New-York tribune., 1910-04-04
NEWARK SEASON OPENS STEIN DEFEATS KRAMER
Champion Beaten al Vallsburg
Opening Bicycle Races.

Five thousand cycle race enthusiasts
turned out yesterday for the opening mee-
of the season on the Vaiisburg cycle track
in Newark, and watched c. ". Stein, "t
Brooklyn. win the 5000 first prize in the
Veiodrorna Handicap from IA field that m
clIdcd Frank Kramer. the American cham
pion. Iver Lawson rode in one Of the trial
heats but did not qualify for the final
John H. Valentine who viii be referee ~
NausburE this ason. intends 10 put stop
To rough riding tactics and suspended 20
ward Rupprecht- OF Newark, ;or thirty
days. after he had caused bad spill lG d
heat % the big handicap.
A dozer riders qualified for the hnai hea5
of The Veiodrome Handicap. with its H. g
p-izcr Of S20u. 500 s75. $50 and SIS
stein. West and Menus Bedeu. on the -,
50 ard 100 yard marks and Kramer. Root
and Hchir. on tho scratch. 50 and 90 yard
ularks. soon had the race among them
Kramer and the other two short markei 5
made desperate efforts to eaten the tro
out in front. but could not succeed. Bedeil
sat up before the last lap. as did iIehir.
Stein raced away from West on tho last
turn and won by three lengths The besl
kramer could do was 10 fniss fourtE.
dozen lengths back Of stein. wh.;c Naponi
secured third place.
Jumbo" Wells. a New Zealander. and
Albert Crebs Of the Mormon capital. made
their first appearances in the professional
events. Three new amateurs. Philip
Wright. of salt Lake City. and Fred Nc
Carthy ana Chris. ScheIler. both of san
Francisco. also made their debut at Walls
burg. Wright was second in H7at Of the
handicap. but was disqualified for going
through on the pole Mccarthy bumped
into another rider I'm the fourth mile of the
flve-nile open. and nineteen riders alto
Eother were thrown before the field settled
down. Luckily. none Of them was injured
Maurice Van den Dries sigralized his
first appearance as a member Of the New
York Athletic Club by defeating William
Coburn in the half-mile amateur handicap.
Peer and MaEin. both Of the Newark Turn
Verejn Wheelmen. finished first and second
in the fve-mile open after the field had
been cut in two by the tumbles. Fred Hill
won the professional invitation race from
Peter Drobach by a narrow margin.
The summaries follow.
One-miIe novice-Won by n. MscDoussIj.
Newark; PS1rt Turtiu. East Orange, second
Time 2:55is
Quarter-mile invitation oprofeSSiouaD- by
Fred HILL Boston; Perez prohsch. E"ston. 500
ond Charles II stein. Brooklyn. third: Teddy
Ellington. Nailshurg fourth Time, o.29's
Half mile handicap tamateur,- Won bv Nau.
rice Van den Dries. New York 4 - 30 yarrfsl:
William tChUU. Newark ,6J yardsi second.
Jerome Steinert. HtcksviUe, Long Island t2n
yardsl. third. Time. 0.5a
Five-mils open tsmsteur)-Wou by Courtney
Peer. Newark 7. Y w. Jacob Nsgin. Newark
r Y. ". second. " Adams Newark. third:
William Eoburn, Newark. fourth: Jerome stein
err. HIcksville Long Island. NTH Time II %
Lap prize winner. Adams
Nelodrcme handicap Cone mile. professionally
Won 10y charles II. stein. BROOKLYN 90 yarfs,.
Fred 9 West san Francisco $50 yarist second. I.
,ario Nan,r1t Italy 115 Yards. third; Frank l..
Kramer. East Orange scratch fourth y =
Root. Boston go yards fifth. Tim, .577.