The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-03
An ACCIDENT TO BEDELL'S
WHEEL MARRIED TEAM RACE
On Home Stretch, While Root and John We're
Fighting 1t Out, Chain Broke and the Little
Blond Filler Crossed Tape with Kramer Mex.

and Root in the order named. At the end Of
the second iap each Splinter was on his
partners wheel and riding. side by side
They rode that way for the next lap, keep
Ing near the top OF The track all the time.
BY this time they had increased their
speed and were riding at a good gait.
Oh the first turn Of the fifth lap Root
jumped and Fosler was after him. In A
! second Kramer set sail, followed BY Bedell.
AS they crossed the tape for the final lup
Root was leading. with Fogler, Kramer and
Bedell on his rear wheel. strung out in
Indian file. Kramer tried 20 go by Fosler
on the stretch or the outside, but the latter
rode him high. As they founded into the
nome stretch Root sat up, and Fogler Nas
leading Kramer by a full wheels length.
The champion rapidly made up the distance
in the stretch and forced fogler to the
limit, but was not quite able to pass him.
las they flew across the tape Fogler was
leading by about half an inch according 10
the Judges. Had The race been declared a
dead heat the verdict would have been
The men lined up i'm the same position
for the second heat and Kramer appeared
on the track with a determined look on
his face. He was out TO win. and he did
I He made Eogler 20 faster than he ever
went before and the champion won by a
half wheels length. The second heat was
exactly like the first for the first three
laps, and then things happened rapidly;
On the fourth lap both Root and Bedell
jumped and each had their partners on
a lap and when the bell rang Root and
his partner were a wheel and a half to
the. good. Kramer got away, from Bedell
and set out for Fogler, who was iding
like mad. On the side of the track OPP
posite the graiadstand Kramer made a
jump. and as Fogler was looking over his
shoulder all the time, Kramer caught him
mapping and came up even on the outside
| Kramer caught Fogler on the second turn
and then the real fight began. As they
rounded into the stretch Fogler had the
pole and Kramer was on the outside.
When they entered the stretch Kramer
jumped and so did Fogler, but the latter
was unable to cop with the champions
speed and Kramer flashed across the tape
a winner by over a half wheels length.
Root was third and John Bedell fourth
Hill and AL Halstead were the four that
qualified for the final in the Austria ian Dur-
suit race. III the final the men drew for
positions and started from these marks:
Rupprecht. scratch. f. Hill, 10 yards and
II foot; Hunter, 146 yards and Q feet, and
Halstead, 219 yards. Rupprecht proved to
be the better plugger Of the four, and won
laps. At the end of q mile Hill caught
Hunter at the tape, and on the ninth lap
Rupprecht forced Hill out of the race. From
then OIL until the finish the race was be-
tween Rupprecht and Halstead. The lat
ter was unable to stand the grind, and at
the end of three miles and two laps Rup-
precbt caught Halstead at the tape, which
won him first prize.
The
Half-mile Handicap (amateur)-Won by
LOUIS owens, TNaliOndi IuTHSIS. 40 FuS.,
second, William Wichner. East Newark
A. A., 70 yds.. third, J. Mesigal, Chicago,
60 yds; fourth. Walter Sehlee. New Jer-
sey Naval Reserves. 20 yds. Time, I'M.
l 1-3s.
Team Match professional, one-mile heats
between Frank Kramer and John Bedell
against Eddie Root and Joseph Fogler)-
First heat won by Joe Fogler; second.
Frank Kramer: time SIN. 401-5s. Second
heat won by Frank Kramer; second. Joe
Foeler. Third beat won by Eddie Root;
second, Frank Kramer. The race was won
by Root and Fogler.
Australian Pursuit Race-,Won by Eddie
Rupprecht, Newark; second. AL Halstead,
San Francisco, Cal. third, Fred Hill. Bos-
ton; fourth, Jimmy Hunter. Newark. Time,
I'M. AS lbs. Distance. 3m. Flaps.
Five-Mile Open amateur)-Won by
Jacob Magin. National Turner's; second,
Carl L. Adams, Montclair: third, Percy o.
Lawrence, San Francisco; fourth. William
vandep. Dries. New York A. c. Time,
lin. AZ 2-5s.
Two-mile Handicap (professionaD-won
by Fred. Hill, Boston, 15O yds; second. Al
Halsteaa San francisco. Cal. 1870 yds,
third. Tommie Smith, Newark. 23e yds.;
fourth, Frank j. Calvin, New Milford,
Conn, $50 yds. Time, Am. IS lbs.