New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
Italians Win
InTea1n Race
At the Garden
Brocco and Egg Also Nictori.
Gus Over Spencer and
Mcnamara; 200 Present

The second six-day bike race is co-
ing to do quite as we'll as the first
one held uptown. Al Madison Sousr.
Garden last night the usual SATURDAY.
night sprint races that annually ushc-
in the long grind were attended h.,
about 1000 of the faithful. BY a.,
the rules of precedent. this means tbs+
through the week the six-dav fan,
will gather daily and nightly to tho
extent of about 10000 which is fair
enough
The first event on the program was
the two-thirds of mile amateur raco
run IN four heats and final. win
about forty ambitious riders competing
The event was won by Fred }. 1ierow
Century Road Club Associat on. with
Jack thinner, of Newark. second. and
Earl Adams. New York, third, in 1:lq
Zlerow mad fifty yards handicap. zim-
mer h1ty-hve and Adams Iorty-ive.
OneMile Match Race
special feature was the one-mile
match race for the prix Marcus Hurley
between Bobby Walthour ir. and Willie
Fem lr., both sons of champions of
other days. Walthour won in strsicbt
he..cs, holding the lead all the way and
heading out his man by about ten feet
The third event. the Prix FLOYD Me-
Farland, an international team noint
race between Oscar Egg. OF Switzer-
land, and Maurice Brocco, OF Italy.
against Willie Spencer, of Newark. and
Reggie Mcnamara, of Australia, was
run in three heats. The first, a one
/ Ia
and Spencer with the Australian cross
was an Australian uni limited team pur-
suit. and here the great riding of Egg
won for his team. The distance was
miles and 8 laps
After the men had ridden about two
miles Spencer dropped out unable 70
hold the killing pace Brocco was the
next to quit, leaving the track a.
about two and half miles. and this
lett Egg and Mcnamara to fight it cut
alone. 1t was desperate tussle. with
Egg finally catching the fast tirinr
Mcnamara just before they crossed
the finishing line.
Between this and the deciding hea.
a one-mlle team match race with
Frank Kramer and Bob Spears against
Piani and Francesca Nerri, Of Italy.
Hto1 hNo Out VI lNltc meats, was
off. The veteran Kramer proved ths
best man in the first heat. beating ou.
Piani in driving finish. Spears
dropped out before they started the
sixth lap, but Kramer was more than
equal to the task of holding off the
Two foreigners and brought his wheel
over the line first in 2:13 30
\erri in FIRST Place
In the second heat the conditions
were reversed, for this time, after
stirring race all the way, Nelri shot
nome IN first position, with at least
slN feet between him and the second
man. Piani. Kramer was third and
Spears fourth.
Egg and Brocco won the third heat Of
the Mcfarland event, Mcnamara vim
nlng the first two sprints in a two-mile
point race, with sprint every three
iaps,With Spencer and Egg in second and
third places. respectively Brocco Won
the third sprint, jumping the field three
laps from home, and EGG took the last
three sprnts, with McNasnara dropping
out OF the last two sprints. This gave
the race to Egg and Brocco by total
Of 25 to 10 points
Piani and Vcrri won the third and
deciding heat Of the professional one
mile team match race, with piani win
nlng by great finish and Kramer
hanging to his rear wheel all the way
through the last two laps. The line
was 2:l3 13. This Italian boy with
the musical name is "A bit of d rider,
it seems.
A two-mle lap point race for the
amateurs brought out the biggest field
OF the night and after six heats and
final the winner turned up in Henry
Horan, of Newark, with Thomas Ftz-
simmons, Of East Orange; Fem and
Larry Seiifert in 4 tie Tor second place,
counting on the point system, although
Seifiert was actually first over the line
in the final heat
Fast Pace Set
The last event on the ion. program
was ten-mile open race for profes-
sionals, named as tribute TO the
former national sprint champion. ths
Frank I. Kramer Stakes. Every rider
entered in the siN-day race, which
begins at one minute after midnight
tonight, was competitor Prizes OF
81 to the leader at each lap and -
to the winner OF each mic kept The big
held going at fast clip from start to
finish
The most sensational riding in the
race was won by little jules MIGUEL, OF
France, who he'd the lead for at least
twenty laps at about the halfway point
and actually Tapped the field HIS
great effort exhausted him, however.
and he was forced 20 drop out. after
losing his one lap advantage.
Ine race was won by Bobby Spears,
OF Australia. With Anthony Young. OF
Newark. riding in his frst profess
slonal enga cement. in second place,
some fifteen feet back Claus Vannes,
of Holland, finished third. and Lloyd
Thomas. San Francisco. fourth. Tho