New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-10
Kid" Team Forced Out Of
Grind by Furious Sprint
of Oscar Egg.
NIGHT CROWD AND
MUSIC SPUR RIDERS
Madonna and Suter and Rudi-
Russo and Vanderstuyft
Make Up Lost Laps.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

Another killing sprint at the siX-day
bicycle race at Madison Square Garden
last night reduced the teams tied for
the lead TO eleven. Eaton and Madden
the "kid team" were the ones to fall
by the way, and the other three trail
ing teams also lost laps during the
"jam."
Madonna had just carried the field
along for a couple Of miles at a pace
Of twenty-five miles an hour, and had
again taken up his position in the rear'
when Egg shot forth and swept around
the track al such a terrific clip that
he had the entire bunch struggling
after in a minute. Mcnamara, Grenda
and Dupuv took up the sprint, and re-
,iefs from ell the camps were hustled
cut.
Although Eaton and Madden, it was
announced, had been penallzed lap
owing TO a faulty pickup, TO the
crowd il looked as II the youngsters
were Tapped because Of the exhaustive
pace started By Egg
The turning on the lights, the mu-
sic and the arrival of the night crowd
all seemed to spur the riders into
activity. and the sluggishnes, so ap-
parent during the long day, was for
gotten.
Frequent sprlnts were caused by the
Offering Of primes" by spectators. and
others came about when some of the
stronger teams tried out the strength
of the others.
Walthour. who had fallen from his
wheel early in the day while taking
a nap, seemed TO have recovered, ana
kept right up in the forefront OF
things.
One of the features Of the night was
the success of Madonna and Suter and
Rudi-Russe and Vanderstuyft in max
ing up one of their lost laps.
Russo was the first TO shoot out from
The field and soon was quarter Of a
Jap away. The pack seemed undecided
whether to take up the chase, and be-
fore any real attempt was made 70
catch the Austrian he had made 1t half
lap.
Vanderstuyft came out. relieved his
partner and inc eased the gap 20 three
quarters of the board circuit oscar
Egg then started after the pair, bat
Russo and Vanderstuyft were not to be
denied, and caught the field TO the &C
commandment of loud huzzas from the
spectators.
Seeing mates were In favorable
condition Just then, Madonna decided
70 try his luck and shot down the
Madison Avenue bank with a great
burst Of speed. Being one OF the under
dogs in the race, there was no serious
effort made 10 stop the Italian, and by
hard pedalling he made up his lap and
without the assistance Of his partner.
But their efforts went for nothing, be-
cause they were Tapped short while
later in Jam"
The example set by Madonna so i'm
pressed Suter, . team mate, that the
Swiss went out little later and cap
tured $40 prize sprint.
Money was very free and easy among
the boxholders last night. Jesse Levi
sohn. of copper fame. found several
SO bills burning in his pocket, so he
offered half dozen sprint prizes, IN
$40 and 500 lots. Another millionaire
hitherto undiscovered, Charles Gun
ningham by name. and hailing from Bo-
gotta. y. j., Wed with Andrew Carnegie
in Kidding himself Of lucre, and sew
eral Of the riders profted BY his gen
eyosity.
, AS the race gets down TO the last
two days, the strain begins TO have
greater effect upon some OF the men
fill. at different times during the day
and night, appeared very tired rlder
and each time il fell 10 him to set the
pace he led the field at crawl. But
fred ia an old csmpaigner at this game
and Is probably saving every ounce o.