The sun., 1916-12-17
GRENDA'S SPRINTS
THRILL CYCLE FANS
Tasmanian Beats Mcnamara
in Match Contests in Gar
den Arena.
PRELUDE TO 6 DAY RACE
ny GEORGE h. UNDERWOOD.

Dy NEOlsSE II. WIEN OUDs
The cocktail which annually precedes
tho six day bike feast In Madison Square
Garden was served to Pop Knickebockcr
last night In the usual shape Of sprint
harvest the lions share OF the laurcls
from among n crack field Of riders.
The tall Tasmanian captured his pro-
fessional mixed match race with Reggie
Mcnamara Of Australia early In the eve
ming, winning the duel In two straight
heats. and then won the final and feature
event Of the night, the ten mile open
professional affair.
After many heats. including a reride OF
n protested heat and two extra races to
decide "A double deadlock for first and
third places. Alfred Goullet OF Australia
was declared the winner OF the four cor
nered Alterance French point match. In
which he drew Ed Madden OF Newark.
Marcel Dupy OF France and Bob Spears
OF Australia as opponents.
Carroll Wins Half Mile Race.
The open half mile professional handi-
cap was won by Eddie Carroll. the for
mer Oakland amateur. who only recently
made his debut In professional ranks.
Billy Spencer of Toronto. who turned pro
about the same time as Carroll, pulled
down second laurels. Carroll drew u
30 yard allowance and Spencer started
from the IS yard mark. The pair OF
former amateurs outsprinted blond
haired Eddie Root, the Boston veteran.
and Tommic Smith OF Irvington in tho
bell lap sprint in the final heat.
Tho first heat In the Grenda-Mc-
" ,.a 4, a.t,i ,..,a 90. 1899.
suit. and Grenda surprised Mcnamara
by sneaking up on the Australian in tho
first mile until only the length of the
stretch interviewed between the riders.
"Al' closed up that gap in less than a
mile more OF fast riding. He drove his
wheel At top speed and overlook Reggie
after 1919 laps had been covered. The
time was :0S LIS.
In the second heat. n straight match
race. Grenda after much jockeying took
the pace and wormed his way slowly
over the boards. with Mcnamara hang
ing on his flank and awaiting a chance
to jump him. On the sixth lap Reggie
made his bid. but Grenda was not to he
caught mapping. lie also cut loose with
a speed burst.
The pair circled the big bowl like
striking hawks and shot up the straight
aways at cannon ball speed. They bore
down on the finish line neck and neck.
but Grenda had enough reserve left TO
push his wheel over tho line n little more
than n rims length In front. The An
ish was so close that many Of the spec
tators thought Mcnamara had won and
boohed the decision OF the officials.
The track Is graded at a much higher
pitch than ever before. hfty-three de-
grees. and also Is much narrower h
usual.
The pitch and width OF the track led
M xsyA.t - 1~Al. o., all vrlA.. ,..-
not disappointed. for I'm the NTH heat Of
the half mile amateur handicap Harry
Aaron OF the Brooklyn wheelmen and
Billy Terriss Of the Emerald A. e. came
a cropper on the Fourth avenue and
Tw~enty-eighth street turn and wond up
at the bottom of the Big bowl in a tan
Gled mass of legs and wheels. With the
exception of minor bruises neither cyclist
was Injured.
evera Spills Take Place.
The opening spill was followed by eev.
ortl others. Three rides went down In
n Jam as the field in the three mile
amateur race was entering the final Ian
but scraped elbows n shIns were the
only damages received by the fallen
riders.
In the final heat OF the five mile motor
paced rae Victor Linart got a nasty
cropper when his front tire became de-
tached on the third mile. The Belgian
received n cut eye, but otherwise was
none the worse for the tumble.
On the seventh mile OF the ten miia
pro race Joe kopsky rode into one Of
the guard rails on the Madison avenue
cmbanEment and was hurled TO the
boards. L!kc the other riders kopsky
seemed 10 bear a charmed life. for he
emerged with scarcely a scratch as Q
souvenir of the cropper.
After four heats In tho Alterance
race it Was found that Goullet and
Madden were tied for first place with
twenty points each and that Dupuy
and Spears Were deadlocked for third
money with sixteen points each. The
officials ordered the pairs to race OF
the tie. Goullet outrode Madden In
the heat to decide first place and Du-
uiy won third place from Spears.
The Summaries.
lIalf-milo Amateur Handicop--won by
].S'5'cnsi;: MAJ" 'H buraor S' TSione 'I spofr,in,;;
]itaiitna "a YARDS. .third; Harry n"rman.
u. oal,b SPort'va, %lial'.na 90 Yards.
one MIlo Professional Match ard Au-s
,rllian Pursuit Race-Alfred Grcudi.
trIlia-Tirst hcnte-Won by Gr"njas. "Iis.
second ~hcht-StraiGht mstCh-Won by
'lendd, Mcnamara, second. Time. Ali 40,
urcndt won match In stright heats.
Half Mile Handicap,
hv Edward Carroll, Oakland, Cal. 90
YARDS; william Spencer. Toronto, Canada
60 YARDS, second; Eddie Root. Boston
go Yards. third, rommie Smith. Irving
ton, y, J, go yardsl. fourth. Time. IS is
The "Alternance'-Four heats at ono
mile ench-First heat won by Alfred Goul-
ir,; EaWnrd Miaien' second; Marco!
heat won ~ Bob pears Madden, s%econi:
hci, declared no heat and ordered to be-
second; spears, third; Time, a:0a, Fourth
Spears, THIRD. rime, 1904 80.
Deciding Heat-Wnn by Goul.,; Mall
den, second. Time, 1888 I-5. Extra heat
to decide third place won by Dupuy;
Spears. second, Time. 3;21 %. Goulict
won, Madden second. Dupuy th.gd aud
spears fourth.
Five Mile Motor Faced Race-Two heat,
First heat won by Clarence Carmnr /;
Bobby. WaIthouT, second. Time, . ~ 80.
second heat won by Victor Linart; G,nrg,
Wiley. 'econd. Time, s:35 AZ Heat !,
decide ihiId ana fourth places won ~
Wiley; Walthour, second. Time. SIS -.
Heat TO decide winner won by m
linart, scconu. No time taken.
Three Nile Amateur Won hv " ri,.
lar. Newark: Nelson johnson. Union Su,-
iva l~tAlinuN, S,rnnl, Harry I. !fr,u.