Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
DAY OF SURPRISES
F.. AT THE VELODROME
GOuIlet's Record Breaking Ride
and Willie Murray's Victory
Add to Excitement.
FOGLER OFFERS NEW ALTBI


was not the only extraordinary hap
pening at the bike track yesterday
There were Two other performanc
which, although lost sight of to
large extent and hidden By the
glamour OF the big race. were 10
them an epoch in cycling hiss
tory in this city. One was Alfred
Goullet's record breaking ride in the
two-thirds-mil professional handicap
and the other was the victory OF little
Willie Murray in the haf-mile anna
teur handicap.
Goullet put on awful dent in the
worlds record when he Won the fan-
dicap in I'm. u 4-5s. The former
mark was I'm. Il lbs. and was made
In Salt Lake city, where the atn1os-
phere offers less resistance than
Huerta.s Federals When a Salt Lake
record is broken this side Of the MIS-
sissippi river it is feat worthy of
special mention. "Goullie's'' name viii
90 in the record book and he WI be
niched in the hall of fame. but Joe
Fogler, who was largely responslble
for "Geullie's" performance VIII not
even receive honorable mention And
were it not for his glib tongue and
logic Joe would probably now be pay
ing q. SO fine for rs share OF the rec
ord ride.
The handicap was the best race OIL
the program, outside of the match
The heats were all well contested and
they were snappy and exciting The
handicappiHg was excellent and 3
rider from nearly every mark made
the final In the final GoHliet Fogier
Frank Cavsnagh and Bob Spears
were the back-narkers and they were
punched before q half lap was COW
cred Out in front were Norman An
dereon, Eddie Rupprecht, Percy Law
renee and Floyd Krebs, and while the
back markers were loafiug on the first
circuit, these riders We're making
swift tracks for home and the money
When GoulIet saw that Spears, Ryan
and CaNahagh. were evidently con-
spring with the front bunch TO bring
about the defeat of the other back
men, "Goullie gave his old six-day
partner the word to go and Joe sure
did 20. He went so fast for two iape
and fifty yards he left Spears. Caya-
nagh and Ryan In the iurch and
pulled Coullet up to the flying lead
ers just as the eighth pole Was
reached His work done. Joe cult at
that point and Goullet went on AND
grabbed the big end Of the bacon,
OF course, everybody shouted team
work and when they saw the death
they ali figured Joe and Goullet were
going to be disqualified. But Rps<
lost his aangman expression and al
most collapsed when Goui Ell ana
Fogler rushed up to him and con
fessed that they had teamed. Aro
then they followed their confession
with a new brand Of alibi that
knocked Ross Off his pins completely
eYes, 1 told Fogler to go. sale
Goullet, ."but it was not until tie
| start of the second lap
That one little word, go means
a whole lot IN cycle racing. It means
| that the one who says the -FPs9'sE
I wants help, and is willing TO pay To-
! II. and il means that the one Wis
gets the word to go must help the
/ other TO win. And then, when i IL
an over. they split the money
"YTe teamed said Fogler, be
cause the other riders IN the race
were 1eaming against us, and i Nc
had not teamed we would nave IN
fshed nowhere. You didn't know they
were teaming against US. did youg
continued Joe, with nenacing glare
at the little referee; but you can
always tell when the big fellows
| team. can't you? Well. we're going
TO protect ourselves until you Stop
the other fellows from teaning-
Seei"
The referee evidently saw. for lie
let the race stand as II finished BOB
Spears was second ana Cavanasf
took third place. with Norman An
derson fourth.
II was triumphant day for Whine
Murray, the popular little chap from
Harrison. Willie is a shining eN-
ample of what perseverance VIII ac-
! conplish. Times innumerable has
Willie smiled in defeat, but vesfet-
! day Il was the joyous smile of VIC
tory which Willie extended as ne did
the tour of honor with a bouquet Ok
roses thar were meant for someone
else, but justly earned by the proud
son OF Harrison by winning tbs hasr-
mile handicap.
According 70 the \. g: A. rules
there Is a limit TO all handicaps, but.
/ as there is a limit to Wiilie's speed
/ It was decided to increase the limit
when, after two years of close OBJ
| serVation. It was found that Willie's
speed could not be increa sed the
| limit in half mile handicaps is 10
wards. and Willie had just twice that
/ allotment. which was q very gooo
| guess. for he Won by less than ter
yards. The youngsters victory made
/ z hit with the crowd. and he was
| cheered long and loud.
! The ten-lnile tandem paced race
( between Goullet, Fogler and Csva-
nagh got of 70 slew start, but be-
/ came a real battle after Manager
/ NTacFsrIsnd told the pacemakers
/ thev would not be paid unless the.
I showed some signs of life This
warning had the desired effect, and
/ the pacemak ers took no chances OF
losing their stipend. In fact. they
/ showed so much life they extracted
/ ali Of the life from the three riders
who were following them Cavanagh
was the first To blow up, and shortly
/ after Y'ogler popped. A couple Of
miles further on Goullet's tongue
| started to rub his front tire and be
| began 10 wish that he was back II
/ thar factory IN Sydney where a mar
/ can sit down when he is tired.
/ Csenilet had the race Won and was
pulling away from his opponents
when mis- back tire exploded. Before
/ he could renaount the race was lest
When they saw Gcullet out Of the
running Fogler and csyansgh came
4 10 IFS again and were riding fairly
strons at the linish. Goullet put ~
a sational ride when he got
! fresh wheel and was gaining ground
/ fast when the race came 70 an end
| Donald McDousail showed a Aa-sl,
of his championship form in the heats
/ oil the amateur handicap, but in the
fivs-rnils handicap he rode . baqls
/ Judged race and was unplaced. AZ
! the bell the champion was in fourth
position high on the outside with
/ speedy Harry Kaiser in front sprint.
/ ing for home, Little Mac tried and
tried hard, but fell back on ter
I baekstretch. badly beaten cham
pion. Kaiser won with Willie HAN
/ lev. of California. second; Fred Tay-
! Tor third. and Fred Weber, Of Che
/ gay View Nheelmen, fourth,
+ The two Invitation races for seq