New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-06
WILLS AND KRAMER
VTcTORS At THE GARDEN.
Cro.cd Packs Building to See Cycte
Cham pions Race.

Albert E Wills of England. and Frank Kramer.
Of East Orange. y !. were the stars at last
nights bicycle races in Madison Square Garden
The American defeated Victor Dupre. OF France
and Major Taylor. the negro rider, Of worcester
Mass in the three-cornered special professional
race. while wills downed Robert Walthour IN a
ten-nle motor paced race.
The batter was the last event on the programme.
end it proved q disappointment. After riding seven
laps during which he had lost fifteen yards
Nalthour STEPPED. claiming that a tire was de-
fective. A change was made but the officials al
lowed the little Briton the ffteen-yard advantage
he had gained
Shortly after ire fresh start Wills began to gain,
but sfIer creeping Up TO within forty yards of his
Representatives had started opposite sides OF
the rrack-Walrhou- let out link and kept his
rival from drawing any closer This order was
maintained until the pair had gone four miles ano
eight lsps when Walthour got puncture ana
had to stop asain. The change resulted in his
losing nearly mile
That Of course settled the race. but the second
Jimmy Michael gave his quarter. and
never letting M in the terrific pace. Tapped him
several times moro. so tnat when Wills had Gov
cred the ten miles Walthour had gone only eight
miles and eight laps The winners time was Il
minutes 2s-5 seconds
II was . regular bicycle crowd-that Is. of the
six-dav variety. Practically ali the seats were oc-
e-,sped by o'clock and in addition 10 this the
noo- srace inside the track contained solid mass
Of humanity Tie usual attractions. consisting OF
ri
other features were offered for approval
Tbs track itself looks much the same as the for
re- ssucerlile affairs used for bicycle racing only
that the present oval said to be an Improvement
over al Others. Slightly wider stretches are cal
cuiated give the sprinters more OF a chahCe 10
develop top speed
That the crowd WAS there to see bicycle races
end not z vaudeville show was demonstrated by
young America hcwling down one OF the vocaIists
when h attempted 10 sing popular song between
heath The impression seemed 10 be that with the
songster quiet more might be got out Of the an
nouncer
Probably few athletic contests ever held in the
Garden have created more widespread interest than
this wears annual meeting. which began with the
short distance races last night The presence OF
so MANY foreign riders has caused Holland to be
represented by q man connected with a Stockholm
newspaper He came 10 America especially to re-
port the races
The first heat OF the three-cornered professional
race between Kramer. Taylor and Dupre resulted in
? decisive victory for Kramer. At the crack of the
gun the American champion jumped away IN the
lead closely followed by Dupre, with Taylor bring
ing up the rear. They continued in this order for
laps when Taylor set sail for the leader, and,
although the Ma 5or" managed TO pass the French
man. he never succeeded in getting level with
Kramer. who hanGily by q length and a half,
with Dupre about the distance behind Taylor.
The time : minute SIS seconds.
The second heat Of the tlreecornered professional
developed into leaf for the first half Of the dis
tance. Dupre leading. with Kramer second and Tay-
Ior again trailing. The latter made jump going
into the sixth lap and passed Kramer, but when he
essayed 10 get by Dupre the Frenchnan put on suf-
icient speed 10 keep in front
Kramer then made . determined effort 10 assume
command. but after riding the extreme outside
for two laps. gave 1t up hopeless, and Dupre,
maintaining his advantage. won by length from
Taylor. The time slow.
The distance OF the decisive heat decided by
The toss Of coin, and when DuDre Won the toss he
selected the mile. At The start Taylor took the
lead, closely followed by Kramer. with Dupre last
At the end Of the first lap however, Dupre took
command with Taylor second There appeared TO
be understanding between the negro AMI the
Frenchman. and the question at put by many
was whether Kramer would be able TO cope
successfully against this handicap
The champion brought the crowd its feet by
making . jump the half. ana, although his com
eetitors made effort keep in front, the East
Orange flyer pedaled so fast that he passed both
OF them. Dulre and Taylor then did their utmost
10 wear the champion down. but the trio fairly
few round and round The relative positions re
NAMED unchanged. and Kramer Won by a scant
length from Dupre. with Taylor poor third. The
time rs Is.
Considerable time wasted in wading through
numerous trial heats the Quarter-uile open and
the half-Inile handicap for amateurs only win
l,ers of the trials in the halfniIe allowed to
start in the final heat. AS general thing the
baok-rnarkers had difficult time in getting
through.
The te-rni1e open professional race brought out a
large field Of cracks. With a view TO having the
men set e lively pace throughout the management
offered 2 humber OF special prizes There was
SO for the man leading at the end Of the most
laps and the leaders at every mile were also re-
warded with $40 sJiDends.
Peter T1robach came within of gaining a
lap On the neld, but when the others awakened
70 what was going on they set sail and by good
racing soon o1erhauled the Bostonian- Floyd Mac
Farland Of san jose, with Eddie Root a
close second
lanes F Moran of Chelsea, Mass. won the lap
rrize leading on thirty-two occasions The leaders
81 the end Of the different miles were Norman NJ
Anderson Denmark: George c Cameron, New
York: p r Logan Boston; Carlo Vancni, Italy;
T)rabach. Logan. c L HOLSTER, Salt Lake City,
and Logan
The summaries follow:
Tnree-oornered match race (professionsFiTst heat
Eonehaif mile won by Frank L Kramer East orange
pr.res Paris France third Tine, 1-o7%- Second heat
fore Dupree, Taylor secono ana
rCrsnaer. rupree Taylor third Time, ZZ-s
Tsn-rnie open (prcfessionall-Nton by FLOYD A Mac
Fsrland san jose. Cal. z F Roo, ErooE!yn- second
George Nlsy Syracassss, 5slro' George e Oal' Ne"
Cne-ouzr1er mile open arnatelrlFinal heat won by
Al FEalstese Sacramento. Cal William Nanderdries
N.D work 4 c second: Adam Beyeruan, National A c.
TrootIxr Time 0-32-
CJne-half mile Caandtcsp anateurFinaI heat won by
is-nsbrsdke 90 yards seco1d Herman Heinz Ne" YORK
ward wills London England, paced by Charles aTVille
Rotert A wsithcJ-. Atlanta, Ca, second, paced by @
Larson. Tine, a. OK