Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-21
EGGS WORK FINDS
FAVOR AMONG FANS
Unpaced King Has Won POpu.
larity Quicker Than Any
Other Invading Cyclist. D..
FOGLER BLAMES WHEEL

FOGLER BLAMES WHEEL
No foreign rider who ever came to
America to race ever won so much
popularity as Oscar Egg, the unpaced
king, in such short time. Egg has
ridden but three races, yet he is more
popular than lot of riders who have
raced here for years Egg is agrees
sive and a battler from start. to fin
ish, and that is why the fans have
taken to him. The stallers will never
have a chance with this fellow. He
goes from the gun. and it. is case
of either elbow up" the other fellow
or elbow up himself with the Swiss
champion. Egg blew up Fogler
good and plenty. and Joe is now out
of the paced division in so far as any
more races with Egg are concerned.
But Joe still believes that he can
beat Moran If both riders use sprint
wheels After the race yesterday Joe
told Jim he would race him for a
side bet if he would use an. ordinary
sprint wheel Moran did not take
the bet All three riders used the
kind of machines that are used In
paced races, and, Fogler claimed that
he was Handicapped on that account,
not being used to the small front
wheels.
The paced race was a bear" and
the. fans were shouting for % min
utes and 81 seconds, which was the
time of the contest. Egg averaged 1
minute and Sc seconds for each mile,
which Is going some.
1t was only a few months ago that
Jackie Clark had the unusual dis
tinction of beating Champion kra-
mer in dual match, but yesterday
little Jackie could not even qualify
for the final of an open scratch race.
Lawson and Fred Hill both beat
Clark, and it afforded Lawson great
amount of pleasure. 1t was Clark
who dethroned the Swede at Salt
Lake some years ago when lyer was
looked upon there as being invincible.
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Some of Kramers friends have
placed him in the "bonehead' class
since his defeat by Goullet in the
match. Kramer did ride a very
thoughtless race, but when there is
not much speed on tap, as was the
case with the champion yesterday, 1t
is hard to get the best of the
maneuvering. NJ
For.two such stars as Goullet and
Kramer the time for the final eighths
was very slow in all three heats of
the match They did not go under
even time in any heat, and the second
heat was slower than the amateurs
ride But in that heat Goullet exc
cuted the greatest bit of jockeying
ever seen at the Velodrome. He did
TO kramer lust what Moretti did to
Spears in one heat of the french
point match Wednesday night.
Kramer left the Velodrome imme
diately after the third heat of the
match, and those who saw the cham
pion's downcast features We're quite
positive that he was not a party to a
fake. II rode a foolish race, says
the champion, 'but | did not have
much speed anyhow"
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Morey Gordon had two winners
yesterday. Goullet was one and Egg
was the other. Morey showed great
Judgment by holding Spears and
Walker until the last half a mile.
When this team went out Egg was
apparently as good as beaten, but
they had no trouble in catching and
passing Lawson and Drobach, who
had been on the track for miles
Jack Neville handled Moran's pace
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directors for Fogler. Moretti was
Eggs interpreter.
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Rudi- Russe, the Austrian rider,
who won the tandem handicap with
Krebs, rode as though the Russians
were chasing him. 1t was unfor-
tunate for Rudi that the winners
were disqualified, for he needed that
money.
Goullet has never been as popular
as a big winner like him should be,
but he got a generous amount of ap-
piause after he won the third and de-
Gliding heat of the match yesterday.
1t was the greatest ovation ever ex-
tended Alfred Timothy.
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Morey Gordon wants to bet $500
that Goullet will beat Kramer again
In q match, and he will wager $500
to $500 that Goullet will win in
straight heats. Are those muscle bets,
Morey?
The attendance yesterday was just
about 10000, according to Frank
Million, the president of the C. r. A.
Nat Butler and Alex Mclean were
visitors at the Velodrome yesterday,
and they both said the tandem paced
race was the best they ever saw. IT
wish I could run those races on my
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