Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-29

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New York, is the motor-paced cham
pion of the world. In the greatest
exhibition of speed and endurance
ever witnessed in this country the
game little middle-distance champion
of America won the highest honors
in his class at the worlds champion
ship meet at the Velodrome last
night.
Too much cannot be said of Wiley's
great performance. The four riders
who competed against Wiley are all
riders of the first rank, but the new
champion simply toyed with them
for the greater part of the sixty-two
and a half miles. which was the dis
lance of the race.
Once only did Wiley falter, but
ic~ his pace he con
tinued the battle and was never
-nsSr. Elmer Collins, who
has held The American championship
for three years, was second; Jimmy
Moran was third; julie Rudolphe, Of
Germany, was fourth. and Menus
Bedell finished fifth. Bedell was the
only rider who did not finish thu
race. On the fifty-fourth mile Bedell,
hopelessly beaten and totally e
hausted from the terrific pace. left
the track. At the time he quit Bedell
was in third position.
OF the five starters Wiley was the
least sanguine of victory, and his
wonderful ride was a surprise even
10 '-i,asalf. whiie Wiley was one
of the favorites for first honors IT
Mas not thought that he would win
by a great margin, but he surprised
his most ardent supporters by win
ming by over two miles. At The fin
ish Wiley "a two and a half miles
ahead of Collins. four miles and two
laps ahead of Moran and eight miles
and three laps ahead of Rudolphe.
The time for the race was III. Pam.
and rs, which is very fast.
Moran, who was strongly touted to
win the big event. was put o of
the running by punctured tires. Three
times during the contest the Bos-
tonian was compelled to dismount and
change wheels. While most of the
lost distance sustained by Moran was
duefto punctures he was Tapped many
times by Wiley when the former was
not in trouble Wiley's victory was
clean-cut and none of the defeated
riders can deny him all of the glory
Of a fairly won title. Moran was the
only rider who was compelled to
change wheels during the race.
RudoIphe's Bad Luck.
Rudolphe, the German representa-
five. had the worst of the pace, and
he would surely have done better with
a better pacemaker. Libbey, who
piloted Rudolphe's motor, gave a sad
exhibition of pacing. He was all ovei
the track and many times the little
Teuton was in danger of falling.
During the latter part of the race
Libby's work improved and he tried
to give battle to Moran and Collins,
but Rudolphe was not equal to the
occasion. 1t is quite improbable that
Rudolphe might have won even if
properly paced.
Before the start of the race there
was a heated argument between the
pacemakers, some claiming that Tur-
VILE had on nor than the regulation
amount of clothes in order to give his
rider the greatest possible protection.
Arthur Ross. the referee, examined
all of the pacemakers and found that
Turville had on no more than the rest
of the pacemakers and no more than
the regulation uniform.
At the start Collins got off in the
lead. with Wiley, Moran, Bedell and
Rudolphe following in the order
named. Collins set out to lap the
field Immediately, and before the fifth
mile succeeded in putting a lap on
all but Wiley. The latter fought off
his old rival, and Collins dropped
back, content to follow the Syracuse
rider. After the fifth mile Wiley, well