New-York tribune., 1920-03-13
American Pair
Are Favorites
In Bike Grind
rss and Madden, However,
Sill Formidable; Riders
400 Miles Behind Record
By Fred Hawthorne

r,.sts moved with dignity and calm
,.,, through the long day yesterday
:, .bs Garden. There were sporadic
.,.r.s. n some Of the riders in
K six-dav bicycle race made fu-
.i .;,s Attempts to gain q lap on the
s.st s. at the field. but none of these
r.s a.. al really threatening nature, for
Nav was always some "kill-joy" in
a. a. hunch to nip these affairs in the
I'D The day passed like the calm
ssfore the storm, s storm that will
,Ss.sk tonight, when the final series
= surints begins in the last hour.
-Ssscme OF the trailers, Vincent Markey
I'D Fred Byron, George and Lester
rsvter and Bello and Madonna, who
, -. four or FIVE laps behind the leaders
"a showing signs of weakening, are
.ssectad to cali it a day before the
.rsd enters the final stage. These
s.sn have felt the strain of the many
s.yious sprinting duels severely. and
.;res they have practically no chance
= feuring in the big money. it would
sss 6e surprising should they drop out.
Alfred Goullet and Jake Magin, while
.nnarently the most formidable team
. = the race, are certain to face a des-
ns,ate task tonight in outriding Oscar
ssy and Eddie Madden. Egg has al
we. done his greatest riding on the
,,st day of the grinds, and he is prob
,hly saving himself for just such a
Ming tonight, when the final series of
amt , sprints begins. First place will
soant II points, with the other FIVE
nlsess remaining at the same valuation
~ during the week. This afternoons s
,oint sprirts will give IL points to
,he virner each time.
This higher rating on the last day
/. mssps that riders who are trailing in
~ noirt system can pass their rivals
- thinning a few Of these T2-point
ds.k,s. Egg Is evidently relying upon
: shh, and Goullet certainly has his mind
working in the same groove.
Egg Flashes Speed
Err won two of the afternoon
.nrints yesterday, riding with world
! speed. He and Goullet did not
mee: in these dashes, Magin opposing
Eeg and Goullet measuring speed with
Madden. The Swiss won the third, IN
4 ahead barber's" finish with Magin,
snd the fifth, just nosing out Spiessens,
The Belgian. Goullet could only get
one second anu Que tAl1o pave III eACSc
ehases for points.
In the first night sprint, Egg beat
out Goullet by half a length. the lat
III coming around on the outside in
. furious drive that just failed to land
The prize. In the second sprint Goul-
lot and Egg again rode, showing how
determined they are to fight for the
lad. This time Goullet, by wonder
.ful jump fifty yards from the finish
line, flashed from behind and showed
his wheel over the line ten feet in the
lesd.
n the third heat Willie Hanley
showed the way home, with Speissens
second and Godivier third. Hill was
,onrth, Magin fifth and Madden last
The latter two were watching each
other all the way, each content to fin
iah far back so long as his rival did not
get out in front.
The fourth dash found Goullet and
I Egg back on the track and ALI won
ansther wonderful exhibition of racing
In the fifth sprint Eddie Madden was
from Fred Hill, with Magin in third
place. The unbeatable Goullet flashed
another victory in the sixth, defeating
Harry Kaiser and Egg In hair raising
dash from fourth place at the Fourth
Avenue END.
Magin Appears to Tire
The seventh whirl found Magin and
Madden pitted against each other and
this time Eddie won in beautiful
burst Of speed fram Willie Ianley
Aagin, who seemed to be tiring, was a
Dad third.
Marcel Dupuy took the eighth
sprint, to the surprise Of the crowd
The Frenchman led all the way through
the last lap. Egg and Goullet finished
second and third The ninth dash had