The New York herald., 1922-12-08
SPEISSENS CATCHES
OPPONENTS ASLEEP
Dashes' Away After Sixth
Evening Sprint, Ably Backed
by Eyckman.
FOUL RIDING is OPEN
Runaways Are Awarded Lap
When Foul Tactics Thwart
Their Efforts.
FOUL RIDING IS OPEN
BY HENRY v. KING.

man, forming the Belgian team.
gained lap on their opponents in
sensational sprint in the six day bicy.'
Gle race in Madison Square Garden
last night. To gain the coveted
ground they were compelled to do
some thrilling riding. The entire field
was in league against them, and not
only did their opponents make bad
pickups but they interfered with them
on several occasions, shutting them on
when within few yards of the lead
ers.
The crowd saw the foul riding and
booed and Missed the field. But the Of
ficials also saw the foul work. and al
though the Belgians never reached the
leader OF the field they were awarded
the lap. This action sent the thousands
who packed the building from cellar 10
roof into a state of wold ecstacy, and they
cheered the two plucky Belgians. ike
wise the officials, for their decision. =
BY their gain the Belgians are now
three laps behind Brocco and Coburn
and Goullet and Belloni. and two laps
behind Egg and Eaton. and tied with
a majority of the other teams.
Speissens Darts Away.
The spurt came at the end of the sixth
official sprint While the field was slow
ing up to be relieved by their partners
for the next event Speissens darted away
from the field and before Belloni. who
was leading the pack, could get going at
his best he was a quarter OF zap III
front.
Eyckman relieved Speissens and added
several yards to the advantage. Ihen
Speissens returned and althouen p,o.oo
and Goullet we're on the track rldins
their mjrhtiest he gained another quar-
tor of Ian. Fyckman returned ana
gained q few more yards.
on his third trial Speissens reacheo
the rear of the field. but men VINO hao
been relieved blocked his path ana ne
vyosh,nahle to get to the front OF them.
while he was being shut off. the chaslns
feld gained lot of ground. But
Speisssens didn't quit. He went aiteI
them a second time as soon as ne so'
clear sailing and gained some more
ground. But as fast as he and ms part
ner gained the other teams overcaIie ZIG
gains with bad pickups, and, hnaiiy'
led bv Rrocco and Goullet, caught up TO
Speissens.
For their method of picking up tneir
mariners the teams were roundly Missed
and later officially censured by the
officials. Several of them were warned
that a repetition of the foul riding wouio
mean penalty of n lap.
At the end of the session Brocco ana
Coburn and Goullet and Belloni were
still tied for first place, q lap ahead Oh
Egg and Eaton, and two or more laps
ahead of the remainder of the field
a a
ers. for they have 134 points to Brocco's
and Coburn'S As.
Three laps behind the leaders, Hill
and Verraes are leading in the point
score with 21S. Bello and Gaffney are
second with 10 and McBeath and Rutt
third with 166.
From the time the official sprints
began until midnight the race was re-
plete with sprints and spurts. when the
official sprints ended the spectators pc
gan hanging up prizes. They were Soo
for a mile and all of the riders did their
best to earn them.
The best of these chases after the
extra prizes came when John Martin
ELI of the Metropolitan Opera Company,
the noted tenor, offered 500. This FUR
nished a thriller from start to end and
resulted in a victory for Alex McBeath.
Gou1let and Coburn FAIL.
While Azzini and Kopsky were within
a few yards of gaining lap shortly be-
fore midnight one of the worst spills OF
the race terminated the sprint While
rounding the Medisan avenue embank-
ment Goullet and Coburn collided and
went to the bottom Of the track. AS
they were sliding down Madden and
Gremo came along and went over them
All were badly cut and bruised, but re-
sumed riding.
Azzini won the first sprint of the
night session. This rugged Italian lad
led almost from the start and at the
end was wheels length in front oi
Belloni. Land was third and Verraes
fourth. The second resulted In VIC
tory for McBeath. Gaffney was second
Kaiser third and Taylor fourth
Eddie Madden took the third with
Rutt second. Bello third and verraes
fourth. To win Madden didn't have to
do his best. His opponents followed
leisurely behind him and allowed him
to win easily. For their dull riding the
field was greeted with n volume of
jeers and Kisses.
Kaiser was the best in the fourth
He led during the last quarter Of q
mile and won in stirring style by few
inches McBeath was second and Gaff-
ney third.
During n sensational sprint verraes
won the fifth, McBeath the sixth and
Mcnamara the seventh. Verraes sped
home the victor of the eighth and Rutt
the ninth. McBeath scored without ap-
parent effort in the final He led al
most all the way and his opponents
seemed too leg weary 10 chase him.