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Show I GEMM GOVERNMENT I CLEARSJUTT'S NAME I Champion Six-day Bicycle Rider I Is flic Hero of flic I Hour. I BERLIN. .Tan. S. The populace of Br- tin and. In fact, nil of Germany has gone. bicycle erasy. The fuspenslon of war office regulation!) In the cac of Walter Run, the great Orman rider, his re- turn to Ills native country after nn exile of eight vars. and hi. participation in i lift afx-day rae Ikt' with Jackie Clarke, til Americanized Australian, in prln- ipally the runs of It all. Rutt has been made a countrywide Iito. 111k recent vletorv with Clark In the Now York dav ran, which followed his season of- siicccis In sprint inclng In Trance and H other continental roiintrtefl. has worked up homage for him. and now thnL he Is one of tlift greatest riders In the world and the only German cyclist of the front i mil;, he In being Klio-v r with nil sortH of compliments. The tdtuntlon Is unique in that prince and peasant are alike enthusiastic over Kutt. It was the crown prince, through 111? inteiest hi 5poil and In cycling In particular, that lined his Influence to have the war office ban raised off llutt. and I tie latter'st defeat In this race would b' H coiiHldered almost a national humiliation. The papers are filled with column about ino race, and the Zoological Gardens. I where the contct was held, was crowded I oii.taiiily. Hi tie. Clarke, who made his I debut In Germany, has taken the popu- I hir fnnev. nd he I? sharing Lhc honoiii with r.utr. 1 Another Mrang.- thine Is the tad that no odium Is placed on Rutt because ho failed to peeve his time In the army. This lime-honored law of Germany if not con- sidercd In his t-aje. Although his offenHo I I punishable. It is not looked upon :ih a I disgrace. He ilid not desert, as lias been I Hiiii'Miiiri'il. The negotiations for Rutts return to the country had been going " I for a month and the rider had expected to be fined and th-n to servo bin time as a soldier. It appear., however, that no irNtrlctlons have been plared upon him ) ,ind he may ctjcape the Imperial dictum of serving in the army altogether. Rutt himself believe ihat he would fall to pass lh examination required for a sol- IIer. because of his dcafnesH. nnd that ho I would not have to serve for that reason. ( Root and Foglcr. the American team. I i ode In grand form, as did Wallhour and 1 Stol. the American-Holland pair. German and American flaps floated from all parts I of the a mphit healer. |