New-York tribune., 1920-11-27
Foreign Teams
Lose One Lap
In Bike Grind
Girardengo and Kopsky Are
Hurt in Spill; Two More
Pairs Drop Out of Race
BY Fred Hawthorne

Dy FRED Hawthorne
A feld Of twenty-four riders, survi-
vors Of the thirty who began the race
last Sunday at midnight we're still in
the nerve -wrecking grind of the six
gay bicycle race at the 22d Regiment
Armory last night, twenty-five hours
before the finish of the affair.
These riders represented the tried
and proved athletes Of the lot, the
weaker members having been unable
to endure the test longer. Two teams
dropped out during the afternoon and
early evening hours, Gaffney and Yer
raes and Keller and Hanley being those
to fall b. the wayside
Eight OF the surviving teams were
still tied for the lead on distance COW
cred as~mdnight, with three pairs
Buysse and spiessens, Dupuy and
Godivier and Girardengo and Oliver
one lap to the bad. Piercey and Os-
territter had dropped out earlier in
the day.
After the series of ten sprints for
points last night the standing of the
teams was as follows Magin and
Madden, 1888; Goullet and Hill, 315;
Eaton and Kaiser, 247; Spencer and
Cory, 2l5; Aerts and Deruyter, 1856;
McBeath and Walker, 1A8 Drobach and
Weber, 112, and Bello and Kopsky, 64
oOutltt lA NiCdb 4 UIIu
These night dashes showed Alfred
Goullet in great form. Three times,
notably in the first, seventh and ninth
sprints, Alf flashed over the finish line
ahead of his rivals. Madden, Deruyter
and McBeath, respectively, finished sec
ond in these point races. The siX-day
champion always seemed to have some
thing in reserve and he looks like the
strongest rider in the race right now
Goullet and Hill collected a total Of
49 points in these ten official sprnts
to Magin and Maddena 40. still
further reducing the lead that the pair
and Walker, the Australians, won 33
points last night and were third in line
for the evening.
The sprints resulted as follows:
First-Goullet, Madden, Kaiser
Second-Aerts, Magin, Hill, Walker,
Eaton, Cory.
Third Drobach, McBeath, Gou!let,
Deruyter, Spencer, Kopsky-
Fourth-Magin. Hill, Walker, Eaton.
Cory, Aerts.
Fifth-McBeath, Goullet, Madden,
Kaiser, Spencer, Kopsky.
Sixth-Aerts, Eaton, Hill, Cory, Ma
.. gin, Walker.
Seventh-Goullet, Deruvter, Nc
Beath, Madden, Drobach. Kaiser.
Eighth~Magin Hill, Walker, Eaton,
Weber, CORY.
Ninth-Gouilet. McBeath, Kaiser,
Madden, Spencer, Deruyter
Tenth -Magin, Bello, Hill, Cory
Eaton, Aerts.
Corry-Spencer Lose Ground
Five minutes before midnight last
night the team Of Arthur Spencer and
Frank Cory lost q lap during a fur-
Gus jam started by Alex McBeath.
Just after the Australians had lost
their lap and while another sprint was
still! on, Marcel Buysse, Spessen's part
ner, Jake Magin and Cecil Walker an
the southern straightaway and were
catapulted into the railing by the in
field. Walker soon picked himself up
and walked to his cot and Buysse was
able to resume in ten minutes Neither
was badly hurt, but Magin was Knocked
senseless and had not returned at
12:30
At midnight it was announced that
Constante Girardengo had retired from
the race and Olveri. his partner, had
cen paired with Charley Osteritter,
who, few minutes before, mad been
declared out Of the race.
The daylight hours yesterday were
featured by some of the most sensa-
tlonal sprinting and accidents Of the
entire week. One team, Willie Han
ley and Willie Keller, which had been
well up with the leaders all through
the grind, was declared offic tally out
noon.
1t was young Keller who was re-
sponsible for his teams passing out.
For more than twelve hours Hanley's
partner had been suffering greatly
from saddle soreness and at noon he
was compelled to quit and go to the
hospital for repairs.
Hanley had four hours in which to
get new partner, but when the time
team up with anybody else, Willie had
to drop out. This left thirteen teams
in the race when the riders began the
| night session Of pedal pushing
Four teams were Tapped about &
o'clock in the afternoon, just after the
1 point sprints had been finished.
Those who dropped one lap sbehind
were Gaffney and Vearaes, Speissens
and Dupuy and Godivier.
At 9:l5 O'Clock last night it was an
nounced that the team of Gaffney and
Verraes had withdrawn fro,n 'hc race
as result Of the injuries Gaffney had
/ received in the afternoon spill.
Alfred Goullet started the "jam"
that led to the four teams losing their
lap. Alf, who had not taken promi-
nent part in the point scoring, sud
denly darted away from the field at
/ the finish Of the fifth squirt and set
terrific pace as he fairly streaked
around the oval.
Seems Of wild confusion followed as
! trainers Of rival teams rushed their