The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-24
TEAM LOSES LAP
I FOR FOUL RIDING
Piercy and Madonna Set Back
in the Six Day Cycle
Grind.
SPILLS ARE PLENTIFUL
Lang So Badly Hurt That He
is Out of Race-Far Be-
hind Record.
rwo O'CLOCK scoRE-5srH HOUR.
by HENRY ". KING.

In series of sprints beginning few
Girardengo and Carlo Olivieri, the
italian team, were Tapped In the six day
bicycle race at the Twenty second Regi-
nent Armory, but because of bad pick
ups and foul riding by majority of the
other teams the Judges did not penalize
them. Instead Charley Piercy and Vim
cent Madonna were set back one lap.
They participated in the Jam" for
few minutes and then left the track and
the penalty followed.
The sprint that cost the coveted ground
and the Italian pair to be Tapped lasted
for more than ten minutes. Marcel
Dupuy, the French champion, started
the trouble followed by Madden, Eaton
and Drobach. Dupuy sped down the
south embankment and after three
rounds of the course had the field strung
out in Indian fashion. When he tired
Madden took up the pacemaking and
gained more ground on the trailers.
Godivier was the next to take up the
running He, too, gained some ground.
Then Eaton went to the front and re-
NAMED there until he had Girardengo
within ten yards OF him. At this point
ALI Goullet displayed the speed that has
made him famous, and in one round OF
the oval sped past the staggering Italian.
During the series of sprints the pace
was so terrific and the teams so mixed
up that few of the thousands present
were aware which team was leading.
In their excitement the riders made
bad pick-ups and thirty men so TANNED
theI track that II was almost impossible
TO tell who was leading and who was
trailing Girardengo and Olivieri rode
at breakneck speed for half lap at
time and then were compelled to pull
up because Of the wall of riders in front
of them
The Italians are extremely popular
with the crowd because of their frequent
sprints and the official announcement
that they were to remain with the lead
ers was met with cheers
The official sprints were exciting and
the finishes close, but 1t was the wild
dashes of the foreign teams trying TO
steal lap that aroused the Gro vd to
the highest pitch of excitement. From
z O'clock until almost midnight there
were few intervals in which some for
eigner was not out speeding along at a
terrific pace trying to steal away from
his opponents But none succeeded.
There were several nasty looking
spills, too. In the third official sprint
Freddie Hill and Gus Lang went down
with crash while speeding around the
high east embankment at mile min
ute clip. Both landed unconscious at
the bottom of the track Both were
quickly revived and carried to their
dressing rooms. Lang was badly cut
and bruised about the legs. arms and
body. Hill was cut on the shoulder and
suffered a sprained knee.
o' Lang out of Rnce.
After Lang was removed to his room
he was examined by the physician and
il was discovered that he suffered from
rupture and was hurt internally. 1t
was then announced that he was Off
cially out of the race. This news was
a crusher to Osterritter. who has four
hours to obtain a new partner. AT the
present moment there Is no team riding
that feels like retiring. so II LOOKS 20 IL
Osterritter will also have to leave 49,
scene.
Alex McBeath of Australia caused the
spill, and he was disqualified after he
won the heat. He also was penallzed
six points. The other spills wee not so
ugly looking and az little damage.
Plercy went down 20 cut his right arm
and Gaffney tooA header and was
badly splintered.
In the first sprint for points McBeath
took the honors. He sprinted to the
front In two laps from the end and held
it until he passed the Judges a length
ahead Of Buysse. Godlvier was third.
Cory fourth. Hill fifth and Madden
sixth.
Marcel Dupuy captured the second m
a hair raising finish with Olivier. Os-
terrier was third and Magin fourth.
After McBeath vas disqualified In the
third Godivier Mas awarded stellar
honors Aerts Eas placed second and
Cory third.
Ar Goullet aroused the crowd to a
high pitch of enthusiasm In the fourth.
when he went to the front three laps
from home and held on to the end. IT
was the best sprint OF the race. for dur
ing Il almost every contestant tried his
mightiest to pass Goullet. Magin fin
ished second length and n half behipd
Goullet and a similar distance In front
of Walker.