The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-03
IN THE SPORT WORLD
.SIX-DAY RIDERS
 IN MAD SPRINTS
 TO GAIN POINTS
McNamara-Magin Team Gain Biz Lead Over Rivals.
 Several Spills.

New York, Dec. 3-Furious sprint ! ing for points by Reggie McNamara and Jake Magin representing the l American team in the Six Day Bicycle 1 Race at Madison Square Garden plac- | ed that team far in the lead last night With 30 points to their credit as a result of the afternoons dashing for gains this speedy team continued the : wild chase for credits, and after ] Frank Kramer had captured the first, l McNRmara and Magin won four in a rev, HoNamara the fourth and Magin f the fifth. With the system of scoring in vogue these gains were placing the team out in front al a distance that only most desperate sort of riding will overcome.
 Their winning streak was only broken when McNamara finished sec ond to George Chapman in the sixth sprint of the night for a gain of five points. owever, the additional five points brought their total up to 58 up to Il o'clock.
 Frank Kramer and Marcel Dupuy teamed as the American-Frenc team refused to indulge in the mad race for points. In the afternoon Kramer man. aged to glean a single ace by finishing sixth in one of the dashes.
 Kramer started off the nights work by winning the first sprint for a gain of six points, but when he found that Q the other riders were bent on pocket ing in order to prevent any point making on his part, he and his partner simply fell in behind and allowed the others to run away with the points. It seemed to be their plan to wait until the race had grown g. little older be- fore displaying the speed that will surely make them dangerous when they hit their fast clips. Madden and Corry were right up in front with 40 points to their credit, and Lawrence and Hanley came next with 30.
 There was a bad spill on the Fourth avenue bank at 11:15, when Willie Hanley slid down the steep track in tangle of broken wheels. Before the pack could be warned to ride high, five moro riders went down as they tried to avoid hitting the pros trate rider. Gerwig, Eaton. Carmen, Grimm and Madden were spilled from their steel horses in the mixup.
 Jake Magin resumed point gather ing for his team by winning the seventh sprint with Eddie Madden, following him closely over the mark. The eighth sprint was the best of the night. Marcel Dupuy, the great French sprinter, who is teamed with Frank Kramer took the lead and fin- ished there by a margin of inches when McNamara challenged him in ---the last two laps of the dash. It was sueb a close finish that the result was not known until the judges announce ed that the Frenchman had earned the six points.
 McNamara brought down a storm about his ears when he attempted to rough the visitor. Deputy came with in an ace of going down for McNa- mara actually bumped him on the turn for home. The crowd resented this display of unsportsmanlike riding and hooted McNamara until his ear: must have burned.
 There was one real thrill during the afternoon. Shortly after o'clock T and just as the fourth point sprin had been run the team of Belio an( Markey jumped the pack and regain ed the lap the pair had lost in tn, early hours of Monday morning. Tn, field at the time was loafng along winded because of the hot sprints tha had just taken place, and Bello sho out first. He had lead of 30 yard or more before the rest could get fl motion.
 Markey cleverly picked him up wit half a lap to their credit. BelIo re leved him and,. with. the field withi striking distance, Markey came bac for the last desperate rush. He ha but few feet more to make up whe Bello, seeing that Markey was in dan ger of losing the advantage they ha - gained, took up the burden and com pleted the lap. It was a game effor and the crowd roared its approval,
 The Bowker brothers tried to regal lap lost in the early morning. At
 o'clock yesterday afternoon they mad the attempt and actually rounded tn track and caught the field, but in judges refused to allow the lap. cor tending that the brothers had mad an illegal pickup during the rusI Some of the other riders, noting th false relief. paid no attention to tr Bowker brothers efforts and made T attempt to go after them.
 At 9 o'clock, when the eyenir sprints for points were declared O
 McNamara and Magin were in Il lead with 30 points to their cred las result of the afternoon sprints