The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09

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Mcnamara lesoing.
With a dozen teams still tied for frst
place when the half time mark in the
,x day race was passed last night in
Madison Square Garden. sustained
spriutRg In which every one of the
riders tried TO outguess the others kept
w the enthusiasm of the largest crowd
n the week.
shortly after 10 o'clock Oscar Egg
Car,ed a sprint. but hardly had got
W. full speed when he had a bad fan
on the Madison avenue turn. Egg
scrambled up from the track before the
other riders neared him and walked to
his quarters He returnd to the race
with a badly skinned left elbow well
bound up. At the half time mark
Spears led the field. The twelve teams
on even terms had travelled 1.467 miles
and ! lap. II miles and 8 laps moro
than the former record.
The biggest sprint Of the race started
laet night Just after 2 o'clock. Oscar
Egr. the Swiss rider, began the steady
fast riding and 1t lasted for nearly an
hour. putting the men II miles and 8
laps ahead Of the record at the seven.
tieth hour. Dupuy, Cory, Hanley.
kpears and Eaton tool up the sprinting
~ turn.
During the s~printing Suter had n nose
bleed and remained of the track for
nineteen laps. with the result that his
team was penalized a lap. losing the
circuit which Madonna fought 40 hard
TO regain early yesterday morning. This
again put the Madonno-Suter combina-
ton I've laps behind the leaders.
Three teams. Sullivan n Ander-
A., Z,,.u .,.1
stuyft and Ruddi-Russi lost another lap
In 4 jam just after midnight. Bobby
Walthour started the sprint. and Il was
taken up by practically every other
rider. II lasted ~ minutes. and most OF
the time there were thirty men or the
track.
Charles Piercey OF the Australian
team. Piercey and Walker. quit the race
a. 9::5, Piercey had been keeping his
place with the leaders all day in spite Of
the fact that he was suffering from
boils and was In general poo condi-
ton. He had a bad fall a little after
o'clock. but went right back in the
chase. The series Of sprints. however.
proved too much for him and he dropped
out. His partner. Gordon Walker. had
mate.
With fifteen teams still on the track
and the race almost half finished the
mana cement made a rule compelling the
trallers to ride on the fiat during sprints.
This rule was made to lessen the pos
ability OF spills.
The Kopsky-W ohlrab combination was
TIE first pair to fall by the wsyside in
ito long grind. Shortly before 3 O'Clock
Yesterday morning Joe kopsky left the
track. He complained that he had not
been feeling right for several hours and
Nas NOT in condition TO continue. Ac-
cording to the rules Of the race Kopsky's
partner, Gus Wohlrab. had four hours
grace in which to pick up another mate,
As no other team dropped out Wohlrab
could get no one to share his burden
and 80 the Kopsky-W ohlrab team was
declared out officially at s so A. M.
The pair was not figured to ave q
onance Of winning at any time in the
race, but Kopsky's frequent sprints
made him popular with the crowd.
Sustained sprinting through the early
morning hours yesterday brought the
men far ahead of the records. n at 10
o'clock the riders were twenty-one miles
ahead OF the best previous mark. For a
couple OF hours the pace slackened a
little. but not enough to let them fall be
mind the record, and at noon they s,ill
were twenty miles ahead, a little later
In the afternoon Moran's tire exploded
and he fell to the track. Sores. rldins
directly behind Moran. tried TO get u
SIDE Moran. but fell too. II loked as II
'he whole pack would fall over the pros
rate men, but those behind rode high
up on the boards and passed in safety
Moran had 10 be helped from the track
and II was found that he had injured
ne heel, but not seriously enoug 10
Keep him out OF the race.