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Belloni and Beckman were second. Already, the evening before, Belloni had pedaled round the ring with a bundle of flowers sent to him by an admirer. A handsome Italian with two locks of curly hair sticking out over his forehead like horns, Belloni until the final sprint had threatened to beat Georgetti. So had Letourner and Brocardo, two small, nervy French boys. On the fifth night Brocardo fell four times, skidded down the wall of the saucer, strapped to his pedals. The third time he was knocked unconscious. In fifteen minutes he got up and rode again. McNamara, "Iron...
...must sprint, and he must time his sprint perfectly. He was out in front now, pedaling like a maniac. Georgetti relieved him. Egg was at Georgetti's shoulder. McNamara relieved Georgetti. A pistol cracked-McNamara had won his third successive six-day race (2,109 miles). And the Beckman-Stockholm team was second. Wambst-Lacquehay, Walker-MoBeath, Grimm-Winter-third, fourth and fifth-tumbled into their pits, having done their furious best for 146 hours to win some of the prize money so that some day perhaps they would be able to afford-a carriage...
Other features are a rolling skating act by the Sterlings; Bill Frawley and Edna Louise in a bright playlet "Seven A. M."; Marie and Mary MacFarland the American Grand Opera Stars; Lane and Hendricks in a skit called "Listen Archie"; and La Dora and Beckman, the pair of white birds, who are better on the wing than when warbling...
...Yard Swim.--Ledyard. Stewart-Plunge Beckman Silk...
...Slocum (D); J. E. Haskin (E). Section 13, P. D. Woodbridge and H. C. Files (A); R. B. Brown and C. I. Silin (B); V. G. Kirov (C); V. A. Kramer (D); M. Lavetts (E). Section 14, J. P. Higgins and O. C. Brewer (A); W. H. Beckman and W. S. Charack (B); B. J. Mattuck (C); T. K. Selkirk (D). J. Marshall in charge of seats in Bowl. Section 15, E. Epstein and P. E. Fardy (A); W. Lewis and W. B. Washburn (B); N. C. Little (C); C. E. Dill (D). Section 16, S. E. Kaiper...