New-York tribune., 1918-12-03

Team Regains
Lap in Race
Ten O'clock Score
22d Hour
By Fred Hawthorne


BY Fred Hawthorne
The six-day bicycle race at Madison
Square Garden finished it's first TWENTY
TOUR hours at midnight with fourteen
teams still tied for the lead and one
the boalker brothers, trailing lap
behind None of the riders has vet
oeguh TO show signs of the strain, but
1T would not be surprising if some of
the weaker combinations were forced
to drop out before tomorrow night
the third day always being the hardest
on the men.
l The news that Tom Bello and Vim
cent Markey, the "scrub" team, had re-
gained the lap they lost in the early
part OF the race yesterday afternoon
served to bring a great crowd to the
old building in the evening, and every
body was keyed up for the thrills that
were expected in the evening session
CT sprinting.
tor points a serious crash occurred
when George Chapman fell on the
twenty sixth Street stretch. Just after
the finish OF the sprint Clarence CAY
man, coming right behind at breakneck
speed, ran hcadlong into Chapman and
came down with stunning force. Both
men were carried off the track uncon-
sclous, and it was reported that while
they were badly cut and bruised they
would be able to continue in the race.
ITALIAN DAY AT THE SIX-DAY
RACE
1t ees da bigga da Seer Dog Race;
That boy, Bello, I hka da face;
He ''lda so queek, so mucho da pace;
He's da king of da bike, do Scec
Day dcei
A lot of the six-day "bugs' at the
Garden could not understand why the
riders were so far behind the ex-
listing records for the grind, set in
1914 by Goullctt nd Grenda, but these
tailed to take into account the fact
that the race this year is being run
on different system. There are fif-
teen official five-mile sprnts every
twenty-four hours this year, in addition
to the numerous dashes engaged in by
the riders when spectators offer sprint
prizes, and therefore the grinders are
compelled to conserve their strength
between times.
This new departure serves to keep ex-
cltment tuned up; but there are other
ASd vi 80 JiliI make tuc SIcGDlnG uOL SO
good at the Garden this week Take
Dare Devil Schreyer, for instance;
old ID. D." does his ride of death, dips
and dizziness, from the roof girders
into tank of water. Nobody sleeps
while Schreyer is preparing for his
ride down the incline and they are
never sure when the "dare devil' is
going to get blow -out or something
on his way down, and they want to be
there when it happens.
1t was reported last night that Oscar
Egg, the great Swiss rider was in the
Garden. although on Saturday he was
reported to be in Paris. Egg, according
to the rumor, is prepared to take the
place of Frank Kramer, Dupuy's part
ner, in case the sprint champion drops
out of the grind. No confirmation of
TINS report could be had, but it was
persistent, nevertheless.
Revolution was in the air yesterday
afternoon at the Garden, the thirteen
leading teams vainly trying to stife
lap-regaining uprising by the trail
ing team of Bello and Markey. The
revolution was entirely successful,
however, and the lost lap was won back
by Relic and Markey.
This pair had lost lap in the early
hours Of the grind, being caught nap
ping by the veterans, and nobody ex-
pected to see the distance made up.
But at Alp o'clock, Just after the
finish Of the fifth and final afternoon
series Of sprints for points, Tom Bello
shot out from the tired field and rushed
away to q lead Of about thirty yards.
Vincent Marley, his novice partner
then came out and, making a perfect
pickup, rode furiously around the
track, gradually increasing the gap to
half lap.
While the Garden was in an uproar
of excitement, Bello came forth again
and shot around the steep curves
with winning speed. The leaders by
this time were digging into their ped
ais desperately, as they realized the
lost lap was about to be won back, but
the italian would not be denied and
had almost made up the lost ground
when he was again relieved by young
Markey. But the latter had only made
two circuits of the track when he
slipped on the Madison Avenue and
Twenty seventh street turn and crashed
to the floor.
Bello Sets Mad Pace
Just when it locked as though all
the teams efforts would go for moth
ing Bello rushed to the track again
and set a mad pace after the flying
field. While the Garden shook with
cheers the italian rider drew up, foot
bv foot until he had caught the field
and his team was once moro even with
the leaders. 1t was a game ride against
great odds, and Bello and Markey re
ceivcd a great hand for the next five
minutes.
The point sprints brought out some
great riding, with the veteran com
bination of Reggie Mcnamara and Jake
Magin showing to the front. They
won every one of the fve-mile dashes
Magin taking the first, third and fifth,
with McNamara accounting for the
.+b.s %,,o Edd;a Madden fini shed sec