The New York herald., 1922-12-05
German Badly Gashed il
Tumble With Australian
and Is Forced Out.
IHREE TEAMS LApPED
Gremo-Gay and Speissens-
Eyckman Combines Fall
Behind With Teutons.
Nv HENRY y. KING.

By HENRY y. KING.
seven riders in the six day bike race
are under the care of physicians as q
result of 4 spill during the FIRST $3.50
o'clock spiints at Madison square Gar
den. last night. None Of them is dan
gerously injured. but Willie Lorenz
was. so painfully hurt that he had to
retire. The crash came While the biz
amphitheatre was nlled 70 overflowing
andsit brought the thousands present
TO their feet with volume Of groans
that could be heard on Fifth avenue
Those who went down We're Regeie
Mcnamara. Harry Koran, Fred Tay-
lor.4 Maurice Brocco. Angelo Gremo,
Marcel Eyckman and Loreuz
Lorenz is suffering from a deep sash
in his shoulder reaching to his elbow
Taylor was hurt in the groin and was
/. unconscious for several minutes EycIS-
mans right leg and foot were badly
cut X Gremo sustained an injured knee
and leg Eoran's mouth was badly cut
and NfcNamaras head and shoulder
We're cut. Brocco escaped with few
splinters and shakeup. Shortly after
midnight Cecil Walker was forced to
quit. and his partner, Alex McBeath.
teamed UP with Walter Rutt. who had
Lorenz was hurt
The accident came while the riders
were speeding around the track at
terrific pace. The bell had just an
nounced the final lap and all the fif-
teen riders were doing their mightiest
to gain the lead and win the coveted
points. Oscar Egg was leading and All
Goullet was at his rear wheel. Just be-
hind were the others, all in a cluster
Fall Occurs on Turn.
While crowding the Madison avenue
enlbankment Mcnamara and Lorenz
rode so closely together that their
handle bars became locked and neither
was able to guide his machine. After
zig-zagging about ten feet both went
down with a crash. As they fell Eyck-
man, Brocco. Taylor and Gremo came
flying along and went over them and all
six went TO the bottom u the track in
tangie.
guided his machine to the top of the
bank and ran into the wire screen. His
face struck the heavy webbing and he
was knocked out of his saddle and into
the heap of PROSTATE forms at the bot
tom of the track. His mouth was cut
by striking the wire.
\ Attendants ran TO the unfortunate
ones and carried them off the track 70
their hunks, where they were attended
by the traclr physician and several
others who were in the audience.
While the injured riders were lying on
the bottom OF the track Egg sped on
unrnindful Of what had occurred and
won the sprint Goullet finished second
and eastman third.
GouIIet OutpcdnIs Egg.
The accident stopped the official
sprints for half an hour. When they
were resumed some Of the fastest riding
OF the race came. IN tie second heat
Goullet was returned an easy victor,
with Coburn second and Egg third.
Goullet led from start 10 finish. Three
laps from home Egg attempted 70 take
the lead. hut Goullet had plenty of speed
in reserve and held command all the
way without doing his best at any stage
of the one mile journey.
The third sprint went 10 Belio with
Beiloni second. Mcnamara third and
Taylor fourth. At the finish of this
race Belloni sped away from his field
aud gained half lap. The coveted
distance seemed at his mercy when the
officials announced IL was four and
waved his opponents not 10 chase him.
AS a result his great spurt went for
naught
C;oullet won the fourth easily and
showed that he is at present the fastest
man In the race. lie had little difficulty
stalling off challenge after challenge
and at the end was two lengths In
front of Grenda, who was second, Eaton
was third and Coburn fourth.
Giuseppe Azzini sprang surprise in
the nth heat by outsprlnting his op-
ponents. including oscar Egg. He took
command half a mile from home and by
some fine riding held II TO win by a
length. Egg was second, Mcnamara
third and Walker fourth The sixth was
"A coasting affair. There was little speed
in Il and Lands was the winner, Hill
second. Grsnda third and McBeth fourth
shaken on in jam.
o:oullett displayed some great riding
during tho seventh heat. He stole al
most half a lap on his leld, but Belloni.
his partner was unable 10 hold IL. Egg
won the heat with Belloni second and
Bello third. During tho squirt three
teams were Tapped. They We're Marcel
fsyckman and Alphonse. Belgian pair:
walter Rutt and willy Lorenz. the
German combination and Angelo Gremc
and Renato Cay, one OF the Italian
teams.
Despite his great effort IN stealing
half lap G0uilot won the eighth sprint.
Eaton was second and Horan third The
ninth heat went 90 Egg. Mcnamara
vas second with Madden third. Horan
took tho finsi sprint, with Hlll second
and Kaiser third
AZ the end ~ the session Egg and
Eaton were leading In he point score
with fS points Gouiiet and Beilonl
were second with g. Hlll and Nerraes
Nsre third with 90 and Taylor ana
Lande fourth with 81
Tnere was some fast riding during
.te afternoon dozen times Brocco
ar kopeki attempted io steal away from
me field. but each effort proved frult-
lees. Tn ono rf Tho Wild spurts Rutt.
Dliveri and Mcnamara coillded while
rounding The Madison avenue embank.
nsent and went down w u heap Ruit
ana Oilvcri were carried off the track
uDronsciouF Mcnamara was stunned
out revived quickly. Oiterl broke one
of His toes and had % retire from the
race. Hutt was badly scratched and
spiintsrsd but returned 10 the track half
an hour lDfer
Just before Tho sprinis began at the