Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-23
Tall Iasmanian Rode Last Six.
teen Hours on His Nerve
Alone.
BEST TEAM WON RACE
Couilet and Grenda Were the
Class of the Six-Day
Grind.
BIZ FRANK |. kRAnER
Champion of America and Worlds Great
est Cyclist.


Class viii tell Gouilet and Grends
were the class OF the six-day race.
and they were the winners because
they had the class. And the besf
team won-of that there is no doubs
but they were not the strongest
team or the best conditioned team
when that last hour Of sprints was
started. Gouilet rode superbly Ia
that final hour and the lions share
Of the credit Is being given to him
by the public for the victory of the
team. But Grenda deserves fully as
much credit as Goullet. II Grenda
was not the gamest fellow ever
saw in my life the Grenda-Goullez
team would not have been in the
race at the finish. Few there were
who knew of Grends's distress, but
he was riding on nerve alone in the
last sixteen hours OF the race. In
silence he gained It as no rider ever
gained it before. and he rode rehoic-
ally in the last hour.
Grenda saved Day.
No matter how tired a classy ride
may be, he viii. when the crucial
test is at hand, ride better than the
fellow who is not so tired but lacks
class. That was why picked Goul-
let and Grenda to win the race. The
both had their bad times and they
went through with them without
losing ground. Unfortunately for
Grenda, his worst time was the fnas
hour, but he gained it, and they won
] might say that Grenda won the
race for phe team when he led the
field and earned six points in the
sixth sprint. That was when Pete
Drobach started to assert himself.
and II Grenda had allowed Pete 70
get to the front the latter would have
won, and II probably would have Won
the race for Lawson and Drobach
Up until that time Drobach had been
riding from the rear and had been
finishing next to last every time
Right after that Drobach started TO
ride from the front and he won, ana
incidentally rolled up enough points
to give the team second money
When Grenda foiled Drobaeh he
saved the day for the Australian
team.
Drobach rode remarkably in the
finish and surprised everyone. He
was stronger than Goullet With
better head, Gouilet was able to win
with less effort. Pete had to ride
very hard, his spirits being very
long. and the way he strung out the
field in these sprints showed thai
they were fast sprints. Had Lawson
been as good at the finish as he was
the day before they would have been
nothing to it but Lawson and Dro
bach.
No Signs of Team Work.
The race was a true run race and
the best team won and they WOE
without any help from the rest o.
the field. l failed to see the Least
sign of teamwork in the final hour
They all fought with desperation
Not one would give an inch and nc
one allowed another to drop into s
good position voluntarily. Friendship
ceased when the last hour of the race
was on When Moran and McNamars
stole away and tried to gain a LAP
after the tenth sprint several of the
other teams hesitated before going
after them. They did not hesitate be-
cause they were teaning with Moran
and Mcnamara. It was because they
were so tired each was waiting for
the other TO go. Lawson and Dire
bach were foxy in this jam Thes
refused to take any pace until II was
nearly all over. They knew that the
others would go, so they laid back
dIfu LUCK Lu6 edSltcA Ild0 JDccADit
Goullet did most of the work In pull
ing the field up and without the good
work of Goullet it lie possible tina;
Moran and Mcnamara would have
Tapped the field. And that jam shows
what might have happened If a well
laid plan of Moran and Jackie Ciarks
had not gone wrong.
Tub for 6oullet When Jam" Started
Just before the finish of a six-da,
race Goullet always takes a ripp.ns
hot bath to loosen up his muscles
Clark and Moran knew this. They
got together a couple of hours before
the finish and planned to jump the
field together at $50 in an effort 10
gain lap. With Grenda in bad
shape, Lawson none too good, both
Fogler and Hill too weak to be able
to do much and Kaiser and Cameron
not figuring at all, Il left only Goul-
let and Egg to fear, and with Goullei
in the midst of a hot bath there ap
peared to be an elegant chance tc
gain a lap, which would have given
Moran and Mcnamara the race anc
Clark and Root chance TO win Sec
ond money.
Scheme Fails.
But the scheme failed. They
started just five minutes too soon
When Clark jumped, Goullet was jus
pulling his sweater off down in his
cabin and in lesst than a minute
he was on the track again. When
they saw Goullet on the track thes
gave up hope and the jam soon cams
to an end. This is just one of innum
cradle such incidents that marked this
six-day race. which was undoubtedls
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