Show MILLER1WQNTHE RAGE Conclusion of the Great Six Day Cycle Tournament RICE AYt SCHIMEER TOILED D DESPERATELY IN TEE WAKE OF MILLER One of the Greatest Crowds Ever Seen In Madison Square Garden Stories of Pluck and Endurance Condition of the Riders After the RaceA Sleep Table I New York Dec nOne of the greatest great-est crowds that ever filled Madison Square Garden was collected within its walls tonight It had surged into the vast ring to see Miller of Chicago cross the tape winner of the great sixday I bicycle race From start to finish the race has been the most interesting ever witnessed I Thousands upon th sands have poured into the place flay after day and I > i 7 f t V w I I I night after night until it is safe to say that 100000 people have seen the remarkable I re-markable contest The race has been I a success from every point of view from the sportsmans standpoint and I from the business mans standpoint I The gate receipts will easily reach 60000 leaving the management a good amount BIG GATE RECEIPTS The crowd that gathered there tonight to-night was disappointed in finding the first five leaders off the track They were saving themselves for the final spurt but the spectators saw something some-thing wonderful Peter Julius the plucky little Swede who has made such a splendid showing despite his poor training rode an unpaced mile exhibition exhibi-tion just to see how he felt He did it in 225 45 This spurred IkejPulford Pierces manager to say that his man could run a mile in H2 minutes after getting through with his bicycle but he f would not permit this unless some one wagered 1000 on iL I > PLUCKY JULIUS Oscar Julius is the most talkedof man in the ring With trainees that did not know their business andyith out being in any sort of condition he accomplished 1500 miles Kinse is another surprise He was tending bar m Paines hotel on Sunday last and at midnight he was on the track ready to start in the race Over 1600 miles go to his = credit c I Th great endurance 6i i the men is indicated by the following table showing 1 show-ing how long they have slept since the beginning of the 142 hours race SLEEP TABLE Name Off Tack Asleep Miller 10 hours 4 hours Rice 1 hours 7 hQurs Schinneer 12 hours 7 hours Hale 2J hours hours Waller 15 hours STidurs Golden 27 hours 15 hours Pierce 17 hours 12 hours Gannon 12 hours 10 hours Enterman 20 hours 20 hours Elkes 48 hours 32 hours Kinse 22 hours 20 hours gg ig Julius 25 hours 15 > hours JUST FIFTEEN Just 15 men out of the 36 that started lasted until the tinish No wonder that it was a heartbreaking killing pace Not one today could change his place on that black score board that has stared the pool > fellows in the face for six long weary days A few rode fast to beat out Rivierre and Moore Who had places on that board though they were out of the race Some did it others failed All day long the crowd poured in At 6 p m there was not a seat left in the big Madison Square Garden With dusk things began to look seiious in the neighborhood of the Garden Suddenly Sud-denly Inspector Brooks put in an appearance ap-pearance at the head of a cordon of 250 police The Garden was completely girdled by bluecoats and they stretched out across Madison avenue In an unbroken un-broken line i Then came the crowd fighting for Continued on Page 2 MlllfR WON THE iCE Continued from Page lj place The arena was packed with humanity not a soul more was to beheld be-held SPLENDID SIGHT Bluecoats blossomed out everywhere They surrounded the track they acted as ushers in every aisle I was a splendid sight for all but the poor riders who have struggled for a week for fame and dollars And round and round they doggedly pedaled while the crowd tried to urge them forward Slowly the clock crawled around Wearily poor Miller led the van Behind Be-hind him toiled Rice and Schinneer riding desperately at ten miles an hour while earlier in the week 20 miles an hour had been easier But it was a great race Four men Miller Rice Schinneer and Hale had beaten Hales record of 1910 miles Hale equaled his own record at 657 I He got a floral horseshoe in honor of it it itCHEERED J CHEERED THE VICTOR When the announcement pistol indicated indi-cated that the last lap of the 142 hours race was at an end the vast audience rose to its feet and cheered like mad as the wheelmen came to a stand Anna Held who had been waiting in I a box opposite the officip1 stand I stepped out on the track and bestowed I a gorgeous wreath of violets and roses on the victor Miller then remounted his wheel and holding the wreath aloft dashed around the track twice When he dismounted he grasped the hand extended by Hale whom he had shorn of his glory and made a little speech Hale escorted Miller around the track and as the new and old champions moved along the crowd shrieked itself hoarse There were cries for Rice and the sturdy miner accompanied ac-companied by his trainer followed the others To show his marvelous staying powers Miller again got astride his wheel and following a pacemachine rode two miles In a little over five minutes min-utes and then showed few signs of the fatigue he must have suffered Then the others filed around the track and were finally gathered together to-gether and bundled off to the various hotels to sleep I FINAL SCORE The final score for the 142 hours was as follows Miller 20936 Rice 20265 I Schineer 20007 Hale 19202 WaIler 1SS31 Pierce 1S2S Gold n Walerl Gannon 17606 Enterman 17537 Elkes 1607 Kinse 161681 Julius 1 5035 Beac m 13508 Johnson 12794 I Gray 1229 Riviene 14767 Moore 1 4954 2 495Best Best previous record 1910 miles < 81 laps by Hale in 1S96 I |