The New York herald., 1922-03-09
Tapped Teams Strive to Re-
gain Lost Distance in Sprints
in the Garden.
TWO O'CLOCK SCORE.
Gath Hour)
by HENRY ". KING.

last nights session at the six day BIZ
cycle race in Madison Square Garden.
From eight o'clock until midnight the
thousands of fans who filled the big
amphitheater 10 overflowing were on
their feet cheering themselves hoarse.
All night long there were sprints and
Jams" and on three occasions several
OF the teams came within an ace of being
Tapped.
During the fifth and sixth official
sprints Eaton and Egg gained more than
half a lap on the field and just previous
to that Goullet and Madden shot away
from the field and had a similar distance
to their advantage. Magin and McBeath
also had lead on the field at one time.
On each occasion the leaders were
caught through bad pickups by their
partners and foul pickups by their OPP
ponents.
At the end of the sprint session all OF
the contestants seemed tired. but all
were on the alert and riding fast in
preparation for another attempted steal.
Brocco and De Ruyter and Grenda
and Mcnamara were still one lap in
front of the field at midnight. Egg and
Eaton were far ahead in the point score.
They had scored 235 points. GoulIet
and Madden were second on the list
with 1856. and Mcnamara and Grenda
third with log. Coburn and Lands were
in fourth place with 10l. and Kaiser
and Taylor fifth with "a
Because of the bad pickup during the
jam there were several protests, but
the referee refused TO penalize any
team.
Egg Is First Winner.
Egg was the first winner of the night
and he didn't have much difficulty scor-
ing the first points. He went to the
front soon after the start and all OF his
opponents seemed content to follow him.
At the end he was two lengths ahead OF
Coburn. who was second. Goullet was
third and Kopsky fourth.
The second heat was replete with
jockeying Round after round the pack
rode at snai's pace in bunch. with
Goullet in command. trying TO get away
from the pace. a lap from home De-
graeves started to sprint. The pack
chased after him, but only Erskine was
able to beat him home. At the judges
stand Erskine was a few inches in front
Of Degraeves, with McBeath third and
Rutt fourth
For half a mile the field sped along
at it's best clip in the third race. Egg
took the lead at that point and 10 pre-
vent Coburn from going past him he was
compelled to pedal his best to win. CO.
burn came with rush and finished Sec
ond, with Goullet third
There was some foul riding in the
fourth heat. While Eaton was trying to
get to the front from a rear position
Madden shot in front OF him and COM
PEELED him to ride up on the bank. This
cost Eaton many yards and Lands. who
had been setting the pace, was the vic
tor, with Grenda second and Madden
third.
The fifth and sixth sprints werN run
during the jam. No one in the crowd
knew which team won them, but the
judges said Goullet finished first in both.
Krupkat was second in the fourth and
Horan third. Debaetes was second in
the fifth with Mcnamara third.
The seventh heat went TO Lands with
Goullet second and Grenda third.
GouIIet Is Disqualified.
Eaton showed i'll effects from the jam
In the eighth. He tried his mightiest
to get TO the front two laps from home.
but failed. Rutt won the heat with Co
burn second and Mcnamara third
Egg had hard luck in the ninth. The
instant he made his bid for the lead
Goullet began his squirt. This compelled
him to go up the track and enabled
Lands to win and Goullet to finish sec
ond. Egg was third.
For interfering with Egg Goullet was
disqualified and Grenda moved into third
place. This is the first time on record
that the veteran rider ever has been dis
qualified or even censured for foul rid
ing.
Walter Rutt took the final with Han
ley second and De Ruyter third.