The Washington herald., 1917-12-02
TEAMS TO
MEET IN Big RACE
Point System of Scoring Makes
1917 Six-Day Hike Different
From ALI Others.

New York. Dec. 1.-The 1917 model
six-day race which starts in the
Garden one minute after midnight
tonight will be much different from
the ether long bike races that gave
the town q weeks eye-opener. This
years grind viii be almost a con-
tinuous series Of sprints. Under the
new Berlin system Of scoring thereTI
bs two hours Of sprinting every night
and q one-hour sprint in the after
moons. The winner Of these sprints
will receive 30 many points, and the
pont system will decide the race, un-
less . team steals . lap at any time.
With 20 much value to sprints, the
combination Of Kramer and Egg is
particularly dangerous. Kramer,
holder Of the national sprints title
seventeen times, entered this seasons
grind especially to shake the doubt
Of any Thomas that he ID going back.
With the Speed King in action Il N
Q ctnch the other fourteen pairs won't
have any time to loiter on their way
around the saucer-shaped track.
The competing field is formed Of all
the star riders in this country ana a
number from abroad who received
special furloughs from the allied
armies to visit the United States at
this time. There are a number of
veteran riders, but the list is made up
mostly with the names OF young stars,
the kind who are most likely to fur
nish the exciting Jams during the
long grind.
Oscar Egg. who stole q lap two
hours before the finish of the 1916
race which gave him first place, and
Frank Kramer are naturally favorites
Yet Alfred Goullet and Jake Magin,
q very speedy combination, are
likely to be right on the spot when
anything happens. One of the most
dangerous teams certainly will be the
Spencer brothers. Arthur Spencer,
though only q, has already stripped
Kramer OF his national sprintiny
championship. and is regarded the
most formidable Of the crop Of young
stars.
Those old favorites, Bobby waIthour,
Eddie Root and Bob Spears, are all
entered in strong combinations and ex-
pect to fash over the finish line the
winner.
One Of the many innovations OF the
race next week will be the construc-
ton Of the track. The oval will come
right up to the edge of the boxes, thus
giving the spectators q more chummy
vantage point The track is also much
broader. Walthour, Kramer and Root
tried 1t out yesterday and pronounced
1t one Of the speediest tracks they ever
rode on.
The actual racing time for the Gar
den six-day grind is IA hours. Ray
mond Hitchcock will be the starter to-
morrow night. Tex Rickard will be
the head timer for the race.
The makeup of the field for the race
Is as follows: Hard-Boiled Egg team,
Frank Kramer and Oscar Egg;
Quaker-Kangaroo team, Alfred Goul-
let and Jake Magin: Canadian team,
Arthur Spencer and Willie Spencer;
New York team, Eddie Root and Peter
Jersey team, Eddie Madden
and Frank Cory: Italian-American
team. Bob Spears and Francesca
Verri: DiXie-Swiss team, Paul Suter
and Bobby Malthour: Australian team,
Alfred Grenda and Charles Piercy:
New England team, Fred Hill and
Willie Hanley; Long Island team,
Clarence Carmen and George Wiley;
Frisco team. Percy Lawrence and
Lloyd Thomas: Belgian team, Victor
Linart and Michael Debates; Italian
team. Vincenzo Madonna and Tom
Bello; Newark team. Tom Smith ana
Fred Weber; Kid team. George Chap
man and Willie Eager.