The New York herald., 1922-12-07
Taylor Lands, Hill -Verraes,
Bello-Gaffney Among Pairs
Shaken Off.
HORAN, EASTMAN FALL
Have Narrow Escape in Col
lision Which Climaxes.
Frenzied Riding.
ny HENRY ". KING.

ny HENRY ". KING.
In wild sprint that continued for
more than half an hour and was ter
minated by a nasty spill. in which
Harry Horan and Sam eastman were
badly bruised and cut about the face.
head and body. five teams were Tapped
In the six day bicycle race at Madison
Square Garden last night.
The teams which lost one lap during
the sensational riding were Fred Tay-
lor and Dave Lands. Fred Hill and
Alfonso Verraes, Alphonso Speissens
and Marcel Eyckman and Tom Bello
and Lawrence Gaffney. Angelo Greuao
and Renato Gay were Tapped twice.
While the sensational grind was IN
progress the Garden was filled to over
flowing by the largest crowd or the
week Hundreds had been turned away
by o'clock when every bit of available
space was occupied and thousands stood
shoulder to shoulder in the pit. During
the sprints the throng of fans were
yelling and screaming like 80 many wild
men. A dozen times during the squirt
twenty-eight men were on the track at
the same time riding their mightiest
and only the official scorers were able
to tell who was in front.
Harry Horan Starts jam.
The thrills began during the eighth
official sprint when Horan darted away
from the field and opened UP nearly half
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lieved him and got within quarter OF
a lap from the rear of the field. Then
Eaton and Egg started after the lead
ers.
They displayed tremendous speed and
after half dozen rounds OF the course
were at the leaders rear wheel and a
half lap in front Of the remainder OF
the field.
With this advantage Eaton and Egg
set sail for the coveted lap which they
lost early in the morning They went
past Horan and Fitzsimmons and
seemed on the way to gain lap But
Goullet came on and relieved Beloni
and Brocco took Coburn's place. Goul-
let rode as he seldom has before and
alternating as pacemaker with Brocco
wore down Egg and Eaton after chase
Of dozen laps
As soon as things steadied down a
tIllit again went iOTlD III quest
of the lap. Again he gained half a
lap. but again Goullet and Brocco and
Egg overhauled him after a long chase.
Then followed a series OF steals" in
which almost every mau In the race
tried to get away.
The attempts to get away were COM
ing thick and fast when Horan and
eastman collided while ,ircling the Mad
ison avenue embankment. They went
n he hntfnr1 pf na IN hna, n nd
II seemed as IL both would be killed.
Both were stunned but quickly revived.
They were carried off tho track and
attended by the track physician.
During the squirt there were some
bad pickups. Gaffney end Bello were
the worst offenders They went after
the leader irrespective OF where they
started.
Beilo and Gaffney won the $50 prize
for scoring the most points during the
night. but 1t didn't get them near the
leaders.
At the end of the session Egg and
Eaton, who are one lap behind the lead
ers, were ahead In the point score with
15s. Gaffney and Bello. who are three
laps behind. are second on the list with
1856. Goullet and Be.loni, tied with
Brocco and Coburn In mileage. are third
In the point score with 125. Because OF
their lap, Goullet and Belioni are far
IN the lead for the Grst prize, with
Brocco and Coburn. who have only A
points. second.
BelIo Flashes Some Speed.
Belo scored the first victory of tho
night session when he defeated the
field in n stirring race by about a
length. Madden finished second. with
Eaton third and Taylor fourth. Bello
led almost from the start of the one
mile journey and despite desperate chal-
lenges managed to remain in command
to the end. IL was the most speed the
italian has displayed during the race.
Goullet took the second without doing
his best. For three1quarters of the
Journey the field jockeyed for positions.
riding slowly In n cluster. Goullet was
jockeyed into the lead but 10 didn'.
have the desired effect. once in conf
mand none of his opponents attempted
to go past him and he was sitting UP
when he went past the Judges. Coburn
was second, Eaton third and Taylor
fourth.
Bello repeated in the third. He took
the lead half a mile from the finish
and held 1t TO the end. Kopsky was
second. Fitzimmons third and Gay
fourth.
Gaffney took the fourth. with Hill sec.
ond, Lands third and McBeath fourth.
The fifth went TO Mcnamara. He led all
the way and went over the finish two
lengths In front Of Madden. Taylor took
third points and Grimm fourth.
McBeath beat Gaffney by the pro.
verbal whisker In the sixth. The team
raced together for nearly quarter OF
a mile. Hill was third and Horan
fourth.
Belloni scored his first victory Of the
raco in the seventh He displayed more
speed than at any time since the start
and in sensational finish beat Me.
Nanara.
During the wild spurt McBeath wor
the eighth heat. Brocco was leading AT
the end of the ninth and Speissens was
in front ut the end of the tenth.
Horemans Increases Lead.