The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-25
AUSTRALIANS WIN
LONG CYCLE RACE
McBeath and Walker First in
so 1-2 Mile Event at New
ark VelodrOme.

Alex McBeath and Cecil Walker. a
pair of sturdy Australian bicycle riders.
won the 100 kilometer (621a mile) team
race from field OF eighteen teams at
the Velodrome in Newark yesterday af-
ternoon. The race was q gruelling affair.
marked by thirty-one sprints. one every
two miles. to decide the winner. In the
sprints first place counted points, sec
ond place points. third place points
and fourth place l point.
Frank Kramer and Reggie Mcnamara
were ahead and battling with ALI Goullet
and Jake Magin to hold the lead at forty
six miles. but at this point the teams
of McBeath and Walker. Lawrence and
Coburn and Drobach and Weber went
out and Tapped the field after two miles
OF hard riding. Lapipng the field did
not give these teams the race, but be-
ing In front and scoring for first. second
and third places counted great deal.
McBeath and Walker won the race
with SO points; Percy Lawrence and
Willie Coburn were second with So
points; third place went to Frank Kra-
mer and Reggie Mcnamara with So
points; ALI Goullet and Jake Magin in
fourth place accounted for 43 points
while Pete Drobach and Fred Weber
were one point behind i'm fifth place. with
AZ points: sixth honors went to John
and Menus Bedell with % points Gus
Lang and Lloyd Thomas scored seventh
with IS points; while Ted Byron and
Alfons Verraes were eighth with II
points.
Tom Bello, the Brooklyn rider, was
ordered out of the race after the second
mile for interfering with Kramer's
IaA 4 NJ H.
lied seven points for a poor pickup.
The summaries:
First sprint-won by Goullet: Byron. Sec
ond; Mcnamara, third; NJ. Bedell, fourth.
Second Sprint-Won by Gaffney; Oster-
ritter. second; Madden. third: Hnl fourth.
Bedcll. second; Byron, third: Walker, fourth.
Fourth Sprint-Won by Kramer; Magin,
second f'r,, v y. third; John BeGell. fourth.
second; J. Bedell third: Mcnamara. fourth
Sixth sprint-Won by Gaffney verreas,
SECOND so. Weber . third; Smith fourth.
kops, second; Drobach, third Byron, fourth.
Eighth Sprint-Won by McT3eath; Madden.
second; N. Bedell, third; Weber, fourth.
second; Hanley, third: Mcnamara, fourth
Tenth sprlnt-Won by Kramer; Thomas,
second s1d.; MclBeath' third; Goullet. fourth.
second Coburn. third; Walker. fourth.
Twelfth Sprint-Won by NJ. Bedell: Nc
br a. second; Weber. third; Hill. fourth.
Thirteenth Sprint-Won by Gouliet Law
fourth
Fourteenth sprlnt-won by Coburn; GouI-
let second; Hill, third: McBeath, fourth
Fifteenth Sprint--Won by Walker: MARIN
second J. Bedell. third: Weber. fourth
Sixteenth Sprnt.Won by NJ. Bedell; Me-
fourth.
Seventeenth sprint-won by Thomas;
Walker. second; Madden. third: Kopsky.
Eighteenth sprint-won by Mcnamara: Co.
burn, seconds McBeath. third: Hill. fourth.
Nineteenth Sprnt-Won by Lawrence;
Thomas, second; Drobach. third: Goullet.
fourth.
Twentieth sprint-won by Lawrence: Nc
Nnmara, second: Byron, third; McBeath,
Twcnty-first sprint-won by Kramer;
Thomas, second; Gouliet. third; Walker,
Twenty-second sprint-won by Coburn
Weber second; McBeath. third: Walker,
Twenty-third sprint-won by Lawrence:
fourth.
Twonty- fourth sprInt-won by McBeath.
Lawrsnce. second; Weber. third; Goullet,
fourth.
Twenty-fifth sprint-won by walker: p.
probaeh, second; Coburn. third; Thomas.
fourth.
Twenty-slxth sprint-won by McBcath;
Lawrence. second T. Drobach. third: Goul-
let fourth.
Twenty-seventh sprint-won by Walker;
Coburn, second: weber. third; Mcnamara,
fourth
Twenty-eighth Sprint--Won by McBeath:
Lawrence, second weber, third: Verreas,
fourth
Twenty-nlnth Sprint-Won by Coburn; Wal
ker. second: Weber. third Byron. fourth.
Thirtieth Sprint-won by Drobach: Nc
Beath, second Lawrence. third; Verreas.
fourth.
Thirty-first Sprint-won by Weber: Walker.
second; Coburn, third; Byron. fourth.
100 Eilom~'er (G2tL Nrel Team Race.
Professionalism by Alex McBeath and
Cecil Walker. Australia, SO points: Percy
Lawrence. San Francisco, and Willie Coburn,
Newark, GS points, second: Frank Kramer,
East Orange and Reginald Mcnamara. Aus
ark, and Jacob Masin. Irvington, AZ points,
fourth: Peter Drobach, Boston, and Fred
Weber. IrvinRton. ~ points, fifth; Gus Lang.
Irvington, and Lloyd Thomas, San Francisco,
is points, sixth Ted Byron. Australia, and
Alfons verreas, Belgium. II points, seventh.
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