Show ALL BERLIN BIRLIN WENT WILD WHEN RUT r rAND AND CLARKE WON GREAT SIX DAY RACE A Berlin dispatch has the following to say about the victory ot of Butt Rutt and Clarke In the recent race Walter Butt Rutt the German and Jackie Clarke Clark the Aus Australian added International champions to their long list ot of cycling honors when they finished first in the bIcycle race They won the event in a sensa sensational sensational manner Rutt and Clarke gained a lap on the field Saturday while the crown prince and a party occupied a box and the team held the advantage to the close Bobby and John Stol were second Stol defeating Brocco of Bro o and Berthot the French pair with whom they were tied in an extra sprint Eddie Root and Joe Fogler the American team were away back filth fifth seven laps Japs behind the leaders This was due to the cOllapse of Fogler Root being compelled to rIde the last stage of the tho thorace therace race alone Butt Rutt and Clarke gained the lap on the fIeld Saturday afternoon between 4 and 5 The big holIday crowd seemed to InspIre the riders and by alternates spurts they drew away from and Stol and the others until they had a full laps advantage The spectators cheered themselves hoarse dUring thIs performance Butt Rutt and Clarke rode In relays during this grueling session The pace of Butt Rutt and Clarke in thIs sprint practically kIlled off Root and Fog Fogler Fogler ler who lagged steadIly from this time on Root reported to the judges an al alleged a defect In his wheel The judges de decIded decided against hIm after a careful exam examInation examination or of his machine He was fined 25 and penalized one lap for makIng what was caned called an unwarranted complaint ThIs took the nerve out ot of the New York pair and their only idea from then on was to finish the race Both Root and Fog Fos Fosler ler were badly exhausted ted Butt Rutt Is the idol of the tho German populace today and it is understood now that in recognition ot of the victory ot of his team as aa aswell wen well as because ot of extenuating circum circumstances stances he will ill not be compel compelled ed to serve his term In the army a duty he dodged by leaving the country eight years ago Butt Rutt came back as the special ot of the crown prince and It Is said that the latter had arranged that he should only serve one year and now it is said that It may be made so that he will escape al altogether altogether together beca because of Imperfect hearing So Interested was the crown prince in inthe inthe the welfare of Rutt that he attended the races frequently Rutt had been anxious aU all week to show his appreciation to the royal scion Ion for his Intercession and when the imperial personage and a party en entered entered a box Saturday afternoon the oc occasion occasion casion pre presented itself The prince led in inthe inthe the applause e for Butt Rutt as the latter Jatter re relieved Clarke on the track Right away Butt Rutt st started a spurt and the team gained a lap There was pandemonium at this the great crowd which packed the ical garden going wild It was something that they had never witnessed before victory Is made an occasion ot of national rejoicing All Berlin knows ha was showing his gratitude to the crown prince by carrying ort off the honors for the thA German colors and there is widespread sentiment In his favor Only six teams finished out ot of seven seventeen seventeen teen which started The distance ot of Rutt and Clarke the winners was 2132 23 miles which Is far behind the record ot of 2737 miles 1 laP made by McFarland and Mo Moran Moran ran in NewYork In The prize win winners V ners were as follows Butt t and Clarke first 1250 and Stol second 1000 Brocco and Berthot third Stabs and fourth 00 Root and Fogler fifth |