New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
McBeath's Sensational Riding
Features 5 prints I'm Armory
Australian Overtakes Two
Teams in Pursuit Race
After Partner DropsOut

Distance, apparently, lent enchant-
ment to the scene last night at the
22d Regiment Armory, for grea.
crowd turned out to witness the bicycle
sprint races that ushered in the
twenty-ninth international six-day
race, which starts tonight. The exact
seating capacity Of the armory is not
h~ own, but whatever it is, every seat
ras occupied when the first event OF
the evening was started.
= is really remarkable what punish
nent the bike fan Will undergo to feed
upon his favorite diet Just for the
chance to see the wheels 60 round last
night, more than 1000 persons made
their way b. subway. bus. taXicab
ard limousine to tho armory
Some OF these Thousands, Of course.
we're denlzens Of Vie country about
y ashington Heights, and all they had
20 do was 70 send the wife around the
corner for delicatessen slppor take
the dog out for an airing and then
scooc around 20 the armory.
The sensation OF the early part of
the evening vas the spectacular riding
Of Alex NcBeath of Australia in the
unlimited Australian pursuit race.
Cecil Walker was McBeath's partner.
but he dropDed out Of the running in
the seventh lap, leaving MS mate to
ride alone agalNst the tNO strong teams
of Girardcrgo and Oliverie. of Italy,
and Buysse and Speissens, Of Bel
gum.
Il did not secr1 possi for McBeath
to catch both pa re- bat '.e set a terr fic
pace, never wavering, aNd after catch
irg the Belgjars just alter completing
the nile, ne Kept on in full sweep after
the italians, drawing level after one
nile and SIX laps. to the Accompaniment
Of tremendous applause from the crowd.
The time was 1886.
The t~o-thirds Of mile professional
handicap VAS ta';cn by young Charley
Ostreitter, Of Newark. who showed his
rea rwhees TO inc field Speisscns.
Of Belgium, was second; Emil Acrts,
Belgium, third. Joe kopsky, fourth; ;
Constante Cirardengo, Italy, fifth. and
Charles Deruyter, Of France, sixth.
The time was announced a liz
Eddie Madden, Of Newark, winner Of
last years six-day race with Goullct,
Won special one-mile professional
match race from Harry Kaiser and
Deruyter, uncork,ng long and furious
sprint two laps from the finish. The
time was . :43 4-5.
Louis BenaZhtti, Of the JnIOnc
Sportiva Italiara, won the one-nile
amateur handicap event from field Of
more than forty starters, the race be-
ing run in five heats and final. There
we're several spills before the end, but
Benazatti came through unscathcd and
showed all the earmArks OF a future
champion. A NieIncI ", OF the same
club, was second +. Bendi, a club
rnatc, the only scratci man, was third.
EenAzat,i stsrted from the 15-yard
+ lne.
one Of the other features Of the
evening was the mile international
7 alternacc match race, with Ray Eato J.,
/ Alfred Gouilct. Arthur Spencer and
Marcel Dupuy competing. The first
heat ms Won b. Eaton, but the trial
u.g raced over, az the Judges at the
hnisn failed 70 sound the bell. Eaton
non the second heat, With Dupuy second
! and Spencer trailing.
i.a,on also beat out Goullet in the
+ rcrunning Of the first heat by n margin
II four feet Ths gave first place in
! the series 20 Eaton, with total Of l5
polnts. Gopilet Tailed 8 for second
place. Dupuy Was tnrd with Z and
I Steuc fourth with 3.
Crcl Walker, Of Australia, partner
of Alex Ncheath in the six-day grind
ron the last event on the program. II
( tcn~rnilc international race. finishing
! IN a haiI-raislnx sprint with Freddie
Hnl and McBeath, inches eeparnt-
,ng the three. De Ruytcr was fourth
and Jale MaYin ffth. The time, 22:09,
y,,s ycrf fast