New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Eight Foreign Teams En-
tered for 6-Day Race:
CouIlet Paired With Hill
Ho,U the Riders viii
Team IN 6-Dny Race
By F red Hawthorne

JuSliCe Is extinct IN tine world. Last
night We were sitting modesty and un-
obtrusively at our desk, not even
thinking, just sitting when the Sport
ing Editor turned cold and pitiless
eye on us and pronounced the burial
service for the dead, to wit, and as
follows
You haven't turned hand since
you came back from your vacation. All
You do Of late is to wear out the Office
chairs ard eat up all the profits. Some
things gotta be done, and YOU'RE
gonna do it.
Suppose you take a week off and
spend it in the 22d Regiment Armorv.
up at Broadway and ,68th Street. It's
a nice big armory, with lots of room,
so you won't cramp your style. You'd
better stay in there from tomorrow
at midnight until next Saturday night.
and when you return here you'll be
whole week older.
And, by the way, that reminds me.
seld the Sporting Editor as he started
to walk away, "while you're up there
you better cover the six-dav bicycle
race that George, Bert and Tammany
ioung and Gene Sennett are promoting.
All Goullet, Jake Magin. Freddie Hill
and all Your Old pals are going TO ride,
50 you won't be lonely.'
Arranges for Funeral
After the civilian J. Necker" Of the
soortlng department had left US gar
GAng for air ~e gathered our few re
naming friends in the office about Us
and arranged for the funeral cortege
mat viii escort our remains to the pod
Regiment Armory
The hearse VIII leave the Office a.
II clock tonight and proceed n the
subway direct TO the doors Of the BIC
ermory. The chief mourner will be
" lid Bill' Dolg, Of Umpowog Hill, the
rntamed clover kicker and champion
moss-creeper Of Connecticut. and fol-
lowing in the other coaches will be
AUNT Eleanor Ann, Colonel "B. Y. D."
Stun Jones, Our" Ronald and others.
Kindly omit flowers.
a man may be knocked for goal.
but he's never completely out. and so.
az long as the sporting deDartment
crepe hanger has festooned our door
krob with sprig o wild raspberry. We
may a. well make the best of the worst.
ms SIX day race at the Armory is
really going 20 be one Of the greatest
grlnds ever held il this city of dread
ful sights. Besides Goullet. the grel->
est SIX day rider Of them ALL almost
every man Of the field that made the
race at Madison Square Garden 4 SEN
saticnal affair last winter will con
tend Tor the thousands of dollars in
prize money. Goullet, who will pair
W.T. the veteran. Freddie Hill. has al
ready been installed a favorite for
the chief prize, but there VIII be sew
eral other teams among the thirty men
on 70 y. l.,
chance with Alf and Fred
There are seven American and eight
foreign teams entered. and with several
new combinations making their first
appearance in this country, there is
chance that one of these outside
teams may spring surprise Gira-
dengO and Oivciri and Buyssc and
Speissens are regarded as the most
formidable Of the visitors
Bus Service to Armory
In addition to the West Side subway
as d means of reaching the Armory,
the Fifth Avenue coaches Will main
tam special service direct to the
doors all week, the last busses leaving
the Armory, southwark bound, al
O'Clock every morning.
he nine-lap track that was finished
late on Friday night was thoroughly
tested by last nights series of sprint
races. and all riders agree that it is
banked steeply enough to hold any
speed. The immense drill hall Of the
armory has been transformed into an
indoor velodrome, with d greater seat
ing capacity thar that Of Madison
Square Garden itself. and all indica-
tions point to record crowds through
out the week. Jack Dempsey, the
champion heavyweight OF the world,
Will fire the starting gun that will
mark the beginning of the six-day
Whirl.
George Young, who promoted the
last two races in Madison Square Gar
den is the most successful handler Of
six-day races in the history of the
game. For the first time since these
annual frinds have been held in this
city Yo' < promoted two races within
the sam year last winter, and both
we're unprecedented financial successes.
although occurring within a few weeks
Of one another. The affair to be held
the coming week promises to be just
as big bowling "youngn success as
last vcar'-