New-York tribune., 1921-03-09
Pani, ltalian Star, Forced
TO Withdraw From Grind
Egg and Van kampen
Show Amazing Speed in
Night Sprints for Points
By Fred Hawthorne

Inc team OF oscar Egg and Peter
Van Kampen, who are tied with Wal
ter Rust and Willie Lorenx, lap ahead
At the field, in the six-day bicycle race
AZ Madison Square Garden. were the
stars of the point sprints last night.
dividing the main share Of the honors
between them, Not only did they win
Arst place in every one of the ten
aiams" automatically, owing to their
nesition ahead of the field. but in
sctual finish they won big majority
Of the points.
There was no team in the race that
could match the Swiss pair for speed
consistently in these sprints, and not
ony did Egg and Van Kampen win the
biggest number of points. but they also
ron the special $50 prize offered for
the team making the best showing in
actual finishes.
Tire total point score at the end of
these sprints was as follows:
Egg and Van Kampen, $40, Rutt and
Lorcnz. a46; De Greaves and Reilens,
1856: Van Beaver and MIGUEL. ITS:
CHAPMAN and Lawrence, 1902: Brocco
and Coburn, II; Smith and Taylor. 81.
The remaining teams, being two laps
to the bad, did not figure in the point
score. and will not until they get even
with the field.
The Garden WAS filed to its we'll
known capacity when. the sprints began
and the doors were closed shortly be-
fore then. Demon statisticians figured
that there were between 10000 aud
1900 present.
Garden Physician Busy
Various weird symptoms cropped I'D
among the riders during the daylight
hours Yesterday. Some of these
we're of more serious nature
than others and forced DR.. George
King, the Garden physician, to remain
on constant duty for more than six
teen hours.
There were eleven teams still in the
grind last midnight. Two Of these,
Egs and Van Kampen ard Rutt
and Lorerz. were a lap ahead of tn he
nsxt five pairs. and the next three
teams were two laps behind the
leaders. Also two laps to the rear
vas the twice reconstructed team of
Mcnamara and Thomas, two Of the
lsps having been lost by teaming with
new partners.
Orlando Piani, the big Italian, came
20 an untimely end at 4:30 o'clock in
the afternoon. All day Orlando had
been complaining about pains in his
stomach. THE stomach he hurta me
Ikea ds devil. he maka me seek" ">ex-
planned McNamara's partner, Just be-
fore !. o'clock
II this crisis, Dr.. King was hastily
summoned TO the patients sickbed. He
examined Piani thoroughly, from head
TO foot. then he smiled and shrugged
his shoulders.
It's elemental, ry dear Watson" he
remarked TO q trainer, who wanted to
know what the trouble was. "Perfectly
simple. Your man is suffering from
en- aggravated attack Of acute spaghet-
dts, with a cheese complication.'
Spaghetti Proves Undoing
Further questioning then brought
the admission from Piani that early
yesterday morning some of his friends
had come up from Grand Street and
had treated him to a spaghetti and
cheese dinner. Orlando had consumed
an entire half bushel of the favorite
Italian fruit, garnished with cheese,
and the mixture made him feel so full
Of pep at first that he had gone back
to the track and Set the pace for half
ar hour.
Later. however. Orlando began to
lose interest in the race and late in
the afternoon he announced he was all
through Mcnamara was given four
shours in which to find a new partner
and a $3.50 in the evening, after Jean
Alavoine had quit the track, his part
ner, LLOYD Thomas, formed a new team
with Mcnamara and the two were
placed two laps behind the leaders.
Peter Van kampen, Oscar Eggs part
ner, was crowned champion eater of all
six-day. racers yesterday. Until this
week all gastronomic records had been
held by one Signor Belloni, contestant
in former Garden races. Now, how
ever. Belloni is only the runner-up,
for Peter has established a mark that
will require considerable punishment
before it Will be supplanted.
Mr. Van Kampen, from Switzerland,
eats ten times every twenty-four hours,
and none of these workouts with the
table tools are make believe affairs. A
tenderl0in steak, with TWO poached eggs
dom. a shimmy on it's back. three or
four boiled potatoes. parsnips, cabbage
and asparagus, together with fruit IN
season, is sample menu devastated by
Peter.
Taylor Celebrated Birthday
Fred Taylor celebrated his twenty
sixth birthday yesterday by going out
for a ride on his bicycle. Fred said he
and Tommy Smith. his partner, intend
70 ride every Gay this week.
The entire field of riders made pro-
test last night against the new system
that forces them to indulge in thirty
sprnts for points every twenty-four
hours. Formerly these sprints were
limited to twenty, and the riders COM
plain that the present system is taking
K much out of them.
Five physicians from the Board of
Health-Dr. c. Ward Champion. DR..
Evans Evans, DR.. Alex Lambert, Or. Cary
Eggleston, formerly President Wilson 3
physician. and DR.. w. H. Sheldon
are keeping tabs on the riders. Yes
terdsy they examined the hearts of Joe
ffogler, Eddie Root, Frank Kramer and
Nat Butler. oldtime riders. to deter
mine their present condition.
On Saturday night, at the finish Of
the present race, all the contestants
VIII be given another physical exami-
nation to determine whether they have