New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
Willie Coburn Wins
Fire-Mile Open Bike
Race in the Garden

Brethren, this mans town is all set
for the thirty-first annual six-day
bicycle race at Madison Square Garden,
beginning at one minute after midnight
tonight. This wss shown at the Gar
den last night, during the running Of
the usual program of sprint and
match races that always usher in the
annual week long grind.
The Rickard hosiery was jammed
with a yelling enthusiastic. crowd and
every sprint, every spill, every excuse
for a demonstration was made use Of
by the wheeling fans. If signs mean
anything, the Garden will be filed
every night next week.
The last race of the program last
night WAS the five mile open for pro-
fessionals, with forty-seven competi-
tors facing the starter. Willie Coburn.
of Kearny, N. j., won the event, after
stealing lap on the field after more
than two miles had been covered Law
renee Gaffney was second, Fred Taylor,
third, Charles Dcruyter fourth,
Lloyd Thomas fifth and Alex McBeath
sixth. The time was 10:47.
Jake was travelling at terrific clip
many six-day races, was the first victim
Of rcd eell during the sprint races
Competing in the second heat of the one
petirE in the second heat of the one
mile professional handicap race Magin,
closing in on the field from the back
mark, swung wide to avoid Willie Han
ley as they rounded the turn on the
Madison Avenue and TwI.itygixt
Street corner.
Gaffney Wins Handicap
Jake was travelling at terrific clip
and, unable to control his wheel, shot
over the twenty-foot embankinent and
landed, wheel and eli, on the concrete
floor outside the track. The big crowd
gave gasp, expecting to see Magin
seriously injured, il not killed, by the
OF tough material, and Jake, after hit
ting the floor on all fours. shook him
self, busted himself off and was ready
TO begin all over again. 1t was mirac-
ulous escape for the veteran.
The first race completed was the
half-mile amateur handicap, with more
than thirty riders in four preliminary
heats before the crucial test in the
final. The winner turned up in the
person Of Howard Grant, Of Newark ara
GO yards), with John Patrick GO
yards) and Carl Holzworth (75 yardsl,
all Of Newark, and Chester Fisher 60
yards9 and Carl Aolzwarth Go yards).
that order. The time OF the Anal heat
was los 1-5.
The one-mile professional handicap
race was won from a big field by
young Lawrence Gaffney, after four
preliminary heats had cut down the
contenders. Gaffney was in receipt of
5@o yards handicap, and just nosed out out
YARDS. The other riders finished as
follows
McNamare Wins Match Race
Dave Lands, Irvington, n. j. Cos
yards; Alex McBeath. Australia
tscratch); Gaetano Relloni. Italy eco
yards), and Willie Coburn, New Jersey
l7o yards.
Jackie Clarke and Frank Kramer won
the international team match race from
francisco Verri and Orlando Piani, the
italians, after three one-mlle heats. The
italians were disqualified in the second
heat for riding Clarke and Kramer Tar
up the bank. Piani beat out Clarke
IN wild dash all through the last lap,
IN the first heat.
In the third and deciding heat little
Clarke won furious sprint in the last
tap, flashing over the line full twenty
yards in the lead, with Piani second
and Verri third.
In one-mile alternance match race
Tor the professionals, with Reggie Nc
Namara, Of Australia; Alfred Grenda,
Of Tasmania; Jules Van Hevel Of Bel
s1um, and Constante Giradengo, of
italy, competing, one man staying out
OF each heat, Mcnamara won the first
Two heats and Grenda the third and
fourth.
BY taking place in the last heat as
sgainst Grenda's third place in the
usst, McNamara won the first prize,
With total of 25 points. Grenda was
second, with %; Van Hevel third, with
To- and Giradcneo fourth, with .. The
pest time for the mile was made by
McNamara. whom he covered the dis
tance In 2:05 2-5 In the second heat,
snd BY Grenda, with the same figures,
~ the third.
Fred Taylor, formerly Of the New
ork Athletic Club, won the os,e-mile
invitation for professionals, leading a
s'assy field home in the great time Of
minutes nat. Pete Drobach. Lloyd
Snomas, Gus Lang and Tony Fitxsim-
I @ons finished in the order named.