The New York herald., 1922-08-23
FOREIGN RIDERS IN
.VELODROME VICTORY
Seargent and Verri Take
Match Bicycle Race From
Walthour and Hill.

Pierre Seargent of France and Fran
cisco verri of Italy defeated Bobby
waIthour. Jr.,> and Fred HILL the Amer
lean riders. in two straight heats In
mile team match race. one of the fea-
ture attractions at the New York Velo-
d-ome last night. Victory came TO the
foreigners In the first heat through
disqualification. Their success In the
second heat was due to superior racing
judgment and speed.
walthour and Hin crossed the finish
line In the order named. but were imme-
dately disqualified for foul riding by
Hill. The offending cycllst twice vio-
lated the rules Of racing. Two laps from
the finish he deliberately threw his ma
chine In front OF Seargcnt when the lat
ter was getting under way for sprint
The foul forced the Frenchman to
swerve far from true course and
effectually killed any chances he may
have had of winning. Hill tried like
trick on verri half lap from the line
Both fouls were so palpable that the
referee disqualified them and declared
Verri and Sergeant the wipners
In the second heat Walthour shot to
the front when the real racing began on
the fourth lap. He held II until within
drew even and outlasted the Atlanta
youngster in the final drive to the line.
The Italian won by foot after a
gruelling finish.
With the aid of two laps allowance
Charles verkyn of Belgium was re-
turned the winner OF the forty mile
handicap motor paced race. He won by
few yards less than the distance al
loted him by the handicapper. Clarence
Carman. the scratch man. was second.
He covered 81 miles ils laps Braask
Anderson was third. Ills score showed
3S laps 2i4 miles.
TWO MILE OPEN CAmateur)-Wou hv FRED
Spencer, Nenark Al q Eimei Gundt. Buf-
falo, second. sam Eastman Iayview
Wheelmen. third. Louis Eenezatti. Unione
Spor.iva Ita!iana, fourth Arthur Memo,
Unione sportiva Itallana fifth. Time.
OF i-5.
TWO MILE TANDEM RACE (Professiona
Won by Charles Osterritter and Anthong
Young: Fred Hill and David Lands. ser
ond; Alfons verraes and Gus Lang Ir1
Fred Taylor and Harry Horan,
Peter Drobach and Tom Belle, fifth.
HALF MILE HANDICAP (Amateur)-N ~
by Joseph Tempe. Unione Sportiva ltal-
lana ESQ YARDS Louis Benezatti, U. 5. |.
$50 yards), second; Arthur Memo. u. s. !.
(T5 YARDS, third: Edward Bendi. U. $. !.
90 YARDS, fourth; Tom volpe, U. s. /. (5t
yards). fifth. Time. 0:56.
ONE MILE NOVICE tAmateur)-Won by r.
Sswsrs Ne oFssGsnsa second. Time. n Ali I o''e0
| TWO-THIRDS MILE HANDICAP (Profcs-
sionaD-Won by Harry Horan 600 yards)
Fred Weber (T5 yards, second; Charlie.
Jaeger GO yardsl, third; Tom Bello (3t
| yards. fourth; Floyd Krebs t7o yards)
| fifth Anthony Young go yards). sixth
| David Lands GO yards. seventh. Time
ONE MILE TEAM MATCH RACE (profes
| sionaD Francisco Verri, Italy, and Pierre
! Seargent w. Bobby walthour. Jr., ane
| Fred Hill--won by Verri and Seargent
| First heat won by Seargent and Verri
| Time. :55 4-J. Last eighth mile 0:i2 20
Second heat won by Seargent and Verri
Time. 3:Oi. Last eighth mile. 0.12 Id
MISS AND OUT INVITATION professional
! Won by Cecil Walker clifford Papa
| worth, second Peter Drobach, third; An
thony Young. fourth: David Lands. fifth
i Fred Taylor. sixth. Distance, miles
FIVE MILE MOTOR PACED RlcE 70
| amateurs-won by Felix Patti, New York
| John Patrick. Newark, second. Hugo Mar
tinelli. Philadelphia, third. Time, 1850 81
| FORTY MILE MOTOR PACE RACE. HAN
| DiCAP tProfessona)-Wo by Charlie
| Nerkyn (two laps). paced by George Leh
man; Clarence Carman tscratch). pace
by Eddie Root, second; Braask Anderson
| tsix laps), paced by Norman Anderson
| third; Lawrence Gaffney a laps), pace
| by James Hunter fourth; Jackie Clarl
a laps), paced by John Schlee. fifth
/ Georges Columbatto (5 laps). paced b
Jean Antenucci, sixth. Time. o9:0l do.