Show JACKIE JACK CLARKE AND WALTER RUTT GAIN BACK LOST GROUND IN BIG SIX-DAY SIX RACE TWO FOREIGNERS PUT UP GRAND SPRINT AND ARE GIVEN GREAT OVATION Special to T The e Telegram NEW YORK Dec 10 A A grim procession procession sion slon of bicycle cle riders wan and haggard coursed the saucer trac at Madison Square Garden this morning at the beginning beginning beginning be be- ginning ginning- of the last day of their long toll toil In the annual six-day six race It was wa evIdent evident evident evi evI- evi- evi dent that the continued grind of the task was telling on every man Each is re reservIng reserving reserving re- re serving the power there Is in him for the final burst of speed speed for for the chief prize Walter Rutt and Jackie Clarke accomplished accomplished pushed the almost impossible feat of g gaining ining three laps in almost as many hours The first lap hap was gained in a sprint started at 1 03 this morning and continued to Just after this lap gaining was finished Drobach fell and was put out of the the- therace thera race e with a fracture of the left collar conar bone His partner El Elmer Elmer Elmer El- El mer Collins was allowed the customary four hours to get a new teammate but butas butas butas as he failed failed- to do so he was officially declared out of the race at a. a m. m At 3 o'clock a. a a.m. m. m Paddy Hehir with Mitten and Cameron on took a sneak and as the big guns refused to chase chast them they had no trouble in gaining a lap The lap was not allowed and as a afine afine afine fine of 25 was v tacked on Moran Clarke and Hill HUl for flagging the they will no doubt douht tr try to catch all runaways In In the future Race Farce Comedy The race promises to terminate in a farce comedy conedy most of the trouble having been caused by the UK Ul feeling existing between Floyd McFarland and Jimmy Moran who won the race as a team in 1909 The Jam came at 5 a. a m. m but there had been short jumps from 3 o'clock on Walter Rutt again led the pack and gradually drew away and he and Clarke in two charges gained the coveted distance distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance amidst one of the wildest scenes ever witnessed at Madison Square Gar Gar- den Continuing they slowly but surely gained the next lap which put them Into a tie with Moran Root Fogler Hill and Goulette Mitten and Thomas are now one ona lap behind the leaders The task finished the majority of the riders who had settled down to about fifteen miles an hour Mitten and Thomas the two midgets of the race are almost as big favorites s as Clarke and ad Rutt and are the ithe real surprise surprise surprise sur sur- prise of the race Fogler Is having trouble trouble trouble trou trou- ble with his knees and a few others have aches and pains concealed about them Rutt Butt and Clarke Favorites It is hardly probable that Rutt and Clarke will attempt to puta lap on the field being content to decide the race in the final mile sprint sprint- Clark ha haa a abad abad abad bad cold and M l McFarland FrIand rland who Is Is takIng care of the camp will probably send the big big- bigGerman German Rutt out to finish Betting that is being made on the race Is 40 to 70 on Rutt Root and Moran are 2 to 1 Hehir and Goulette 4 I to 1 1 Fogler and Hill 5 to 1 McFarland McFarland land picks Rutt and Clarke to win nd t I v i iP P 1 I fL 1 4 C C i 1 JACKIE CLARKE so does every one who saw their wonderful wonderful wonderful won won- ride In the early morning hours They simply outclass the rest of the field and will probably repeat their performance performance per per- e of last year Factional Feeling The race has b been en a hard one caused by the factional feeling which cropped out before the start The scoring has been far from satisfactory one team quitting on this account claiming that it had been penalized a lap unlawfully The crowd a portion of which had been In the Garden since Wednesday was cleared out at 7 a. a m. m and the place swept out It needed It ft There have been a great many outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing features to the grind As was freely predicted all week Floyd McFarland and John Stohl quit the race to let their respective partners Rutt and Clarke form a team At 2 p. p m. m Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day the new team was announced and It was freely commented upon that they would gain their lost ground of two laps and win The new team took Rutt and Stohl's score McFarland and Clarke lost their lap Wednesday morning when I Clarke claimed he had a puncture The claim was not and the lap Iap was counted against them Many believed that Clarke have been penalized I for all the laps that he was off the MUCH ILL FEELING PEELING HAS CROPPED OU OUT AND ANDI ANDRACE ANDRACE I RACE IS FARCE COMEDY track about two miles mUes in view of the fact that it was held that he did not have a puncture Stohl also got off oft and the officials penalized the Stohl Rutt-Stohl team two laps when it was generally believed believed be be- that two miles should have been the penalty Wiley and Lawrence claimed that they were treated unfairly in being penalized a lap and discontinued the race at Wednesday morning Lawsons Lawson's Hard Luck Iver Lawson fell leU with Hill HUl and Halstead just before the big Jam on Wednesday morning and wrenched his left shoulder as well as received a hard bump on the head It was a bad spill but fortunately fortunate fortunate- ly Lawson was not seriously Injured al although although although al- al though he was unable to continue Attempts Attempts At At- tempts were ere made to pair his partner Bobby with Galvin or Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence Law Law- rence but he asked to do so and andas andas andas as Powers and Pollock could not see it it left the Garden Iver Lawson left later in the day for his hotel and after a good sleep returned and has been watching the grind ever since At 1045 p. p m. m on Wednesday Walker and Mitten collided and Walker was SO o badly shaken up that it was thought at first that he had he-had had been internally injured When informed of his injuries he pulled a little smile and said Ill Til go through this race or die Pye rode a l long ng while but was forced t to drop out and the team wa was officially declared out tt of the race I at 11 1132 32 Thursday morning i Eddie Root gained a lap lan alone at p. p mv rn Thursday but it was not allowed the officials claiming that the rest of ot the field had stalled for him Shortly after the new team of ot Rutt and Clarke was formed Clarke and Moran collided and the former fell The accident was not Intentional on Morans Moran's part but he lie was roundly hissed by the crowd The foreigners imported by Powers each year and who quit the race early in the week sailed for tor sunny France on the French liner Uner La Sa vole Thursday and It is hardly possible that they will get another another an an- other vacation at Powers' Powers expense STANDING OF RIDERS I II The score at 5 o'clock clo the end of the I hour bour was as follows Hehir-Goullet Hehir Fogler Hill Root Moran Mitten Rutt- Rutt Clarke ClarIte West West-Demara Caremon- Caremon Halstead The record is 2417 miles mUes and 8 S laps made by Demara and Hill In 1908 At 6 o'clock the end of the hour after a series of wild sprints Rutt and Clarke overtook the leading teams and when they eased up were on equal terms with 2291 miles mUes and 8 S laps to their credit At 12 o'clock the score hour showed 5 the tle f tour four leading fading teams still tied at 2382 miles 3 aps ape Mitten and Thomas 2382 miles mUes 2 laps West and arid Demara 2382 miles 1 lap Cameron and Halstead 2382 rn miles mUes U es The record is 2548 miles mUes 4 laps made by McFarland and Moran in 1908 |