The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-08

New York, Dec. S-Oscar Egg and Pete Drobach started a series of spxfnts at a. m. today, the final day of the six day bicycle race in Madison Square Garden, which result ed three hours later in the losing of one lap by Brenda and Piercy. This left seven teams tied in the lead, with Brenda and Piercy one lap behind. Egg and Drobach, to whom the man. agement offered a bonus of $250 if they regained a lap, are still two laps behind the front group, having been unable to make any headway.
 The score at 8 a. m., the 128th hour, was 2,256 miles laps for the seven leading teams. Brenda and Piercy, 2.25s.4 miles; Egg and Dro- bach 2,256.4 miles; and Chapman and Eager 2,25S3 miles.
 The record for the 128th hour is 2.506 miles 4 laps. made by Gamer on and Kaiser in 1914.
 Piercy and Brenda were officially declared out of the race at 8:3S a. m. leaving nine teams in the contest.
 Conserving their strength for the final test of mad dashes through every mile of the last hour last night, the riders in the sfx-day race took no unusual chances last night. The leaders were content to pedal their way along, concerned only in keeping their position intact and seeing to 1t that the others did not get unneces- sarily active.
 Tak To1- aoiv Inc Newark boys, continued we'll out in front in the point total. Goullet was again far above any of the other riders, and when he was on the track he was easily master of every situa- ton
 The only big excitement of the night followed the fifth sprint of the ten when Oscar Egg, the little Swiss who is prime favorite with the crowd, 1eaped to the front in an en' deaxor to make up a lap of the two bis team is behind. He got a tre- mendous start and was nearly half a lap ahead before the others could get started after him.
 Dxobach jumped into the race, re- { lieved Egg, and continued to whirl around the circular track at great speed. Every rider in the race was on tlhe track, and the pack was hin- 1 dered somewhat in their chase of Egg and Drobach by the relief. However, 1 Gcu1Iet finally found a way through l and he appeared to lift his machine clear of the pine board. so fast did 1 he pick up speed. Almost instantly l half the advantage held by Egg and I Drobach was cut down, and wher ! Adagin relieved Gou11et the rest caught pp to Drobach. and the chance was i gone
 This spirited dash was about tho i only big exciting event of the even 1 ing. The riders plainly were worn I and tired. Every one of them wore g 1 shield over their eyes, and all com | plained of the foul air fin the Garden
 The night sprints again found thu cou1Iet-Magfn and Hil1-Han1ey com. i binations out in front most of tho time. Little George Wiley came tt the fore, but not with enough con. the leaders. Between them Goulle and Magfn accounted for six firsts. | | fl had not been for the regular if futile efforts of Egg and Drobach to stea away the race might have developed into a sleeping contest rather than al athletic event of six days duration.
 Bonus Offered Egg and DrObach. After 2.00o miles of incessant ped a1ing the riders were in no mood fo strenuous work and spent the flftl afternoon of the race in comparativ quiet. Even the promise of a $25 bonus if they would gain a lap durin the afternoon sprints failed to enlivel the phystcally weakened Egg an Drobach, who were content to tra; along with the field.
 Alfred Brenda, of the team 0 Grenda and Piercey, was the onl rider of the lot who gave any out ward demonstration of having some thing in reserve. During the sprint of the day he twice rode around tn deId and across the finish line in tn wan. Gr0nda told his trainer that h was just beginning to feel right ,an 1t seems certain the long Australia will be factor in the remainin sprfnts of the race.
 Alfred Gou1let, whose riding ha been tte sensation of the struggl from the outset, went after the firs sprint of the afternoon. took it b more than wheels length, and the was content to see to it that his near est rivals, Fred HilI and Willie Han ley. were kept in check. Hanley wa
 never dangerous, but Hill jumpe the deld in the second sprint and gc l away with such a flash of speed thf he was never caught.
 in the afternoon Hill and Hanle gained 23 points to 21 for Gouliet an
 Nagin. which set the total for tn
 race % far at 25o for the leaders an
 1sT for the second pair. Magin heipe his team greatly by taking the thir
 sprint,
 The management aired out the hug samDhtfheatre early in the mornin and 1t surely needed it. An army broom Wisldsrs, equipped with ste
 brfstlsd weapons, swept every noe land corner of the place and left Iau4fe fnhabitable. The riders con
 piatsfad somewhat of the cold whe
 she windows, doors and every othI