The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-11
Lose Nine Miles of Lead as
They End Fifth
Day.
PRIZES FOR ANDERSON
THE SCORE Ar . A. Nj led HOUR
The forr,r record. mad hy Lawson
n,ohlch M 1914. was s.3S miles

nsohach al 1914. Nas I'D miles
The strain Of the terrific grinding
which carried the riders In the six day
ace more than twenty miles ahead Of
the record began to tell on the men
during the hours after Inner time las,
right and they dropped steadily back
until at 10 o'clock. the IlSth hour, they
we're only ~ miles and Z laps ahead OF
the former standard. Bobby Walthour.
who had looked tired In the early morn
ing. gained a new lease OF life In the
night and led many n sprint. as well as
making pace mos, of the time.
number Of money prizes were offered
Nv spectators. hut even these failed for
the most part to arouse the riders.
Anderson. who with his partner Sullivan
e hopclessly out of the race. enriched
his team considerably by winning a
number OF these prizes.
Only eleven teams were left tied for
the lead. The riders watched each other
carefully to prevent n sudden dash for
lap Al the end of the 18th hour the
contestants had dropped back and were
only eleven miles ahead of the record.
Although the old arena was packed TO
DAYS was not nearly overcome and the
management fclt that another full house
would he needed tonight TO permit an
even break on the week. The Berlin
finish, which consists of a sprint every
mile and a half among the leading teams
during The last hour. will be the attrac-
ton.
This finish, which was tried last year
" New York for the first time. sup
planting the old system OF "A mile sprint
ht the finish. proved very popular with
the crowd. The flush insures at least
fifteen sprints to close the race instead
Of only one, as IN other years.
Eaton u Madden. the Newark
Youngsters. rcgained their place among
zoe leaders early yesterday morning
wren the tired business men had gone
home and the tired riders were wishing
ih"y could do the same. The popular
newcomers had been peualizcd "A lap for
hal pick ups around midnight. and for
about = half hour mad many unsuc-
oe>Sfu' attempt. to get back the lost
ground. The other riders kept n close
'"N. .. Nv paw auu ltlf YOUNGSTERS
seemed content to hang on in the race.
Tho sprint which put the Newark
boss mp In tho front was one Of he
most exciting Of the race. Eaton was
"I Oh" TRACK and skipped IN and out
among M" riders watching how they
were standing the strain of riding miles
ahead Of the record. When Eaton
deemed the lime ripe for his squirt he
S''t "Hl OF the bunch like Il flash and
put half a Tap between himself and the
bunch before any one discovered that he
was missing. Egg. BRENDA and McNa-
mara were out after him in "A hurry,
but Madden was on the track and a
Quick rclief added about forty yards
more 10 the gain. Eaton came back on
the track and made the final spurt
which brou-ht him back up with the
bunch.
doe FoEicr, one Of the crafticst riders
~ the hold and veteran of many "A grind,
Cropped ont ~ the race yesterday morn
ING saying that his stomach was out of
condition and n" could not stand the
last riding clarence Carman, his part
hcr, trod to persuade Fogler to stay in
me race, hut tlIe Brooklynite steadfastly
Maintained that he knew when he had
enough 'armau had hopes OF teaming
up Win Moran, Walthour's partner. as
Nallh"ur looked to be firing rapidly
ana MAS expected 10 drop out at any
une' The Georgian. however, was
euH on the track when Carman's four
hours ~ grace had elapsed.
This morning at 6 o'clock the Garden
was uu' through the annual cleaning
process The fans We're Informed, some
t''l'' % others not so gently. that II
WIS |n1' 20 20 out and get the air. A
.r'di many OF the spectators had not
Itt u ANY fFTfh.Y "a t,Fa a. f,a.. H.. tA.-l
saucer than the entrance to the Garden
siNce sunday night. These were the
"IeS VINO hated most to get a Neath
81 me rlAll air Oh Madison avenue. 4
"'li hundred men OF persuasive heft
'''IF demonstrated to the d%elinquents
greater healthfulness OF the open