Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-12-09 | Page 8 | 16 Teams Remain in Six-Day Bike Race

IH TEAMS REMAIN 1 SIX-OAT BIKE RACE NEW YORK, Dec 8. At 11 o'clock to-night, to-night, after twenry-threo hours of racing, rac-ing, sixteen teams remained In the slx-'day slx-'day bicycle contest. Fourteen of these wero tied with 612 miles each. Just six. laps behind the record. Corry and Walker Walk-er wero next with 611 miles and 9 laps and KopBky and Keefo last with 611 miles and S laps. Shortly before 8 o'clock, Pye, tho teammate team-mate of Walker, was forced to quit the race owing to knee trouble caused by a spill in tho early morning hours, and three hours later John Bedell decided to stop riding, leaving his partner. Corry, to team up with Walker, who had neon Pye's partner. This reduced tho field to sixteen teams and under tho rules of the contest Pyo and Walker were penalized one lap. In a sprint which was started by Granda and Moran, Kopsky and Keefo, aftor twelve minutes of furious riding, lost two laps, putting them a lap behind be-hind Pyo and Walker. Al 11:16 o'clock, Clarke. II111 and Dro-bach Dro-bach took a bad tumble In a mlxun and all sprinting was stopped by tho boll until un-til tho fallen riders or their partners could resume riding. Hill was the worst Injured of the threo and had to bo carried car-ried to a cot at the sldo of tho track, while Clarke and Drobaoh were severely shaken up. Fourteen of tho oovonteen teams which started Sunday midnight In tho annual six-day blcyclo raco at Madison Square garden wore still bunched at tho end of tho twenty-seventh hour at 3 o'clock. They have covered 591 miles and 3 laps, a mile and throo laps ahead of the record mado by Brocco and Borthet In 1012. Corry and Walker wero a lap behind tho bunch, and the Koppsky-Kecfo combination com-bination wero still two laps 'behind the leaders.