Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-10
BIG BILL TO MARK
FINAL NIGHT MEET
Cayanagh=GOuIIet Match and
Zimmerman Stakes Are
Cards Features.
GOSSIP OF THE CYCLISTS

When the two-mile handicap pro-
fesslonal is finished at the Velodrome
tonight the curtain will be rung down
on the night racing there for the
season. A big card of professional
and amateur races has been ar
ranged to mark the close Of the most
successful season since the opening
of the track three years ago. The
feature events are a match race be-
tween Frank Cavanagh, of Newark,
and ALT Goullet, of Australia, and
an open scratch race at one mile, the
Zimmerman stakes, so-called in
honor of Arthur Zimmerman, of
Point Pleasant, this State. the first
professional sprint champion of the
world.
All of the professionals with the
exception of Champion Frank kra-
mer will compete in the Zimmerman
stakes. which will be run in heats
and three senai-finals with tandem
pace in the final and semi
finals. Three riders viii start in
each of the semi finals, and the same
number will compete in the final In
both the semi-finals and the final
each rider will be provided with a
tandem team for pace.
It might appear as though, under
the conditions, the race would be
more of a contest of pacemakers than
a battle between the riders following
the tandems. Such an angle is hard
" likely to develop, however, as the
tandem teams will be pretty Well
balanced and no team, regardless of
ability, will be able to gain much
advantage in the short distance for
the rider following. The tandems
will go three-quarters of a mile and
then drop out and let the riders fight
1t out in the final quarter of mile.
In the Grand Prize Zimmerman,
which is run annually in Paris on the
Pare des Princes track, the condl-
lions are the same as will govern
the Zimmerman stakes, but the dis
lance is only a han-mile. The Velo-
drome being q much smaller track
than the Pare des Princes course,
made 1t necessary to increase the
distance in order to give each rider
an equal chance. Such q race at
half-rnile on the Velodrome would
give the rider who secured the pole
at the start such an advantage he
would almost surely be the Win
ner.
The race will be hard one. and
while the stars will probably triumph,
some of the little fellows will have
a chance providing they make the
mi-finals. Fred Hill, Eddie Root,
George Cameron, Gordon Walker and
little Lloyd Thomas. for instance,
can "eat up" about all the pace that
can be handed to them in three-quar-
tiers of a mile and then go out UNI
placed and put UP great finish.
Should any of this quartet be fortu-
nate enough to make the semi finals
and then draw a tandem team that
can place them in the lead at
the last quarter. the Goullets and
the Clarks will have to go some to
beat them to the tape.
Frank Cavanagh will have another
chance to exploit his ability in the
match with Goullet tonight. Early
in July the local boy showed such
form against the best riders in his
class he was looked upon as the
logical successor of Kramer, some
day. Cavanagh was riding well at
the time and gained great popularity
by defeating Goullet, Francesca
Verri. the fast Italian, and other
good riders in match races. So well
did Cavanagh ride at that time there
appeared to be little fear of a for
eign rider stepping into Kramer's
ahoes when that worthy becomes
passe. Cavanagh was the hope, and
the only hope of the Yankees. July
3 Cavanagh met Verri and Goul1et In
a French point race, and he defeated
both of them in a decisive manner
The big fellow took Goullet a whole
lap on his wheel and won without
apparently extending himself. He
followed this by defeating Verri in
the same manner and with the same
amount of ease. Cayanagh certainly
looked great after that performance,
but. like several others in the high
brow" brigade, as George Cameron
calls the bonus riders, the giant went
stale and he has not looked so good
since. Cavanagh has had rest the
past two weeks, and it is said that
he is back in top form again. II he
is right tonight he may again be
touted as the possible successor of
the great Kramer. The match is at
two thirds of mile. French style.
The other races billed for tonight
are a half-mile handicap and
three-mile open for the amateurs,
an unknown distance race and two
mile handicap for. the professionals
se
The outdoor season at the Velo-
drome viii be continued as long as
the weather will permit. Last year
the season ended early in October in
order to stage a six-day race at To-
ronto. If a date for the Canadian
vember this year it will probably
not be run. q
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Bob Finlay. the Australian middle
distance rider who raced on the
tracks of the Cycle Racing Associa-
ton this season with some success,
will leave Monday for his home in
Melbourne Finlay is a bicycle man
ufacturer and his racing tour of
America was ostensibly a pleasure
trip. -.
Norman Hansen. the game little
Dane. will make his debut as six
day rider in the Boston six-day race,
which will start the week of NoveTn-
Der 5. Hansen is made of the right
stuff for the long races.
Holy Name Leaguers Will