The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-05
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN
LAWSON KEATS KRAMER nv RACE
ar TAILSBURG.

Champion Loses Two Straight Heats--No
| Police Interference Does 2S
Miles I'm - Minutes and 40 Seconds
, in the staten Island Road Race.
Again yesterday at the Vailsburg cycle
track liver Lawson defeated Frank krnmer
In two heats out of three in mile race. just
as he beat him there on Memorial Day,
4 Kramer and Lawson met In n match team
race. best two out Of three heats. Though
nominally n team race, 1t was understood by
all that Fem, who was Kramer's team maze.
and Mcfarland, who was paired with Law
son. were In the race only 10 do the donkey
work" of pulling the other two
: In the first heat. Fem led the way into the
stretch, towing Kramer. Mcfarland pulled
F! Lawson TIP until he was on even terms with
the champion. and then Fem and McFar-
land both quit After a desperate brush
Lawson won by aboue foot. Kramer seeming
to weaken In the last few yards
In tho second heat Lawson's victory was
due largely to clever head work by MoFar-
land. This time Kramer tackled on behind
Lawson, who was following McFarland's
wheel. Fem meantime riding what one OBJ
server called nit exclusion" around the out
side In the stretch. Mcfarland jumped sud-
denly, and pulled Lawson away from the
champion and then pulled out when it was too
late for Kramer to catch up. and Lawson won
by a length.
There were apprehensions Of police inter-
ference ut the races and the crowd OF 1000
was a small one for vailsburg. but nothing
happened to Indicate that the Mayor meant
to stop the sport
In the f1ve-mile handicap there was seen
one Of the cleverest bits OF strategy ever
worked out on q track The scratch men
were choked back by the ffty-yard men
and the limit men. riding hard. overlook
, the scratch riders Mcfarland. who was at
| the back OF the scratch bunch, got In front OF
| the limit men and slowed the limit men down
| so gradually and cleverly that they were not
aware OF what was going on until they were
! fifty yards behind the scratch men again.
Thsn the handicap king" jumped suddenly
away and overlook the scratch men. and
the long markers were unable to follow MIN.
| Kramer worked as pacemaker for Fem in
this race and slowed up in the stretch. Law
son was working alone. bus was too fast for
| Fem at the finish.
Another feature Of the day was the making
-, good of Oliver Dorlon. the novice who won
| horse and buggy In the big handicap at Man
haitian Beach a week ago. DorIon was put
! back from the lT5 yards he had at the two
mile event at the Beach to % yards in the
! one-miIs race yesterday, but he went to
| the front as he did on the seaside course,
, won his heat handily and finished third in the
final
One third Mile Novice-Won by J.. D. Brown;
! Fast Orange, Harry Becker, Brooklyn, second
| c. jackson, S. $. A. A.. New York. third. Time
one naIf Mile Professional Handicap Won by
| Floyd Krebs Newark, 20 yards: Il. F. Root Boston,
yards second: WaIter sSarage. Buffalo ~ ord 80
| fourth. Time, 81 6 seconds.
! One half MIle--Amateur, Open-Won by Teddy
Slngon w. nssonSs James a,o aSnes
| third: Walter Smith. Brooklyn, fourth. Time.
minute seconds. -
lawson, Salt Lake City. scratch; W: s. Fem, Water
bury, Conn, scratch. second; John Bedcil, Ign
brook. /; L. iSo yards, fourth, Time ii minutes
gs-% n esaa s ssss Sss
Va. Frank Kramer and W. $. Fem. First heat
By lawson: Kramer. second: Fem; third Time
son: Kramer second; Mcfarland. third. Time
minutes 70 seconds y,,. u,.,, -. oo...
, Goerke. n A; G, Brooklyn 40 Yards: Il r. ChapIey,
n 4. c.. Brooklyn, 40 yards, fourth. Time
| new and remarkably fast course for
25-nile road race was developed yes
tsrday when the first annual contest Of the
Road Racing Association with the. cooperation
Of the Century Road Club Association, The
, course ia over the new Southern Boulevard
Grant City and going to Tottenville and back.
4. record o. IS minutes 20, seconds was
made over this course YESTERDAY by Charles
Mock who won the time prize in the
race This IL faster time than any course in
the vicinity of New York has Yielded. al
though the record for the ne. distance is q min
| nell over a straightaway course at Buffalo
! The race yesterday, although an initial
was fast and free from obstruction. and there
! was only one man hurt severely. He was
/ j. Il. Anderson OF the Calumet Cyclers. who
tended by DR.. Griffin OF the {. Il. G.. A: and
| a. soon as he learned that he had finished
twelfth and would get prize he said it was
| all right so long as he had not been hurt
There were fifty-two entries for the race
and thirty-nne riders started At 200 2 clock
| As the race was twelve and q half miles and
back. it was not spectacular and the crowd
was small. AZ the start the sane thing hap
ay g. as X ssrach got w Taf ha
! three minute bunch, and after the race was
over they had 70 be vet back that much an, in
| f eighth Wander Dries twelfth and
| Werlich fifteenth but they were moved back
| as shown in the summary
| Millburn. fell with three other scratch mon
! soon after the start and broke his wheel
The winner Of the raGe and and tn" second man
the first race for each Of them. They, I'm
ished in a beautiful sprint and crossed the
| tape So nearly even that the decision was
given to sloane by tire width. schwab
protested but after A meeting Of the judges
| Il was decided that he had lost first place by
the narrowest of margins Mock. who won
the time prize, Is veteran road rider \.
Wander Dries Won second time prize and q.
Werlich third. II. y, Adee was referee.
order Of Hdop. Net time.
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