New-York tribune., 1920-12-10
Eggg-McNanara
Team Battle
To Nab Leaders
Spills by Other Riders Pre-
vent Them From Making
Up Their Lost Ground
By Fred Hawthorne


There was night OF wild and con-
tinuous excitement at Madison Square
GsrdeR last night, where almost $4,000
persons were packed within the great
arlpitheater to watch the six-day
bicycle race enter the second half of
the long grind. Oscar Egg and Reggie
icNarara, two laps behind Brocco
Ehd Coburn. and determined to make up
,ne lost ground, started half dozen
Jams between and II O'Clock, and
ms. partner would have been lapped
cad not spills by other riders saved
them by stopping the 'jams."
brocco was by far the weaker of the
Two leaders and was twice more than
NAN LAP. in the rear when Coburn
game to the rescue. At midnight it
looked as though, barring accidents
Brocco and Coburn would lose Itss. at lesst
one OF their two laps advantage before
Vhe night was over.
Some Desperate Riding
ne night sprints for points brought
1or'h some of the most desperate rid
ing OF the week, with Brocco and Co.
ourn, Defeats and Persynn and Van
NeSel and Nandenburghc always taking
she nrst three places because of their
-ap leads over the field. The actual or
der OF finish in the first seven surints
went as follows:
First-Leene. Smith. Egg
Sonaurian,; Tss,I, Miauel, Mcnamara.
Fifth-van Mex Bedeli, Egg.
SiHth.Pian. Egg. Smith
SeNenth-Miquel. Mcnamara. yerri.
During the fifth sprint Egg made a
wiid attempt to get away from the
held Tor lap and he would have sue
ceeded almost to certainty, had it not
been for q bad smashup at the Fourth
Avenue turn When Van Hevel, tearing
through the stretch. ran off the track
onto the fiat, and then narrowly miss
,,ng half hundred "raiIbirds" dashed
back on the track again at the steep
est part Of the bank
In doing so, he bumped into Menus
Redell who was thrown with terrific
-crce to the floor. Leene was saved
skonl a similar fate by running into the
crowd at the rail. Bedell was off the
track for half an hour.
In this sprint Brocco and Coburn
we're in a bad position and were stead
ily losing ground under the terrific
pace. Another two or three laps and
they would have been Tapped by Egg
and Mcnamara and = couple OF other
-eams. But the spill spoiled Eggs
chances again.
Coburn vas guilty OF very foul bit
H. riding in this sprint. When he saw
--e- MS team was in danger he delber-
.feiy rode high on the Fourth Avenue
tarG. blocking the field and almost
ing Smith off the track
fgAA. won the eighth sprint. with Bel
81. and Piani following in order. and
frles MIGUEL won the ninth. followed
Leene and Belloni. Big Orlando
oiani took the tenth and last dash, with
~ Mex at his rear wheel and Tommy
Min was third.
PAN and Leene Won the special $50
20 FOR the most points won in actual
gae- Of finish. their total being It.
t'luei and Van Mex mad l6 and Egg
~ McNaniara Is.
&c point score totals for the week
IN read: Brocco and Coburn. 457;
'e7aets and Persyn. 2e7s Egg and
- mara, cot; Van Hevel and Van
eaolrgne. 1sl: P;ani and Lecne. 1le;
sa Mex and Miguel. lel: BeGell and
ao1las. lel; Nerri and Beiloui. So. and
sE-or and Smith, 81.
Another Record Turnout
lae crowds cont;nue TO be ono Of
fnavels Of The week al the old
den Early in The evening the
'..-a cement VAS forced to stop even
Sa,e CT admission tickets The
acc "as jammed i. 8 O'Clock. and in
,sce-'sor another guy 10 get in some
ody else had to go out.
CHARLES Francis Henry Canary Isl
ii Bird Sherry. the keeper Of the
oyal coat room, declared last evening
- there We're more oyercoats in New
4 Totk -nan there are men to wear them
4 And J ought to know. cause I've
I saec@ed en- an said Charles Henry
-4rcls. etc.
Up % % o'clock last night there had
eeI total Of s2.l00 distributed TO
3 C riders IN ''prizes" Tor spirits, and
y this amount Egg and Mcnamara
8 "a Won s7oo said TO constitute
cord
Z Brocco and Cobura showed their
N = signs Of weakening in one Of the
& s.ernooa "jams" started BY Bob
pears, for when TIC big Australian
I aad made four circuits Of the track
I ee Tas aa.f q lap 10 the good over the
4 ED. Coourn was trailing the bunch
I'D Yas al in" when Brocco rushed
o1t 70 rehsre him.
re little Italian saw that desperate
T-,49. "as aece ssary, 50 he did not
at tor his psv.>,er 10 draw leves ,yi+h
ain, but nooksi ~ with The nain
ield wa.le the NArgth of the strefch
mead o. toourn. For this his team
20 snea Sz2 tor w bad pickup, but
:. 13fo1otediy saFea them the loss og
--.r zap.
Jvss to liven thingssD b;. and 70
vary the rnoso.ony IT gxjrI;n, s@nares 1,,a ne
md wheels, '1ey staged a b;t Of drarna
e. -@c Gards1 during ,he auil Toornin-
.s.o.rs so.rs yessenay There ~sre taso or
80 ,iea n ''big ecenco aso,,. = e'DDn -."o
eas. tac 'lllain was "fo1led ".,D'
-ssse youy and virtue. in tEs nrrsnr, sTt.,,
r aa1 d .pzcr city copperg, re aji
nd al production 70 the oG.sr ar
Naercy pens y Know just what b.n-
,s.sd, 4 nc leading actorg wsTe
ssrers.a feet anonyrnity, bat cosaict~
T., sDef r al IL that either a reyoiye.,
r, ~ req in nc rear Of Eox hn
" tns tire rad exploded in that