New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26
Schultz Wins ROAD RACE
Kansas City CyCIiSt First in Final
Olympic Trials.
MARTIN A CLOSE SECOND
Crowds Watch Twenty-three
Contestants in Long Struggle
Over Jersey Course.

p,rooir, over n,nety-one miles Of the
toughest kind Of roads and then finishing
nine miles on a smooth. banked-board track
carl O Schultz. Of Kansas City, won the
final race in the series Of Olympic ellmina-
tons which was held in Newark ye'ter-
day. His time was hours p minutes 3-o
seconds. william c. Martin Of ST. Louis,
had the second best time, hours 30 min
utes 46 Is seconds. There were twenty
three men to answer the starters gun. ard
they went away individually under minute
and a half Roadway Martin was the
eighth to get away, while Schultz was the
seventeenth.
Tho hest performance Of an Eastern hoy
was the time made by John Becht, of New
York He was third. following Schultz and
{ Martin. covering the course IN , hours -
minutes 30 2-5 seconds. Jerome steiner,
/ Of Hiclevirlo. Long leland who made tho
century IN = hours 3S minutes u 3-5 sec
onds wa- fourth. while Jesse Pike. Of the
Century Road club Association, Of New
York. wound III IN 0fth place in hours
/ rs minutes 40 3-5 seconds.
The race had much about n which was
/ Interesting. although the day of road nd
/ ing I'm This country is almost a thing on
tho past. The contest was held over a
picturesore stretch Of road for most Of the
/ uirtoen-nilo circuit from Newark six and
! q half miles out 20 Springfield. and return.
: II ucrrded the famous Irylugton-Milburn
! cvcro Derby route. taking I'm the Mile
/ HW." at Hilton. and the sister Hills' AZ
! Eaflerol
| Mt the cross roads and other vantage
! roints. The biggest gathering on the whole
/ course was at the Hilton hin. which used
10 be the start and finish Of the lrving'oh-
] Nfuburn contests I'm the old days.
/ ONLY two OF tho original twenty-five wQo
/ o7toroI failed 70 start. This pair was L.
! NJ. WInsIow, OF Providence, and +. l. Per-
r.q.lt or Boston They didn't appear on
/ the scene when the first man was sent
( a,,.s,. -rnmrtlv on schedule. AZ II o'clock
/ i'm tho morning. and there was no waiting
for them. OF the twenty-three starters
/ cishteca completed the full 100 miles ana
another was st.I riding on the rack with
f,rr r7,,os 10 20 when the race was called
/ off Tie was Charles Hausenbauer, OF New
, yo~r, Every man rode three laps, or forty
nine miles on the nth lap two dropped
ont N. Uul1rin. of Chicago colapslng al
rrrton and Fl. KrcigHaum. OF Buffalo, CIV
ing up the battle near the same point
/ Twenty finished six laps. or seventy-thIee
,,u,e while nineteen went seven laps or
/ ulnety-ono miles
The start and finish was at the Ne''-
dromo The first man to get away
.aivad the word ut II o'clock and the hrst
nan IN finish checked I'm 1T l:i2i6. The
lac, man away went az 1875 and tho last
N finish crossed tho tape at 5:32H Thomas
J,..,efv OF New York was the first man
ava. and he kept the lead FOR four laps.
7,1c, Martin forged in front and finished
first Ill
Alvin LOTUS the Providence boy wen
known on the track. got a puncture on 'he
first Ian. lost fftecu minutes repairing 10
and although ne made game hhlsn' ne
,.,.s~ recovered all his lost ground. Joe
t,on.,,y after riding the first five laps
yifhou, mlshap. had a puncture on the
sixth. and lefo-e he could repair H. LOTUS
..,,,rf nm fo him. and they remained to-
/ aether 20 the finish.
,,r.r. was a lot Of complaints % the
rr5,rs receiving outside pace, especially
g..n rn.tar.ycI-ts and Il was said by the
referees that everybody was guilty Of that
l..rrag,,rr of the rules. hut il was also said
-.,. ,. penalties would be- indicted for H.
TN. .rraf.l committee Of tho National
....',,,.. Association viii meet I'm this city
t.-..,.r,,y- to pick tUa team Of twelve men
rt...r will ed fl, sweden The committee
., phi, ,-l- bound 10 select tne first twelve
..,. i'm Yesterdays race. Allowances viii
.. made for guu.tures and other msH'.s