New-York tribune., 1922-12-10

.ofy N eE-e"' I
history Of the sport I
CD, Wins First Sprint
"a, sr,. o. the 'prints that were 70 4. |
s. -. Di'' ~ si.-dsy bike championship |
d'eles ., ~ s..e.ly At 10 o'clock at which |
inc the riders had CO., sa,...S 49, ~
mil., and laps. Grsnds s.na.. na.s''u va :"
n,,,' s.', rl,ee, followed. By B'l'0n'' Mad
5en and HOrsn. -. - NJ. !
TN, second Vhai went % NC
IN. -. ia kaiser. Titssimmons ana
s'm. 's s.l,esirs. Neither Of the two /
ss,.-,.- ,.-. ,-su,, Coullst and Belioni o.
"-~ s.-.-' ,,s ceburn, made any attempt |
80 I s1s.s tests. devoting al ltheir !
'...-s,os 70 possible attempts at lap
.r-g.r on tho part Of the other
riders.
TIE third sprint was won by Oscar
Zee And next across the lire were Bel
loDi. Madden and Grenda. Everybody
va, espeetant IN anticipation Of a
suooen Jam"
The fourth sprint was won b. Ray
Es,on, with these men hinsn.ng IN
svsr. FitzAmmons, Gcullet and Nc
Nsnsra. In the tftn Drusn Eddie Mad
Ssr hnishcd in hrst place, closely
pressed by Horan. Grenaa ana kgg
rl. nome.
Almost at the star. 4 'he sixth
rtrht, Reggie mcAamaia s.,, ut from
he pacA ana starred a iaI-stednng
r.olutOI getting eighty yaids IN the
lead before Oounet, isaa.ng me neid,
toold get started. GTeuaa renewed Mc-
r ysnsfa ana the entire neld was IN
vic orgy u speed and Ireqdent cnGng-
irR fenefJ. Somc 1uri0us ri1lng fol-
ltTed before McNama4n and brenda
we're caught.
This .ared to be the signal Tor
sismming" by al 1.-The riders, and every
lew mlHstes the great G. W. was
brosght 10 It's feet with Wild applause
:, he sensational opr.nting Of the
teld From this point forward IL was
praetically impossible TO keep track Of
ke uanners in the different heats, for
SANS" succeeded each other 50 fast
.;hs. the Garden wes in a bcdiam all
,hruugh this last hour.
Coullet won several heats and Coburn
sns Brocco got one first, leaving
Geulett and Beilcni with an increased
,oins lead Of 325 10 i38 az the end of
"a fourteenth sprint. Tne riding OF
Bsnoni in these jams was stirring, and
n he tVelfth heat. in the iddle Of a
tsspsftss "jam," Belloni V. shed TO
NssorM he was rounding the Fourth
iynu, TORN. Badly shaken pp and
Fith BE left Lex gashed by a'tplinter
Bslesl after being picked up By his
miners hobblod away and remounted
sntE Wheel, while the crowd roared
is sypyeciation Of the Italians game
afss
Brocco and Couburn, as they saw
ifslr chances Of beating Goullet and
Bsuoni fading, as the race drew. TO-
rlsd lis close, tried every last'
csiperate resort they could muster 70
'.esl lap, but each time they were
tagght after some OF IN maouesV
Ffinting ever seen In a six-day race;
yp Danbury (Conn.l way ne Is
nsvn as "Mad Halter the Second, IS
Niis Delohry, millionaire lid manutac-
,sftr, and you'll say he's mad" when
y5u hear the details OF Mixes money
sgrrge at the race yesterday after
noon. In the space OF an hour and
all between 3 o'clock and 4:30. Mike
lad eiven away a total OF Sl,SOO, All
but 800 of which was put up for
ivelye one-mile sprints, the extra SlOU
going 10 a local Christmas fund.
Nike Delohry entered the Garden in
tusp,e,ouslv and incognito, and after
parking himself and two friends IN
-. 1nnAlH
TIE Atmosphere. The teams on the
track At this time we're Gouliet anu
3enoni and BroccO and CoouTn' inc
leaders; Ray Eaton and Oscar Egg one
ltp behind. and Grenda and mcNamera'
Madden and Kaiser, Koran ana titz.
simmons and Grim and eastman. Al
TIE other teams, those three laps ana
more behind, we're ordered from the
rack about 1880 o'clock. All the track
SIDE hunks had been removed during
ne afternoon, and the decks were III
esaliy cleared for action,
y was under such auspices that Nike
pelohry began "doing his stuff" From
roll that would have choked Hattie,
ne Cenual Park elephant, Mike peeled
OF century" And offered Il for a
ohe-miie sptint, and after that was
over mad Halter the Second" did moth
lng but peel and spend. lie gave SlOO
bllis IN honor Of Dsnbury. OF Reddlng,
q Umpowog Hill, Of AOrelay," Of Aunt
teanor Ann and Of Mike himself and
ne good hats he makes.
cdole Madden won $500 Of this
,'fty, Reggie Mcnamara $500 and All
srca, Harry Koran, Ar Goullet and
sss Egg 500 each. Coullet prompt
ned bis over to the ChristmHs.
- Having seen all the "exerc;se
Insed, Mike Delohry throw away
core" OF his roll bv landing Joe
<a. track manager. a bonus OF SSoo'
tsh Sl00 and Walter Rutt 500. 1nls
=, after Mister Delohry had been IN |
tseed personally 10 the riders.
aif an hour iater Santa" De'ohry |
~ something burning In MS right I
Ne trousers pocket. showed his hane
q aha f'und two 800 bills we're burn
~ hole In his breeches. Mike imme~
,sly put the offending yellowoaeks
ior one-mile sprint. Goulet won I
cash with a tremendous burst OF
eo with the other riders cha eng
hin 81 the way through the /
rt~n This made q total OF sl,eVo
1 ihe Mad Natter" had distrlDutea
.n.ty the afternoon. lie had sec no /
~ IN his pocket, but sad he hated 70 1
es he rubber band off Il because "
~, Thrift week" up Danbury way. a'd I
Ne had been Brought up on thriiiy /