New-York tribune., 1920-12-12

Yroylmate point total for the week
Debaets and Persyn won second prize,
with 8 total Of approximately 500 points,
and then came Van Hevel and Vanier-
berg'1e. with about 400 points and Tay-
ior and Smith, Egg and Mcnamara,
Plant and Leene, Van Mex and MIGUEL,
Bedssh and Thomas and Verri and Bel
ionis ~ that order.
Oscar Egg was easily the star Of the
final hour of sprinting, even though his
brilliant riding could not win the race
for him OF his partner, owing to the
fact, shat hey were two laps behind
the leaders, Brocco and Coburn. But
there was a special set of prizes put up
by the management for the winners in
the actual order in which they crossed
the finish lne in each Of the sprints,
and fgg and Mcnamara won first place
with $500 Second place went to Verr
and Belloni, with 5000, and third to
Piani and Leene, $50.
-.-~ Egg Takes Ten Sprints
Egg won ten of the twenty-five one
ing, surely a remarkable piece of riding,
and McNamara won three of the heats.
Verai and Belioni won six heats, and
the rest were divided among the other
riders
The final score was 2,290 miles fiat.
Piahi and Leene were Tapped in the
twensieth sprint.
Three teams, hopelessly in the rear,
quiz the race before o'clock in the af-
ternoon. These were GRIMM and Van
divelve. Spears and Lawrence and the
Sntef Brothers, and thus there were
only nine teams on the track when the
night session Of riding began.
Maurice Brocco and Willie Coburn,
who had gained two laps on the entire
sseld. were still in front of the pack
yut three pairs-Ceasar Debaets and
Alois Peysyn, Julius Van Hevel and
Henri Yanlerberghe and Fred Taylor
and Tommy Smith-had reganed one
of these laps and were only a single
circuit behind the leaders when the
last hours OF the race began.
Favorites Ear Behind
Lbs .uext i've teams. including Oscar
&c ~ra Reggie Mcnamara, who start
sd ~ 1avoriTes in the grind last Sun
da~ n midnight, we're two laps behind
8rccc0 and CoDurn, and their position
fsas regarded as a wellrirh homeless
ouc'lst . o'clock. To win the racc it
would, be nece ssary for the Swiss Aus
tra,i4n team to gain three laps before
the e3f OF the race. Only an accident
20 Zcburn or Brocco could bring this
e'l5t1eS T was agreed by competent
jadg6s
Te~lor and Smith, one Of the young
es teams in the race worked the big
essIsartcn of The latter part Of the week
NhsA,- early yesterday morning, they
ice'atssvd one Of the laps that separated
from Brocco and Coburn, and
trough. themselves up on even terms
WITH 'Jeoac5s and Persyn and Van Hevcl
ard Van erberge as regards distance
coVered, although the two foreign pairs
peN - big lead on points scored during
YsR,,s Taylor, who made his first ap-
rearSnce is q professional when he
.cse on the Garden trac}; IN the sprint
raeas week ago last night, started the
Jan that led to the winning of the
.ap, a. 4:l5 a. III. With a remarkable
bgVst ef speed, started so suddenly that
he. led was caught mapping, Taylor
pad around the rack, digging furious
y a. his pedals.
Altar he had made three circuits Of
The track, Smith picked up Taylor per
.ee.]y en- the TWenty-siXth Street side
ofpt9ns track and was away like the wind
= was only then that the riders in the
field appeared 70 take the thing serious
y and 10 start riding on their own ac-
count.
Veterans Fail to Gain
For the next twenty minutes there
VSss ispthing but a succession of ter
rf.sc Fjams" long after TAYLOR and
Splth nad gained .heir lap. Egg and
l@f:Nasaara made several desperate
fesf but each time they met with
failure, for none Of those back in the
hslG with Oscar and Reggie showed
he 81 .gh test dispos;,lon to help GU
The pace making, stelling the sprin
every time they found themselves ii
The pacing position.
Although II seemed impossible fol
McNarnara and Egg TO finish in frs
position, they must have found sub
stantla! compensation in the fact tha
Nstween them they had cleaned VI
between $1,000 and s1.10O in priz'
sd.lAts during the week, far more thai
eny other team in the race.
AZ the finish of nc five afternoo
sSGfts for points. the totals for tn
week 4Nsere as follows.
gDrecco and Coburn, 697; Debaet
srra rersyn, 426; Van Hevel and Van
lerherehe, 323; EGG and McNamars
Peg: Piani and Leene, 1872: Bedel
spCl-T homas 1877; Van Mex an Mique
5ys sraylor and Smith, So, Ncrri an
-. Ye-ri Captures 500 Prize
Ffstcesco Verri the fast little Ital
ian, uncorked a great jump from tn
he'A when lie dashed out to win tn
o'geest single sprint prize of the weel
W.T.. 1slcNamara twenty yards ava
Spectator had offered 500 for a one
Fal'e sprint. Everybody went out fo
tnis one, and McNnmara looked to hav
It wan until Nerri made mis- sudde
mop coming around the last turn int
the'stte,ch
Aaa garden was slow to fill last nigh
/ taere being only about 1000 persons i
ire naildin2 az o'clock, but from the
On ,ncy continued TO stream slowl
tnr3dg1 the doors. and it looked a
iaouzh there would be another fu
no1se by the time the final hour {
Aprinting began at 10 O'Clock.
tr @>3as ann anced at o'clock tha
rig, and Mcnamara had won a total {
Al@ost 81 800 in prize sprints. figure
never before approached in a six.da
race. would gather In about 50 600 10
toc most points In the final hour {
spElnts would be presented with purs
OF 800. the management stated. Il W.
also id that the ta.ro ,,,ipyin.. 81