Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-27
TWENTY-FIVE-M MILE CYCLING
TITLE ANNEXED BY GRENDA
big Alf' First Foreign Rider
to Hold American Cham
piOnship.
RACE FULL OF THRILLS
Harry Kaiser Too Fast for
Donald McDougaIl in
Match Race.

Alfred Grenda, of Australia, Is the
twenty-five mile national champion
of America. The man from over the
seas is the first foreign rider who
has ever won a title In this country
and his victory came after one of
the most interesting contests on
wheels ever seen at the Velodrome,
where the race was staged. It was a
gruelling race from the start to the
finish and of the twenty-nine riders
who started in the contest all but six
fell by the wayside as a result of
the hot pace or falls.
There were numerous spills on 40
count OF the slippery condition of
the track and some of the stars were
the victims OF these accidents. On
the thirteenth milo Reggie MoNa-
mara, one OF the favorites. went down
In a big crash in front Of the grand
stand In which five other riders were
put out of the contest. In this same
spill Frank Cavanagh, the Yankee
hope, came to earth and Was quite
seriously injured. The local boy
bursted q blood vessel In his right
leg and will be out of the game for
some time.
Grenda won the race fairly and his
sprint at the finish will be long re-
pNambered by the fans who witnessed
tho battle. 1t was a great finish.
Darkness had crept over the big
arena and as Grenda started his
great sprint two laps from the finish
the little group of six survivors look
ed like fantoms as they raced around
the little saucer. At a lap and a
half from the finish Jackie Clark
made his bid. and for almost a full
lap he and Grenda raced side by side.
On the backstretch of the final
lap Clark blew up and was compelled
to drop back. Grenda never weak
ened, but continued his flight Of speed
right to the tape, carrying Paddy He
hir into second place. Paddy had his
eountryman's rear wheel when the
final dash was started and he held 1t
as though he was part of the big
fellows machine. Clark was placed
was a lap behind. finished in that
position In the sprint. Norman Han
sen, of Denmark, was fourth; Thomas,
fifth, and ALI Goullet was sixth. Goul-
let, like Thomas, was one lap behind
the field.
The manner OF running the race was
an innovation and It proved very pop
ular with the crowd and races of this
kind are sure to be featured at the
Velodrome next season. There was
$40 in intermediate prizes in the race
and they were put up at times I'M
known to the riders in advance, being
indicated by the shots from the start
er's pistol. These prizes varied from
y to $25 and they put life in the race,
a mad sprint following each pistol
shot with the larger prizes squirting
the riders on to greater efforts. Oc-
casionally these prizes would be on
at three or four successive laps and
the race would then resemble a. SIX
day jam" which invariably brought
the crowd to their feet.
Twenty-Five riders lined up for the
start of the title event, but before the
face was under way three of the en-
trantS went down in heap as a
result of their inability to hold the
slippery surface OF the track. The
,frst-lap prizes were put up on the
fourth mile and four of them came in
succession, which started big
scramble that was as interesting as
many six-day JAM None of the
stars tried for this lap money but the
little fellows made the pace so fast
the field was reduced to nineteen
riders on the fifth mile. On the fifth
mile the first $40 prize was put up
and George Cameron took this after
a sprint with Fred Hill and Lloyd
Thomas. Paddy Hehir took the next
$40 prize which was up on the eighth
mile, but was disqualified with Gren-
da for teaming. Grenda could have
taken this prize but-he did not want
it and swung UP, which allowed Hehir
to go through on the pole and win.
Grenda's generosity cost little Paddy
$40. More lap money was injected into
the race during the next five miles
which caused many SprintS and when
the ten-mile mark was passed there
were seventeen riders left in the race.
Cameron took the first $25 prize
which was up on the eleventh mile.
Just as he finished his wheel slipped
from under him and he crashed to
the running board. The New Yorker
had shown surprising speed and
might have been a strong factor had
fate not ended his chances. On the
twelfth mile Ernie Pye stole away
from the fast firing field and picked
up a lead of a half lap. Riding strong,
he was in fine way to lap the field,
when Mcnamara tore after him and
soon pulled up on the leader. Nc
Namara set a terrific pace and Clark,
Grenda, Hehir and Cavanagh were
the only riders who held the pace.
This divided the field into three
groups and for full mile there was
a battle to close these gaps. Just as
they came together on the thirteenth
mile the most disastrous spill of the
race occurred. Jake Magin fell in
front of the judges stand and Cava-
nagh crashed into him. Spears, Goul-
let, Eddie Root and Gordon Walker
were unable to steer clear of the
fallen riders and they went down
also. After being disentangled Goul-
let remounted and resumed the race,
but lost so much ground he was soon
tapped. This spill cut the field down
o nine riders. In the fifteenth mile
+5'rank Cory, Percy Lawrence and
Thomas fell. The latter got in the