New-York tribune., 1918-12-05
Tom Bello Starts Sprint
Which Results in Spill
for Crenda
8 O'CLOCK SCORE-69TH
HOUR
HOUR


Grimmi Thomas ... do
Bowkcf-Bowkcr ...... 1,222 miles laps
Leader, Mcnamara. Record, l,4O7 |
miles 3 laps former record in l9la-
Cameron and Kaiser
By Fred Hawthorne
"MlLk-FED" DAY AT THE GARDEN
Who Is thot "crowd." tcho roots so
loud,
The "gob' acho apouldnt siuh?
1t is the noted ostrich "Egg,'
Our Ha,Yy-"Milk- (ed' Fink
Reports that some of the teams in
tne six-day race at the Garden had
formed combination in "rcstraint and
speed" were heard yesterday morning.
According to the gossip, Mcnamara
and Magn, Grenda and Hill, Cory
and Madden and Lawrence and Hanley,
have "gentleman's" agreement that
Kramer and Dupuy must be kept in tho
background during the sprints, and all
these plotters are gentlemen, SO the
alleged agreement is being religiously
kept.
1T is noteworthy, whatever the truth
Of the rumor, that all the members of
these four teams maintain an eternal
vigilance over Kramer and Dupuy dur
, ing the point sprints. 1t apparently
makes no difference which of the four
ringleading teams finishes i'll front, as
long as Kramer and his French partner
are kept in the ruck.
Although now far behind in the
sprint point totals, Kramer and Dupuy
can easily make up the ground by Sat
urday night by winning four or tive
of the sprints on Saturday night, in
| the final hour of the race. when irst
place counts for 72 points. instead OF
6, as at present. Their c arc those who
belis-ye that the national sprint cham
pion and his partner have been pur-
posely laying back so as to make their
showing in the last and crucial hour.
! "AMONG MISSING" AT GARDEN
TEAMS NOT RIDING THIS YEAR
On and Off, Haig and Haig, Black
and White, A Little Of This and Little
Of That, Jack and Jill, Pro and Con,
Up and Down, ou and Me. Neck and
Neck, Hoss and Hoss, Nc und Gott.
One Of the mysteries of the sport
ing world was laid bare at the after
noon session at the Garden. when the
identity of the great Hard Boiled Egg
CHAMPION bicycle rider of last year
became known. The failure of the
management to stage the Egg cham
pionship race this year has aroused a
storm of criticism from all true lovers
of the sport. This was proven yester-
day. by the following letter received
at the Tribune Office:
sporting Editor, New York Tribune,
New York City.
F.. Dear Sir: Who's the EGG CHAM
, PlON in the New York Six-Day
Race? !. NJ. Curious,
per WILLIAM FOER.
at So. 18th ST.. East Orange, n j.
:: P. S.-Stamped envelope inclosed."
5 1t SO happens that we are in posi-
ton to state, positively, and finally
WHO the Egg champion is, and W.
y hereby make known the identity of tht
d "masked marvel" of the wheel, quot
Q ing from press reports of the Eg4
lace last year:
"The Hard Boiled Egg championship
at one mile, was won, after nerve
wracking exhibition Of speed and en-
!. durance, by Fred Hawthorne, the great
!: est Egg who ever threw a leg over
J; bicycle saddle. This demond Of tn
= track simply romped away with tn
r. championship. tapping the big field wit
r such astounding ease that many of tn
cheering thousands in the Garden be
T. leved he had d powerful motor cor
n. cealed on his wheel. Bunk MacBet
= and Duke Ballard we're the new cham
' pion's closest competitors, finishing i
r a dead heat for second place. Whe
1 the champion rode around the trac
after the race the whole Garden aud
T. ence rose en- masse to acclaim HIM"
Mt Mcnamara in the Lead
r After the finish Of the series {
i sprints in the afternoon, the poir
0: scores of the teams were as follows
Mcnamara and Maginn, 1882; Cory ar
-. Madden, 144; Grenda and Hill, 10l
:" Lawrence and Hanley, S5; Chapma
and Halstead, SO; Kramer and Dupu
As; Weber and Eaton, 26; Grimm ar
Thomas. IS; Coburn and Kopsky, /.
Lang and Byron, 8; Carman and I
Baetes /; Gerwig and Keller, !.
There was little to enliven matter
- in the evening session, before the nigl
series Of point sprints began. At ~
o'clock Tom Bello. the Italian, who hi
q. been pedalling unostentatiously alor
a. q. near the rear of the field all week, su
- denly got religious" or something, ar
u started terrific sprint. Before tt
- other riders could take up the cha
&C. Bello was twenty yards to the goo
&C. Frank Cory alternated with Bello
ot setting the pace and the field w
at strung around the track in great co
.ts fusion. with twenty eight riders on t
ty track at the same time, as the tear
hE relieved each other.
'ai The "am" came to a sudden er
u- however, when Grenda fell in roundl'
the turn at Madison Avenue and TIVE
ty-seventh Street Directly behind cal
Kramer and Debates. who crashed in
Frank. and all three were badly shak
~ up and had to be carried to their BUM
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The Team Will Flv to Game