New-York tribune., 1920-11-26
Coullet Keeps
Team Near Top
In Bike Grind
Champions Riding Gives
Him Even Break With
Magin-Madden in Sprints
By Fred Hawthorne


fred Goul!et IN the series of ten point
sprlnts in the six-day bicycle race at
the 22d Regiment Armory last night
ALI and Freddie Hill, his partner, went
into tie for the lead on the nights I
riding with Eddie Madden and Jake
Magln The totals of these two teams
for the week to date then read Magin /
and Madden, $50; Goullet and Hill, 237. |
The full standing for the race was as
follows:
Magin and Madden, $50; Goullet and
Hill. 237; Eaton and Kaiser 1888;
Spencer and Cory, 1876; Hanley and |
Kellar, 1862; Girardengo and Oliveri, |
lj3; Deruyter and Aerts, 1l8; Mclean !
and Walker, III; Drobach and Webber, |
96; Speissens and Buysse, "A; Dupuy
and Godvier, So; KoDsSy and Bello,
42: Gaffney and Nerraes, II.
Following the last point sprint, Mar
eel Buyssc, the Belgian, started fu-
rious Gam" by trying to steal away
from the unsuspecting field. Hardly had
he opened up a gap Of forty yards be-
fore the pack was after him in full cry.
In q moment there were scenes OF wild
confusion on the track as the relief
men came out to take up the mad chase.
1t seemed certain that somebody
must be Tapped, but while Goullet, Ma
gin, Madden and the Belgians were
streaking around the saucer, half a
dozen of the riders who had just been
relieved but were still on the track,
crashed to the floor near the finish
line, Aerts having showed into the man
next to him. kopsky, Hanley, Eaton,
Drobach, Olivieri and Spencer fell in
tangled mass and the judges bell rang,
stopping the sprint Nobody was Sc
riously hurt,
Strain Telling on Hill
Hill, who has been showing signs of
the grind for the last twenty-four
hours, could only get total of 10
points in the five times he went out
or the track, while Goullet won IS.
In the two sprints that he won Goullct
brought the big crowd to its feet by
the wonderful finishes he put up. In
the fifth dash Alf was far back IN the
ruck, apparently hopelessly pocketed.
Two laps from home, however, ne let
out a wild burst Of speed and, riding
around the field on the outside, drove
his wheel home in first place by six
inches, with Girardengo giving him
furious battle.
When Goullet repeated the same
thing in the seventh sprint, beating out
Harry Kaiser in beautiful brush down
the, straight, the crowd rose in the seats
and cheered .Alf for two minutes.
The order Of finish in the ten sprints
was as follows
Madden. Girardengo, Aerts,
Goullet, Kaiser, Keller
Second-Eaton. Hill, Buysse, Spen-
Ger, Weber, Magin.
Third -Gilardengo, Aerts, Madden,
Cory, Keller, Goullet
Fourth-Eaton. Spencer, Magin,
Hanley, Hill, Walker
Goullet, Girardengo, Cory,
McBeath, Drobach, Kaiser.
Sixth-Oliyeri Buysse, Eaton, Ma
gin, Hill, Weber.
Seventh-Goullet, Kaiser, Madden,
Cory, Girardengo, McBeath
ighth-Bello, Spencer Magin,
Eaton, Buysse, Hanley.
Ninth-Kaiser, Girardengo, Cory,
Keller, Goulet, GaHney
Tenth--De Ruyter, Oliveri, Eaton,
Spencer, Hill, Magin.
The teams of Gatfney and Verraes,
Drobach and Weber, Spencer and Cory
and Dupuy and Godivier were each
/ fined $40 by the Judges for faulty pick
ups during the big jam"
The daylight hours yesterday did
not bring forth much that was SEN
sational. Even though Charles piercey
and Charlie OsterItter, the recon
structed team. regained one OF the two
laps they were behind the field. This
happened late in the afternoon, after
Piercey and his partner had previously
made several vain attempts 10 steal
away.
Half dozen times Piercey got away
to long lead and was relieved b.
Osteritter, only to have thct effort
90 for naught. Finally Piercey trie
it again, while Jake Magin was lead
ing the pack in pursuit, ana got {;
quarter Of q lap away Magin made II
serious effort to catch the Australian
and the other riders appeared willinr
to permit the trailers to Naka up som
of the lost ground OsteTitter relieve
Piercey twice and at last caught the
field
In the middle of the afternoon law
renee Gatfney and Godivier. the Italian,
became involved in a slight dispute and
began heaving uppercuts, hooks and
assorted jabs at one another. Neither
man was in imminent danger Of a
knockout at any time and they will
have to go over long distance of
ground to determine the winner.
Gafney was fined S25.
There was some fast sprintiag for
points in the afternoon series of
dashes, with Goulet and Hill making
the best showing. They gained a total
of % points, while Magin and Madden
drew down 18. Madden won the open
ing sprint, beating out Hill by scant
foot. Hill took the last dash.
Penalized Points Restored
The judges announced that the team.
of Eaton and Kaiser and McBeath and
Walker, which had been pena'ized six
points in the sprinting on Tuesday
night, had their penalty restored by
the board of referees.
Gene Sennett and George Young, The
promoters Of the race, are antici ipatine
a capacity house tonight when the
special added attraction, the castro
nomic endurance contest between the
promising candidates for the world!
championship, "Hokum" Kelly ane
wild Bill" Doig, the untamed moss
) creeper from Umpawug Hill, Conn, is
staged.
Neither man has yet tasted defeat il
his chosen profession and both ex
pressed themselves as confident of vic
tory. The principals in the knife-and
fork bout visited the arena in th'
afternoon and tried out the table tool.
! and inspected the other arrangement.
in the dining hall. Both declaret
themselves as perfectly satisfied.
Dave Lantinberg, the match making
caterer at the armory, who arranged
> the contest. said last night that it wa=
one Of the best matches he had ever
made. "The fans are going TO see q
fast, cleanly fought bout" the million
aire conces sionaire said "kelly anc