Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-03
HEAT REDUCES FIELD In
5-MILE RACE TO EIGHT
Goullet, Root and Kramer Finis h in Order Named in Long
Grind Replete With Punctures and Fals-None of the
"Pros' Beat Cavanagh's 10 is Seconds for
Sixth of Mile.

Out of the thirty-seven riders that
started in the twenty-ive-mile open
professional at the Velodrome y~ester-
day afternoon but eight were able to
finish. The terrific heat, the thermom-
eter registering about So degrees, In
f1ated many of thet riders tires, and
thus punctures galore resulted, while
several of the money-chasers fell off
their wheels from dizziness. After the
event the frames of the riders wheels
were so hot that burns resulted If n
touched them. 1t was also expected
that a big crowd would turn out to
witness the several events carded, but
1t was the heat again thai kept many
away.
Alfred Goullet, the powerful young
ster from Australia, who is quite used
to hot weather, captured the event,
beating out Eddie Root and Frank
Kramer in the final sprint. Goullet
showed great superiority as a bike long
distance rider, as he was fresh at the
finish.
At twenty miles the following were
left In the race: Mitten. Root, Hill.
Kramer, Goullet. Lawrence, Krebs,
Smith, Jones and Magin in the order
named.
At % miles Mitten and Masin
dropped by the wayside and the finish
was fought out between the other
eight.
With three lapl to go the field began
to shift for position in the final sprint
and they were in the following order:
Hill, Root, Kramer, Goullet, Law
renee, Krebs, Jones and Smith. Goul-
let s~printed, carrying Lawrence and
Krebs with him to the front. At two
laps to go, the champion made his bid
and tried to set around the Australian,
but he never reached him; the best he
could do in the face of the terrific
sprint by Goullet was third, being
beaten for second position by Eddie
Root.
The most remarkable thing about
the sixth of a mile sprints against
time was the fact that none of n
professionals could peat the time made
by Cavanagh, the amateur. This
Conner negotiated the Jap in 16 1-5,
which none of the others could beat.
There was a five-cornered tie for
honors in the professional ranks in this
competition.
It seemed as if Kramer would beat
that time in his first trial, but he
punctured coming into the stretch and
had to back pedal trying to stop his
wheel. AT that he tied the others.
There was considerable dissatisfac-
ton displayed anon the crowd with
the way this race was conducted. All
the other riders rode one lap before
they started; when it came to Foglcrs
turn he wanted to ride two, and as a
result when he had ridden once around
he was not ready for the signal, and
Referee Walter Bardgett ruled that he
could not ride, saying hat he must be
satisfied with what the others got. AT
this there was a good deal of Kissing
by the crowd, who showed in
way they could their dissatisfaction
with the decision. When Kramer
punctured Bardgett insisted that he
could not get another trial. as the same
rule governs this race as all the other
races where a man punetures. The
management insisted that he be given
another trial and that Fogler De al
lowed to ride his lap, and the manage
ment carried its point in the end.
On his second trial, Kramer could
not beat his time in the first, and the
best Joe could do was 1853.
Lotus showed class in the. amateur
handicap, winning from Cavanagh in
beautiful style. This was by far the
best race of the meet. Alvin was in