Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-21

"a Newark's legion of bicycle racing
H., fans came into there own at the
! sap Velodrome yesterday after the
,stF .weatherman for three successive
go Sundays had handed them wallops in
the way of bad weather that pre-
#aA vented races.
49, The weatherrnan even yesterday
was not quite ready to gave up his
- swag and hand out good weather to
49,, the fans. He kept a cold wind blow
ing that sent chils up and down the
:, spines of the 5000 persons who
80 turned out for the races and nearly
froze the scantily clothed riders to
A death.
~ But the. fans who braved pneu-
monia to see the opening days races
| were well repaid, for the card was
Z "a good one replete with good riding
and close finishes with just enough
spills TO ada zest TO the sport
Champion Frank l.. Kramer was
on hand for the festivities and just
ga' to show that he Is the same old
sos Kramer proceeded to enthuse the
%, crowd by making a new record for
a sixth of mile.
Kramer's Trial.
Bucking a wind that hindered him
all the way up the back stretch he
f>s made the distance in IS seconds fiat,
All clipping one-fifth of a second off the
track record established by Frank
Cavanaugh on July 2, 1911. and COM
b,hing within three-hfths of a second
<,~oof tying the worlds record made by
. ant Al Crebs on the Salt Lake City track
= .aiJuly 4. 1911.
st-r Everything considered, Kramers
tuneffort was a remarkable one a with
the wind blowing as it was there was
,pAnot one in a. thousand of those pres
ent that thought Kramer could come
anywhere near the existing marks.
After eirclng the track couple of
times gauging the wind he started
high on the bank at Mum avenue
and nodded to Starter Abieneste for
the gun. Like a streak he crossed the
tape and like machine, more than
man, he pushed his yellow wheel
through the wind on the back stretch.
Into the home stretch he flew and
~ sthose who were holding watches
10 knew the record was going to- be
smashed. Kramer received on ova
Tntion. also bunch OF flowers. when
se ii was announced that he had ridden
the fastest sixth of a mile ever
ridden on bicycle in the east.
esnd Another Feature Of the afternoon
%7fwas in the five-mile open race for
professionals. where Referee Arthur
s'saW Ross disqualified big ALI Grenda
after the latter had won the race
from field of twenty-five starters.
= Grenda had very obviously teamed
~ with his fellow Australian, Ernie
Al Pye, all during the race. Pye drew
- saa fine of $25 for helping Grenda. =
s The race was very fast, there
being a dollar point money for the
40 winner of each lap, and all the riders
- were after breakfast money. AS
A. result the lead kept changing almost
every lap with the riders in the rear
forced to ride fast to keep up.
par shanley Handicap,
y Grenda remained in third or fourth
place all the time with Pye just ahead
of him. At. the bell, lap Pye9 was
), leading with Grenda right behind
him At the tape Pye pulled up the
track and Grenda shot ahead so fast
he had opened up a big gap before
p the other riders could get after him.
x He won by two wheel lengths with
y Fred Hill second and Hehir third.
The disqualification of Grenda gave
the race to Hill
Il The B. M. Stanley, ,jr. handicap,
y two miles for professionals, the fea-
1 ! ture race of the afternoon, was a.
bearcat the winner turning up in
40 Alfred Goullet, the Australian flyer
who won easily after gaining his
right to ride in the final by one of
1.-THE most hairraising sprints ever.
seen on the track in the third heat.
where he qualified.
e In that heat Goulstt was on scratch
sewith Willie Coburn on the limit han
dicap mark of 100 yards. Werner
Beck was at 100 yards and Edward
Il oh. n he hal To- n
it did not look as if Goulett had a
chance in the world to catch these
three men. He was sixteenth of
mile behind. He jumped with the
bell and started after them. Turn
ing into the stretch he was ten yards
behind the trio, who were closely
punched, with Coburn leading. Gou-
y. lett never let up and just nosed Beck
y for third place at the tape, en-
Fig him to get into the finals and
IN the race.
N Too Much Handicap.
4 ~ frank Kramer and Clarke were the
III tch men in the first heat but
II iher could get anywhere near
TEST Jokus, Alvin Loftes and FL
I Z mer Collins, the limit men, with 20,
~ 80 and 120 yards respectively. Neither
n Kramer nor Clarke tried hard after
they saw it was useless to try to
b sieatch the front trio Loftes winning
,2the heat, with Jokus second and Col
H~1ins third.
-syThe second heat found the scratch
linen, Grenda and Joe Fogler, coming
x in first and second, having overhauled
Joseph Reeber. the limit man, with
4 handicap of lao yards, and four
II Sother riders with shorter handicaps
i . Bob Diefenbacher got third place.
In the final heat twelve riders
! started, with Grenda, Goulett and
Fogler on scratch. The scratc. men
! caught the limit men in the fourth
lap and at the bell Fogler jumped to
:. y the lead. Grenda ana Goulett were
\ ! close behind him. and Grenda soon
took the lead away from the Brook
: lyn man. Grenda was riding well
and seemed to be a winner, but on the
/ Mum avenue turn Goulett rode high
! and then shot down past Grenda and
: showed the way TO the tape by two
I wheel lengths. ~
4 Novice Races.
4 :. Hugo w Heintze, of New York,