Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-07
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So much cycling talk is heard this
way and that way that one IS rather
up tree as to just wha. is what,
Jackie Clark hasn't come through
with his signature to a contract to
ride at the Velodrome next season,
and this fact is a most disturbing
feature. Clark, it is said, is think
ing the matter over, and he may not
decide to sign up until he is as GER
tain as can be that he is on the right
boat. Maybe. though, there won't be
any boat to board when jackie gets
ready to do business. Men have been
and the middle and then to have lost
out.
With Kramer Goullet, Grenda,
IFogler and Cavanagh having placed
their signatures to contracts Tor next
season, Messrs. Million and Chapman
seem to be far away from Worry
street" A report in circulation at
the Velodrome on Saturday that
Cavanagh was going to 'cross the
street" was denied by that gentleman
himself yesterday afternoon, and
there are other rumors rampant that
have the odor of out-and-out fakes.
However. the cycling game seems to
be so much in evidence these days
that no matter what is said or done
the fervent and prodigious publicity
might possibly do more good than
harm.
C
The one thing those who are con-
Is in allowing the game to run itself.
This was in evidence at the Nelo-
drome yesterday afternoon, where
Referee Ross, usually very capable,
made a decision in the semi-final heat
of the two-mile championship that
was entirely out of order. That there
was reason for action was apparent,
but the decision of Referee Ross to
have the race re-run should never
have been made. Goullet offended and
he should have been disqualified. If
Ross couldn't see it that way he
should have overlooked the affair
altogether. He didn't, though, and he
made a sad mistake. Ross is thor
oughly competent and he has made
some excellent and some bold deci-
sions. Up until few weeks ago he
was positively master of himself and
of the situation. Now it looks as If he
is trying to please the public, even II
wrong, rather than to observe the
rules. He had nj right to order
the race In question run over. The
riding was either fair or 1t wasn't,
and he should have acted accordingly.
@
Goullet and Fogler may have been
in ''cahoots," but Goullet denies 1t
strenuously He declared that he was
tired and couldn't get by Fogler and
he admitted that he gave Cavanagh a
switch. If this is so, Fogler got all
the worst of it, for he won the first
time. but was shut out the second
! Iliiit. Dul lO 1IdlttI WHO were inc
offenders or who suffered, Ross's de-
cision didn't help matters any. He
may have pleased a few fans in the
stands for the time being in giving
them an extra race for their money,
but even those very fans, when they
think the matter over, must feel as il
the ruling was not the proper one.
Again, in the amateur races, the boys
were allowed to come in on the pole
without punishment, and it seemed as
If the referee had lost his wits entire
ly. Ross is too good referee to play
to the gallery He should rule as he
has ruled all along-with an iron
hand.
C
The trouble Referee Ross made for
himself in the first semi-flnal heat
slapped him in the face in the final
heat. Cayanagh, over whom the
squabble came about, was responsible
for the big noise" In the race.
On the first lap he had a thought that
told him he had puncture and he
allowed the other three men to gain
a lap on him. Then he discovered he
didn't have puncture and he went
along in the race. Sprinting time came
and Cavanagh beat it, but the Others
paid no attention to him. He finished
first, but, of course. was lap behind
although large number of spectators
believed he should have been given
the victory. However, Ross did well
in eliminating Cavanagh, who was a
: lap behind, and Kramer and Grenda
finished in dead heat Those close
to the tape thought Kramer had won
and some believed G,enda had won
With so much disagreement the
. judges couldn't have been very far
wrong.
G
The big pros, because of so much
racing, do not appear to have the
speed and jump that characterized
their riding a few weeks ago. Still
and all, about the same form is
maintained, as witness the finish in
the three-cornered team match race.
Kramer, with Cavanagh as a partner,
won the race in two straight heats.
with Goullet, who had Fogler as a
partner, second. Clark, who was
paired with Grenda, was third, and
this seems to be according to the
class of the contestants. Kramer,
who is not partial to team races, rode
well. He won from in front in the
| first heat and he won from the rea r