Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-10
Clarke Falls When Krebs Goes
Down-Bardgett Rules Him
Out of Race.

With the elimination of Jackie Clarke
by a fall in a trial heat of the one
mile national professional champion
ship race, of the feature events at
the Velodrome yesterday, things looked
mighty bright for ten-time Champion
Frank Kramer, but a new bicycle hope
was ~unearthed In ALI Goullet, who
cleanly and decisively beat the cham
pion in a big sprint and blanket finish
at the tape. The Antipodean during
the last two weeks has held his
hand for prize money after every race
in which he has competed. The race
was of a high order and the kind that
fans root for.
Goullet rode the race of his life.
Coming from behind, he gained with
every kick, and never let UP until he
had crossed the mark, leading Kramer.
In the final heat Kramer, Goul-
let. Mcfarland and Root faced the
starter. Kramer started out with Root
at his side and Goullet and mcfarland
behind. They rode this way for one and
a half laps with Goullet' apparently in
a pocket. MacFarland was trailing ten
yards in the rear two laps from the
finish and the boys were going slow
when he shot out. The rest tackled on.
Kramer was on the defensive and
forged to the front with Goullet on his
wheel.
At the bell the sprint started with
Kramer leading. while Big Mac ca
vorted in the rear struggling to pass
Root. At the twelfth pole Goullet tart
ed to unwind, and inch by inch crawled
alongside of the fast-going champion.
Around the stretch came the two, neck
and neck. Then when every kick meant
victory, Goullet hunched up and nosed
out Kramer in the prettiest finish a
person would want to see.
Mcfarland. after the race. assumed
the role of jokester and protested that
Kramer and Goullet had teamed, but
his attempted witticism only caused
laughter, and he. too, was compelled
to smile.
The unfortunate affair which put
Clarke out of the running came in the
fourth heat. Jokus and Hill started out
and went straight ahead. Clarke de-
|layed riding near the fiat while Floyd
Krebs was riding high. Krebs slipped,
and sliding down the incline, crashed
into Clarke, upsetting him at the forty
yard mark, while the other two kept
going. Clarke was tangled in his wheel
and before he was righted he was
Tapped.
Referee Bardgett was on the track
telling the two riders to go ahead, as
the race was on. Jokus would lave
played hero by dropping out. but a
warning from the "arrnor-clad' referee
was enough for him, Clarke continued
around the track for two laps and then
~dismounted. The bowling Of the fans
was of no avail, as Referee Bardgett
was perfectly right in his decisions.
OF course 1t was q hardship to see
Clarke in this fashion. but racing
regulations must be enforced. The
first semi-fnal in the championship
competition brought out Hill, Kramer.
Fogler and Root. The second had
Jokus, MacFarland, schwab and Goul-
let. In the latter Mcfarland and
Goullet gave Schwab a very rough
race, and The jeers they received were
deserved.
The ten-mil motor-paced race be-
tween EeICy LII way DdCA anu
Walter DeMara was but fair, DeMara
being o~utclassed. while Lawrence and
Duer fought 1t out, and only once
was Duer in the running.
The three men made good pick-ups.
Lawrence behind Ruben; Duer behind
Turville, and DeMara following Hunter.
DeMara was a lucky man, for at
eight and a half miles his sprocket
broke, sending him down to the fiat.
On the second lap DeMara got in bad
when he lost his pace. while the other
two gained a quarter Of a. lap.
Al three miles Lawrence was leading
Duer by 100 yards, while Duer had that
much on DeMara. At three and one
half miles DeMara again lost his pace,
and in just six more trips around the
saucer he a Tapped. At six miles