New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-07
By Fred Hawthorne

The six-day race az Madison Square
Garden last night was marked by the
most frantic sprinting of the entire
week, as Oscar Egg and Pete Drobach
tried in n dozen desperate efforts to
regain one of the two laps that sepa-
rate them from the leaders. Oscar and
Pete kept jumping the field and getting
fifty yards in the lead Of the pack, only
to see Alfred Goullet, the great Austria
iian. come forth like a comet from the
field and close the gap.
The riding Of Egg in these mad
dashes around the oval was sensation
al and the crowd was with the Swiss
TO a man. but Goullets exhibition was
marvellous, and he gave the impression
at all times that he could give any man
in the race a hundrec yards lead and
then catch him. shortly before II
o'clock, in one Of these Egg Jams"
Linart and Debaets were Tapped.
Total Point Scores
The total point score Of the differ
ent teams at the end Of the evening
sprints were as follows: Goullet and
Magin, 229; Hill and Hsnley. ia; CORY
and Madden, 1876; Thomas and Law
renee. 107; Nerri and Spears, 92;
Piercey and Grenda. 80; Carman and
Wiley, 60 Smith and Weber, A..
George Wiley led the riders home in
the first night sprint, with Thomas half
a wheel back and Defeats at Percy's
elbow. Wiley held the lead all through
1.g inf M
as follows: Wiley, g. Thomas, D; De-
beats. 4; Goullet, 3; Hanley. 2;
Weber, ].
In the second ruth old Freddie Hill
flashed into the front. with Victor
Linart giving him a desperate battle all
the way to the tape. The points were:
Hill, 6; Linart. D; Magin, 4; Cory, 3;
Lawrence, 2; Weber. /.
Goullet took the honors in the third.
finishing with wonderful burst Of
speed ahead Of Thomas, the scores be-
ing: Goullet, 8; Thomas, 8; Hsnley, 4:
Ferri, 3; Madden, 2; Grends. /.
Immediately following this sprint,
Drobach started a sensational lam" as
he dashed down the bank at the Nadi-
son Avenue turn and WAS away TO a
forty-yard lead. Goullet. seeing the
others could not match Drobach's
sprint. shot out from the pack and be-
gan mad chase after the runaway.
He caught him in three turns Of the
saucer, and then took the bunch around
for a couple OF more laps ut dizzy
speed.
Linart was the next man 20 put his
finger in the lam" and when he had
carried the riders along at neck
breaking pace for two laps. Egg came
out and relieved Drobach and started
another mad whirl, with Goullet again
bringing him back TO the pack. Goul-
let seemed TO be holding unlimited
speed in reserve, and there was not a
man in the tace who could keep him
in sight.
The fourth sprint resulted this way:
Cory, 6; Lawrence. 3; Hanley. (;
Grenda. 3 Weber. 2; Wiley. /. In the
fifth. the order IN which they crossed
the line was: Cory. s; Linart. 5; We.
Der. I: Goullet. 2; Hanley, 2. and Gren-
da. !.
Following This sprin. there was an
other desperate Try for lap made by
Drobach and Egg, but twenty yards
was all the lead they could get before
Magin and Goullet. in turns. brought
them back 10 the fold.
Goullet came home on the bit again
in the sixth sprint. with Thomas a
length sway. The Australian still had
enough speed to catch Egg and Drobaeh
when another attempt was made to
get away. The order Of finish: Goul-
let. s: Thomas. 5; Madden. 1; Verri,
3; Hill, 2; Grends. |.
Just after TIE sixth sprint the brass
band from the T.. s. s. Recruit played
the "Star-Spangled Banner and the su-
dience rose with barred heads. Goullet.
leading the riders, removed his cap, as