The Jersey City news., 1902-07-14
Rode a Great Race at Walls
burg Yesterday and Car
ried OF Big Event.
KRAMER STARTS WELL
Begins N. 9. A.. Circuit Wi I
a Victory-Gives Promise
Of Repeating Last
Years Perfor-
nance.

Marcus Hurley, of New York, swept
everything before him again yesterday
at the regular Sunday afternoon bicycle
race meet on the board track at Vails-
burg. The crowd of 5000 persons
cheered him wildly as he sped first
across the tape at the finish in the half
mile open and the five-mile handicap.
He was about FIVE wheels length
ahead in the half-mile and won the FIVE
mile BY inches, Schlee and Glasson press
ing him closely. Glasson was the only
other scratch man in the bunch of win
hers.
Delner established new novice rec
ord. His time was 32 10 seconds. The
best previous time-32 2-5 seconds
was made at Vailsburg two weeks age
by Joe Orlando, Vailsburg boy. De
Palma, of Brooklyn, an outsider on the
local track, won the half-mile profes-
sional handicap with ease.
One of the prettiest finishes ever seen
on the track was in the two-mile .spro. 7
Kramer won, with Bedell and Kimble
tlanking him, and neither more than a
wheels length behind. There were about
forty riders in this race They got off
at a rolling start in four lunches, and
there was some lively scrambling fol
places before they had well settled down
for work. Joe Rockowith, of New York
with handicap of 200 yards, won the
prize offered for the winner Of the great
est number of laps in the fiye-mile anna
teur.
Eddie Eald rode strongly in the two
mile PRE-" hut apparently made toe
hard a try to be in the lead at the END
of each lap. Only one lap went to his
credit. In this race 10 points went te
the winner of each lap, IS to the man in
the lead at the finish, 40 to the second
man, 25 to the third, Is to the fourth
and 10 to the fifth.
The summaries
Quarter Mile. Novice-Won by Joe
Delner, of Winfield; Hardy jackson, oi
New York, second; Arthur People, Of
New York, third. Time-32 1-5 sec
onds.
Half Mile. Amateur-Wo by Marcus
Hurley. of New York; Teddy Ellington
of Vailsburg, second; George Glasson
of Newark, third; Mike Coffey, of New
ark, fourth. Time min. 2-5 sec.
Half Mile, Professional, Handicap
Won by Ralph De Palma, of Brooklyn
go YARDS; T. ]. Grady. Of Chicopee, (5t
yards1, second; John BedeH, of I4ynbrook
L. /. go YARDS, third; Menus Bedell. oi
Lynbrook go yards), fourth; Floyt
Krebs, of Newark 40 YARDS, fifth. Tim.
Sc 4-5 seconds.
Five Miles, Amateur, Handicap-Wo
by NJ. L. Hurley, of New York (scratch)
Charles Schlee. of Newark go yards)
second; George Glasson, of Newark
(scratcM, third; C. G.. Cameron, Jr.. o.
New York d50 yards, fourth. Time
II min. Is sec.
Two Miles. PROFESSIONALISM b,
Franz Kramer, of East Orange; Johi
Bedes of Lynbrook. second; Owen Kim
BILE, of Louisville. third; Iver Lawson
OF Salt Lake City, fourth; John Fisher
of Chicago, fifth. Time min. II sec.
Saturday night Howard Freeman wor
the ten-mile motor-paced race from
George Leander, of Chicago, at the Coli
scum seven-lap board track. Leandel
was unable to make up the handical
caused by a puncture. The second hea
was the best race ever seen on the loca
track. The last lap was made in
minute 25 1-5 seconds. The two thou
sand spectators stood up and cheered
Fred ST. Clair was leading in the single
motor dash when the oil-hose parted
putting him out of business.
Lawson won both heats, the first in
minutes Al 1-5 seconds; second in 4 min
utes % As seconds.
Three Mile Tandem Motor Race
Thompson and BoaSe, of Canada. wol
the first heat in 4 minutes 46 Is sec
onds.
Ten-mile Professional Motor-pacet
Heat Race-Howard Freeman. won TIL
first heat in 10 minutes seconds. ant
the second III IA minutes Al 2-5 seconds
Thefirst race in the circuit series fo
the national professional bicycle cham
pionship half-imle event was run on til,
Revere track Saturday night and wa
Won by Frank Kramer, Of East Orange
N. J
William Martin and f. s. Beauchamp
who same from Australia to partieipat
in the circuit races, failed to qualify il
the semi-fnals. Kramer won the fina
handily.
The summary ~
Half Mile National Championship
Won hy Frank Kramer, East Orange
N. D.. George III. Collett, New Haven
Conn, second; e. G. Bald. Buffalo, N
", third. Time 90 s3-5 seconds.
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