The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-11

laps, made by Moran and Mcnamara. 1914
While spinning around the track at
his fastest speed in the final lap OF
sprint for a prize at the SIX day bicycle
race in Madison Square Garden last
night Reggie Mcnamara, the sturdy
Australian. lost a tire but continued on
and won the prize. II was one OF the
most freakish stunts ever seen in a race
in the Garden. That he did not fall and
crash headlong down the embarked
track was due to great presence OF MUD
and great riding. As the tire few off
Mcnamara grabbed It with his hand and
prevented il from becoming entangled in
tile spokes of his wreel and upsetting
HIM He did this without slowing down.
In fact he seemed to go faster and to the
cheers of crowd that filled the big
building to overfowing went past the
judges in front.
Frank Kramer. the veteran rider who
has seen pretty nearly every kind of an
accident. declared he had never seen
anything like il. He gave Mcnamara
credit for excellent judgment, but said
that 1t was the terrific speed at which
he was riding taht saved Mcnamara
from a nasty spill.
With the end of the grind less than
twenty-four hours old. the twelve teams
still in the race are apparently in ex-
teilenl COHulllcI Ali dit oiSPiuy
keen speed in the sprints, and at mid
night each said he was strong enough
to go on for several days.
The night session furnished many
thrilling spirits One of the best OF
these occurred shortly after 6 o'clock,
when Belloni and Nerri gained three
quarters of lap after a Jam that
lasted for more than fifteen minutes.
Belloni started it by jumping away
.al- MO
pedalling along at leisurely pace.
Egg was In front at the time. and. be-
lieving Belloni would come back"
made little effort to catch him until
he was more than half lap in front.
then started the chase at whirlwind
pace. He cut down the lead consid-
erably and, with the other riders alter
mating as pacemakers, the italian was
quickly caught.
No Lnps Gained.
A few minutes later Mcnamara darted
away. He gained fifty yards and was
raining rapidly when I've punctured a tire.
From then until the official sprints al
most every fifteen minutes brought
lam" but on eacn occasion the THIEF
was quickly caught.
The first of the spurts for points went
to MIGUEL He displayed a great burst
of speed in the final lap and going
around Verris wheel passed the judges
a length in front. Mcnamara aroused
the crowd to vociferous cheers In win
ming the second. He rode rings around
his opponents and won by two lengths.
Piani was second and Vannek third. Egg
came out in the third and did what
his partner accomplished in the pre-
vious one. He waited behind the pace
until two laps from home. then went
to the front and clearly outriding the
field won with plenty to spare.
Piani sped off with the t6urth. Leene
came along in the fifth ann in terrific
duel with Egg earned the victory by
half length
Piani finished first In the sixth. but
was disqualified for not holding his
position next the pole. At the end Nc
Namara was at his side and the dis
qualification placed the veteran Aus
tralian in front.
Lecne Takes Another.
Leene made it a, double victory in the
seventh. He took the lead soon after
the start and held Il to the end TO win
easily by two lengths from VERT.
Piani got revenge on Mcnamara in
the eighth He sped away from him
two laps from home and beat him TO the
judges by three lengths.
capable of doing in the ninth. He came
from behind and displayed one OF the
best spurts of the night 1t carried him
home ten lengths ahead of VERT, with
the other contestants strung out many
Lengths bcak Mcnamara won the final
by fifteen lengths. He was just about
to continue for q lap when he discov-
cred that Piani had broken his wheel
and that the squirt would not count.
Brocco and Coburn are out in front
by themselves in the point score as well
as In the mileage race. They had ac-
cumuiated 577 points, while Debaets and
Persyn, the second team, have only $50.
Van Hevel and Vandeburgh are third.
with 2S3
Egg and Mcnamara. who have had to
earn all OF their points. because they are
behind in the mileage, have rolled up
GAS points.
The race will end tonight Mt II
o'clock instead Of IL, as was first
planned. Unlike the rule at the recent
race in the Twenty-seconL Regiment
Armory. lap gained in the final hour
will count.