Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-26
CLARK and COULLET BOTH CAN
CLAIM HARD RUN RACE HONORS
Jackie Defeats Alfred in Five-me Match and Alfred
Defeats Jackie at Same Distance
Later in the Evening.
KRAMER IS STILL THE SHORT DISTANCE KING

The question of who is entitled to
the fve-nile honors in the profess
sional division of the N. C. A. is still
a mooted question. At the Veledrome
last night there were two fivemile
events and the two best five-milers
in the game started in both of them
and each secured a victory and al
ternately took second in the races.
Jackie Clark won the five-mile match
and ALI Goullet won the five-mile
open, Clark being second.
In the opinion of the fans, Jackie
was the better man last night. He
won a decisive victory in the match,
coming around Goullet in the last
twelfth and winning by the narrow
margin of two inches. and in the
open he showed more speed and
strength than Goullet, but lost on ac-
count of overconfdence. Clark at
tempted to go two laps with Goullet
on and when Goullet jumped him
half lap from home he opened up
couple of lengths, but Jackie came
again and made up the greater part
of this advantage before the tape
was reached.
There might have been a different
story to tell, however, had there not
been a bad spill two laps from the
finish of the five-mile open and had
Alt Grenda escaped a puncture that
put him out of the running when
the race was half over. Champion
Frank Kramer, Frank Cavanagh and
Herman Packebusch, of Germany,
went down in the spill, and Kramer
was at least a contender, and from
all appearances a strong contender.
The champion had a nice position
and he was riding easy throughout
the race and he might have been the
winner. The accident took much of
the interest out of the race. Kramer
was cut on his right hand and his
arms and legs were scraped, but he
was not injured to any extent, as
he will ride in Philadelphia tonight.
,vhe German rider got hard bump
on his right temple and at first 1t
was thought that he was badly in
jured, but he revived quickly when
he was taken to his cabin, and 1t was
found that he was suffering mostly
from shock Cavanagh took an easy
tumble, using Kramer as a bufter
to save him.
The championship contest, which
was at a half-mile, did not material
ize into the race that was expected
although it was a great race between
Grenda and Kramer, in which the
big fellow extended the Yankee TO
the extreme limit to win. Kramer
said after the race that it was the
hardest victory of the season. The |
system of drawing for the semi
finals was responsible for one of the
stars being shut out of the final
The first semi brought together
Kramer, Clark Grenda and CaVa- |
nagh. while in the second semi Goul-
let, Joe Fogler, Floyd Krebs and
Ernest Jokus were the starters. When
Kramer and Grenda shut Clark out
of the final there was keen disap-
pointment apparent in the stands,
for a royal battle between the big
four in the final was what the crowd
wanted When Fogler and Krebs fell
in the second semi Goullet and Jokus
qualified without an effort.
In the final the cleverness of Kra-
ner was never shown to better ad-
vantage, and he probably owes his
victory to his quick-thinking brain.
That there was something doing in
the final, with Goullet and Grenda
the plotters, was evident, and they
came very near getting away with
clever coup. A lap and half from
the finish Grenda went to the front,
taking the lead from Goullet, and
Kramer Immediately went UP along
side of "Goullie" The latter, fgur-
ing that he would have to stay in that
rocket to the finish if he waited too
long. dropped back and gave Kramer
the pole position. Just before this
shift was made Grenda had glanced
back and seen the position his coun-
trynan was in, and noted that kra-
mer was tapping him CGrenda) on
the outside.
AS they rounded hto the home
stretch at the bell brenda swung
wide. figuring on carrying Kramer up
and permitting Goullet TO go through
IN the pole and take TIE lead. Foxy
Mr.. Kramer, however, OWNED the
purpose of that switch, and quick as
u flash shot for the opeling that was
made Tor NTOulleL. TIE just bSdl
ssGoullie" to it, and tive latter was
forced off the track oil to the fiat.
Before he could get Strengthened up
and into his stride again the others
had put a gap of thirty yards be-
tween them. Goullet saw the hope
lessness of his position and did not
make an effort to get the flying lead
ers. Kramer rode around Grenda in
the last half lap and won by half a
wheel, with Jokus trailing in third.
The two-mile invitation was won
by Krebs by inches only from Alvin
t4oftes. Norman Anderson took a
fiier with Norman Hansen, his coun-
tryman, on, and it looked as though
the little chap would win, but An
derson's pull was q bear and blew
Hansen up. Had ansen won he
would undoubtedly nave been dis
qualified for there was not a ques-
ton as to deliberate teaming
Packebusch rode good race and fin
ished third.
Champion MacDougall made a clean
sweep CT the amateur events, again
taking the half-mile handicap and
the five-mile open. He was lucky to
win the former race. The marks
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