Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-31
MOTORDROME GETS
AUSP|C|0US START
Good Sport Seen at Initial BIZ
cycle Meeting at Former
Motorcycle Track.
PURSUIT RACE A FEATURE

With a fairly good array of both
professional and amateur talent, the
Stadium Motordrome track got off
to a rather suspicious start yesterday
afternoon. Honors in the meet were
about evenly distributed, most of the
money-chasers grabbing off slice
of the stakes.
John Bedell got in the lime-light at
the very beginning of the meet.
After coping the one-mile point race,
however, he failed to come through
in the five-yJfle handicap and also
lost out with the team he led in the
Australian pursuit team race. A
team captained by Menus Bedell ia.
off with the latter event, while Wer-
ner Beck, riding from the 2so-yard
mark, held out just long enough to
grab the big end of the purse in the
handicap race.
"A distinct novelty was injected into
the card by the race between rune,
and bicycle. In this event, Harve
Cohn, the former Irish-American AM
Olympic crack, was pitted against
Jake Magin. The latter covered one
mile against Cohn's half mile. Coin
won by about seventy-five yards ii
min. 40 sec. This would be q
worlds record except for the fact
that a Motordrome half-mile is many
yards short of that distance.
| The ranks of the amateurs were
augmented just before the start o.
the days racing by Chester Smi1h
He came through a winner in thC
one-mile open event, and was tbs
only top-notcher of the simon-pure
to get into the limelight. The fieid
! included practically all of the Local
amateurs.
The point race for the money
chasers, a European importation
was the getaway event. The riders
were sent from their marks without
any pomp or ceremony, but later
the management received a large
floral horseshoe, token from the
riders. Freddy West did the honor
while Inglis NJ. Uppercu and Jay
Eaton made grateful acknowledge
ment.
For while the system of scoring
in the opening event presented the
aspect of a Chinese puzzle and had
everyone but the judges themselves
guessing. Two qualifying heats were
run off with five to qualify in each
heat for the finals. The ten who quail
flied rode in all three finals, the wiz
ner being awarded one point, SECOND
two points, etc. The rider with this
least number of points at the finish
was the winner.
| Though he failed. to get a first ir
any of the finals, John Bedell, with
three seconds to his credit, COPIED
the big prize with a total of si1
points. Eddie Rupprecht, after finish
| ing fifth in the first final, got away
with two firsts and finished secont
with seven points. Menus Bedel
trailed Brother John in all thret
heats and took down third money
with nine points. Percy Lawrence
pulled through a winner in the frs
heat, but was badly placed in the re
naming two and had to be content
ed with fourth prize with clever
points.
With Beck fully fifty yards in from
Lawrence and Mackay fought 1t gu
for second place in the handica1
race, the former getting the decision
| by final jump at the tape. AL Hal
stead sneaked into fourth place ant
Jake Magin just got in the money
Both John and Menus Bedell go
hemmed in and were unable to maxi
a bid.
Perhaps the feature event of tn,
day was the pursuit team race
Menus Bedell with Rupprecht, Law
renee and Coburn as partners, over.
took John Bedell who had Mackay
Drobach and Magin as teammates
at six and three-quarter miles
Magin, who was pretty well PLAYED
out by his race with Cohn. quit a
35s miles.
But one serious spill occurred t.
mar the afternoons sport. Just a
the finish of the first heat of tn,
amateur handicap, Carl Halverson
the Danish rider, took header on
to some planks lying alongside the
track when his front wheel collapsed
and %as rendered senseless. He was
quickly revived, however, and an ex.
animation found him to abe uninjured
except for abrasions about the face
Just few minutes afterwards Ches.
ter and Tommy Smith. in trying tt
duck" pacing the bunch. collided
on the Mum avenue side. but nc
damage resulted.
The simon-pure back-markers
failed to figure at all In the handi.
cap event. In the open race Gus
Wohlrab got puncture on the bel
lap and was forced out. Chester
Smith came through a winner in q
close finish with Johnny Ready. a
newcomer tom New York.
One Mile professional. point race
| open)-First qualifying heat--Won b,
Teddy. Billington. Vailsburg; John Be
| dell, Newark. second: Fred West Sal
Francisco. third: Al Halsted. England
fourth: Percy Lawrence. Newark, fifth
| time. I'm. Abs Second qualifying heat
Won by Eddie Rupprecht, Newark: jacob
| Magin, IrvinRton, second; Tommy Smith
| Newark. third: Johnny King, Newark
! fourth Joe Rieber. Newark. ffthl t<ne