The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-02
SPRINT USHERS IN
SIX DAY BIKE RACE
lake Magin Tries to Steal Lap
During First Ten Min
utes Of Grind
> O'CLOCK SCORE.

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~ GEORGE ~. UNDERWOOD. T
one minute after last midnight
Marshal Tom Mccarthv's trusty ~
,uoEe the echoes III Madison Square
Garden, There was a whirr of flying
wheels like the sound OF n startled
Took Of waterfowl, a wild roar from the
,rewd and tho twenty-sixth annual in
ternatenal six day bike race wis on.
out on the big bowl shot the fifteen
riders in the long l4s hour grind that
does not end until l minute TO IL next
saturday night,
Before the start there was the usual
parade OF the riders with the members
Il each team being introduced to the
fans and riding one lap around the
The ever popular Frank Kramer and
ig mariner, Lieut.. Marcel Dupuy Of
rr,ncc shared the biggest ovation with
The Carman- Debaetes team. The SYM
aataies Of the crowd were with the
after team for Carnlan rode in the
nm form OF the United States Navy, with
his equation trousers cut or above
,ir knee.
The field of fifteen riders rode five
aps around the saucer and then Mar
snail McCarty's gun barked, signalling
Tho official start of the raoe. The red
shted Tom Bello shot to the fore and
led the pack around the fret swoop
Of the saucer with Thomas, Keller and
Kramer in close pursuit. After break
ing trail for two laps Bello dropped
bacE. Rider after rider moved up to
AXE his turn at making pace.
The riders had not been On the track
'sn minutes before the big crowd-there
Nas scarcely an empty seat in the build
iHs-was treated to the first speed burst
Il the long grind. 1t was started by
JAKE Magin. The Newark flier shot
quickly TO the fore and in half lap
rad gained twenty-five yards on the
feld The other riders are not to be
caught mapping so early in the race,
however. and led by Frank Cory the
Coburn Wins First Prime.
shortly afterward Al Jolson, the
comedian, offered the first prime for
he race. Il was in the shape OF a $40
priGa for a Eve lap sprint. The in
aIgursl prime was won by Willie Coz
burn IN neck and neck finish with
francesca Verri.
Approaching l O'Clock Henri Gervig
gained the favor OF the fans by starting
Jam The French Flash suddenly
Gmped the pack and was away to a
quarter lap gain before the geld could
star, after him. In ten lap sprint. in
which Keller came TO tIe .c-cue OF Ger
Rg. the team -. e lap. Then
Hanley ding NE mailman, pulled
he pack Up to even terms,
The teams participating were the
same as the original entry list called
'or with three exceptions. Failing to
sat his strength back following his re-
>ert attack of influenza, Bob Spears
decided 10; to answer the calls TO post
hat recessitated his partner, Alfred
.frenda, securing another mate. Fred
i' with whom Grenda won the Garden
--iad OF 1916, accepted Ars invitation
% ride and the new combination Il
one Of tie NEST dangerous in the race.
Vincent Madona. who was teamed
With Tom BelIe Of Brooklyn, attempted
o hold Up the management for more
money and promptly was thrown GU
y the race. Vincent Marley of Passait
vas substituted and rides with Bello. -
The accident to Clarence Wiley II
he motorcycle race In the Garden OF
saturday night forced the withdrawal o
- lltile fellow from Syracuse. M
'artne-. George Chapman. teamed ~
with Al Halstead of California. Th'
other combinations consist Of:
1919 Garden Grinders.
frank Kramer, he veteran and evel
aepilar sprint king from East Orange
j, and Liert. Marcel Dupuy o.
France, fresh from the bloody field
Flanders Reggie Mcnamara OF Aus
rs.ia and Jake Magin OF Newark; Ed
-: Madien Of Newark and Frank Corr!
Australia; Percy Lawrence ant
William Hankey of San Francisco
henn Gerwig. the latest French i'm
ocrtaton, and Willie Keller OF New
ARK; Francesca VeFFi OF Italy and thu
's'eran Pete Drobaeh OF Boston; clar
ehee CaTman from the United 6tateI
laval Training station at Gulfport
Mss and Michael De Baetes Of Bel
GUM former American and Australian
Syron the pair of Italian Americans
'cen' Madonna OF Providence ant
ON BeLo OF Brooklyn; Fred Webe
M Raymond Eaton OF New Jersey
zoe kopsky and Willie Coburn of New
TX tie Bowker brothers. Lester ant
serge Of Long Island, and the Sub
.arHe Boat Corporation team, Tor
iIlnr' Of Newark and Lloyd Thoma
n San Francisco.
PFevlous opening nights In GArde'
H'aas always have been sparsely at
ended. The fact that one has to 81
-aN' midnight before seeing the rider
action generally has kept all exeep
me dyed in ths wool fans away. Las
Fr' II was different. Instead OF tn
h's' slim attendance che Garden wa
.fl HHyi
~ -~ md of the track enclosure |
hF anras tank into which Dare
.''-. ~,A"eyer twice a day will div
,T7@ Ugh UP among the rsfters. Eve
To''!7.es pail on the excitemeH
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