Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-09

Alfred Goullet was the best man a.
the Velodrome last night. There
isn't any mistake about that. Ht
showed it In every heat Of the half.
mile national championship. He
showed it in the trial heat, when John
Beden, the champion 'sleighrider" OF
the world. couldn't hold on to his
wheel, and he showed 1t in the semi
final heat. when he made Fogler
Spears and Clark look like novices in
the sprint to the tape. 1t was in the
final heat, though, that Goullet really
displayed his wonderful speed. He
beat Champion Kramer with consum-
mate ease, and with Fogler hanging
on for dear life and Kramer also
struggling to keep up, Goullet did the
last eighth of mile in IL AS seconds.
He raced Kramer into submission In
the first half of the last lap and he
had the speed and strength to tow
rope his field at the end. 1t was a big
night for Goullet. and it is warning
that Kramer will have to prepare
himself we'll if he hopes to retain his
long cherished title.
o
Goullet is just coming into his own.
Great things were expected of him
this season, but he didn't seem to do
very well until lately. He raced
along, of course and won any num-
Der of events, but he showed none
of his old-time speed nor were his
efforts consistent. Along last winter
/ predicted great things for Goullet
this season, but the Paris six-day
race was such a trying affair that
he never did quite recover from 1t
until a week or so ago. Now, Goul-
let is fairly flying. and he has no one
to fear. He has the speed and the
strength and he is about the gamest
rider that ever sat on a wheel He
is popular among his own set, but is
not as good a mixer" as some of the
other boys. He doesn't go around
town peddling hand-shakes. but the
friends he makes he seems able to
keep He was given a big hand af-
ter his victory in the championship
and he deserved all the plaudits he
received. Goullet is the one to beat
now, and a hard bird he'll be to beat
at that.
The efforts of Kramer in the cham
pionshlp last night were pathetic, and
those who know the champion and
who have seen him at his best must
have felt a pain for him as he strug-
gled to finish third in the final heat.
To tell the truth, Kramer was rather
lucky to qualify. He was COM
but at the end he was beaten
easily by Spears, and he was almost
nipped on the tape by liver Lawson.
In the semi-flnal heat, Rutt beat him
handily, and in the final "Old Steve"
couldn't get out of his own way. This
doesn't mean that Goullet isn't de-
serving of credit for his victory, for
with Kramer at his best he would
have had his troubles beating "Goul-
lie" on that particular occasion.
C
After the races Kramer said he was
"all in" and couldn't race lick He
knew he was bad in the first heat.
he said, but he thought he was pretty
fair in the semi final heat. In the
final heat he expected to win, but
after the start he knew he wasn't
himself. He said his only chance was
to keep to the 'front.' for he felt GER
tain that he couldn't race from be-
hind and win. He did go TO the front,
but Goullet drove" him so hard in
the first half of the last lap that
Kramer simply caved in, while
"Goullie" dashed on, with Foxy Joe"
Fcgler, close by, to an easy victory.
Kramer was not little worried over
his poor form. He said he hasn't
been feeling well since just before the
Fourth of July. when he rode so
poorly in the team match race. He
expects to let up in his training and
sec If he doesn't come around. He
has been off form before and has
come back with bells on. Perhaps
there isn't much for his friends to
Horry about, but he surely was an
aIl-gone champion last evening.
@
The defeat of Cesar Moretti, the big
Italian, by Alfred Grenda, the Tall
Tasmanian," was, of course, in the
nature of a surprise. Grenda won