New-York tribune., 1921-03-07
Several Jams
In First Hour
Enliven Race
Rutt Jumps Into Lead as
Gun Sounds. but Soon
Loses 1t; Riders Seesaw
Bv Fred Hawthorne

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. y. Y,
March 6.-Fifteen teams started in the
.s;rtieth annual six-dey bicycle race at
Madison Square Garden at one minute
saer midnight this morning. Sixteen
wers scheduled to face the starter. but
.Isxander Young. who was teamed
Nth Menus Bedell. developed influ-
.,s. few hours before the race and
eouid net enter.
Il was Tex Rickard himself who
sred the starting gun, although a spe-
,,sl invitation had been extended to
large Bill" Edwards. the "lnfernal''
Revenue Collector, to perform this
.runt. Ten thousand excited fans
eheered wildly as she grind began.
Fifty thousand dollars in prize
money. exclusive Of bonuses offered bv
gjckard. IS the lure that attracted the
record entry list. r is She thirtieth
annusl revival Of the Garden classic.
: II was reported that Large William"
had lust received letter from an N
come taxpayer protesting that ne ought
% ne SLOWED Go pay tax on an extra
$1,000 this year because he had a good
year Edwards had promptly collapsed
and so Rickard haG to take his place.
The following riders began the race:
Reggie Mcnamara. Walter Rutt. Tommy
Smith. Willie Coburn, Oscar Egg
CASTOR De Graeves. Leon Parisot. Jules
MIGUEL Jean Alovoine. Emil Beyl, Percy
Lawrence. Willie Spencer. Tommy
Grimm, Frank keenan, and Marcel
5erthst-
Rutt Leads for First Lap
guts led at the end OF the first lap.
Coburr for the nile, Lawrence for the
second Berthet at the third. McNa-
nara at the fourth, Lawrence in the
18th. Van kamper st the tenth and
Willie Spencer at the fifteenth.
Several Jams we're started during
tie first hour, led by Beyl, Smith ard
Rutt. The time at the end OF rhe first
nile was 2:0S So.
To one VINO mas Just returned from
Palm Beach. where the principal diver-
SONS are listening 10 the cocoanu-s
10 Sir Isaac Newton 10 the s~rornd
PLAYING splash me- with imported
counts and countesses and migratory
leading ladies' and movie Queens and
mbiDing "Bimini Booze" with million
aires from Coney Island. the atmo-
sphere at tne Garden last night held
an additional fascination.
= L
al our old Garden variety OF friends
again. Ike Dorgan, prince Of publicity
for Richard. made Us feel right al
home as soon as we entered the build
rg. Ike was buttoned into one Of those
Roya. Poiaciana waistcoats thai fairlv
axe the breath away from the be-
holaer. and he pointed out the various
objects O. interest III purely IN
olasseG manner
$4,000 in Prize Money
q. means nothing 10 ne, Of course.
t1t believe You should know that
there viii be more real money for -he
Ylaers II his race than was ever
offered before Reflect. beg o. YOU.
nat It single week Of pleasurable
exercise, these riders VIII draw down
$4,000. a sum that The President OF
the United States formerly had To bat
&c for whole year with the Congress-
men and Senator's at Washington.
Il is . matter Of indifference 20
ne whether the facts become known
or not. but DO you know that Walter
Rutt was SgnCggled out Of Germany,
along with Willie Lorenz. the sprint
champion, especially for this race
Ana thai Rlckard has secured the serv-
.ces o. Belgian. German, French, SWISS.
Dutch and Brooklyn Interpreters. -
nat the foreign riders may be told
Tnen y IS time 20 eat
Just al this moment lke's voice was
drowned out by the sound OF other
wnd Instruments in the infeid. where
'he band was serenading the six-day IN
somniacs
Great Tribute to Brocco
Maurice Brocco. Of Italy. the riding
foo.' of iast years race. which he won.
paired with Willie Coburu. received
the greatest tribute from the insom-
macs as he and Coburn, who IS again
paired With hm. circ.eG the track
Rutt and Lorenz also were we'll wei
coined. while me other teams had moth
as 70 complain about as 20 their re-
eeption by The crowd
There are more fore gn riders in
this weeks race than ever before took
Part II the grind Some of these are
paired with our native speed demons
while other combinations are wholly
'oreign. Thls MAKES i doubly ditficult
70 PICK am one team as outstanding
,aVorltes. although probably Rutt and
~orenZ. Brocco and Coburn and Egg
ana Van kampen were picked by q
majority Of the spectators as the most
dangerous contenders
The same system of three series of
oficla. sprnts for extra prize money
every rwenty-four hours that was in
use last year VIII prevail al The Garden
'hls week, with the winning team TO be
determined by the grand total Of points
q the end Of the final two hours Of