New-York tribune., 1922-03-10

..vf and Kopsky and Erskine two !;
Dave Lands. partner of Willie Co
,ssn. started the trouble. The last Of
~ uoint sprints had just been fin
i .ssd when Lands shot out from the
s.Id and hsd raced into good half lap
,..S "a three circuits of the track.
Sahurn came out for the relief, and,
ss,Io.r;ng very bad pickup, with
4 lands still sixty yards behind him
.s.rssa to close the distance that still
..s.rsted his team from clear lap
gsin. -, ..o. to1,or.od With
...sntv.six riders on the track at the
49, wv. time. and smash-ups were avert
s 20 sy the narrowest of margins. Just
81 cohurn caught two Of the stragglers
= he field Egg let out q terrific burst
as sneed and another jam was on.
canilst came out and with McNamara
..rd De Ruyter set sail after Egg. In
.wo @ trips around the track these three
lad pulled Egg back TO the fold, and
st I The same time, Lands, who had re-
iisved Coburn. went dead from the
ssrrs mace and went back with the rest
Of the field.
Judees Hold Conference
That is the way things looked from
.ha nress box. but the judges had to
.nnfer half an hour before arriving at
tbsir decision and it seemed fair
sns u,bsn It finally was made public.
Va" McRsath was badly hurt as the re-
.ujt Of crash during this jam. Early
N the dsy the teams of Jeusert and
nscraves and Debaetes aud Persyn
an;s tbs Grind on account of injuries.
The frst Of the ten night sprints for
,onts was won by Ray Eaton, with
wscin next, Mcnamara third and Goul-
ist fourth. Willie Hanley took the
second. with Egg second, Bello third
.nd McBeath fourth. The winners in
ta.b these dashes led all the way
DID Pete Drobach came home in the
had In the third sprint, with Gaffney
=, his rear wheel, Kaiser third and
coullet fourth There was consider
,sle iockeying in this heat, and it
sked as though the old "combina-
tsn" game was being used.
The fourth lam went to Willie
Hanlev. who engaged in terrific duel
with Egg through the last half lap, just
beating Oscar out by inches, with Nc
Beath third and Lands forth 1t was
the first real thrill of the evening.
In the fifth dash Eaton won without
r struggle, leading all the way, and
,cst over the line were Drobach, CAN
res I'D Coburn.
Kopsky- Erskine Regain Lap.
Right after this Willie Erskine
s,sfted q furious Jam and worked
,a.o half lap lead before being re-
lieYed BY Kopsky. The field was slow
% take Up the chase and by desper-
sajy hard riding Erskine ard Kopsky
ragsned one of the two laps that sep
srated them from the two leading
.eans This put Joe and Willie even,
tn The ten teams lap behind Nc
'amsra and Grenda and Brocco aud
5sknyter
During the "jamming' for the lost
lap Eaton again flashed home in the
lead, Slowed by Drobach, Rutt and
cob1rn in the sixth heat. The seventh
dash brought out clear test of speed
between Goullet and Egg as they had
the open road all through the last lap.
Gouet showed his wheel over the line
half length to the good. Rutt was
third and Coburn fourth.
The veteran Pete Drobach won the
eighth sprint, beating out Eaton by a
loot Rutt was third and Coburn
fourth
The popular Egg got revenge on
uouilet in the ninth, after these two
and Lands had battled for full lap
Tor first place. Lands was second,
Ooullet third and Thomas fourth.
Inc tenth and last sprint WAS a gift
Tor Gouilet, who held command all the
way through the last two laps with
none to challenge him. Gatfney was
second, Horsn third and Grenda fourth.
Eaton and Egg won the special prize of
soo and Drobaeh and Hanley the sec
oAd OF $40, for the greatest number of
points in the ten sprints.
=. Inc point scores Of the teams at this
TINE were as follows. with Grenda and
mcnamara and Brocco and De Ruyter
on, lap ahead Of the field: Grenda and
SS1eNamara, S1 12si Brocco and De Ruyter,
~ Egg and Eaton. 329; Goulet and
,,aiadden' 2l3; Drobach and Hanley, 1877:
;iagin and McBeath, 1872: Coburn and
Lands, 121; Rutt and Krupkat. ia;
naiser and Taylor, 110; Bello and
sS,iaHney, 68; Kopsky and Erskine. 47;
.nVmas and Lawrence, 35, and Koran
ana Fitzsimmons, 90.
Erskine Causes Crash
Inc field had been cut down to
sotai OF thirteen teams early yesterday
morning, following the most disastrous
smash of the week during a sprint for
money prize. Erskine was respon-
sioie; swinging sharply up the bank
E ETl Ine last lap and causing Charley
De huyter, Brocco's partner, to crash
t.'o o. the fence at the Twenty-sixth
greet and Fourth Avenue turn
isesare Debaetes, OF Belgium, and
ss:assert, the Frenchman, went down
~! pe Ruyter was soon able to resume
Jung but Debaetes and Jeusert we're
seriously injured, the latter. receiving
a l,actured collarbone and Debaetes a
injured appendix The Belgian was
ssatried to Bellevue Hospital, and both
~. I and Jeusert were declared out of
w.. %e race. Persynn and Degreaves, the
,.luIed mems partners, could not get
n." teammates and so these two teams
we're compelled 10 quit
Reggie Mcnamara and All Grenda
al aIu Maurice Brocco and De Ruyter,
s: "no nave been a lap ahead of the field
,,. s.nee tuesday night, retained their ad-
tbsalage all day yesterday in spite Of
wy sae frequent efforts of the trailers to
W.. m.n Dack the lost ground. The feeling
hs hMas prevalent throughout the Garden,
WI's.e,Ver, that the teams OF Goullet and
sns ssaoen. Egg and Eaton and Taylor