Judge — February 25, 1928 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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Liberty Number of Judge Allez-Oop- Boom! Six-Day Bicycle Riding as the National Sport of Holland An Article by Hexray Wittiam HaANemMann (Reading time: It’s a short life.) ROBABLY the least re- P marked and the most out- standing fact about six-day bicycle riding is the preponder- ance of Dutch names among the contestants, Dutch names like Goosens, Van Ploenk, Van de Ooye, Staats, Kaempfurt, jens, Van Duyn, Rogoort, Finne- gan and Camparelli. Fans of the six-day grind have grown so accustomed to the sound of these names that none of them have ROUNDING Djeasir ous hairpin turn between Onderdonk utter indifference of the old their way to the Ra s Koorf, the marks ger half distance n. Note the They are on shaus to get a bunch of rats, tical. In its finished condition, it was at once seen to have two distinct ad- vantages over skates, ice or roller. First, it could be used on the dykes and canal paths all the year around, und second, you could sit down and t somewhere at the same time. The new vehicle of transportation ICONTINUED ON PAGE 26) ants to pick a few daisies (Center picture) Jan Pieter S sand a friend (Gloria Skipperke H—one of the earlier bicycles. When this pictur Strabismus had not yet hit upon the idea of adding wheels to his inve thought (at least none of them by ice-skate (sljtshuh) over such have ever been known to think) periods of time when they were cov- “why?” The simple truth of the ered with ice (ijs). He matter is to be found in the homely — ignoring the possibilities Holland proverb: “Scratch a six-day bike rider and you'll find a Dutch- ing through several transitional man.” stages, the bicycle was announced in Of necessity a country wherein the 1704 by Mynheer Strabismus as prac- tenuous resources must be developed to the utmost, Holland is responsible therefore, of the roller- ate, set about inventing the bicycle. for the invention of the bicycle. In Jan Pieter Strabismus, inventor of Six-Day 1701 it came to the mind of Jan Bicycle Racing *(also inventor of Tatting Pieter Strabismus (1674-1748) - of and Doughnuts), throwing out the first . hee iiss beer bottle at the first six-day race Gouda that the canals of Holland td tod Sonn len Heo Yok. (old) Madison Square Garden, N w York, February 31st, 1863. were only available to transportation 12 1 comicbooks.com s