Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-13
BAILEY D|SAPPOINTS'
ANXIOUS RA|LB|RDS.
English CycIist Has His Own
Idea of Training
Methods.
BIGGEST CARD OF SEASON

.eAin't this fellow ever going to
sprint?" said one of the birds at the
Nelodrome yesterday afternoon, after
having watched Bill Bailey, the Eng
lish boy who holds the amateur cham
pionship of the world, training for two
days. All eyes have been focused on
Bailey since his arrival here Wednes-
day. and, like many others, the party
who put the query was anxious to see
the much heralded Bailey display his
wares in the sprintinG line.
Mr. Bailey, however, went about his
business like a veteran, and seemed to
bef'perfectly satisfied with what he
can do, and never as much as took
fiyar off the banks for short flight
at top speed. This, of course, was
very, disappointing to the boys with
thesstop- who never form an
opinion of a rider until he has been
Clicked over a given distance.
Bailey's method of training is quite
different from the methods employed
bNsthe American riders and the other
European riders who have been here.
The title-holder is a veteran, and is
going along in his usual way, and,
while he may be disappointing some
Who are more or less interested in
him, he is probably making no mis-
takes. Since his arrival he has logged
fbtirF or five miles on very small
gear. and has been more intent on
accustoming himself to the Nelodrome
eoslfse than in giving demonstration
OF MS speed. 49,
One feature of Bailey's training that
has caused considerable comment here
IS the fact that he trains on an IS gear
and races on the unusually high gear
of los. In this country los gear has
always been considered impossible.
Even big ALI Grenda never goes over
100, and Cavanagh, another giant, has
had trouble in pushing a 104. In
America an IS gear is considered too
small for practical purposes on the
bike track and los is considered too
high.
Bailey declared yesterday afternoon
that he was quite fit" and would be
at.his best by Sunday. He is not hold
ing his opponent, Gus Wohlrab,
cheaply, but, like any top-notcher
who has gone for five years without
a defeat in a match race, fear natur-
ally becomes a minus quantity. 1t is
said that there are but few good ANA
,teur riders in Europe, and on the
continent especially Bailey has met
with but weak opposition. While
Bailey may have had easy shedding in
his races, he has established a few
records that stamp him as wonder
ful rider. He has done a quarter
mile. flying start, in "a 30 seconds,
which is some performance, and there
are probably not over three or four
T.. IL. bgaF
mark His unpaced half mile in 81 2-5
seconds is another fine performance.
Bailey will go to the mark in his
first race topheavy favorite, and he
will probably take the match in
ssstsraight heats. In Wohirab he
will meet a rider who, in a way,
rides pretty much the same style
fssrthe Englishman. Wohlrab is big
gear rider, and must go a long way to
reach top speed. The match will be
at. two-thirds of mile, and the win
ner7will have to take two heats.
r-By adding the Bailey-W ohlrab
match to the card for tomorrow,
which was originally scheduled to be
run last Sunday, but was carried over
on account of the rain, it becomes the
biggest program of the season.
There are seven races in addition to
this. match-three for the amateurs
and four professional races. By the
advent of the great Bailey the pro-
fessional stars have been placed in
the background, but there are three
big. contests on for tomorrow for the
pros the principal event being the
ten-mile tandem paced match, in
which Jackie Clark ALI Grenda and
Reggie Mcnamara will compete. The
ether races are a one-third-mile open,
one-mile tandem handicap and a
.smiss-and- out" invitation for the pro-
fessionals and a one-mile champion
ship stakes" two-thrids-mile handi-
can and a novice for the amateurs.
The amateur championship stakes
is.sn invitation race, in which sixteen
of the best simon pures will start 1t
will be run in four heats, with the
four winners making the final. The
race has special significance, in that
the four finalists will probably be the
oppcnents of Bailey following his race
With Wohlrab.