The New York herald., 1921-03-07
Van Kempen Shows Rare
Speed, but Is Unable to Gain
Any Advantage.
TWO O'CLOCK SCORE.
fE~nand Hnnr
BY HENRY ". KING.

the six dav bicycle race which began
last midnight In Madison Square Gar
den. Immediately after Tex Richard
started the fifteen teams on their long
Journey Walter Rutt. the veteran
German who has announced his in
tentions of becoming an American citi-
zen. sped to the front of the pack at
a sizzling pace. For half q mile he re-
manned in front, then Oscar Egg, the
popular Swiss rider sprintcd into the
lead and kept up the fast work. Just
before the end OF the first mile. which
was covered in the fast time OF 2
minutes seconds, While Coburn took
command and carried the field along at
at a good stiff clip. From then until
l O'Clock the fifteen men travelled along
al good rate of speed.
For their fast riding the contestants
were greeted by loud applause, and 1t
came from huge throng.
When Rickard fired his starting gun
the old building was crowded. There
were a few empty seats In the arena.
but the galleries were jammed and the
arena pit was black with people 1t
was surprisingly large gathering for
the opening. considering the fine wealth
er. During the night and the early
hours of the morning the band played
almost continuously and kept the throng
In good spirits.
Van Kempcn starts sprint.
Just before / o'clock. Peter Van
kempen. the Hollander who Is paired
with Oscar Egg. started the sprint
which worried all tho other riders and
aroused the crowd TO n high pitch OF
enthusiasm.
He sped away from the pack and
opened up a gap OF twenty-five yards.
Fast riding By the Acid caught Van
kenlpen. As he was passed George
Aerts. the Belgian. who rode with the
outlaws at the Twcnty-second Regiment
Armory last fall. sped away and started
another wild chase. When lie came
pack" CASTOR de Greaves, a giant Bel
| gian. attempted to steal away. Then his
partner, Peine Reilens George Chap
man and Reggie Mcnamara took a hand
at the stealing game. but all suffered
the same fate. They were caught after
chase Of e.bout quarter of mile.
| For keeping the fifteen teams together
during the first nour Walter Rutt was
mainly responsible. He darted out of
the rear as each squirt started and quick
| ly corralled the leader.
Margaret Cast. the champion woman
| cyclist Of the world. was the centre of
attraction in the arena during the night.
Rules for Point Scoring.
| The rules which will govern the point
scoring during the week follow
| Every morning at 2. every afternoon
| at 3 and every evening at $3.50 there
will be a series Of sprints. as follows
Ten sprints each morning and afternoon.
every two miles. points to score for each
sprint. as follows: First, points sec
ond. 5 points; third. points; fourth, 3
points fifth, 2 points; sixth. point.
Ten sprints each evening. every two
miles. points to be scored for each sprint
on the same basis as during the morn
| ing and afternoon sessions.
In the event OF any team gaining 4
lap during any part of the race. includ-
| ing the last hour. said team shall be
placed in the position of leaders In the
race as long as they hold their position
as leaders, and whether they finish Hrst
in the daily sprints or not shall be cred
tied with the leaders number of points
in each sprint.
The teams and their colors are:
Green. Orlando Piani; 2. Reggie Nc
Columbia blues. Walter Rutt. 4. Willie
Lorenz.
Red. black band-5. Thomas Smith 6, FREQ
| Taylor.
HEIDI. Maurice Brocco; s. While coburn.
SWISS national colors-8. Oscar Egg; 10
/ Peter Van Kempen.
| Belgian national colors-fl, CASTOR dc
Grenyes: II, Peine Reilens.
! Red and bue-i3, Leon Parisot; "a, Ed
4 ward Leonard.
French-i5, jules Miguel; i6, Marco
/ Berthel.
Black-17, Jean Aioverne: IS, George Aerts
Brown-i0. Emil Beyl; 20, Ferdinand
i Lemay.
Royal biuc-2f. George d. Chapman; %
| Percy Lawrence.
Black, orange band-23. Willie Spencer; "a
4 Lloyd Thomas.
Whte-2y. Thomas Grimm; 2s. Edward
! Byron.
Rcd. white and green-29. Tony Depanni
/ 30, Frank Keenan,.
Brown. green centre-3i. Joe Van Bever;
| 80. Abe Kaufman.