Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-10

If Frank Kramer, national cham
pion for eleven years, wishes to re-
tain the title for another term he
will have to display much better form
than he did yesterday afternoon at
the Velodrome, when he was defeat
ed easily in the half-mile national
event and al unable to qualify in
the five-mile open. The half-mile
event he lost by poor riding, but in
the longer event he quit two laps
from home, with Alfred Grenda. OF
Australia. pulling the few riders who
survived the %gruelling race at a terri
fc clip.
Tricky" Comes was easily defeated
in two straight heats by Norman
Anderson. Alvin Lotus defeated
Donald MacDougall. Ernie Pye was
easy for George Wiley behind the
motor.
The half-mile national champion
ship brought out eight of the best
riders now in the East. In the first
semi-final Grenda, Kramer, Drobach
and Wells lined up at the starting
point. On the bell lap Grenda pulled
away from the bunch and opened q
big space. Kramer shot after him
and tackled On his rear wheel. being
satisfied to finish second. In the Sec
ond semi-inal Rupprecht started his
work of pulling away, but this trip
he did not get away with 1t. Cava-
nagh and Comes hen set out and
furnished a fine race, Comes just
nosing out Cavanagh.
But the final heat was a corker.
Frank Cavanagh showed his heels to
the other three riders. At the start
Comes was RIDING low and slipped
from under his wheel, pulling down
Cavanagh. Starter Abieneste had
nothing to do but restart the race.
Grenda, at the new start, wanted to
win from in front. The other riders
did not relish having the lanky lad
In such a good position, and Grenda
soon found himself in third position,
Cavanagh used good judgment and
started a good pace. Grenda and
Kramer thought they were the only
riders In the race and watched one
another too closely. The result was
that the Vailsburg idol started a
sprint, and though the others were
going at their best they were defeat
ed. Kramer came out on the back
stretch, but his eyes were still glued
on the Tasmanian. Tricky Comes
hung on to Cavanagh and down the
back-stretch Kramer tried to forge
in. He was too late, and the best he
got was last place. The referee, how
ever, disqualified .Grenda for taking
the pole on the inside.
The first heat of the match race be-
tween Comes and Anderson was a
farce. Comes was midway up the track
when Anderson made a jump. The
Frenchman's wheel slipped and he
thought he had a puncture. He raised
his hand and did not go after Ander-
ION. The latter kept on going, but 1t
was too late for Comes to start. An
derson finished alone. Comes watched
himself in the second heat, but when
Anderson started his sprint Comes
could not beat him.
The hve-mile event for the money
chasers was SOME race Grenda won
and won easily. Kramer quit before
the finish. He has quit in other
races, but he never wore the express
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was hard, and in fact too hard for
the champion, who had a good posi-
ton till near the finish, when he was
pushed almost to last place by the
other riders refusing to open up fol-
him The fast pace was set by the
lads after the dollar"
Three laps to go. Grenda went to
the front. He made the pace hot
Kramer set after him. but he was
gone and quit cold. John and
Menus Bedell got second and third
money, while Tricky Comes nosed
in for fourth and Ernest Jokus got
last place. The time was excellent
Percy Lawrence won the two-mile
invitation for pros after a hard race
The one-mile open for amateurs
did not furnish the excitement that
was expected. Alvin Lotus, one OF
the Olympic team, got the Jump and