The New York herald., 1922-12-03
SPECTACULAR SPILL
FEATURES SPRINTS
Charles Pelozo, Amateur
Cyclist, Narrowly Escapes
Death in Crash.
BOBBY WALTHOUR WINS
Defeats Goullet and Egg
Eaton and Madden Take
Match Race.
BOBBY WALTHOUR WINS
BY HENRY ". KING.

Bicycle week was uShered In at
Madison Square Garden last night
with one Of the most spectacular spills
seen in the old arena in many years.
That Charles Pelozo, an amateur rep
resenting the Superior Wheelmen Of
downtown Manhattan, Is not in a
hospital, or worse, Is because he and
Dame Fortune are very great friends.
While competing in the eighth heat
OF the half mile amateur handicap he
rode to what the thousands present
believed was sure death. Pelozo shot
his wheel up the Fourth avenue en-
bankment and then lost control of the
machine. He was going at a dizzy
pace at the time and when his wheel
wobbled he shot into the rail pro-
tecting the official scorers.
So terrific was the impact that dozen
feet of rail, including three upright
posts, were carried away. AS he struck
the rail he bounced out of the saddle
and landed headlong on the fiat Of the
track, fifteen feet below. There he lay
senseless and apparently severely In
jured. But to the surprise Of the throng
he revived in less than a minute and
rubbing his eyes walked of the track.
His escape from serious injury was mi
raculous The fall would have manned.
II not killed, less lucky fellow and II
the rail had not been there he would
have gone over the track and even luck
probably would have been unable to
have saved him.
Ray Eaton and Eddie Madden proved
better than Alfred Grenda and Reggie
Mcnamara In the one 1nle match tenn
race. 1t was best two out of three heats
and the winnerssscored in straight heats.
There was a lot Of jockeyng In each
heat, but Eaton and Madden proved
better at this. as well as displaying the
more speed, and captured each OF the
events rather easily.
waIthour Shows Improvement.
Young Bobby Walthour. son OF the
once famous champion. showed some of
the speed and endurance that made his
father a wonder a decade and more
ago He showed big Improvement I'm
winning from Alfred Goullet and Oscar
Egg in straight heats at one mile pro-
fessional race, best two out of three
heats. He won both heats in sensa-
tlonal style. In the first heat -he
youngster displayed great jump that
landed five lengths In front of his op-
ponents before they realized 1t. then he
sprnted at terrific pace and held
command to win by a length.
In the second race he only waited
until half the distance had been COW
cred Then he began his spurt. 1t
carried him to the front and kept him
there to win the event in stirring
finish by half length. Goullet was
second and Egg third.
Maurice Brocco. the popular italian,
made his initial appearance OF the sea-
son In a one mile Australirn pursuit
race with Walter Rutt. the veteran
German. Amid tremendous applause
from the Brocco's gallery friends the
italian won after racing one mile ana
eight laps.
Neither Brocco nor Rutt showed 10
their best advantage. Both are appar-
entity short The race undoubtedly will
do both lot OF good and help TO make
them fit for the big grind. which begins
tonight
Lloyd Thomas Of San Francisco won
the ten mile open for professionals. The
little Californian caught his field nap
ping during the first mile and promptly
proceeded to steal lap. after which
he had easy sailing TO the finish. Freddy
Taylor. former New York A. c. anna
teur. was second. with Willie Hanley
third.
Social Elite on Deck.
Our sporting editor was wrong when
he said the six day bike race. which
begins tonight In the Garden. would
not be a social success. Everybody In
the Blue Book" Who's Who" and
"Almanach de Gotha" was present for
the sprint meet. Many OF the social
elite we're incognito and only those
familiar with the social affairs of Chat
ham square. the Five Points. Eleventh
avenue, Greenwich Village, the select
sections of Harlem. The Bronx ana
Brooklyn we're able to Identify ther1.
Some Of the sets represented were the
Gophers. the white Handlers, the
Busters. the Five Pointers and the Vil-
layers. besides a host from Little Italy
of Harlem. downtown Manhattan. The
Bronx and Brooklyn. Coney Island was
we'll represented by Its elite. as were
Jersey City, Newark and several other
New Jersey social points.
The six day race VIII start at mid
night instead of 10 r. NJ. tonight, the
change being made on request of the