Word: mcnamara
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...wiry men who rode them did not all look sweet upon the seats; their faces, as they swept around the track for the first lap, presented a jumbled cinema of anxiety, hope, fear, ferocity and desperate determination. Two to a team, they relieved one another periodically. There was Reggie McNamara, staunch veteran of uncountable races, pedaling warily, knowing that the road was a long one. Experienced Eddie Madden and Bobby Walthour, too. let the young up-and-comers snatch the first kudos. There were Dutchmen, Frenchmen, Italians, Poles, Irishmen and Jews, with names like Lacquehay, Georgetti, Goosens, Stockelynch, Keller, Kockler...
Round and round they went; McNamara took the lead, held it for hours. Then, out of a jam of swirling pedals, Coburn and Petri flashed, lapped the field, replaced McNamara. The semihysterical incidents that accompany all endurance contests began to crop up. Three riders were arrested, charged with being "public nuisances." They hurried to court, while their partners kept their places in the flying scrum. A magistrate quite properly dismissed the case...
...McNamara was out in front again. It was the 125th hour and the end was just around a few thousand more corners...
...three other men who scored for Harvard were L. J. Novograd '27, who placed fourth; L. B. R. Barker '26, sixth; and Edward Gordon '27, seventh. The first five runners for Holy Cross were Gallant, Murphy, Hand, Deane, and McNamara, in that order...
Moons sank, suns rose. After six days, the winners: Reggie McNamara, Australian "iron man," and Pete Van Kempen, of Holland; 2,368 mi., 5 laps, 1,057 points for sprinting. Second place: Bobby Walthour Jr., of Georgia, and Franco Georgetti, of Italy. Third: Marcel Buysse and Alphonse Goosens, of Belgium...