New-York tribune., 1920-12-08
Italian Rider
Proves Magnet
'To Pack Garden
More Than l1.000 Fans
Watch Night Sprints in
Six Day Bicycle Race
By Fred Hawthorne

The lure OF Brocco, the compact little
bundle Of Italian steel nerves and
muscle, was the magnet that drew moro
than 1900 persons to Madison Square
Garden last night'to see the third night
o. the annual six-day bicycle race
There was nothing done during the
series Of ten sprints beginning at @: 80
O'clock to- rouse the great crowd to
anything like the heights Of enthusi-
. asm that stormed over the audience on
Monday night when Brocco, Coburn. De-
haets and Persyn gained their laps over
the rest OF the field.
But the magic of Maurice Brocco's
name was sufficient to keep the crowd
keyed up every minute. The possibility
that the Italian might. again start a
Wild Jam seemed in the air, and so
the thousands remained in their seats
until almost midnight, although it was
the least spectacular night of riding of
the week.
The arrangement had offered two
prizes Of $50 and S25 for the team scor
ing the most points during the ten
sprnts, with Coburn and Brocco and
trey actually took part in these dashes,
Neither of the leading teams at
tempted to race for the money, salts
fled to hold their lead over the field
without running any of the dangers at
tendant upon fighting it out with the
sprinters.
Piani Team First
The team of Orlando Piani. of Italy,
and Gerard Leene, of Holland, won
the first prize, with a total of 81
points for the night, with Oscar Egg
and Reggie Mcnamara second, a point
behind Verri and Belloni, the Italian.
pair, were third, with 80. Then came
Beden and Thomas, 16; MIGUEL and
Nannek, 8; Byron and Staehle, 7, and
Nsnhevel and Vanderbergh, A.
The point score totals for the week
read: Brocco and Coburn, 217; Egg
and Mcnamara, 1870; Debaets and Pier,
son, lis; Bedell and Thomas, 90; Piani
and Leene. Is; Miguel and Vannek, AZ;
Taylor and Smith, SO; Verri and Bel
loni, 10; Vanhevel and Vanderberph
1s, and Spears and Lawrence. T.
Just after IL o'clock last night the
slX-day bicycle race at Madison Square
Garden was thrown into tuIlnoil
when Julius Eanhevel, the tall Belgian,
suddenly dashed away from the neld
Henri Nanderburgh, his partner, picked
him up in perfect style and they con-
1'nued to relieve each other in this
manner until, at the end of twenty
two minutes OF desperate riding, they
had gained q lap on all the other rid
ors. This placed them in tie for
second place with Casar Debacts and
lois Persyn, and one lap behind
-aurice Brocco and Willie Coburn, the
40 leaders.
The riding OF Vanhevel in this stir
i.ng Jam was of the best. In spite
q the determined efforts of the field
prevent the Belgians from stealing
tie lap and the weakness of his part
!er julius stuck to his task and did
lot rest until it was accomplished.
Egg seemed to be improving as the
race wore on last night, but Mcnamara
0'as far from his best and not once
curing the ten sprints did he succeed
n getting over the finish line in first
grised the crowd by flashing home first
-our times, while the big Pani, his
partner, gathered three hrst places.
, Shortly alter SAe eiipAsll of the last
print Brocco, apparently for the pur
qose of worrying the other riders,
unped away into q 100-yard line. Egg
tar.ed in mad pursuit with the pair
& MS rear wheel, but Brocco, after
.Agee furious laps, settled down again
Fast Pace Tires Riders
The wild riding Of Monday night,
-sacn Brocco and Coburn were lap
ing teams right and left and the
rhole field had ridden into a state bor-
ering on exhaustion. had its inevitable
fec, on the men during the oaylig ght
aolrs yesterday rad there wa no pre-
-ense at hitsi. < up the pace except
rhen the official dashes fo:' points
Eere on
In spite Of the lathargy that over
aAne the riders, who rode around like
sutcmatons for hours a tire, there
sere more than 1000 persons in the
omphi.aeater through the DAY, and
these left regretfully at o'clock,
vnen the Garden police gave them