The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-04
SIx=DAY RACE
 CONTINUES TO
 DRAW CROWDS
McNamara and Magin Have Big Point Lead in An
 nual Race.

Reggie MdNamara, the curly hair ed bike flyer from New South Wales, | and his partner, Jake Magin, who has lot of speed in spite of the fact that he comes from Philadelphia, led the merry chase in the six-day race, at Madison Square Garden yesterday. This pair practically monopolized all the points in the sprints, both af- ternoon and evening. It is this pair which is causing the backs of the other twenty-six riders to ache, to say nothing of making their legs numb, in the ceaseless spin.
 They're doing a powerful lot riding, but they don't seem to be go- ing anywhere" said one sailor last night when the pine saucer was jam | med with all of the wenty- eight riders. The riders are now going i through the most trying part of the race. Several of them fell asleep on | their wheels and the trainers are having hard time waking them up | when they go to their cots at the l side of the track for a half hours nap. The chefs in the riders camp are as sleepy as the riders, for | they are up over their cook stoves night and day trying to satisfy the | ferocious appetites the riders are de- veIoping.
 | McNamara and Magin captured the lions share of the sprinting honors.
 McNamara especially outrode the field every time he went out to annex the lead. In one of the sprints last | ioL | advantage over the other sprinters
 that he crossed the finish line sitting
 up. The pair will have such a com
 manding lead In the point score If
 they keep up their wild riding that 1t
 will be a difficult task to catch them
 unless some one laps the field.
 Kramer continues to command .L
 lot of attention, for he Is riding
 stronger now than he did at the start.
 The veteran has been conserving his
 strength and he showed that he was | still in the ring when he flashed over
 the line a winner in the first sprint
 last night After that single victory,
 however, the light blue jerseys of
 McNamara and Magin were at the
 head of the procession most of the
 time. Both are quicker to pick open
 ings in the field than any of the
 other riders, and they have not
 shown a single sign of weakening,
 These riders have been so alert that
 they haven't been mixed up in a sin
 gle spill. They know how to keep
 out of the way of the troublemakers
 who are always engineering to catch
 them in a pocket.
 The Garden was damned from the boxes right up to the rafters last night when the sprints started. Kra. mer was the hero of the first ten-IaI
 dash for points. He trailed along
 quietly in fifth place until the bel
 lap. Then the oldtimer sunk his
 head over the handle bars and start
 ed to burn up the track. On tha . , last spin around the bowl Kramer
 slipped cleverly through the leader!
 and fairly lifted his wheel over the f line in front of George Chapman. 1 Six o'clock in the morning, whe1 l the cold gray dawn is spreading 1t |, chilly mantle over the city, has beer nf designated as the official houseclean }. ing hour at the race. At that hou r the house officers go through tn | l. Nearly everybody is asleep then, ant = the favorite means of informing tn B. slumberers that the Garden is not -- lodging house is a few healthy tap on the soles of the feet.
 Francisco Verri, the. Italian rider
 was the first of the cyclists to cracl
 under the strain of sleepless riding
 and early yesterday morning he Wa S forced by bis doctor to quit the race
 Pete Drobach had four hours to ge
 another partner, and when he faile $ to find a rider the team was declare l out of the race at noon. This lei - fourteen teams in the race, all tie ,t in the distance covered with the eS , ceptiori of the Bowker brothers, wh -v are a lap behind.
 f. AS a result of the sprints in tn y- afternoon Reggie McNamara an e. Jake Magin continued to monopoliz m the points. The team at the en Id of the afternoon session had a total C le 100 points, while their nearest riva Id were Madden and Corry with h. points A prize of $500 has bee I2 offered to the team which will gain lg lap on the McNamara-Magin con id bination This aggressive pair cal k tured four out of the five sprints V- the afternoon.