Show RUn AND ClARKE WIN ANOTHER BIG BIC SIX DAY SIX BIKE RACE AC Fast Team of Cyclists Repeats Repeats Re Re- peats American Victory on Berlin Saucer BERLIN DEnLIN Jan 3 Walter Walter Rutt Butt and Jackie Clarke German-Australian German team won the six-day six bicycle race which began began began be be- gan here hero last Monday night bight finishing one lap ahead of Stol and jand the Duth Dutch American team and Berthet and Brocci the French pair who tied for second place and the Germans were four laps behind while Eddie Root Boot of New York and Joe Fogler of Brooklyn were seven laps in the rear Only six teams finished Distance of the the- winners was 2332 miles Rutt Butt and Clarke were favorites Stol heat boat in a ten-lap ten race to decide second place The victory of Butt Rutt and Clarke in Berlin Ber DEr lin un makes their second victory in a six six- day race rare this year they having won the New York six-day six race at Madison Square Garden Their mark in the New NewYork NewYork York race was 2660 miles 1 iap the the record record rec ree- ord for the American Amerlan race rae being 2737 2731 miles les 1 lap made by McFarland and Mortn Mo- Mo Mor r n In 1908 That the success of the Rutt Clarke team In Berlin was a Is seen by the early reports of the the race race which told of the efforts of the crown prince of Germany who was able to have the ban against Rutt Butt lifted for the race It seems that Rutt Butt took French leave be before before he- he fore his military duty was up and has been practically a fugitive from Germany It Is said that now now the ban against Rutt Butt will be removed remove At he the start the start o othe the race Butt and Clarke received a flattering ovation from the crowd of persons The teams that started were Clarke and Rutt Butt Root and Fogler and Stol Ellegard and Bader Brocci and Berthet and and Demke ink and and and and Mover l and Bettinger BrunI and Carapezzi Cara- Cara pr pezzi 1 and Rude Rudel Nedela and and Conrad and Althoff |