Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-02
MOTORDROME WILL
SOON Be MEMORY
Workmen Are Busy Tearing
Up Ill-Fated Cycle
Track.
NOTES OF THE CYCLISTS

NOTES OF THE CYCLISTS
The Motordrome. the more or less
Inflated arena across the street from
the Velodrome. will never be the
scene of another motor race, or,
probably. bike race, either. gang
of laborers are busy tearing up the
bicycle track and the motor track,
and within a few days there will be
only the stands remaining. The prop
erty is leased by the Cycle Racing
Association. the corporation that
owns the Velodrome and the lumber
in the surface of the Motordrome bike
III Velodrome track. This lumber VIII
be stored during the winter, and in
- he spring work will be started on q
ew track at the Velodrome.
The Motordrome will be converted
alto general athletic field, and it is
zig enough to stage any kind of out
U3 Floor sport The Enclosure Will be
leveled off for football, and at the
close of the football season the cir
81 cular interior will be flooded and
used for an ice skating rink. 1t is
not the intention of the owsers to
promote sports at the Motordrome,
but it viii be rented to clubs, athletic
associations and individual promo
tiers.
The ice skating will be promoted by
the owners, however. Regardless OF
the success of such a venture it de-
serves commentator, for 1t WILL no
doubt, keep many off the dangerous
Passaic and other waterways during
the winter months.
Bill Bailey the worlds champion
amateur cyclst, has created greater
sensation here than any other rider
who has ever come to this country
from Europe Not only the English
boys riding, but his training, has
come in for considerable comment.
Even Champion Frank Kramer has
expressed the opinion that Bailey has
the right system of preparing for his
= races. and stated that next season he
will follow along the lines of Bailey.
The Englishman contends that as the
American and the Australian riders
use up all their strength in training
and are Slapped of much of their
vitality they are not at their best in
the races.
"The American riders" says Bailey.
are tired after each workout. and
they all train twice each day. When
they start their afternoon work they
are still tired from their efforts in
the morning. This is too great a
= strain on nature and takes the snap
out of fellow. / never ride" con-
tinued Bailey, until I am tired.
feel like sprinting when have fin
ished my usual training spin of three
or four miles. but | never sprint
Sometimes l make a few jumps after
my rides, but / never let myself out
1T is hard to refrain from a good
sprint, but / save it for the races
Pent-up energy is like wine the
longer it is stored the better it il"
So
There seems to be less interest in
a -. 4 Co.. aftaSr
Sunday between Bailey and Donald
McDougall than a match between
Bailey and Frank Kramer. There is
apparently little doubt of Bailey's
ability to defeat the American cham
pion at the American style, in the
minds of the fans. and they appear to
believe that Kramer is the only rider
who has a chance to beat the Eng
lishman. If the National Cyclists
Union of England will sanction such
q match, Bailey will ride Kramer, but
there is some doubt about securing
the sanction.
McDougall will have considerable
advantage over Bailey in the paced
match Sunday, and it is certain that
he will put up a far better argument
in this race than he did in the French
style match. The Yankee has shown
this season that he sprints better at
the end of hard race than in
French style contest His best riding
has been in the handicaps when he
had to do most of his riding unpaced
in his record rides.
II the pace is fast enough, Little
Mac" will take a lot of beating.
Foreign Cycling Notes.
Bobby Walthour, the American |
pace follower. won the Grand Prize
of Germany at the Olympia track,
Berlin. Germany. Sunday, September
81 The race was ridden in three
heats, a repechage and final, the |
heats were at % kilometers, while the |
repechage was at fifteen. In the first |
heat Guenther won, with Beck sec |
ond and Sheperd third. Walthour
accounted for the second over Tim |
hermann. and Schipke and Ryser |
accounted for the third, with Guig- |
nard second. The repechage went to
Zimmerman. In the final Walthour |
won from Guenther, Zimmerman, |
Guignard and Ryser in the order |
named. and the time was 1917.
Victor Linart, the Belgian, won |
the Grand Prize of Europe (paced) |
at the Cologne, Germany, track, Sun
day, September Il. The race was
decided over the 100 kilometer route,
divided up in two heats of 30 and |
20 kilometers. Linart won both
heats. Stellbrink. Saldow and Huy-
brechts finishing second, third and
fourth. The combined time Of the
two heats. 81 and 5124, amounted
to l hour 10 minutes and 2 seconds.
At Nuremburg, Germany, on the
same day, Walter Rutt won the
Grand Criterium of Speed from
Andre Perchicot by length. Oscar
Peter finishd third and Thorwald
Ellegard, the Dane, fourth. Rutt also
accounted for the handicap at the
meet. Perehicot again finishing sec
ond and Schmidt third.
Although inclement weather inter-
fered to great extent with the race
meet at Reims. France. Sunday, Sep
TENDER 81 1000 people turned out for
the sport. The "piece de resistance"
was a 100-lxiometer team race, Amer
lean style. similar to the conditions
governing day races. Tricky
Comes and Petit Breton won in
2:44:21. Oliveri and Lapize finished
second and Lignon and Passerieu
third.
Sarah Bernhard has retired so |
many times that 10 say anyone is
doing a Sarah Bernhard" means |
that they will eventually do "come |
back" stunt. The divine Sarah has |
nothing on Edmund Jacquein, the |
famous French cyclist. In the last |
few years Jacquelin has retired and !
come back more times than any cy- |
cfist known. His latest return to the |
sport occurred at Toulon, France,
when he finished second to Godivier