Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-26
BAILEY IN WORKOUT
SHOWS HIS SPEED
English CycIist in Practise
Sprint Proves Worthy of
His Reputation.
OTHER NOTES OF BlKERS

Bill Bailey, the English amateur
champion and holder of the world s
title. showed a flash of his speed yes
terday Since coming to America
Bailey has been pretty much under
cover and as q result he has had
the local followers of cycle racing
guessing As he is to meet the
American champion and former
worlds champion, Donald McDougall,
in a series of match races there is
great interest in the Englishman and
his ability which is known only
through his performances on the
tracks of Europe.
As a strategist Bailey outclasses
the foreign professionals who have
visited this country and he is some
"fox." Secure in the knowledge of
his own ability, he has not displayed
his wares once since he has been
here, yet he daily watches the speed
trails of his opponent, McDougal.
As a result, the English title holder
has got McDougall guessing, while
he knows exactly how fast his YAM
kee opponent is and just what to eX-
pect of him when they meet With
McDougall not knowing what to ex-
pect of the champion and the latter
having the American sized up to a
nicely. Bailey will start in the first
match with an ace in the hole.
inadvertently Bailey gave the local
riders a line on his sprinting ability
yesterday. That it was not inten-
tional was shown by the evident
chagrin of the champion when he
realized that he had shown some
thing After workout of five miles
at an easy clip Bailey jumped off
the bank for a sprint ana at the
same time a number of professionals
started a sprint a few yards behind
him. Getting under way at exactly
the same time the amateur had no
advantage over the professionals and
as they sped around the track Bailey
drew away from the cash prize rid
ers The further he went the greater
became Bailey's lead. 1t was a great
sprint and it proved that Bailey is
great rider and as good as he is
claimed to be.
Both Bailey and McDougall fin
ished their training yesterday and
will rest until Sunday, the day of
the match The Yankee is in great
form and will have no excuses to
offer IL he is beaten. McDougall was
a trihe stale two weeks ago with no
racing since a week ago last Sum
day and he has regained his form
and is as fast as ever. Betting on
cycle races is almost unheard of, but
there is considerable wagering on
this race. Most of the bets are at
even money. although there is more
McDougall money in sight than
Bailey coin.
At the Sportplatz. the German mon
fSer for the cycle track, at Hanover,
Germany. Sunday, September u. a.
series of matches, called the Grand
criterium of the worlds champion
ships" was run, the ultimate victor
being Walter Rutt, the present cham
pion. In the first match Otto Meyer
beat Pouchois and Arend, and in the
second Hourlier won from Brehmer
and Schurmann. Rutt accounted for
the third from Pollerdi and Perchicot.
while Perchicot beat Meyer and Breh
ner in the fourth. Hourlier again
came home in front in the fifth match,
when he beat Arend and Polledri,
and Rutt put over his second win in
the sixth by beating Schurmann and
Pouchois, Polledri accounting for the
seventh by taking Meyer and Schur-
mann into camp. Pouchois scored
win in the eighth match by beating
Hourlier and Perchieot and the next
heat saw Rutt again repeat when he
came home in front of Arend and
Brehmer Arend scored his first vic
tory during the afternoon in the
tenth match by trimming Perchicot
and Schurmann, and Pouchois out
sprinted Polledri and Schurmann IN
the eleventh match. Rutt won the
twelfth match from Hourlier and
Meyer and also took the final, with
all riders starting, from Meyer, Arend,
Pouchois, Polledri, Hourlier and Per
chicot in the order named. A tandem
race at the same meeting was taken
by Pouchois and Perchicot. Rutt and
Arend finishing second, Hourlier and
Polledri third and Meyer and Schur-
mann fourth.
The paced grand prize of Europe
will be contested at Leipsic, Germany,
next Sunday, with Gunther, Janke,
Guignard and Walthour as the
starters.
The grand prix of nations was run
at the Velodrome oliver, Paris,
Sunday, September IA, and resulted
in win for Bruni, the French
TIA liam pace follower. The match
was run in two heats at 20 lIilometers
and the final at the 40-lilometer dis
lance. Bruni accounted for the first
heat over Darragon, Human and
NanderstuYft, while Janke beat Dick
entman. Kjeldson and Shepherd in
the second. Bruni, Dickentman. Oar
ragon and Janke qualified for the
final, and they finished in the order
named. The time was 1910 3-5.
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Paul Guignard, Bobby Walthour
Il. Huybrechts and Victor Linart en-
gagged in series of matches at the
Zurenburg track at Antwerp, Bel
GUM, Sunday, September IA. In the
first match Linart won from
Walthour i'm a ten-llilometer paced
race, and Huybrechts beat Guignard
in a like contest. Linart beat Huy-
brechts in match pursuit race and
Ctuignard trimmed Walthour at the
same style of riding. The final
match was to be a one-hour paced
race. but rain interfered at the 10
lSilometer mark and the race was
called off. Llnart led at the time
the race was stopped. Guignard was
second, Huybrechts third and Walth-
gv,r-