Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-24

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 T. J. Gascoyne, England. l Z 5 T Mcfarland, San Jose. 0 l 5 ,
 Tom Butler, Cambridge. 0 0 l
 Ed Hausman New Haven 0 0 l l
 Al Newhouse, Buffalo. 0 l 1 Totals .l6S S2 S3 333 33535
 Following is the record of the eight
 different distances competed for Each
 one being championship to the
 holder:
 Distce Ridden at Date. Won by Time
 1-4 mile Boston 9-6 Taylor A 2-5
 1-3 mile Springfield S-29 Taylor :56 l-5
 1-2 mile Mad. Sqre S-23 Lawn l:Ol 2-5
 2-3 mile Hartford S-5 k'm'r 3.2S 2-5
 l mile Worcester 7-12 Fis'er 2:3S 1-5
 miles Boston 9-6 Fenn 4:20
 miles Hartford 9-16 k'mrl0:55 2-5
 10 miles Buffalo SIT La'n 23:17
 Other meets have recorded ridiculous time, for instance in the one mile at Providence, August 2S. Lawson won from Kramer in 5:55. Still slower was a half-mile at Manhattan Beach, when Kramer beat out Collett in 5:02. These two races were the record of the sea son for loafing. Such riding, though, has it's good points, for it shows the tricks of the game and two riders jock eying for position on the steep banked tracks now in style calls for a thor ough knowledge of handling a bicycle, and is certainly clever exhibition to q spectator It also varies the monotony of program with other open and han dicap races on that are run off in rec ord time, so that between these three styles of sprint racing the public now sees all there is in the popular sport.
 Champion Kramer has been a most persistent rider throughout the season, competing in thirty-five meets and scoring in thirty against competition of the keenest kind and riding during a period of three weeks or so when he was none too strong, having received injuries in this city July 16, of such nature that the N. c. A. board had him excused from all races except a na- tional circuit for points, unless he felt inclined to compete.
 Marshall Taylor, better known as Major" is found running next to Kramer, thereby relinquishing his title of champion. This, however, is not due so much to his inability to win races as it is to another element known as Hard Luck" He has been visited with all sorts of mishaps, the most serious occurring at Hartford, September 16 when he broke his toe clip in the last lap of the five mile circuit race. Had he won, and his chances were good, he would have tied Kramer at 72 points, Instead. he finished third, also run ming his chances to retain his title.
 The ''Major" returned from Europe July with record showing that he had defeated all the best men there, and out of series of twenty-four match races ridden between April s and June 24 he was victor in IS, losing but six, and twice winning from tan dem teams. On the day he landed here he went from the steamer direct to Manhattan Beach and rode mile ex- hibition, paced by motor, in 1:36, with out the least preparation whatever. No wonder he went home to Worcester to rest, refusing by reason of a fresh vaccination and stomach trouble to join the circuit until3 July IS. From that time on he rode i'll twenty three of the thirty-Seyen meets sustaining in- juries twice under conditions that bor- dered on the verge of unfair compe- | tition by the other riders. He was the victim of spills at Boston and | New York and was fouled at Buffalo, | his protesting being, it is claimed by | him, disregarded. When it is consider | ed that he divides his winnings with | no man, nor teams up with anyone, as | the others do, the reason for his un- popularity by circuit riders is quickly | detected.
 lyer Lawson, who is third in the | standing, is another whirlwind, having recently returned from Australia, where he gathered up the title of one mile champion last spring. He joined | the circuit at Syracuse, August l, at | once looming up as livery dark horse, keeping Kramer and Taylor on the jump all the time, competing in twen- ty-five meets and winning in seven teen of tkem. On this circuit he cap- tured the ten-mile race at Buffalo, and won the fastest half mile August 23 in New York. In addition to these performances he holds two handicap records made from scratch at Salt Lake City, and is considered by a great many followers of the racing game as the fastest sprinter in the world Like Taylor he divides no money and wins his races without the collision of any one.
 George II. Collett of this city has worked up to seventh place in the and has shown great speed since August ,. Up to that time he had only two points in the standing, but after an injured foot thoroughly heal ed he worked into mid-season form rapidly and began to win with regu- arity. In the handicap events he be- gan.the season with sixty yards on the mile, but was gradually cut down to twenty, going to show that he was a factor in all races.
 The appended list shows the total ,ash won by the men on the point aces only. This amount is probably at about 30 per cent of cash competed for in handicaps and lap aces as well as special match races Il which all of the riders are entered: crank Kramer ............ .Sl ,S31 5O Taylor ............ 1,250 co yer Lawson ................ 1,150 % w. S. Fenn ............ 625 0O ]. T. Fisher ............ 400 % Lester Wilson ......... 300 co