Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-27
GOULETTE BEAT KRAMER
IN GRUELLlNG PURSUIT
MATCH IN FOURTEEN MILES.

- PEAKING fguratively, Frank
- Kramer made an even break of
1t at the Velodrome yesterday
afternoon. The National champion
captured the one-mile national cham
pionship race, but was defeated by AL
fred Goullette after a great race in
their Australian pursuit race. Goui-
lette's victory over Kramer In the pur-
suit race came In the nature of a sur
prise, for while it is well known tina
the Australian is an expert in this sort
of q race and his victory over Law
renee last week added to his reputation
no one conceded him much of a chance
against the National champion. 1t took
fourteen miles, w laps and a quarter
to decide the event. Just before the
race began Peter Drobach, who Is also
a great pursuit race rider, challenged
the winner, n Goullette and Drobach
will meet ext Sunday, in all proba-
bility.
It became evident at the start yes
terday that the pair were pretty even
ly matched and that a great race would
be the result. Goullette began by Sc
curing an advantage OF a few yards
on his rival, which he held during the
first five miles. During this time both
men we're plugging hard ell the time,
and the race was full of excitement.
During the following mile the winner
increased his pace a trife and added
to his advantage, SO that on entering
the seventh mile he had cut ten yards
from the distance separating himself
and Kramer. He continued to gain
during the seventh, but in the eighth
Kramer. amid the cheers of his many
admirers, put on a little more steam
and cut down half of his opponents
advantage. Entering the last lap of
the tenth mile Kramer's rear tire
sprung q leak n the race was called
off temporarily while the leak was re-
paired. Meanwhile two other events
of the program were decided. When
the race was resumed Kramer was
placed on the starting mark, while
Goullette a q 20-yard advantage. 1t
was then nip-and-tuck for a while. At
the twelfth mile Goullette a about
twenty-five yards. During the four
teenth mile Kramer began to weaken
and a lap and a quarter after the four
teenth mile had been passed Goullette
pulled his wheel up on ever terms with
that of the champion.
Joe Fogler again lost a chance to
sain points in the national champion
ship race yesterday by his failure to
qualify in his heat of the one-mile
point race. The Brooklynite was shut
out by Vanoni and Root. Kramer won
his heat and finished second to Eddie
Root in the semi-final. In the final he
nosed out Root by a yard, with John
Bedell third and Pete Drobach fourth.
The three-mile pro handicap re-
suited in a clean-cut victory for Jumbo
Wells. Jumbo started with an advan-
tage OF 30 yards and set a sizzling
pace all the way. He killed Off the
rear guard speedily, including Joe Fog
Ter, who threw up the sponge in the
third mile. Eddie Rupprecht, with the
same advantage, finished second, while
| Woth Mitten, with 1856 yards, and Tom
my Smith, with $50 yards, finished In
the order named. p. O'Sullivan Hehir
took fifth.
Candy HOLSTER won the one-mile
handicap for amateurs after starting
from the 60-yard mark. William Petit,
with 230 yards, took the three-mile
handicap for amateurs, which was run
in two heats. -
PASSAIC, June 27.-George Wiley, Of
Syracuse, will this week file claim to
a new worlds bicycle record for one
hour, paced by motorcycle. In a race
here yesterday with Elmer Collins, the
American pace-following champion, he
rode Al miles 3 laps in go minutes,
breaking the former worlds record by
three laps.
In tho course of the race Collins set
a new mark for one mile over a six
lap track, covering the distance in
I'm. 1ss. He also smashed his W
twenty-mile record by 20 seconds
Wiley took the lead after the thirty
sixth mile, defeating Collins by two
laps.