Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-21
CROWD KISSED At
KRAMER WHEN He
QUIT IN A RACE
Clarke Passes Champion in One.
mile Race, and Frank Sits Up
On His Wheel--Fogler Takes
Ten=mile-COllins Beats Pye.

Honors in the professional races at
the Velodrome last night were pretty
we'll divided. Frank Kramer and
Jackie Clarke, as usual, had their little
tilt in the one-mile, and the Rocket
came u on top. He didn't win, how
ever, but took third money, while the
American champ quit when he saw
Clarke had him beaten.
"Pedlar'' Palmer. one of the long
mark men, captured the race, with
Charley Stein second. Kramer, Clarke
and Goullet were on scratch. The East
Orangeite went out first. and after set
ting the pace for two laps, caught
Paddy Hehir, who had a twenty-yard
handicap. Hehir tried hard to get the
long men. and after going a lap
dropped to the rear and again Kramer
led. Jackie Clarke was in fifth posi-
ton at a lap to go, and with the lesser
pros a quarter of a lap to the good,
he made his jump, passing the other
riders, with the exception of Goullet,
as though they were standing still.
Seeing that he had no chance in the
world to get the little Australian, Kra-
mer gave up. He was Kissed by the
fans for so doing. 1t was an exciting
finish. The distance was made in
las DID, Kramer, although dropping
out of the race, pulled the low markers
for four laps. He Is not used to such
riding, and it may have been quite a
strain.
Kramer punctured a tire at the start
OF the ten-mile open pro event, while
Clarke, with Goullet, Lawson, De
Mara, Lawrence and Krebs, went down
on the first turn at ~ miles. Worth"
Mitten seemed to be the chief cause Of
the bad mixup. He came from the
rear and started switching, thus caus-
ing the other men to rid close. Nit
ten went to the top at full speed, bare
ly missing the railing. After the spin
but nine out of the thirty-hve starters
were left in the race. Owing to the
dollar-a-lap system the event was fast
until the spill occurred, after which
time the few speeders remaining sim
ply loafed along until three laps from
home. when John Bedell went out. He
was caught Immediately, however, by
Eddie Root and Joe Fogler. The latter
uncorked a sensational sprint on the
last turn and managed to beat out his
blonde rival by inches. Bedell was
third, with Paddy Hehir fourth.
One of the features of the long grind
was the fine work displayed by Al Hal
stead and Dave Mckay. At four miles
the former jumped from the bunch and
gained about a sixth of a lap, when
Mckay started out and caught him.
BY pulling each other on every turn
they managed to hold the lead for thir-
teen laps, when they were caught by
John Bedell.
Elmer Collins beat Ernie Pye, the
Australian, by three and a half laps in
the ten-mile motor-paced race. Pye.
being paced by Hunter, was the first to
hook on, while Collins, whose pace
maker was Turville, managed to catch
his man after Pye had gained a quar-
ter of a lap. After the champion had
started. however. it did not tske long
for him to regain and advance more.
Collins gained his first lap at AZ miles.
He again went around the Antipode
lad at six miles and grabbed his third
lap al 9k laps.
Alvin Lotus was the chief amateur
of the night. He won the two Simon
Pure races carded. the one-mile handi-
cap and three-mile open. In the one
mile Blatz led for three laps. At the
bell lap the Providence youth came
from last position and rode around the
bunch in wonderful style. The anna
teur champion tried hard to get a place,
but his speed was lacking.
Blatz was On Loftus's wheel during
the entire mill in the three-mile event
until the last two laps to go, when
Alvin jumped from seventh place and
barely beat out Paul Heidrich. Chester
Smith managed to keep up the stiff
pace and finished third.