Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-05
DROBACH'S FINISH
THE ONE TO COUNT
Pete and HaIstead Given First
Prize in Hour Race, in Which
There Is a Mix=Up.
ROOT AND HILL WINNERS

The fans at the Newark Stadium
Motordrome yesterday afternoon were
treated to some fine sport, including
two finishes to the one-hour team
race, the feature event. The race was
won by Pete Drobach of the Halstead-
Drobach team, who flashed over the
tape ahead of the field in the first
and official finish. The other riders
continued on and Bobbie Spears, the
Australian, won the second event in
what many of the fans thought was
the real finish.
The judges, however, decided that
the first finish was the final first and
Drobach was decided the winner
Fred Hill and Menus Bedell were
second, Jake Magin and Percy Law
renee third, Eddie Root and Eddie
Rupprecht fourth and Willie Coburn
and Freddie West were fifth. The
riders covered 26 miles 1,120 yards.
The three-mile tandem handicap for
professionals was a hard race. Fred
Hill and Eddie Root, the scratch men,
got up in the last few yards to win
by a length, with Magin and Held
rick leading the rest of a struggling
field The Drobach- Halstead team
got third money, and Lawrence and
Coburn just showed through for fourth
money, beating out Kopsky and
Eaton, who showed the way until the
last two laps
Menus Bedell scored an easy win in
the opening event, a two-mile invi-
tation. Joe Kopsky was second, w.
Coburn third and Tommy Smith
fourth
The one-lap amateur dash was won
by Tommie Smith. Joe Passenger,
who won this heat, was suspended for
one month for striking Chester Smith
Passenger claimed Smith had pur-
posely caused spill in which both
figured.
William Hanley was second in this
event, beating Henry Kaiser by an
eyelash. c. B. Georgi was fourth
and Gus Wohlrab fifth.
The ten-lap amateur handicap was
captured by Harry Kaiser. This race
was one of the best of the day and
a blanket could have covered the first
five at the finish. Tommie Smith,
who started from the scratch, was
second and Gus Wohlrab, the other
scratch man, was third. Fred Weber.
who had twenty-five yards, beat Fred
Taylor, an eightyyard man, for
fourth place.
Raymond Eaton fell in the ten-lap
amateur handicap and was so badly
| injured he was removed to the Ger
| man Hospital, where he is recovering
today. A large piece of flesh was
torn from his right thigh and several
| splinters lodged in his leg.
The two-mile running race fur.
nished a real surprise when Jimmy
Fitzgerald, of Australia, handicapped
at So yards, got first money. Fitz,
gerald trailed the field until one-halr
| lap from the wire and did not an.
pear to have chance. At this point
| he made a sensational sprint and,
passing the leaders in easy style. Won.
Harvey Cohn, of New York, who
started from the scratch, was second,
| and George Hooley. of Newark, an
S5yard man, third. Jim Crowley, who
many thought would walk away with
| the race with his fifty-yard handi-
cap, was a bad fourth. The sum,
mary:
One-H Hour Team Race PROFESSIONAL
| Won by Drobach and Halstead; Fred
Hill and Menus Bedell. second; Law
renee and Magin. third; Root and Rupp-
recht, .fourthi Coburn and West, nth
Time, III DISTANCE 20 miles, 1.120 yards
by Root and Hill; Magin and Heidrick
second; Drobach and Halstead, third
Lawrence and Coburn fourth; Kopsk,
and Eaton, fifth. Time, en-.
Two-Mile Invitation professionally
Won by Menus Bedell. Newark; JOSEPH
G. Kopsky. Newark. second: Willie co.
burn. Newark. third Thomas Smitl
Newark fourth; Werner Beck, Newark
| fifth. Time. en-. 2-5s.
Ten-I.ap. Handicap (amateur)-wo b,
Harry Kaiser, New York, 10 Yards: Tom
mic Smith. Newark. scratch. second
Gus Wohlrab, Jersey CITY, scratch. third
Fred Weber. Newark. % yards. fourth
Fred Taylor. Newark, so yards, fifth
Time Am. 45s.
One-Lap Open (amateur) - Won b,
| Tommie Smith. Newark; William Hanley
San Francisco. second; Harry Kaiser
New York third; C. B. Georgi Newark
fourth. Gus Wohlrab, Jersey City fifth
Time, 20 lbs
Two-AIile Running Race professional
Won by Jimmie Fitzgerald. Australia
Harvey Cohn New York, second: Georg,
Hooley Newark. third; James Crowley
New York. fourth. Time ION. sOs.