Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-21


day for his victory over the greatest
cyclist this world has ever seen. 1t
is strange, but the fans won't take
Goullet seriously, yet he is so close
to Kramer in speed, in generalship
and in the fine points of the game
that there is only a hairs breadth be-
tween them. Kramer at his best and
Goulllet at his best are the best
match | know of. Kramer would
likely win the greater number of
times, but once in a while Goullet,
wonderful little battler that he is,
way home. With neither of these
boys in their best form yesterday
Goullet won, and he won after he had
been beaten in the first heat in
manner that made it appear as If the
"Old Champion" was in for an easy
race. However. this was not so, and
Goullet not only defeated the premier
sprinter from in front in the second
heat, but he came back in the third
heat and rode around Kramer in most
decisive style. 1t was a notable VIC
tory for Goullet, but the fans didn't
pay him sufficient homage for his
wonderful efforts. 1t may be that |
the 10000 or more spectators were
struck dumb by the overthrow of
their champion, but whatever ii was
q 10 H., txft1a 4Hyn- not
in keeping with the Importance Of the |
victory, and that is not at all like a
Newark audience, which is generally |
fair beyond fairness
Kramer seemed to be so much the
best in the first heat that Goullet's
showing was a big surprise. big
Steve" made his opponent race and
race and race throughout the last
two and a half laps Of the contest and
when he made his concerted bid from
behind, just after rounding the
out at the end in a great burst of
speed the wonder was all about the
poor form displayed by Goulet.
Kramer himself became overconfident,
and he literally threw away his
chance in the second heat Kramer
beat Goulet in the first heat from be-
hind because the champion forced
him to sprint and to sprint until he
was well sprinted out. AT every little
lump on the part of Kramer, Goullet
lit hi Inno Of IN in | j,
front. He would slow up, of course,
when Kramer slowed up, but when
the champion made a bluff on the
final lap to go to the front, Goullet
from the first turn tried to make
every post a winning one Thus,
Kramer got a pretty fair pull"
While Goullet was rather tired, and
when Kramer came out on the last
lalf lap to give battle, the Australian I
lidn't have a great deal of resistance. :
he raced it out to the tape, but the !.
Yankee was his master yards before
he tape was reached. 1t is accord
ng to the book that Kramer should de-
eat Goullet and the result was popu-
ar, especially as Kramer had beaten c
lin from behind, particularly
glorious task these days. And Kra-
ner, mind you. finished on fiat tire
at the end.
@ Il
Beaten in the first heat, Goullet I
came out for the second heat as if '
he didn't have a chance. He rode I
'ide off the mark and he didn't even
ook around for three laps. When It
,ame time to protect his position he S
lid so in about the same manner as
n the first heat, only this time /
5oullet refused to be bluffed by
<ramer's forcing tactics and instead J
IF racing all his might he simply c
'nipped' Kramer and just rolled 9
llong in front of him. Ordinarily,
Kramer would have seen the hand
writing on the wall and would have
lropped back and come with a dash
, lap or more from home, but sold
Steve wasn't quite there yesterday
md when you're not there your head
rs we'll as your heels are slow.
Kramer, the great general, simply :.
allowed Goullet to ride his own race
nut in front and when the champion :
made a late bid he soon discovered
hat his task was useless and he :,
couldn't get by nohow. AS soon as !,
le discovered his dilemma, Kramer
packed up and Goullet won easily by
/ full length. When the time for the
asst eighth was announced as thlr- :,
.een seconds there was a hush of
disappointment, but the slow time
vas due to Goullet's ability to hip
Kramer and thus prevent him from /,
sprinting. Goullet didn't have to
race hard to win and he didn't
waste any of his strength.
c.
Time doesn't always cut q figure
n a match race, although whenever
Kramer is riding he does better than
p seconds for the final eighth. In
all three heats yesterday IL seconds
was only equaled, and the Is seconds
n the second heat couldn't quite be
by the fans. The time
doesn't necessarily show it, yet il is
almost certainty that neither Goul-
ct nor Kramer was himself. Kramer
lacked strength and Goullet wasn't
AZ his best by any means. He was
quick and smart and all that, and he
ian stand harder racing than Kra-