New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
SK-DAY RACE
GETS UNDER WAY
AT MIDNIGHT
Twenty Teams Will Do
Battle in Annual Grind
at the Garden.
SIX AUSTRALIANS
AMONG ENTRIES
America Also Strongly Repr..
sented, with Moran and Wal.
thour as Favorites.

That part of New York's ,on,,....
Wnich acts IN perfectly normal sn@
RATIONAL manner through ffty.ors
weeks OF every yesr will begin 4,
annual week Of mentaf unbalance g..
ing at midnight tonight. when the siy.
day bicycle race gets under way an m.
banked track in Madison Sousrs o..
den. var
These races have been An animal =,
far at the Garden ever since ~.
Dlcycie craze was at its height, back in
the SO's. and every year the Attendant
has exceeded expectations. viii ~
same enthusiasm upon the part OF ,hs
spectators and the same wild scenes OF
excitement on the last night. when ,ha
survivors OF the long grind engage in
the final sprint for the prize monsr
War may lay Europe waste and pu,
stop 10 all contraband articles from the
belllgerent countries, but the bicyela
riders from across the Atlantic h.ys
managed to slip through the lines. and
a representative field from abroad will
be on hand again this year to make
the race an international affair.
From Australia are noted seYte,.
including Reggie Mcnamara and Bob
Spears, who will team up, and Charles
Piercey and Gordon Walker, who also
will join forces. Alfred Grends. who
won the race last year, when teamed
with Alfred Goullet. will this time be
seen riding rs the mate of Fred Mn.
Of Boston. The other combination IN
which an Australian will figure. is that
Of Frank Cory. from the antipodes.
and Peter Drooach. Of South Boston.
From this it can be seen that Aus.
tralia will again make a serious bid for
the chief honors. her riders having al.
ways finished up among the leaders.
The other foreigners include Georges
Sores, Of France. and Victor Linart, OF
Belgium. Linart is the motor paced
champion of the world. and Sores for.
merly held that title. Then there are
Oscar Egg. Of Switzerland. aud Marcel
Dupuy, OF France; Rudolph Rudi-Russe
of Austria. and Leon Nanderstuyft, o.
Belgium, all four of whom will team
up in the order named. besides Norman
Hansen. Of Denmark. who will pair with
Worth Mitten. of Davenport, Iowa. and
Norman Anderson, the Dane, and Tim
Sullivan, of Ireland, and lastly, Vim
cenZo Madonna, Of Italy. and Paul
Suter. Of Switzerland.
Six-day bicycle racers seem 10 lose
all traces of racial animosty, for the
week, at least, which explains the rea-
son why men like udi-Russc, of Au1.
tria. and Vanderstufft. of Belgium. 70
get the fact that their countries a.,
bitter enemies, and ride for the con-
mon cause.
The American riders in the race will
hasr. chair xUnrx MT for than "a
come through 10 victory against this
strong foreign invasion, but the native
born entries are confident that the Stars
and Stripes will come out ahead, with
one OF these teams crossing the line
first: Percy Lawrence and Jake Magn
Ray Eaton and Eddie Madden, Jimmy
Ryan and Lloyd Thomas. Clarence Car
man and Joe Fogler. Gus Wohlrab and
Joe Kopsky and Willie Hanloy and Al
Halstead
Moran and Walthour. two Of the old
est men in the race, have been frequent
winners of the event in past years. and
many will pick them 10 come out we
torious over any other combination
Other veterans Of the game are Ryan
and Thomas and Lawrence and Magn.
But some Of the younger riders are
liable TO spring a surprise, among them
Ray Eaton. son Of Jay Eaton, famous
as the Indoor king" a score Of years
ago. and his partner, Eddie Martin,
both of Newark.
Latest reports stated that seventeen
teams would start the race, with the
possibility that four more would be
added to the field before the starting
gun was fired.
Every six day bicycle fan remembers
the stirring finish Of the race lssl
year. under the Berlin system, so
called, which will be followed this
year, and which provides that all but
the leading teams are ordered on the
track for the final hour OF racing
After this points are counted al me
finish Of every fifteenth lap. Should
six teams survive, the leader Of eaca
sprint tallies six points, the second
man FIVE and so on down 20 one point
for the last man. Reliefs are allowed
as often as the teams sec mt, except
for the last five laps OF the race
This system insures a rousing inish,
with a series OF terrific sprints, ana
although harder on the riders VIII
be the means of keeping interest up
to concert pitch throughout the last
hour.
Eddie Root. Iyor Lawson. George
Cameron and Harry Kaiser. VINO RODE
in the recent six-day race in Ch,-
cago. refused 10 ride the Berlin hnlsn
in that fixture and were promp'P
suspended by the National Cycling
Association. with the result that tney
will not be able 20 compete at the
Garden.