The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-05

New York, Dec. 5-And still they
Rhlri about at Madison Square Gar
Zen like animated parts of a perpet-
hal machine. The second day found
he six day riders plugging along 100
niles behind the best record, but this
Is accounted for because of the point
system of scoring in use this year.
The afternoon was devoid of the
Killing pace of the opening day be-
PAUSE of the absence of the Spencer
brothers, who were compelled to re-
Ire fro mthe race shortly after mid
hight Tuesday through the supposed
collapse of Arthur Spencer, the sprint
champion of America. 1t was the
shampion's first attempt at six-day
pedaaing and this, combined with the
lact that he had received word of the
leath of his father after the start of
he race, ruined whatever hopes he
had of being in at the finish.
After the matinee and night sprint
mg points had been added to the tear
totals, Goullet and Magin led with 10S
points. They were closely pressed by
Kramer and Egg, VIII now muster 80
points.
madonna and Bello are still one lap
behind the field and will not be cred
ted with any official sprint points I'M
Il they regain their lap. They seem
loSbe out of the race entirely.
There is a bitter feud on between
kramer and Goullet and the fans are
,nIy waiting for the big Jam" when
hey will s'hook up" for the real spec
lacle of the race.
The night sprinting was bitterly con-
ested. In the first sprint of the night
soullet jumped the rest and nosed out
Kerri on the post. Hanley was third
hen came Egg, Madden and Lawr-
snce
Magfn was first in the second sprint
hen Root, Hill Cory. Wiley, Weber
order. The third sprint was a ter
iffic affair, with Verri beating Out
Houllet by inches Lawrence was
lhird, then Egg, Grenda and Smith
SDears was first in the fourt hspr1nt
Without being pressed hard. Cory
Magin, Root, Linart and Thomas fol
owed
The remarkable Italian sprinte
Ferrf won the fifth sprint in driv'
rom Egg, Hanley, Smith, Goullet ant
Eager in order. 1t was the firse tim
hat Kid team had scored a point
lager got the real hand of the nigh
is a reward for getting into the poin
column.
The sixth round found Magin, Cor
". Root, Wiley, Piercey and Linar
finishing in a row.
Verri won the seventh sprint in !;
mad drive from Oscar Egg. Thel
Iame Hanley, Goullet, Lawrence an,
Madden. Magin increased his team
Fad by winning the eighth sprint
Piercey was second with Root, Hill
sorry and Linart trailing.
Frank Kramer and his partner Os
lar #gg had the matinee gods on tip
oe during the day sprints. The pop
liar veteran and his brilliant team
nate forged ahead of Goullet an
Hagin by winning three firsts out Q
ne i've sprints for gain of % point:
Kramer got IL Of the points and Egg
i0 RMS placed Kramer and Egg
he lead in points scoring with to
IN of71 up to this stage of the GRIND
4oullet and Magin were right on ther
Nth 67 to their. credit W
V6rri, the sensational Italia
lprfntAr, evidently suffered becaus
Il his tremendous pedalling of tn
light before. The best he could
vas to annex two-thirds for a total c
points. However. this placed tn
|punky foreigner within striking dis
ance II anything should befall tn
Ipesd demons out in front of his team
Hill and Haniey did little thrillin
themselves. They gathered 10 point
The Spencers we're missed. TIL
foutts who were compelled to with
lraW after plugging away for twer
sy-four hours were the life of tn
lace while they remained in the spil
Willie Spencer, the younger of I'll
zvo and the least famous, was til
bet of the populace. His ability
tep along aad win money prizes o.
iered by saucer-siders made him tt
hero Of the galleries. In all he CLEAR
ID $50 OF the $3.50 won between Their
If Is questionable whether Will
you'd have lasted long under the te
lific pace he was setting. Toward IL
md of his twenty-four hour fling, IL
iId timers hardened to six-day test
began to nip him on the posts in IL
prints This was very evident in Il
IcraInble for points during the Mo-
lay dashes. The men who really ho9
d win the coveted $4,000 first pri
honey were content to let the Spe
Iers fit out in front for the mon
Uttered by spectators. When it can
8 question of the more importa
boint scoring, they got a decided mo
ln
At five o'clock yesterday arternot
Thomas gave the pack quite a scar
me teams were competing for s
prime" which is the racers Fren'
or premium, and Thomas won it by
vide margin. He finished SO f
mead of the field that a warnil
lhoht made him look around aft
.rossing the taps. When he saw
rood quarter of a lap between hi
ind the rest of the bunch he start
ia little Cooks Tour all by himse
he dug his spurs into his steel ste
md before the rest realized what h
happened, Thomas was well on t
Kay to an individual lap when t
3thefs took up the chose IL earnest
fe5nas might have ID the J
td ]tis rtrer Laweeitee been pr
JARED for their sudden opportunit
1t the time Lawrence was do1
airs IN the training camp trying
ekect strain Of ostrich in an {
Bsed chicken leg he was wrangli