| Show THE RIERS TO WATGH IOn I-On of Them Turns Out to Be Foxy Teddy Hale MILLERS GREAT WORK ROLLED OFF HIS WHEEL WHILE ASLEEP ALEEPI Score This Horning Joe Gans LightWeight Light-Weight Boxer Challenges ths World Ansiotts to Mest a Cal fomian Races at Ingleside Sporting News New York Dec 8At midnight the 18 were still pedaling their way lap after lap around the highbanked floor of Madison Square Garden From midnight to midnight Miller had put more than 350 miles behind him This marvelous record on tlv third day of the great race carried him along to a total of more than 1200 miles in 7 hours 139 miles ahead of the former record During this weary Journey Miller has left the track but for a few hours With the exception perhaps of Stephane the Frenchman Miller had up to late in the afternoon less sleep than any other man on the track And notwithstanding this MHler is seemingly in as good condition as he was yesterday when experts claimed that he and Rice the Wilkesbarre coal miner were in the best shape of all the riders NEXT TO MILLER The next man to Miller at the present time is Rice and he is something y ore than 50 miles behind but he is strons and seems to have the same determination determin-ation that carried him almost to the front in the big race of last year Last years champion Teddy Hale whose great ride then promises to be far outdone out-done this year is now making up ground He is almost 175 miles behind the leader but nevertheless he has crept up from tenth place which he held last night to eighth place and is certain to go much higher before the end is reached After 60 hours of what seemed to Americans to be the fiercest kind of rivalry Stephane has given in to Ri vierre and the latter has put more than a hundred miles between himself and his fellow countryman Indeed Rivierre holds a dangerous place in the front ranks He is third man in the race and has a good lead on those below be-low him STEPHANES SULKS Stephane took the sulks tonight which accounts for his losing ground He disappeared from the track for a couple of hours and even after that only rode at intervals WaIler who made such a wonderful effort during the second day and became stubborn has returned to his work with renewed vigor but he is now far behind MAN TO BE WATCHED The man to be watched from now out froU is Teddy Hale the champion The foxy work hinted at by his friends earlier in the week Is beginning to become be-come apparent From a despised tailender he moved up within the past 24 hours until at 8 oclock tonight he had passed Pierce and forged into sixth place with 140 miles between him and the leader MARVELOUS WORK Millers work is marvelous He goes pumping away in a peculiar manner that is as effective as deceptive and he manages to keep 50 miles between himself and Rice who is pushing hard to fill the gap Waller is making a i mighty effort but i seems a fruitless i one to get back to the front There I is too much ground for him to cover and if he comes in one two three he will be a wonder A pursuit race between Titus and Davidson was of the most exciting excitng character Titus overtook Davidson after a chase of 14 laps in 320 S MILLER ASLEEP lILLEI Just as this race was finished Miller rolled off his lIUer roled off wheel asleep He was raised from the track and in a few minutes went on again Miller is very anxious and latenin the evening find I I fnd ing himself locked in his stair where i he had been sleeping dressed himself and pounded on the door until he was permitted to come outSCORE out-SCORE THIS MORNING Madison Square Grden N Y Dec 9 At 215 a21 the score was as follows folows Miller 12B0G Rice 1180 Rivierre 1 14B1 Schinneer 11612 Moore 11152 Waller 11148 Pierce 1083 Hale 1 073 iSSPla 02S4 Bikes lm1 Golden 10248 Enterman OC7S Kinse 9226 Gan non 8412 Julius 3735 Beacon 7185 I Gray 73 Johnson 6i97 785 Miller was 172 miles 6 laps ahead of the record for 71 hours S I |
