Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-01
WITH TIE NHEELMEN.
Fenn Beats Out a Big Field On
 the Vailsburg Track.

He Comes Through the Bunch for the
 Home Stretch and Beats Kramer
 Three Lengths-Harry Bikes Defeats
 Jimmy Moran in Boston-Jimmy
 Michael was the Winner Over Pierce
 and Linton-Kramer Breaks a
 World Record in the Five Mile Hand
 icap-Bob Walthan Winner.
 W. S. Fenn, the former amateur champion, beat Frank Kramer by three lengths in the five mile handicap at the Vailsburg bicycle track yesterday Kra- mer beat the worlds record, finishing ill 1929 2-5. Twenty-seven men start ed in the contest and twenty-three took part in the sprint to the tape. The field closed sevral times, but was torn asunder by what resembled greatly ex pert team work on the part of the Co burn brothers. The scratch men final ly put a stop to the work. Kramer, Cooper and a number of others chang ed about pace for lap after lap. Gas coyne, the English champion, made himself popular by frequent bursts of speed. Kramer led the sprint enter ing in the last lap, closely followed by Freeman. In the backStretch Fem came through with burst of speed and won the race. The time of the contest was 1U.29 2-5; the time of Kra- mer 1929 3-5, and the former record was 10.45, made by Mcfarland. Kra- mer won the half mile open in which Wilson, another ex-amateur, beat Coop CT at the tape. Marcus Hurley was again the best of the amateurs.
 Quarter mile, novice-Won by o. Perrin, South Amboy; John Brady, Newark, second. Time .34 1-5.
 We're stakes; quarter mile, amateur Won by NJ. L. Hurley, Boston; Walter Bardgett, Buffalo, second; NJ. T. Dove, New York, third; Edwin Ellington, Vailsburg, fourth. Time .33 4-5.
 Half mile open, professional-Wo by Frank Kramer, East Orange; Les ter Wilson, Pittsburg, second; Tom Cooper, Detroit, third; Hardy Down ing, San Jose. fourth. Time 1.13.
 Three-covered match race; best two in three; mile heats-First heat-Won by Marcus l.. Hurley, Boston; Charley Schlee, Newark, second; Edwin Billing ton, yailsburg, third. Time 2.05. Sec ond heat and race-Won by Marcus Hurley, Charley Schlee, second; Edwin Ellington, third. Time 2.1S.
 Floyd Mcfarland handicap; five miles-Won by w. s. Fem, Waterbury, 100 yards; Frank Kramer, East Orange, scratch, second; H. B. Freeman, Port land Ore, 50 yards, third; J. P. Jacob son, New Haven, POO yards, fourth; Hardy Downing, San Jose, 15O yards, fifth. Time 1929 2-5. Winners of lap prizes-Lou Coburn, $5; Al Gurey, $4; H. E. Bleecker, $3; J. Coburn, $2; o. V. Babcock, $2; D. c. Hausman, $1; Char lie Hadfield, $1; George Collett, S1.
 Thunderbolt handicap,J half mile, amateur-W by Walter Bargett, Buff falo, ten yards; Charles Garrabrant, Paterson, fifty yards, second; Warren Zurbrick, Buffalo, fiften yards, third ; Thomas Firth, Harrison, forty yards, fourth. Time .5S 4-5.
 Boston, July 1.-Harry Bikes defeat ed Jimmy Moran Saturday night at the Revere eightlap track, in a one hour contest which proved to be the pretti- est motor paced race seen around Bos- ton for many seasons. Bikes covered thirty-six miles and two laps within the hour and had Moran Tapped six times | before the finish. The latter rode thir- | ty-fiye miles and two laps in the hour. | The race was hot one from the start and it looked several times as though Moran would be the winner The men made standing start from opposite sides of the track. Miles were reeled off on an average of 1:31 and one mile was covered in 1 :2S 2-5.
 Boston, July 1.-Jimmy Michael de- l feated Burns Pierce and Tom Linton I in twenty-five mile motor paced race at Charles River track Saturday night. l Michael covered the distance in 33:1O 2-5, defeating Pierce by half lap. Tom | Linton's motor went wrong and after | covering twenty miles he was called off :. the track, he being about two miles be- hind. The race was originally between l Michael Mcfarland and Linton. Me Farland was injured last week and could not ride and Johnny Nelson was billed to fill his place, but the little 1 Welshman frankly admitted that he thought Nelson was too strong for him and he refused to ride against him.
 Burns Pierce was substituted
 Philadelphia, July l. = Bobby Wal thour of Atlanta Saturday defeated Ar. thur w. Ross of Newark, N. J., in a 2o-mile motor-paced bicycle race on the Woodside park track. Walthour finished ill 3Sm 13 4-5s. Walthour led at every mile, and finished the last mile in I'm p 1-5s, which is said to be
 the fastest time ever made behind a motor car in 25-mile race. Walthours | time for the race also broke the Am. eFican record of 3S:33 2-5, made by l Walthour himself in Washington last
 Thursday. The previous best record
 was 39:24, held by William Stinson. Frank Kramer and Tom Cooper de n&A1 L1