Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-03

front at two laps to go, n when
Cavanagh went around with Chester
Smith on, sewing LOTUS down on the
pole, it seemed that he, was hopelessly
beaten. but in the back stretch after
the bell he went out and made a beau
tiful ride, winning by a small margin
from Cavanagh. Smith was shook off
and he did not get iato the money.
Blatz could not stand the pace when
it came to the finish, and he was not a
contender at any time after the sprint
started.
Neither Kramer nor Fogler should
have been allowed to ride again. The
management should support Bardgett
in all his decisions. Only in that way
can the refereeing be effective. WAL
ter's argument in respect to Kramer
was that the same rule applied to this
race as to any other, and that unless
specified as in a match race, a pune
ture simply puts a maj out of the race.
AS to Fogler, he knew that nome Of
the others took more than one lap as
the preliminary to the sprint, and he
was not entitled to any advantage over
the other riders.
Kelsey said that there was no rule
either for it or against it, and that as
far % he was concerned the men would
not have ridden again.
MacFarland stationed himself under
the judges stand with a stop watch
and kept time, and sometimes the
watches varied as much as ~three-fifths
of a second. One of the judges later
said that his time was the same DIS
Macs" trying to justify himself,
which was a confession of weakness
that no judge should be guilty of.
When one considers Cavanaugh's
time was not beaten by any PRO"
then the timing does seem rather
strange, to say the least. 1t will take
a good deal to convince some of the
fans-I am speaking of those who know
the game-that Kramer, Clarke, Fog
Ter, Root, Goullet or a number of others
could not have beaten Cavanaugh's
time.
The good riders were put out of the
big race by accidents and the poor
ones by the not pace.
A new record was hung up for fifteen
miles, beating the former record by
more than six seconds.
For the last ten miles it looked like
a miniature six-day race, with the
riders getting sponges for their out
sides and bottles for their insides. The
opinion was expressed that the riders
were given strychnine in the bottles
during the race.
No fear, they rode the finish as If
they were given sleeping powders in
stead.
The six-hour race tomorrow should
be a scream, and those who wish to
see a very good imitation of the six
day grind ought to come and look this
n over; it will be worth their while.
Jackie Clarke after the race pointed
to the finish rode by Kramer and said
that 1t was largely due to the unusual
~ heavy tires that Kramer rode. May
be something in that, too. He looked
as If something were holding him when
he tried to get around GoulIet.
The summary:
Two-mile Novice-won by Pofahl. New
ark; second, Lucien Gervois, New York.
one-sixth Mile Record Trials tamsteur)-
Won by Frank cavanaugh, Newark,
16 1-5s.; second, Alvin Lotus. Providence,
16 2-5s. third. Gus Wohlrab, Jersey City;
one-sixt6 Mile Record Trials (profes-
si~onaD-Frank Kramer, Alfred Goullet, Os-
car Schwab, Fred Hill and Jackie Clarke
tied for first place. Time, 16 LBS.
Three-mile Handicap (amateur)-Won by
Alvin LOTUS, Providence, scratch; second,
Frank Cavanaugh, Newark. 30 yards;
third, Paul Heidrick, Newark. 60 yards;
fourth. Bert Coen. East Orange, 1870 yards.
Time, 80 3-5s.
Twenty-Five Mile Open professionals
Won by Alfred Goullet, Australia; second.
Eddie Root, Boston; third, Frank Kramer,
East Orange; fourth. Percy Lawrence, San
Francisco; fifth, Fred Jones, Passaic;
sixth. Floyd Krebs, Newark. Time. SIM.
SO 3-5s.