Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-08
Wiley and Clarke Win Their
Matches from Duer and
Lawson Respectively.

being beaten. Considering what Law
son used to DE, tho race was pitiful.
In neither heat was there any jockey
ing for position. Clarke won In straight
heats. In the first heat Jackie went
right out In front and j@st stayed there
till the end of the race, al no time
being forced to extend himself. In
the second heat Lawson was in front
for about half a lap, and then Clarke
went out again, winding up gradually
II crossed the tape an easy winner.
In both heats ha was looking around.
Lawson did not look as If he was ex-
tending himself at all. but 1t is SIM
ply a case of being out of condition,
that is all.
In the professional handicap 1t
seemed to be the desire OF the handi-
cappers to shut out the scratch men.
II that was their intention they sue
ceeded nicely. Giving a man, any kind
OF a rider. rs yards in a third of a
mile seems on the face of 1t too much.
and the result of his was that while
the trial heats were everything to be
desired, the final was rather a poor
exhibition OF a bicycle race, none OF the
scratch men qualifying for this.
Amnteur8a
In the races for the amateurs Blat5
failed to show, not coming up In the
handicap last week, the heats of last
week counting this Sunday al being
run, and being thrown from his wheel
In a spill in the five-nile open.
As an evidence OF his gameness ne
was picked up after his fall in this
race, and although the field was ahead
of him three-quarters II a lap ne made
the attempt OF catching them, and
nearly succeeded, but the bunch in
front. realizing what was going on,
cut out a lively pace, and after getting
within 80 yards he was forced to quit.
He was literally applauded for his
ganneness.
The new star. Lotus, qualified in
his heat, but had hard luck in the final,
getting his toe clip turned under him
in some way and being forced to drop
at the end Of a mile. The sunma-
ries.
Half.mile Handicap (amateur)-Chester
George PAUL, New York, IS yards, third.
Time, 81 Is seconds.
Jackie Clarke, Of Australia, and liver
Lawson. OF Salt Lake City-First heat,
won by Jackie Clarke; time, I'm. 22s.
second heat and match won by Clarke
One-third- mile Handicap PROFESSIONAL
Floyd Thomas, San Francisco, 10 yards,
first Albert Crebs, Salt Lake City, %
yards. second; Werner Beck. Newark, Is
yards, third; II. Il. Blocker. New York.
5 yards. fourth Floyd Krebs, Newark,
40 yards afth. Time, 81 rs seconds.
Flve-mile Open (emateur) Jerome
steinert, Hieksviile, l.. l., hrst: Herman
Kjeldsen, Denmark. second George PAUL.
New York, third. Time, SO Is. Winner
Of most laps, Paul c.. Heldricks, Newark,
Five-inile Motor-paced Race (profes-
eionaD-George Wiley. Syracuse, N. Y,
first, Ray Dner. Los Angeles, Cal, sec
ond. Time. I'm. IDS.
Two-nile invitation (professional)-Jnm-
DO. Wells, New Zealand, first: Minus Be
dell, Newark. second; W, l. Mitten,
Davenport. Ia. third; Charles Stein,
Brooklyn. fourth. Time. Am. % +5s.
Three-mile Open (professionaD-Frank
I. Kramer. East Orange, first; Joseph A.
Fogler, Brooklyn, second: Paddy .Hehir.
Australia. third Fred Hill, Boston. fourth;
John Bedell, Newark, fifth. Time, SIN. BIS.