Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-09
GOULLET PINNED
FOR STAR EVENT.
Declares French Point Race
Will Be Cinch for Him
Tonight.
VERB LOOMS UP STRONG


ALT Goullet, who is the favorite fol
the honors in the French point race
which is one of the star attractions
of the bill at the Velodrome tonight
returned from Asbury Park this
morning feeling as fit as the pro-
verbal fiddle. He declares that he
will duplicate Jackie Clark's feat of
a few weeks ago in similar race by
taking all of the four heats in which
he is to be a starter.
Confidence is worth a great deal to
an athlete, but overconfidence often
hold his field too cheaply, he should
be the winner, for he is in very good
form just at the present time. OF the
other starters in the match, Frank
Cavanagh appears to be the one
whose chances look the brightest,
although Francesca Verri, the Italian
rider, has shown much speed, and he
must not be overlooked. Joe Fogler,
| the fourth man in the race, is always
| contender, and it Is most certain
that Sir Joseph" will not take down
fourth money
In point of speed, none of the con-
testants in the race has anything on
| Cavanagh. CaVanagh's greatest
| fault is his nerve, but in his recent
races at the Velodrome the big fellow
| has shown as much fight and agrees
| siveness as any rider in the profess
sional ranks. If Cavanagh will battle
in the race tonight he will take a lot
| of beating. Still peeved over Referee
| Ross's action in the two-mile cham
pionship of last Sunday, which he be-
| lieyed he had won, the local boy has
| blood in his eye and is looking for
| revenge.
This will be the last match race in
which Verri will appear here, for a
time at least, and, starting Sunday,
he will ride in open competition The
Italian has had five matches, and has
won two of them, and he is anxious
to take the race tonight to make it
an even break. Verri defeated Fogler
twice, and Joe has one victory over
him in match. Clark took a dual
match from the foreigner. and at
Philadelphia on the Fourth Cayanagh
and Alvin Loftes won from Verri
and Alessio Stefani in team match.
In the team contest Stefani did more
to cause the defeat of his country
man than his two Yankee opponents.
Stefani was to have pulled Verri but
when the sprint started Alessio de-
cided he wanted to be the star and
win. and when Verri started to come
around on the outside Stefani ran him
wide and put him out of the running.
Although the Australian entry Is the
favorite, it is a well-balanced match,
and any one of the four may be the
winner.
Champion Frank Kramer and ALT
Grenda came up from Asbury this
morning after two days rest at the
shore and they are in better condi-
ton to race than they have been for
some time Both of these stars were
fines and under weight from the
strenuous circuit-chasing of the past
month, in which they have raced
nearly every day. Kramer and
Grenda, with the riders in the match,
will start in the one-mile handicap
and in the five-mile open. The entire
field of professionals will compete in
both of these races.
In the amateur events, which are a
half-mile handicap and five-mile
open, Champion Donald MacDougall
may again sweep the boards. j. B.
Freeman, the st. Louis amateur; Ed
die Madden and Billy Petit are the
only riders in the simon-pure division
who may spoil the opportunity for
another field day for the champion.
Freeman is a likelylooking youngster
and has plenty of speed, but he is
not accustomed to riding on a banked
track, which is a handicap just at
present.
A number of the professionals who
have been competing at the Sale Lake
track. which closed. after fifteen years
of racing, last Sunday, are due here
tomorrow In the party are Ernie
Pye, Gordon Walker and another
Australian, who is a motor-p paced
rider; Lloyd Thomas and Grassy
Ryan, of Newark. They expect to
compete at the Velodrome Sunday.
&s
Jackie Clark, who has been both
cred by an injury to his nose for a
number of years, will have the in
jured member operated on next week.
1.-The Rocket" broke his nose in fall
and his breathing apparatus has
,.ir he
to ride better after the repairs are
made.
Moretti. the Italian Splinter, who
finished third in the Grand Prize of
Paris, is very anxious to come to
America, and has cabled to Manager
Chapman for contract He may be
seen here later In the season.