New-York tribune., 1918-12-04
British Day at the Garden
REGGIE MCNAMARA

] say, old deah, see couch heah!
Ny aoord, I'm spOofmg-a,ot!
II gou don't aoin this baIly race,
'T70IN be ratha-a disgrace, eh, s0ot2
The morning hours at the Garden
yesterday saw some changes in the
race. Just before O'Clock Francesca
Verri, the little Italian. quit the grind
leaving Pete Drobach, his veteran part
ner, to find another partner. Francesca
complained of severe pains in his side
and said he was in agony every time
he leaned over his handle bars His
decision to give up the struggle left
Drobach four hours in which to find
another partner.
nounced that he would retire from the
race because of stomach trouble, and
Debaetes, his partner, got ready to
team up with Drobach. Just before the
time limit for Drobach expired, how
ever, Carman decided he would stick
it out, so he and Debaetes continued in
the mill and Drobach was forced out
Of the running.
Some Of the riders began to show
their anlmostity toward Frank Kramer
about this time, and the national sprint
/
action, saying that Grenda, Mcnamara
and Hill were determined to ride him
out of the race. Kramer announced
! that he intends filing a protest with
( the N. G. A. against these men.
! In the series of five afternoon sprints
for the points the champion did not
once figure in the money, being pock-
eted in majority Of cases. He did
not seem to possess the old, peerless
Jump" at the tape that has always
distinguished his riding. There are
Kramer and Dupuy, his team mate, are
lying back until the final series Of
sprints in the last hour of the race.
Bring Crowd to Feet
Mcnamara and Magin again brought
the crowd TO its feet by their wonder
full riding in these point dashes. Be-
tween them they accounted for four
| first places and one second, Dupuy
beating out Mcnamara by inches in
the third sprint. The point grand to-
tails at the end of the afternoon were
as follows: Mcnamara and Magn, 1903:
Hanley, 56; Grenda and Hill, 40; Chap
man and Halstead, 80; Kopsky and CO.
burn, IA Weber and Eaton, 6; Lang
and Byron, 5; Grimm and Thomas, 3,
and Gervig and Keller, l.
There are pessimists and scoffers
who will tell you, Aunt Eleanor Ann,
that the race and the stage settings
I at the Garden this year are "just the
same old thing But you mustn't
believe them, because they're telling
fibs.
Ike Dorgan, the most brittle of the
china eggs, drew attention to one feat
,n IL.
don't see that guy who used to pull
you? This is the first time he ever
missed OUT" said Ike, sadly, and then
he added: "They say he tried to get
in, but he's lost his pull"
Then there's the new and immacu-
late clerk of the course, Gunboat
Smith, the lanky marine who once out
/ pointed Jess Willard in a bout on the
Coast. The "Gooner" is not as formi-
dable in the wing as he once was, but
he still sings wicked first compared
TO other mortals less gifted, and when
James Joyous Johnston, the manager,
selected the Gunboat to do the official
bouncing" James knew what he was
about. The Bandit once managed the
"Gooner."
Schreyer's Novel Contract
How'd'ye GET that way, nothing
new? Have you heard the terms Of
! "Daredevil' Schreyer's contract with
Johnston Schreyer, who is catapulted
/ down steep runway from the roof
grders on bicycle, leaps into space
and lands in tank of water on the
floor has one of those smile proof
contracts.
Daredevil" does his ride every af-
ternoon and evening. Every time he
lands in the tank he gets nothing ex-
cept ducking. His big money will
come the first time he misses
the tank, for Johnston is said
to have agreed to pay "Old Reckless
$500 every time he lands on the foor
Schreyer has not had any luck at all
so far, but he still figures he NAV vet
fool Jimmy and clean up" And vet
you hear people grumbling that there
are no opportunities nowadays.