Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-10
"GOULLET AND FOGI Err ARE.
MY SELECTION"--KRAMER
Champion Says Barring Acei=
dents This Pair Are Almost
Sure Winners.
TEAM HAS THE ADVANTAGE
Big Steve Wouldn't Be Sur
prised If His Choice Tapped
Entire Field.
BY FRANK [. kRAMER

All Goullet and Joe Fogler Will.
believe, win the six-day bike race.
Ihey are the team that looks the best
to me and, barring accidents. they
should be the winners on Saturday
night | waited until midnight last
night to mako my selection. II would
nave been impossible for me TO pick
tne probable winners before that time.
BUT yesterday morning the majority
OF the teams began to develop weak
nesses and as the day passed these
weaknesses became more pronounced,
which AFFORDED me the opportunity to
get a line on every team.
Form Governed seIsetfsns.
] have picked Gouilet and Fogfsr an
account OF the great form shown 81
Goullet In the sprints OF Monday and
Yesterday. his fine condition and the
reiapility OF Fosler. Fog1er IL not 70.
ing very good, but on account OF his
gameness and knowledge of the game
he can be depended upon and VIII
hold his end up at all times. I believe
tnat Joe Will get better as the race goes
on, but even IL he does not get any
better than he Is at present the team
, should win,
This team has one advantage over
the other teams In the race. Both are
sprinters and as one of them Is sure
to be In form Saturday night. they
have an edge on all the others OF
course If Grenda and Clark, who arc
now a lap behind, get on even terms
with the leaders, Goullet and Fogier
will have no advantage on them in
this respect.
GouIIet II the star.
Goullet is riding brilliantly and in
the spirits he is a tower Of strength.
He appears to be strong enough to go
through hard jam alone. He
closes gaps quickly and has great CON
| f1dence In himself, and confidence Is ~
big factor in six-day race. Gouilet
is also the best track general in the
race. and IL the contest is decided in
the final sprint his Judgment win be
unerring.
The fact that Grenda and Clark are
one lap behind creates a new angls In
the race. They are sure to make =
| great effort to get UP with the leaders,
and when they start the battle they
are going to cause a big break In the
field. They are sure to lap about half
OF the teams in the race, while the
others will hold them even. II the
breaks should. by any possible chance,
favor Goullet and Fogler. they may
lap the entire field, while Grenda and
Clark are getting up with the rest
Clark, as a result of two bad falls, is
not in the best of condition, but he
will come around all right. Grenda IL
fine, and as soon as Clark Is flt to ''go''
they will be on their way. It may be
today or it may not come until tomor-
row, or possibly Friday. They are
sure to wait until they are in such
shape that they will feel certain OF
meeting with success. Then there will
probably be Jam" such as the one
in which Rutt and Clark Tapped the
field twice in 1909.
Root and Mcnamara There.
Root and Mcnamara are hard
team to figure. They have not made
a single effort to do anything In any
of the Jams" being content to hang
on in a safe position. Mcnamara
| ever-conservative Root is holding him
back. They are nursing themselves
along, saving their strength for the
time when 1t Is needed OF when 1t can
be used to the best advantage. They
might possibly upset my dope" on
the winners, but hardly think so.
The race is hard one and the boys
are feeling the strain. Collins. Hal
stead, Mitten and a number Of others
! were III Ddu bfldpt uoSudy aAa ills
morning. Halstead's stomach Is bad
and Collins is just simply tired. Law
renee is having his old trouble with
| his knees. Little Mitten is feelipe
| badly, but he is game and will not
admit 1t. Drobach who Is riding
strong. has done most of the riding for
tile team in the last twelve hours.
Walthour and Collins had great
opportunity last night to go after 2
lap, when Walthour sprinted and had
a clear lead of a half lap, but with
Collins in bad shape they did not CON.
tinue the sprint
Foreigners show Glass.
All of the European teams are show
ing surprising strength, and they are
all in fairly good physical condition.
Brocco, Verri, Perchicot and Breton
all mixed In the Jams Of yesterday
and carried the fight to the Americans.
Some of the riders who were weak
yesterday are riding stronger today,
while some of those who showed so
well on the first day have gone back
In form. Fred Hill is showing the
effect of the Injuries received In the
| bad fall he had in the Boston race ana
had a hard time to hold the bunch IN
one Of the Jams" late last night.
The Danish team OF Hansen ana
Anderson have improved wonderfully
in the last few hours OF the race
They were, in rather bad shape Mon
day and yesterday morning and
was of the opinion that they would -
compelled to retire before tomorrow.
Anderson, the weaker one on the
team, Is much improved.