The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
2 O'CLOCK SCORE.
BY HENRY ". KING.

AT one minute after midnight this
morning Jack Dempsey, the worlds
champion heavyweight fired a gun in the
Twenty-second Regiment Armory, and
amid cheers from q crowd that filed the
huge building fifteen teams Of bicycle
riders began their long Journey that will
not end until next Saturday night.
The huge building was transformed
into a Madison Square Garden. The
track, the arena, the pit and the crowd
resembled those which held sway in the
famous old amphitheatre for genera
tons. The crowd was as enthusiastic
as It was large The fans were armed
with horns, bells and other noisemaking
devices and the appearance of each man
on the track brought volumes OF APP
plause Before the race started there
was a parade of all the contestants and
wild cheers for each, but none received
the ovation accorded to Alfred Goullet,
the sturdy Australian who won the six
day race in the Garden last year.
As in the contest last season there
were hundreds who showed dislike
for the champion by hooting and Kissing,
but those who displayed animosity to-
ward him were far in the minority. His
great sreed and clean tactics earned
him a host OF friends and their cheers
completely drowned out the Kisses. Be-
fore the field had been on the track
fifteen minutes, the management an
nounced that 10000 persons were In the
building The pit was damned and all
except few seats were occupied.
GouIIet Wins sprint.
The first official sprint was a thriller.
rt went TO Alfred Goullet by wheels
length. Constable Girardengo was sec
ond, a similar distance ahead OF Charles
Osterritter Alphonse Verraes was
fourth. Cecil Walker fifth and Ray
Eaton sixth.
The point scoring system Is the same
az that in the races held at the Garden,
six for winner, five for second. four for
third, three for fourth. two for fifth and
one for sixth
Emil Arets of Belgium took the sec
ond sprint, with Pete Drobach second
Dupuy third. Hill fourth. Oliveri fifth
and Hanley sixth.
The third sprint was won by Deruy-
ter Madden was second, Keller third,
Walker fourth, Gerardengo hftn ana
Spencer sixth.
Speissens. Drobach, Eaton, Hanley,
Koksky and Hill finished in the order
named in the fourth sprint, while the
dfth sprint resulted in a victory for
Madden. Keller was second and Bu-sse
third. Godivier was fourth, Goullet
fifth and Spencer sixth.
At the end of the first series Of
sprints Goullet and HILL Deruyter and
Arets and Hanley and Keller were tied
for first place, with IL points each.
Magin and Madden and Spiesseus and
Buysse were second, with IL EACH Dro-
bach and Weber were third with 10
points.
Drobach Sets Pace.
The race began with flying start and
Immediately the fifteen men went off at
a fast pace. Pete Drobach. the veteran
Of Boston, was the first pacemaker He
was IN good form and sped along at n
fair clip. Then Marcel Dupuy the sprint
champion of France. went to the front.
After chasing the field for two mikes
Goullet made a bid for the lead. He
quickly jumped from the ruck to second
place, but that was rs far as he got. Tor
Dupuy sprinted and retained command.
For some unknown reason Goullet called
for help at this time. and Freddie Hill.
his partner. relieved him. From then un-
til the official sYrints began at / o'clock
the field sped along at fast but steady
pace.
The. appearance of Charley Piercy Of
Australia on the track was a pleasant
surprise 10 the fans. He was a post
entry and Joined the field as Vincent
Madonne's partner when Dario Lago-
rnarhino. a newcomer from the italian
ranks, withdrew because of an injured
shoulder
The track measures nine laps to the
mile and all of the riders say it is as
fast as the one at Madison Square Gar
den last year.