Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-26

For the first time in the history
of cycle racing a Newark rider a
won a worlds championship. Little
Donald McDougall, a Newark young
ster of a little more than a years
experience in the racing game, yes
terday won the highest honors in
cycling IN his class by romping home
an easy winne in the amateur cham
pionship of the world. Riding true
to form and with a wonderful burst
of speed at the finish, little Mac.
who was the favorite in the event,
raced across the tape to victory, amid
tumultuous applause from the crowd.
1t was a popular victory.
But for a spectacular spill that
brought Frank Kramer and Emile
Friol to earth in the first heat or
the tandem championship America
would have shared in another w rios
title. ALT Grenda, the Australian
champion, coupled with Walter De
Mara, of America, won this vent,
but those marvels of speed. Kramer
and Friol, were plainly the best in
the race and would have surely won
the final had the accident not put
them out of the contest. These W
events were the only championships
that were decided at the opening
meet of the worlds series.
The preliminary trials of the motor
paced championship were run yester-
day and -four American riders quail
fed for the final. The first heat Of
49, g. ElrnA. Collins tho
ex-American champion. with George
Wiley, the present holder OF The
American title. second. In the sec
ond neal Jimmy Moran, of Boston.
triumphed, with Menus Bedell Sec
ond in what was the best race of the
day and the greatest paced race ever
witnessed at the local track.
LOTUS Ont in semi-Final.
There were many surprises at the
opening meet and some popular IA
yorites fell by the wayside. Prob
ably the greatest disappointment OF
the meet was the failure Of Alvin
Lotus, the Providence amateur, to
make the final of the amateur cham
Dionship. Lotus was considered a
likely winner of this event and NC
Douglas most dangerous rival for
the honors. but the boy from Rhode
island war put out of the contest in
the first semf-1nal by Harry Kaiser.
of the Bronx, a road rider who has
had but little track experience;
LOTUS was utterly lacking In speed
and Judgment yesterday. for he was
beaten, and beaten badly, not only
nv Kaiser, also by Billy Petit,
of Rockville Centre, and the latter
is not a irst-class man.. The strong
trio of Canadian riders failed to
show in this event and none of them
reached the semi-fnals. Two for
eien champions, E: w. Schneider, of
Australia. and S. Gustavison, of
Sweden, failed to arrive in tims Tor
the races. Norman Hansen, the
champion of Denmark, made a game
effort to reach the final, but he was
outgeneraled and outridden by Fred
Diver, of California.
The Canadian riders appeared to be
a very classy lot. but their unfa-
miliarity with a banked track was
against them and killed their chances.
All three of them made the repechage
heat by running second in their trials,
but Gus Walrab, OF Jersey City, led
them home in this heat.
McDouga1rs Finish.
Kaiser, McDougall and Diver were
the winners of the semi-fnals n
lined up for the final of the cham
pionship. At the gun McDougall vent
to the front, with Diver second and
Kaiser in third position. These posi-
lions never changed until a lap and
three-quarters from the finish. when
Kaiser jumped from the bank. The
Bronx athlete opened up FIVE lengths
before McDougall got in his stride,
end for a time it looked as though
the New Yorker had d commanding
lead. 1t was a long, stern chase, but
just as the tape was reached on the
bell lap McDougall was up with the
flying Kaiser. The local boy FOLLOWED
him until the head of the backstretch
was reached, when. he started his
final effort. With a great jump III
the back-stretch, in which e put in
every ounce of power, Mcnousall
shot into the lead and the amateur
championship of the ..ur4a 49, vns4.
McDougall went by Kaiser 20 fast
Diver, who had hung to tle formers
wheel, was unable to hang any longer
and was shaken off. Kaiser had
enough stamina still in his system to
fight Diver off and finish second.
McDougall received all the honors
that go with the worlds championship
and was decorated with the red and
gold sash of the International Cyclist
Union, the worlds championship
medal of gold and a huge bouquet.
presented by the promoters of the
VeIodrome. AS he circleG the track
twice after receiving these decora-
tons, which were presented by Presi-
dent Adee, of the National Cycling
Association, he was greeted with
round after our of applause.
Kramer-Frio Spill Disappoints.
The accident to Kramer n Frio,
was the only disappointing feature
that marred the opening day. Many
in the stands were surprised to seq
these great sprinters, who are the
two most likely winners of h sprint
championship, take a chance in this
race. and the spill was anticipated hy
many Groans were heard from every