The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-06
MCNAMARA AND
 PARTNER DRIVE SPRINT KING OUT
Then Settle Down to Grind and Add Fifteen Aces
 to Score

plished their purpose in driving Frank Kramer, the sprint king, from the six day bicycle grind in Madison Square Garden, Reggie McNamara and Jake Magin settled down to steady plug fest only to come to life during the afternoon and night sprints. With a comfortable lead to back them up, they added 15 aces to their score, ,mak- ing their total 252 when the night dashes were voted on.
 Kramer's finish came jus at mid night when the last sprint was end- ing. Kramer announced that he had had enough after a killing jam" had ridden him into submission. Marcel Dupuy, the great French sprinter, who had been teamed with him, was given the usual four hours in which to pick up a new partner. Tom Tello asked that the Frenchman be paired with him, as young Markey, his partner, at the time was fast falling by the way side.
 At 4:20 o'clock in the morning Du- puy came on the track as Bello part ner. The FrenChman received a tre- mendous welcome, as his game riding when mated with Kramer had won the hearts of Eye real olde bike fan" At the time he entered the race he had been charged with the loss of a lap, .he result of the am at midnight whe Kramer practically quit riding With the additional penalty of lap added because of re-teaming Dupuy and Eello began the grind two laps behind the field.
 This placed them on an equality with the Bowker brothers, who lost lap in the first hour of the race and another in the jam that drove Kra- mer out. Naturally the real thrill of the race was to be furnished when Dupuy and Bello tried to re- gain their lost ground. As they stood there vas not chance for them to score until they had made up the two laps.
 They were still the proud possess ors of twelve points which they fell heir to on reteaming, the rule of the race being that any team reorganized shall count only the low score. For that reason Dupuy lost all the points that he had earned as a partner with Kramer.
 The first sprint of the night had just been decided with McNamara on top, when the Frenchman began the tremendous drive to regain his lost laps. With Bello set for a hard dash the Frenchman dropped down from Dead Mans Curve in a wonderful burst of speed. He had three-quarters of a lap to his credit when the tired field went after him in real earnest.
 Bello made a brave effort to hold the splendid lead after relieving the Frenchman, but when Magin and NcNamara began to pedal in their hardy fashion, pilfering came to ar end.
 It was only for a moment, how ever. as Dupuy took every opportun itv to jump the pack. That he wa worrying the others was certain, be cause he forced the point sprinter to keep up a continual change O partners As a rule, the teams al tcrnate in the sprints. With tn Frcnchman forcing imprompt1 jams" every minute or so, no on member of a team could afford t stick to a steady grind.
 NcNamara re~rmed the quest fo points by winning the first sprint the night. He beat Ray Chapman home by a matter of inches, Jak Magin, his partner, feN back bit il the second sprint by finishing tiftl for a gain of but two points. McNa Mara was riding much better and fin ished an inch or two behind Chap man in the third sprint. Magin spruc ed up his riding a little in the fourt sprint by running into second plac behind Ray Eaton.
 Chapman won the fifth sprint, wit Coburn earning second place. Mo Namara's best effort was a gain ( four points when he ran third. Ju' before the finish of the sixth sprir Dupuy got out again, and he fairl rode the others woozy with the paC he set. His stamina was remarkabl . as he did not want to be relieved [ Bello. who was evidently resting u for a greater effort later in the nigh . old timers thought they saw Il beginning of the collapse in the poy erfuI riders McNaInara and Mag when Magn, the strongest rider of Il two, feal back to fourth position
 Ele finish of the third afterroon poi
 sprint. Their predictions began to 7 needed when McNamara could do
 better than sixth in the fourth spriI 1 . did howl when Magin, riding as be he could apparently, failed to ri
 into the points in the last sprint
 the afternoon.
 This is the second time during {
 week that the pair have failed
 score in the point sprints. On |
 other occasion Nagin lost the cha
 oR his wheel as he was going C
 after the aces.
 The real surprise of the afterno dashes was the good riding of KoDs
 and Coburn. They gathered two ifs {, a third and sixth position.
 Brenda and Hill led in the aft
 noon pOint-winning with a total
 21 points Madden and Corry ca
 next with r, then MaNamara c ,nept with IT, then McNamara Magin with 15, Weber and Ea with 13, Hanley and Lawrence
 and Chapman and Halstead 9.
 The pace was too much for He ' Gerwig, and at 3:30 he was forced
 desert his partner Keller, because
 stomach trouble. Keller was gi the usual four hours in which to [
 up another partner through accid
 or otherwise. At Ti30 o'clock , had to withdraw, the opportunity
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