Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-02

While a majority of the fans ex'
pected 10 see Emil E-riol, the won
derful French rider, beat ALT Grenda
the Australian champion. in their
match race at the Velodrome last
night, they were astounded with the
ease with which the little man from
France disposed of his giant adver-
sary. Friol did not make a monkey
out of Grenda as he did OF franf
Cavanagh, but he certainly out
classed him. He won in straign'
heats, and in the second h eat ne dc
what no other rider ever did-he
made the game Antipodean quit.
Friol knew that he was meeting q
better man than Cavanagh, and in
The first neat he rode carefully and
was content to nose him u at the
finish, but In the second neat NJ
went out to give Grenda a me oio
beating. and he went by so fast or
the backstretch Grenda quit and sal
nm. He knew he was hopeiessls
beaten and he saved his ioi
The final of the half-mile champion
shin. which was excellent judgment
on his part at that.
trriol's great riding last night nas
added many supporters who VIII bacB
him in his coming matches VIII
Frank Kramer AS Grenda and Kra-
mcr met in the final of the cham
plonship Immediately after the match
race it afforded the fans a chance 'e
make a very close comparison OF .he
ahilitv and the speed of the American
and the French champion, n the
Frencbman certainly appeared &c
have assllade on the American.
In both heats of the match Frlol
forced Grenda to go to the front,
Grcnda either wanted to ride a front
race or else realized the hopelessness
of irving to force Friol to take the
lead. for once started the Australian
never made "A 0 to get the httie
man in the lead.
The First Heat.
In the first heat they rode sloWl
on the fiat until two laps to go, wnen
C;renda took to the banks with trlo
following. On the backstfetch at the
tue,fth po1e Grenda started to get
up speed and at the bell he was NOV
ing at full speed. Friol followed Close
until the middle of h backstretcn
was reached. when he suddenly
dropped back at least W o wheels
length. To some it appeared as though
he was shaken off, but Friol, past
master OF the art of match racing
merely dropped off W lengths In or
der to come by with a rush that wouic
preclude any attempt on the part o1
Grenda to give him a switch or run
him wide. He got by with ease ano
won by half a length.
The first heat was won by a com
paratively narrow margin, and the ex-
preston was heard throughout the
gtand that he would have to do better
than that to beat Kramer. But he
had Grenda's measure, and in the sec
ond heat le changed this opinion by
giving Grenda the worst w~alloping he
has had since he came to America,
and then it was that the Kramerites
began to fear for their champion.
In this heat Grenda started a longer
sprint. the exact distance being
twenty yards over a quarter of a mile
If Grenda thought that the French
man could not go that distance and
finish strong, he was sadly mistaken,
for this time he did not ever drop
back before coming by-he came out
from directly behind and with a mar
velous jump had ten lengths on
Grenda before he realized what had
happened to him. 1t was the best ride
seen at the Velodrome this season,
md tho Z 000 fans Who flied the stands
gave the great foreigner n of the
greatest oyations ever accorded a bike
rider in Newark.
Kramer in the Title Race.
In the half-mile national champion
ship Kramer triumphed over Grenda,