Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-27
Rutt and Drobach Capture
Team Event, Although Not
Riding at Finish.
CHAMPIONS CHAIN BREAKS
But Early Point Lead Enables
Pair to Defeat the
Field.

The handful of bicycle fans that
took a chance that there would be
a 1O0-kilometer, 621a mile, team race
a the Velodrome yesterday and won
out ON the chance, witnessed about
tho best racing that has been seen at
the track in many a day. For it was
far from being one race, so far from
1t, that it was in reality eighty-seven
different and separate races, all run
in one. The conditions of the race
made this possible as there were
points that counted at the finish of
the race for each odd mile Sc cash
prize to the winner of each even mile
and twenty-five 50 lap prizes scattered
throughout the race.
The winners of the race were
Walter Rutt, tho German, and worlds
champion and just plain Pete Dro-
bach, and by a peculiar circumstance
and an accident to Rutt in the last
lap, neither of the members of the
winning team was actually riding in
tho race When it was finished. 1t Is
probably the first time in the his
tory of the Velodrome that the Win
ners of an event did not cross the
finish line at the end of the race, but
that is just what did happen yester-
day. Rutts chain snapped when he
had two laps to go and before Dro-
bach could relieve him, the race was
over.
Rutt and DrObach Lead.
Rutt and Drobach, however, had
piled up a comfortable lead on points
and with fifty to their credit, were
ten ahead of the next nearest team,
GT-J . R,,S-. !,
Grenda and Pye finished third, one
point behind Goullet and Walker,
while Clark and Lawrence, a team
that was expected to make a good
showing in the race, finished fourth.
Carman and Kopsky got fifth place
by virtue of winning the most num-
Der of laps during the race and also
by finishing second in the final dash.
Kramer Falls Short.
Frank L. Kramer, the American
champion, made his first appearance
of the season at the local track yes
terday, when he endeaVored to beat
the track record of 16 seconds for
one-siXth of a mile. Kramers wheels,
which were brought from abroad by
his trainer, Jack Neville, had not ar
rived and the champion was forced
to borrow q wheel from Goullet to
make the trial on, The wet and
heavy condition of the track, to-
gether with the fact that he was rid
ing q strange wheel, worked against
the champion and the best he could
do was to ride the distance in 16 2-5
seconds.
Kramer was given a great recep-
zion by the small crowd present when
he came on the track He appeared
to be in excellent condition and rode
the sixth mile in the same easy style
that has always marked his work on
q bicycle.
Team Race C0rSer.
To get back to the big event of the
day-the team race-it was a corker
from every angle. There was no loaf
ing in it at any time. This Is
evidenced by the. fact that the first
twenty-five miles were made in
exactly one hour, while in two hours
and two minutes . 1-5 seconds fifty
miles had been completed.
The pace was even at all times,
averaging a tri1e under 2 minutes
and % seconds for each mile. The
first half of the race, 81 miles, three
laps, was made in l hour Is minutes
29 % seconds, while the second half
was made in / hour II minutes &c 3-5
seconds. OF the thirteen teams that
started the race all but one finished.
Norman Anderson and Al Halstead
dropping out before ten miles had
been passed
Rutt and Drobach Start Early.
Rutt and Drobach started out early
In the race to pile up points, Rutt
taking the three points that went to
the winner of the first odd mile in
handy style The race was run on the
French point system. with points for
first, second and third teams in eacl
off mile. The team finishing first