Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-10
GRENDA PR|MED
FOR PURSUIT RACE
Bike Fans Expect New Record
When Big ALI Meets
Mcnamara.
SPEARS HAS GONE BACK

With big ALT Brenda and Reggie
Mcnamara, the two great unpaced
riders of the bike game, hooked up
for an unlimited pursuit race Sunday
at the Velodrome, it would not be
surprising to see new distance rec
ord established before the race
reaches a. conclusion The profess
sional record is a trifle less than
fourteen miles, and was established
in 1910 at the old track that was To-
Gated across the street from the Vel
odrome. ALT Goullet made the rec
ORD and 1t was made In a race with
Frank Kramer. At that time Goul-
let was without a peer as an unpaced
rider. although Pete Drobach hau the
honor OF defeating the Australian
once that season in a pursuit race.
Goullet does not make any pretense
at being a "pursuiter'' now. and
Grenda and Mcnamara are in a class
by themselves. Grenda has ridden
but one pursuit race ever since he
mas been here, but In that race ne
showed great stamina and easily de-
feated Drobach after going less than
five milea The big fellow estab-
lished great record in Australia in
1909 and 1910 in pursuit races. He
was never beaten. Afttr Grenda left
Australia to gather American dollars
here. Mcnamara became the pursuit
bear, and he went along for two
years without meeting with a single
defeat. The wonderful unpaced
riders of Europe may have something
on Grenda and Mcnamara, but they
are the peers of all the American and
Australian unpaced men. The win
ner of the race can be termed the
pursuit champion, for 1t is doubtful
If any rider will seek match with
the winner.
For rider with as much speed as
Bob Spears, the long, slim Austria
liam, it is surprising that more races
have not been won by him. There
are few riders with as much speed
as Spears, but he Is rarely placed in
the races at the Velodrome, although
he has made the finals of nearly all
of the big open races. At the Motor
drome Spears was a champion and
won about as he pleased, and he usu-
ally came from a position far in the
rear field on the final lap, sprlnting
in sensational style apparently with
out effort. 1t was figured that he
would vie with Kramer and Clark
for honors at the Velodrome, but he
has been disappointment since the
consolidation of the two tracks. A
lack OF headwork seems to be the
cause OF spears DOWNFALL. he is
invariably in the rear of the bunch
when sprinting time comes, and with
all of his speed he cannot ride around
the Kramers, Goullets, Clarks and
Grendas in the final circuit,
Spears has shown his class and
speed in team matches, however,
since coming over to the Velodrome,
and 1t was his speed that gained most
of the points for the Motordrome
riders in the famous team match be-
tween the Velodrome and Motor
drome riders last July. In that match
Spears won his individual match
with Grenda and he also won the
four-team match with Clark, Cava-
nagh, Grenda and Fogler opposing
him, which was some performance.
At the Veledrome Sunday Spears
will compete in a team match, rid
ing with Fogler for a partner, and
this pair will meet liver Lawson and
Clark and Cavanagh and Kramer.
With Fogler to do the thinking for
the combination, they will take some
beating, and the race should result
in a great sprint in the final lap be-
tween Spears, Kramer and Clark.
And 1t would not be surprising to
see the lanky boy the victor. Last
Sunday he raced away from Kramer
in the Anal twelfth of the handicap
race, and he has no fear when stack
ing up against "the marvel"