimmy Moran, In a probable
flt of jealousy, tried to throw cold
water on the WATERFOWL bunch by
attempting to lap the Hon. Mr. Hill.
During the height of this sprint the
announcer cried out In a clarion
voice that could be heard indistinctly
in the din anent Moran's efforts. that
frequent sprints these riders gained
mara, who is Moran's partner and
who has been partieu arly keen on
gathering prime money during the
week, relieved Moran and sprinted
for this prize. Mcnamara won and
was handed 81 silver cup. Now that
he has got 1t he wants to know what
he is going to do with 1t.
The biggest crowd that ever packed
the arena to witness a six-day race
was on hand. So great was the crush
that some OF the riders could not be
convinced that 1t was not Saturday
night instead of Friday. There was
but one dull hour in the ten, primes
and efforts by the teams which are a
lap behind the three leading teams to
get up on even terms again, furnish
ing q generous amount of entertain
ment for the thousands of spectators,
many of whom were under suspicion
of being from Jersey, in the neigh
borhood of Princeton.
Leaders Kept ON Jump.
Being lap behind in a measly
ten hour a-day race does not set well
with such veterans and stars as Ed
die Root, Percy Lawrence, Worth
Mitten Jake Magin and Bobby Wal
tllour and they made life miserable
for the three leading teams. BY very
Quate to fill the needs of all who
a lap on the leaders repeatedly, but
could not stretch their advantage
into a full lap. When Moran, with
Walthour, got away for more than
half-lap it threw an awful scare
in the teams of Goullet and Hill and
Lawson and Drobach. Other teams a
lap behind appeared in the light OF
allies, for they stretched across the
track impeding the forward move
ment of the Goullet-Hill and Lawson
L
finally pierced the defense, however,
and soon hauled down the leaders
AS has been the custom through
out the week, Piercy and Logan lost
q few laps during the day, regaining
some when the other teams got tired
of chasing them. For their own pro-
lection, the three leading teams
headed the field most of the time,
setting fast pace and continually
watching for attacks from the rear.
The main business of the other seven
teams was to make things disagree
able for the leaders.
A special prime offered for the
teams that are behind in the race at
an early hour this morning resulted
in one of the fiercest sprintS of the
race. Piercy, the Australian, won
the sprint and then Root, Thomas,
Lawrence and Carman made con-
certed effort to put lap on the
field. They were unsuccessful, as the
score shows The final sprint at
a. m. this morning was won by
Thomas. with Magin second and Car
man third.
Running the race into the wee
small hours of the morning has
demonstrated that Boston would like
to be an all-night town, especially
before the Harvard-Princeton foot
ball game, when hotel accommoda-
tions in this high-brow town are at
prohibitive price and also made
quate to fill the needs of all who
would sleep.
The riders got away on the final
days riding at 1890 o'clock today, in
stead of o'clock. They will finish
at 10:3O o'clock tonight. The leading
teams are 80 miles ahead of the rec
ord. The standing of the riders at
the close of the nth days riding Is as