The New York herald., 1921-12-09

By HENRY ". KING.
The Fire Department shut the doors
of Madison Square Garden last night to
prevent overcrowding at the six day
bicycle race. At 8 O'Clock the place was
comfortably filled and half an hour later
1t was jammed from roof to cellar.
The official sprints were the tamest
of the week. The six leading teams
seemed content to ride home In the rear
of some of their contestants who were
lap or more behind. AS result of their
listlessness Lang and Lands finished
first four times. scoring more points than
at any time during the week.
Beginning with the sixth sprint Nc
Namara and Madden and Gou!ett began
10 show little of their best speed Nc
Namara won two heats. Madden one and
Goullet one. At the end of the session
McNamara and Madden were leading in
the point score with 261 points. Buysse
n"d Vanhevel were second with 234.
peruyteg md Van Kempen third with
- Brocco and Goullet fourth with 144
Tlalc and Coburn fifth with lis and
Lawrence and Thomas sixth with A..
hind.
lhs . ght sprlnts began with vic
tory IoI yanhevel. He led almost all
the way and at the end was n length
and q half in front OF old Pete Drobach
Osterritter was third and Madden fourth.
Lang won the second heat without
much trouble. 1t seemed as IL his
opponents were reserving their speed
for the future and allowed him to lead
l. .~1s fArV
was second and Gaffney third. Lands
took the third after a half-hearted
sprint, with Drobach second and Kaiser
third. Lang came back and annexed the
major portion of the points in the
fourth Grenda was second and Iianley
was third.
Mcnamara Wakes Up.
Lands sped off with the fifth. 1t too
was not much of a spectacular sprint
Lands led almost all the way and at
the end was two laps in front Dro-
bach again was second and Bello third
The first top-notch sprint of the night
came in the sixth, when Reggie Nc
Namara manpuvred around his field
from last place two laps from the finish
and then when the bell rang announcing
the final lap sped to the front and in
n stirring finish won by a length from
smith Thomas took the third points
and Gaffney was fourth.
The seventh was a corker. All Goullet
followed the pace il fifth position until
two laps from home. Then he began TO
sprint, but as he started his squirt Eddie
Madden began to rice his mightiest and
quickly passed the remainder of the
field. Goullet was O. trihe better than
Madden sand won the heat by half a
length. Madden was second and Lands
third.
C;affncy and Bello made a feeble at
tempt to steal lap IN tho eighth heat,
but the best they got was to finish first
IN the sprint. Bello crossing the finish
line two length in front of Buysse.
Grcnda was third and Re Ruyter fourth.
Madden seemed 70 outclass his op-
roacrts in the ninth. lie leisurely fol-
lowed the pace until half a lap from
horne. Then he began to sprint and
won easily by two length. Nanhevel
was second and Goullet third.
Mcnamara took the final with De-
ruyter second, Buysse third and Thomas
fourth
weber taken to Hospital.
Fred B. Weber, 27 years old, of 574
South Orange avenue, Newark, suffered
"A broken collar bone and Tommy Smith.
Willie Coburn and Gus Lang were badly
shaken up in the worst spill of the week
iu the afternoon. Weber was taken IN a
private ambulance to Bellevue Hospital,
while Smith, Coburn and Lang were
treated in their camps by the track
physician. 1t was said at Bellevue late
last night that Weber might have to re-
main there two or three days.
The spill occurred during the official
sprints. Goullet was out in front and
Madden rubbed wheels with him. This
threw Madden up the track. but he didn't
fall. Coburn hit Madden's rear wheel
and was the first to go down. with
Weber, Lang and Smith on top OF him,
in n mass Of broken and tangled wheels.
Weber and Smith had to be carried off
the track. while Coburn and Lang we're
assisted off by trainers.
The physicians thought at first that
smith had broken several of his ribs.
but upon examination learned they were
only badly bruised. Lang and Coburn
suffered lacerations OF the arms and
legs.
Weber is the original hard luck boy
in tho Garden six day grinds. Two
sears ago this popular little rider while
well up IN the race fell ana broke his
nose and cut his lip. At that time he
was taken TO Bellevue Hospital
Shortly after Weber sustained his
injury the team Of Anthony Steffani and
zoe Peyrode retired from the race
4 Nine teams were Tapped early in the
morning In one OF the widest and long
fst jams ever witnessed in the Car
den. For thirty minutes the riders tore
around the saucer in sensational man.
ner. The crowd never stopped shouting
once. and even Jimmy Moran admitted
IL was one OF the greatest jams he had
ever witnessed.