New-York tribune., 1920-03-09
Mad
Sprint Places
Team i'm Front
French, Partner Aids Brocco
10 Gain Coveted Circuit
at 1880 Last Night
By Fred Hawthorne

Maurice Brocco and Charles Deruy-
.s,. the Italian-French team, gained q
,.n m the field last night in the SIN
,av bike race In Madison .auare Gar
IL, Inst after the eighth of the ten
omc;al night sprnts at 1880 O'Clock
a. nair circled thirteen other comblna-
.;ons. M while 10000 persons fairly
eoeSed the building with storm OF
cheers. e,
;ns. after the finish Of the point sprint,
..adaenly dashed off at dizzy speed and
snsned up q quarter OF q lap before the
ussk awoke to the danger. The little
italian dug like a fend at his pedals
.rs heightened the lead into almost
ssss VIZ Ian before Fse. MasiA and Speis-
ms could settle into their pace.
sri Then came one of the prettiest and
.o.,sst pick-ups ever seen in six
sar race. Deruyter. Brocco's partner,
.s .sst the lafter up at the Madison Ave
W. .,,rn. the Italian touching Deruyter
~ the back as he started his partner
Va neruyter added 70 the lead until he
,.1d 3 clear half lap advantage. By
his his time the entire field was strung
"a. reliefs coming on the track every
s.m eSr' minutes while the thousands in
.so seats ard infeid maintained q
stssdy and tremendous volume of
noise.
procco came out once more and cut
lawn the remaining distance slowly,
foo. by feet Every pickup between
him and his partner was perfectly
made. and after g dozen circuits of the
.rae. Deruvter closed the gap, and the
coveted lap was gained
Men threws coats in the air in a
frenzy of excitement. and an Italia n
-ushed over to Brocco's camp beside
the track. grabbed the flag of Italy
rom its fastening and waved it de-
Ny;ouslr about his head
Bv stealing this lap on the field
B~oeco and Deruyter not only placed
themselves in a safe position. but also
took down the special prize Of Sl.0C0
offered by the management for the
team thar gained lap Oh the pack
It was at least twenty minutes be-
fore the crowd qEieted down again and
the riders fell back into the customary
steady gait Il was then officially an
nourced that Brocco and Deruy+er had
lapped the field and that the following
teams .4AI lD-l wv Ups al AAt itdi
scramble: Bello and Madonna. Weber
and Staehle, Bowker brothers and By
ron and Markey. The rest of the field
lost one lap.
First Time in History
This mark the first time in the long
history OF the six-day race n this clty
that lap has been gained SO early in
the week L seems certain. now that
Brocco and Deruvter viii have to be
constantly on theig guard for the rest
Of the week Tor every rider in the field
is determined 70 make up the lost
ground or side himself out O. the race
entirely.
Under the rules the team that gains
lap vii aateraaJi Jicaliy be credited
with SIX poin.s in every official sprint,
while the .appel teams viii fight it
OF. for the points IL the remaining
aYe places.
The total point score after the last
nights sprin-s. with Brocco and Dcruy-
,er i lap in tae lead, WAS as follows:
Egg and Madden, IS; Goullct and
Nasin, 6s Buysee ana Speissens, so;
Spencer and Drobach, 6l; Dupuy and
Haniey, 3l; Kaiser and Hill, Sc; Co.
burn and Popsky, %; Godivir and Van
Mex, 25; Weber and Staehie, is; Lang
and Chapman. "a: Byron and Markey,
.; BeAo aud Madonna, i; Bowker
brothers, none