The evening world., 1917-12-03
Kramer Couldn't Get AWay
From GOullet in First of
Official Garden Sprints

teen teams were tied Tor the lead.
bcllo and madonna. the Italian team.
were caught mapping In tho Wild
sprluiiny that featured tho start of
the race and lost a lap.
This furious riding told 80 severely
on Pau Sutcr that he was forced TO
retire a. G.2O \. NJ. which compelled
his partner the veteran Bobby wll-
thour, 10 seek another team mate.
Walthour. unable to lind suitable
partner within the time Limit, four
hours. WIS officially declared out Of
the race at the tenth hour
The Garden rapidly flied up with
cycle fans shortly after midday. At
. o'clock there were about 1000 IN
side the big arena and the waiting
line outside stretched from the main
Madison Avenue entrance around tho
building and back 10 Fourth Avenue.
Many had been outside waiting to
get In. so great was the confusion OF
ticket holders about payment OF war
taxes which ranged from three TO ten
cents.
one time the crowd in front OF the
main entrance surged into tho street
and squad Of ten policemen were
Kept on the jump forming new Zines.
The system inaugurated by the Trca r.
ury Department INSPECTORS was "A sad
, blow TO the dcadheads. Every one
holding ticket had 10 pay a tax. In
spectors were on guard both inside
and outside the Garden TO sec that
every one paid a tax and they all Sid
II.
There was Jolly miNup of riders.
but whcn they had ridden themselves
weary the scorers announced that the
| team OF MadOna and Bello were
tapped once. 1t is the first time in
| tho history OF the race that team
was ever Tapped so early In the grind.
The race wasn't an nour under way
| when the news was flashed into the
| training camps under the track that
| the fatehr OF the Spencer boys,
| paired as the Canadian team, nad
dropped dead suddenly in Toronto.
| Wine Spencer was on the track at
| the time. Arthur Spencer. the crack
| rider OF the brother team, sent a W e
| TO his home in an effort TO confirm
! the report. All this time Willie re-
! mained on the track, well up with
the leaders. without knowing OF the
| tragedy that had befalien his home.
| Every team had its little group OF
! rooters. Frank Kramer. who has won
so many short distance races on his
steel steed that most historians have
lost count, seemed 10 be the pet Of the
vast throng.
Alfred Goulett, the stocky Austrai-
ian and q mighty six day sprinter, had
his following. The crowd remem-
bered his wonderful hour sprints OF
two years ago and he got real
hand.
| Big Crenda, who always looms ul
with an amazing burst Of speed In
any siN-day race, was in there TO try
tor the coveted $1,000 first place
money with Charley Piercey as a
| mate.
| And Eddie Root. 1t wouldn't be a
siX-day grind without the llttla blond
EDDIE IL teamed with Peter Drobach
ana fast and game 'un and a heart
breaker when II comes to jumping
the pack"
Before the real thing went on the
saucer, the near athletes who write
OF things athletic got on the track
to try for a little Yuletide money.
| The track is the largest In point OF
width ever built In the Garden. The
| saucer was stretched out until II
! touched the boxes, The riders claimed
thar II Il the fastest track ever built
for the race