Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-03
WITH THE WlHEELMEN.
Lawson Defeats Kramer ait Manhattan
Beach.


liver Lawson wrested the lead from
Frank Kramer in the national profes-
sional circuit cycle championship at
the Manhattan Beach track Saturday.
The present champions downfall oc-
Cured in mile race, wthic-4 also car
ried with it the one-mile championship
OF the year. Previous to Saturdays
race the championship score by points
stood: Kramer, IL; Lawson, TO-; John
Bedell, Bardgett and Fem, each.
With the places won Saturday went
double points, under the rules, 1T be-
ing a championship race also for the
distance. After its shaking up the
table read: Lawson. 20; Kramer, IS;
Fem. 5; Mcfarland, 4; John BedeM
and Bardgett. 8 each.
The race was run in four trial heats,
two gemifnals and a final, the first
and second in each qualifying for the
next series. Fem and Kramer and
Lawson and Mcfarland, who quail
fed for the final, were announced as
paired, teaning also being permissible
in championship races. Fem went
away in the lead, followed by Kramer,
Mcfarland and Lawson in order. In
the middle of the backstretch Fem
sailed away with Kramer. Mcfarland
was on the alert and was quickly on
even terms with Kramer.
The champion led into the stretch
by a nalf length. Lawson went after
struggle between this years rivals en-
sued up the stretch. Lawson got over
the line an inch or two in front of the
champion. Mel arIand, who was hall
a length back, beat Fem by foot for
third place.
The ten-mile professional handicap
was sensational. In the fifth mile
Menus Bedell jumped the field, which
had punched at four miles. For two
miles Bedell rode in the lead. Lake
then sprinted away, caught him AMI
alternated pace with him. In the
eighth mile Lake weakened and left
Bedell to go it alone, 200 yards in the
lead. The lap before the bell Root
set out to chase the runaway. It
made an interesting unpaced match.
Root failed to reach Beden by ten
yards. The pack was forty feet be-
hind him. Mcfarland pulled Lawson
by Fem, who had had the towing SER.
vices of Kramer. and captured third
money for himself and fourth for his
mate.
Marcus Hurley, the champion, cap
trred both of the amateur events, the
half mile open handily, but the two
mile handicap only after hard chase
in fast time.
Though both of them failed to evolve
as winners Of either Of the bicycle races
yrrI1 io11 cd OF he
bicycle tracks yesterday, the battles
between Frank Kramer and Iver Law
son We're regarded by the spectators as
containing the real interest of the after
Moons sport. The meeting of the two
closely matched rivals drew a crowd of
5000 to the meet
The third of a mile professional,
open, fell to Willie Fem, a strong rider
on a rough dirt track. Fem made a
long sprint. led into the stretch, was
never headed and won by length and
a half. Lawson followed Fem up TO
the stretch and Kramer failed in his
pursuit of his rival by two feet
Walter Bardgett ran away with the
ten-n1ile handicap just as Menus BedelI
had done with a similar race at Man
haitian Beach the day before. Jump
ing out for lap money in the ninth
mile, no one chased him seriously and
he went on and won by the length OF
the stretch. In the final sprint of the
bunch Lawson passed Kra-
mer and beat him by length and a
half.
Teddy Ellington won the two-third
mile amateur open named after him
self. Joe Fog1er. a fast improving
Brooklynite. scored neat win over the
cracks in the final brush of the two
mile amateur handicap