Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-13
ERNIE PYE WILL
MAKE DEBUT AS
PACE-FOLLOWER
Australian to Hook Up With
George Wiley, OF, Syracuse, at
FarIand, Re-
instated, to Get Into Game.
Nine Teams in Tandem Hand
leap.

Ernie Pyc, of Australia. will make
his debut at the Velodrome tonight as
a pace-follower Pye will meet George
Wiley, of Syracuse, In a ten-mile duel
behind the motors, which is one of the
features of the midweek card. Pye has
been riding in the sprint races since
his arrival from Salt Lake three weeks
ago, but he is a paced rider and will
perform in his speciality for the first
time before a Newark audience to-
night. The Australian was easily the
best of the pace-followers at Salt LAX
City this sea He has shown plenty
of speed behind the motors in training
and In form appears to he as good as
Wiley. Pye at one time was the cham
pion sprint rider of Australia, but has
long since outgrown His usefulness as
a short distance rider. If Pye makes,
good in the ace tonight he will prob
ably be signed to ride here next season.
Now that the smoke has cleared from
the recent National Cycling Associa-
TONS investigation of h races in
which 1t was alleged that Champion
Kramer had been guilty of team work.
the East Orange marvel and the rest
of the short distance stars will settle
down to racing again. Kramer, Clarke,
Goullet and the rest of the sprinters
will ride in the one-mile open and the
two-mile handicap tonight Kramer
has recovered from the effects of his
spill in the iVe-mile open Sunday. and
Goullet is feeling right for the first
time since his fall in the match with
Clarke a week ago.
jackie Clarke, who has been taking
the rest cure. was on his wheel yester-
day afternoon for the first time since
Sunday. THE Rocket was stale and
his mentor. Floyd MacFarland, pre-
scribed a good rest. 1t has had the
desired effect apparently, for Jackie
was there with plenty of snap yes
terday, and a better spring than he has
shown for some time.
mcfarland has been reinstated and
will get into the game again tonight.
The big fellow will ride in both the
open and the handicap.
The races did not look the some with
Mac" sitting on the side lines. While
he is a disturber of no mean order,
Mac" is the equilibrator in all tho
long races and handicaps. II is old
mcfarland who takes the back
markers up when all the rest refuse
to take the pace, and he makes racing
even If he has TO sacrifice his own
chances in order to do il.
In the two-mile tandem handicap nine
teams will face the starter. Walter De-
Mara and Worth Mitten, who won
the tandem race Sunday. will ride from
scratch, with Joe Fogler and Eddie
Root, the team that finished second.
Charley Stein and Paddy Hehir. Peter
Drobach n Al Halstead, Grassy Ryan
and SoX Williams, Pedlar Palmer and
Ernest Jokus, Jumbo Wells and Fred
Keefe and the Bedell brothers are the
teams that have received handicaps.
Wells and Keefe are on the limit with
225 yards. This race should be a
corker and one of the best on the card.
Alvin LOTUS, Frank Cavanagh and
Frank Blatz will line up in the three
mile open tonight. which is the last
open race they will engage in prior to
the running of the hve-mile Champion
ship, which will decide the amateuB
championship of 1911. The amateur
title rests between these three star
amateurs, and the race tonight will
determine who is the likely winner OF
the title.
The amateurs will also ride in a
half-mile handicap.