The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-10

Despite the fact that every man.
woman and child in at the six day
bicycle race In Madison Square Garden
was elected from the building early
yesterday morning after free for all
fight in which a shot was fired, the
old building was damned to overflow
ing last night. AS on the two previous
nights, the Fire Department ordered
the doors closed long before 8 O'Clock
and hundreds were turned away.
There were many sprints and few
spills during the day. but nothing Dor
dering on the sensational. Once dur
ing the afternoon Spears and Lawrence
came within an ace of gaining lap.
That they did not was because OF
terrific riding and a bad pickup by
Coburn and Brocco. About o'clock
Spears darted away from the field and
gained half lap. Lawrence then
added q few more yards to the adj
vantage and Spears came back and
made 1t almost a full lap.
At this point Brocco came out on the
track. He went to the front of the
field and began to chase the leader.
He cut the lead in half before he tired.
Then Coburn came on the track and
in his excitement didn't walt to relieve
his partner. He went after Spears
from a short distance behind and
quickly overcame him. The bad pickup
saved him lap, but It cost the team
s2s q fine imposed by the officials.
sprints Cause Enthusinsm.
The official spirits at both the after
noon and night sessions were good.
They were keenly contested and brought
the crowd to its feet in their en-
thusiaem.
AS In all of the spurts since Monday,
Brocco and Lawrence carried off premier
honors In every event because they were
leading the field by two laps. Van
Hevel and yandeburgh and Debaets and
persyn divided second and third points
between them. for they are each lap
ahead of all the teams except Brocco and
Coburn.
The first heat at the night session was
won nv Leene. He went to the front
half n mile from home, withstood half a
dozen challenges and held command to
win rather easily by length and half
Smith finished second and Egg was
third. Piani sped off with the second
and Egg took the third and MIGUEL the
fourth; then followed the first jam" OF
the night
Egg sacrificed points in the fourth
heat to linger In behind the leader.
When they began TO ease up after pass
ing the Judges Egg Increased his speed
and quickly gained n quarter of a lap.
McNamara increased this TO half lap
and was gaining rapidly when Bedell
took tumble on the Fourth avenue ON
bankment. Bedell wasn't even scraped, but
he stopped the Jam and saved himself
aud most of the other contestants lap.
wild Dash by Egg.
When the race was resumed Vannek
won the fifth heat and Plant the sixth
Then Egg started off on another Wild
rush. Again he gained quarter of a
lap. but Brocco quickly caught him and
the others slowly moved down the
leaders
During this wild sprinting Coburn
committed several fouls. Once he came
close to putting Taylor over the high
Fourth avenue embankment
Miguel won the seventh heat, with
Mcnamara second. Egg won the eighth
by ten lengths. He darted of two laps
from the end and sped away from tire
field. To the crowd II seemed as IL he
we're going after lap, but when he
passed the Judges at the end of mile
he slowed down. Belloni was second
and Plant third. Miguel turned sim
liar trick In the ninth, which he won by
fifteen lengths, and then quit. Piani
won the tenth. with vannek second and
Smith third.
Brocco and Coburn are far In the lead
in the point score. They have accunn-
lated 457 Debaets and Persyn are
second, with 297, and Egg and McNa-
mara third with 204. Van Hevel and
Vendeburgh are fourth. with 1911.
While crawling around at snail's
pace a few minutes after the last on
ciaI sprint Bedell went down and
brought Lawrence. Belloni Taylor and
Debaets down with him. All of them
were badly splintered. but none seriously
injured and all continued in the race.
70 James Mcclure of 11s Tenth avenue
and John Wren of $40 Tenth avenue.
who we're arrested yesterday morning nj
Madison Square Garden following the
dFht which halted the six day race for
fifteen minutes. we're each fined 81 when
arraigned before Magistrate Frothine-