Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29
KRAMER IS IN POOR |
FORMFOR CHAMPS
Twelve Time Title Holders
Showing This Season Has
Not Been Brilliant
HAS WON ONLY ONE RACE

has WON ONLY ONE RACE
The championship season viii get
under way at the velodrome tonor-
row with the running Of the quarter
mile national championship for pre-
fessionals. The best field Of pros
that ever lined up for q title race IN
recent years win face the starters.
There Will be four heats. and there
viii be one or more stars IN each OF
the preliminary trials. Two riders
VIII qualify for the seni-finals, which
will be two IN number The first
and second men to finish in the senni=
finals VIII make the final
This race viii mark the beginnins
| o. Frank Kramer's thirteenth cham
pionship effort. and never before n
| his long cancer on the track has the
great Yankee cyclist faced a cham
pionship season IN which his chances
Of success appeared 30 uncertain as
this. Kramer has been beaten re-
peatedIy this season, his record 10
date showing but enc victory IA open
races.
Alfred Gouilet. Of Australia, WA
appears to be the dangerous coneende
er for the Championship honors this
season, has won FIVE open events
In four OF these he met ana defeat
ed Kramer. This string OF Victories
has given the foreigner a world OF
confidence which. combined with Ills
speed and aggressiveness. makes him
a most formidable opponent against
the only American pro- with
ghost of chance against the strong
array Of foreign talent.
, Little Jackie Clark, who has
shared the honors with Kramer for
number Of years. and who has
pressed the champion harder than
any other rider for the title, win be-
, one Of the starters In the Champions
ship race. but there Is another corr
J test far more important for the mid
get Australian tomorrow. Clark Is
to meet ALI Grenda in 1ve-mile
paced match race. in which victory
means much. Clark Is one Of thu
highest paid riders in the game to-
day. but he has performed none too
well this season, and unless be can
reestablish himself his prospects Of
drawing a big bonus next year will
be far from bright. The real irnpor-
lance in this match for Clark lies
I in the fact that he has always been
. supreme at the distance. and unless
he can win under conditions which
. are most favorable, his chances Of
: victory in the shorter races are re-
mote. Grenda is probably the strong
est opponent at the distance avail
able.
. Clark and Grenda, with Kramer.
Goullet. Fred Fiji, Frank Cavanasfl
: and others will figure In the two-nile
1 pro handicap which is carded fer to-
! morroES. This VIII be q one-heat race,
4 in which big field OF cash prize rid-
: ers VIII start
Il
|. The big Par1s-to-Bordeau road race
run IN France Sunday, May IS, was
won by young Belgian rider named
Mottiat. who was a rank outsider.
Cyril Vanhouwaert, the Belgian who
rode IN the New York eix-day race
two years ago. was second. and yan-
derberghe another Belgian. was third
4 The race was ridden in q driving rain
ana the riders did not approach the
1 record made by Constant Hurst, the
, great French rider. In 1899. First
money In this race, which Is open to
both amateurs and professionals. was
o $500.
Walter Rutt. the winner OF the
last six-day race In New York. won
four-cornered match race from
~ Thorwald Ellegaard, Schuermann
X and Moretti, at the Olympic track, In
Berlin. Germany. Sunday. May Is.
Kudela won a scratch race at the
same meeting from Wegener and
= Carapezzi. In the paced race SteI1-
il brink won from Linart, the Beige.
y Sores, of France; Nettlebeck and Van
y y Mex, of Germany. In the order named.
- The race was run over 30 and 50
kilometres QsN and s11z miles,. and
Stellbrink won both heats with ths
final chasing as above.
! .s
The final standing In the s.esrand
Prix of Brussels (paced) on Sun
day, May Is, resulted In a win for
Carl Saldow, the German, over Guig-
= nard. Huybrechts and Walthour, the
IN Atlanta rider. The race was run ii
:. three heats, 20, 80 and so kilometres
Saldow winning all three of them.
"a Guignard and Walthour. the foreign
1e exchanges say, suffered puncturea
xe and accidents to their bicycles when
os their prospects of winning wers
or bright.
i At Dresden, Germany, Sunday, May
ar Is. Otto Meyer won the scratch rack
10 from Willy Lorenz and Schrage. Lso.
"a REM won the lap race from Schrags
ar and Sussmilch, and the handicap re.
suited in win for Schrage over Lo'
a. REM and Sussmilch. In the hour.
NJ paced race, and In the shorter pace1
n race at 20 Kilometres, ScheuermaE
n won over Peter Gunther, Levlennell
lie and Thomas.
m ss
k The famous Salt Palace grounds ar
rs no more 80 far as the name is con
$. cerned. At the start of the presen
LII amusement season in Salt Lake Cit
,ff the owners and 1essees OF that f.
n nous resort decided TO change n
i'd name from Salt Palace TO Majestf'
IL Park, and in the future the oil
It. grounds, where many records wer'
to established By racing cyclists. VII
carry that title.