The New York herald., 1920-12-06

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1916
race among three Broadway theatri-
cal stars opened up the six day bike
grind in Madison Square Garden last
night. They We're Fred Stone, Joe jack
son and "Poodles" Hanneford. They
took the track shortly. before midnight
and raced two-thirds OF a mile. Joe
Jackson proved the best OF the trio and
won by about four lengths after having
led from the start Fred Stone rode
high on the embanlment all the way
and did we'll; He finished second, nearly
a hundred yards ahead Of IIanneford.
Present at the time this race began
were more than 5000 fans who had
come early to get advantageous seats
and positions for the big race. After
this affair 1000 more fans arrived, and
when Fred Stone set the flfteen teams
In: motion for the weeks grind the big
amphitheatre !. was comfortably filed.
The galleries and balconies were crowd
ed to oyerfiowing, more than three
quarters Of the arena seats were occu-
pied and there were several thousand
In the arena pit.
Because of the big foreign entry the
gathering was cosmopolitan one, with
the Italians in the majority. Italy is
represented by four of its best riders,
including Maurice Brocco, the hero of
several races here, and Orlando Piani,
the sturdy fellow who beat Frank Kra-
mer on Saturday night.
Belgian Leads mt Start.
The fifteen teams were off to flying
start. They We're sent away in groups
and allowed TO go rs they pleased until
they were all together, then the firing
gun sent them away. Caesar Debaets,
the veteran Belgian, was the first to
show in front. He sped around for two
laps at fairly even pace and then
began a squirt that carried him over the
first mile in 2 :19 les. He did not stop
after leading the field over the first mile :;
instead he increased his speed and, much
10 the annoyance and surprise of his
competitors, he sped around and around
at a real fast pace. !.
Before Dcbaets had slowed down
spectator offered three S25 prizes for
three one mile sprints. Debaets sped off
with the first one, taking the lead at the
start and holding II to the Judges. John
Staehle won the second. He went TO the
front at the half mile mark and held
command without doing his best to the
end. Jules Dossche Of Belgium took the
third.
Plenty of Action.
There never was more action in a
race during the first hour than there was
In this Immediately after the third
heat for the prizes Piani darted away
from the field and opened up half a
lap onfhis opponents. This lead he held
for about a mile. When caught after
desperate sprints by all the field Jules
Van Hevel OF the Belgium NO. team
sprang away from the crowd and in
1frfu a hal In
Van Lerberghe. his partner. relieved
him and increased the lead to three
quarters OF n lap. But the early sprint
ing seemed to have sapped Van Hevels
strength, for when called on n second
time by Van Lerberghe he quit and lost
m apparently sure lap. For his failure
10 60 on the crowd Kissed and hootcd
him for several minutes
When this small "jam' had finished
Brocco and coburn tried to steal away,
out the field led by Oscar Egg quickly
4 Another newcomer who attracted at
tention was Anthony. who is making his
tfst appearance as professional. He
IL youngEter from Newark He Is
only 10 years old. but Is "a six footer
and weighs 100. As an uInateur he was
one Of the best In the country last year.
lie was the all around champion at.
Newark, his greatest achievement IN one
day being Victories IN four races. Two
Of his successes were scored on the Pei
harn Parkway In New York In the morn
ing and In the afternoon he went to
Newark and captured two more, break
ing the amateur record for two miles.
Fred Taylcy the American amateur
champion and member OF the New York
Athletic Club, was n starter In the race.
IL was his first appearance as a pro"
and he did exceptionally we'll against
the vsterans for the first few hours. He
too is' a war hero. lie fought with the
Lighting Division when Grand Prix
was captured. Taylor was shot through
the right arm and two long sears are
visible where the machine gun bullets
entered and left his right wing.