New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
A TRIUMPH FOR KRAMER
Beats Clarke and Rutt in Hot
Cycle Race at Garden.
WINS IN STRAIGHT HEATS
American Champion Out]ockeys
Opponents-Fogler Captures
Ten Mile Open.

In the presence Of ten thousand wildly
cheering enthusiasts Frank Kramer. the
champion cyciist, outrode and outsener-
allied Jackie Clarke OF Australia, ana
Walter Rutt, of Berlin, his two keenes'
rivals, at Madison Square Garden last
night. Kramer won In straight heats.
Kramer's triumph Was all the more cred
table from the fact that he had TO fight
the other two, who appeared to have an
understanding At the outset puncture
to Rutt's tire necessitsted postponement
of the first section Of the contest This
was TO have been at a mile.
In the draw for positions Kramer got the
pole, with Clarke next and Rutt on the out
side At the gun Kramer got MS wheel
going first, and took the lead. with Rutt
next and the Australian trailing. They
moved slowly in this order for couple OF
Ia ps, when Rutt and Clarke moved up. get
ting the champion in q pocket, and just
as matters were becoming interesting Rutt
got a puncture, and the others seeing MIN
tumble at once stopped.
Half an hour later the trio lined UP again.
This time Kramer set the pace. 1t was ex-
tren1ely slow at the start, as none OF the
riders was In a hurry. When five laps had
been covered the order was Kramer. Clarke
and Rutt the same as at the start. BY
that time the pace had been increased, and
the riders were bending over their handle
bars In earnest. First Rutt and then Clarke
tried to get by the East Orange flyer, but
to no avail In a Whirlwind finish Kramer
got his machine over the line Il wheels
length ahead of Clarke. who led Rutt by
similar margin. The time was slow. ESQ.
When they appeared again Rutt had the
pole, with Clarke again in the middle and
Kramer on the outside The distance this
time was half a mile. Once again Kramer
SET the pace. followed by Clarke and Rutt
as named.
It at once became evident that the cham
pion intended to take no chances of being
pocketed. for he kept going faster and
faster. When half the distance had been
covered Rutt made desperate effort to go
by Kramer. but It was useless. Suddenly
Clarke unwound one of his famous sprints,
but it never had a chance 70 do more than
make Kramer pedal a little harder The
champion won by more than q wheels
length from Clarke, the time being o5.
Joe Fogler of Brooklyn, won the ten
mile professional open by less than a yard
from P. oSullivan Hehir, of Australia
There were five moneys-S49. $50, SO, IS
and S.
An accident that happened 10 one of the
riders in the quarter-nnile amateur open
sent a SILVER through the throng. It was
in the ninth heat that Albert Revere, of
New York, lost control of his wheel while
going round the Madison avenue turn. He
kept going higher and higher UP the bank,
finally crashing into the rail on the 26th
street side Like a flash rider and bicycle
vent over the rail, crashing heavily TO the
floor six feet below. Revere was picked UP
anil carried to his dressing room, where he
came around all right except for a sprained
ankle.
The crowd, as it always is at these an
nual affairs. was large In fact. the build
ing was taxed to it's capacity, the Enclosure
in the centre containing hundreds of en-
thusiasts who preferred to stand there than
try for seats higher up. BY the time the
first heat of the half mile amateur handicap
was put on there were eight thousand per-
sons in the Garden. and the lines of would
be purcha sers of tickets extended from the
box office for a block each way.
The ten-nlile motor paced race between
Elmer Collins and Bobby VaIthour
proved fzzle. Early in the contest Col
Inns caught and passed his man, and then.
to make matters worse, Walthour's motor
went wrong. Collins completed the ten
miles in Is :29 As.
The summary follows
International match race fProt.ssioran. fret
heat, one mile-Won by Frank Kramer. East
Orange; Jack Clarke, Melbourne, second. Walter
Rutt, Berlin, third Time. $50
international match race professional. second
Orange; Jack Clarke. Melbourne. second: Walter
Rutt. Berlin, third Tine 1:o5.
BY Chester \ Smith, Baldwin. Long Island:
art HicksviIle. Long Island. third. Time. o:s2-
Half-nile amateur (handicapl--Final heat
won hv Anthony Rivello. Manhattan Wheel
men (t5 yardsl; George PAUL.. New York go
City ts5 y'ards>. third Time. 81 Is seconds
Tcn-rnt1e professional motor paced racs
ELMER Collins Lynn. Mass. Robert Wal
thour. Atlanta. Ga)-Won by Collins Time.
Is 20 As.
Ten-mile open professionaI-Non by Joe
Fogler. Brooklyn: P. O'SulIvan. Hehir. Aus
,ralia. second; Fred Hill. Boston. third: Peter
Drobach. Boston. fourth; Eddie Root. Boston |
fifth. Time, % SO 10.
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