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Riders Down iHis Partner, Drobach, Unable to Secure Another Partner and thei iOWFfected fironin-TedMessenger Boy’’ Team Is Withdrawn; Bad Siding By Germaine Caused Accidents.SPRINTS EXCITE CROWDSa.d-wn.chalt;tlotlomehaitenHetowilNEW YORK, Dec. 6.—Again and againthe 15,000 spectators of the seventeenthannual six-day bicycle race in MadisonSquare Garden were brought to theirfeet today by mad sprints, though the racers were behind the record set in 1908. Four of the riders were hurt early in the day, coming down in a bad spill. Wiley was incapacitated and his team was withdrawn after his partner, Drobach, had attempted to secure anotherteam-mate.The tumble in which Wiley was hurt was as nasty as any that has been seen in the last few years, and for a time it was feared that all the victims were put out of the running. They picked themselves together, however, and returned to the track, except Wiley.The upset came when AchiUe Germaine.1 of the British-French team, made a des- j perate attempt to recover lost ground.Steadily gaining, he forged ahead to the leaders. At the Madison avenue turn he attempted to cut down In front of Pat Logan and George Wiley, who was in the lead. A slight wobble of Germaine’s wheel, and the riders were rolling around the track in a snarl of men and wheels.Wiley, with a broken shoulder, went out. His partner, Drobach, made a brave attempt to keep on, but after several hours was forced to quit. They were known as the “Messenger Boy” team.Logan’s left leg was cut and his shoulder badly bruised, but he kept on till his partner, Walter Bardgett. could take his place. Germaine and Galvin were badly shaken up and bruised, but they continued in the race.A punctured tire threw Floyd MacFar-fand, Jack Clark's partner, but he wasunhurt.The condition of Louis Owens, who was hurt in a preliminary short race when •everal wheels went over him, was today reported serious. He is in a Newark. N.J., hospital.HAJbas thir den whi
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Indianapolis Sun
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Mon, Dec 06, 1909
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