Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-11
BICYCLE RIDERS In
GREAT SHAPE FOR
SUNDAYS MEET
BY G. W.. |.

IF preseason indications count for
anything, the managers of the new
- bicycle track, the riders and the
lans may count on a very successful
bicycle year.. Work is being pushed
rapidly on the track, Inc everything
will be in apple-pie order for the
formal opening on next Sunday.
The riders, with the exception Of q
few, are in m~idseason form right now,
and the others r rapidly rounding
into shape.
Among those working out yesterday
we're Frank Kramer, Jackie Clarke,
liver Lawson, Joe Fogler,, P. O'Sullivan
Hehir, ALI Goullet, Fred Hill. Walter
Bardgett and other stars.
The seats are all down and the
~grandstand roof almost completed.
Everybody votes the new track a COM
plete success. Now that the riders
have given it the only test hat will
tell, namely. trying it out by actual
riding at all PAGES from q slow crawl
up the bank to a two-minute pace.
they are unanimous in saying that,
taking everything into consideration, It
is by far the best track on this side OF
the water. and equals any track on the
other side of the Atlantic.
The owners are expressing them
selves as being satisfied, and too much
cannot be said for Frank Million in the
way he wen about it.
No expense has been spared in its
construction. Nothing has been left
out that would tend to increase the
comfort of the riders.
When you mention the t~op-notchers
this season, hold your breath till you
mention Lawson. liver looks good, and.
with average luck. he should make
everybody there hustle The reason I
speak of luck is because ever since he
injured his ankle, four years ago.. at
Salt Lake he seemed to have a hoodoD
following him. Something happened to
him in every event he went into. big
or little, and things are Just about due
to u the other way for the Swede.
I watched him work out yesterday,
and I like his chances very much.
There is a snap to his pedal action
that is a delight to the eye. His riding
| seat is easy, and, altogether, he looks
like the liver Of old.
In a stiff workout the champ"
Kramer; Henir. Lawson, Fogler and a
few others did a couple of miles at q
two-minute gate. Pretty good. yes?
OF course. in h presence OF the
old riders and trainers a man runs
the danger of being assaulted II ne
mentions any amateur in the same
breath with Hurley. No sacrilege IL
intended at all, but just watch Blats
this year. He has good legs, and his
head is where 1t ought to be. VIII
proper care and none Of the excesses
so many of them are prone to. HI
should figure prominently in the BIKE
game.
Willie Fem is fast rounding intc
shape, working hard all day on thu
road and track: about ten more pound
off and he'll be all right.
Some Of them seem to think that al
they need is a few hours training be
fore the opening of the season an
they are fit. Afterward they blam'
the referee. the other riders. the tract
AMI everything but themselves
Somebody asked Chapman how man,
miles around the track a
Willie Bolles has constituted him
self wet nurse for somebody.
The firm Of Hehir & Goullet has dis
solved partnership, and somebody VIII
knows, while talking about 1t, sail
! the title of professional Crouch"
"H