Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-20
WALTER RUTT AND ALT GRENDA, RIDING
TO BEST FORM, CAPTURE THE TEAM RACE

nagh pulled Jackie was plainly evil
dent and a disqualification was an
ticipated when the result of the race
was announced. Referee Arthur
Ross, evidently awed by the applause
which greeted Clark's victory, al
lowed the "teamsters" to get away
with it. There is no doubt about the
teaming of Cavanagh and Clark, al
though Cavanagh vehemently denied
after the race that he was in a COM
bination Clarlks reply when Ross
questioned him was:
IF you will prove that | hay any
agreement with Cavanagh I'll give
you 5000"
Charitable" Cavanaugh.
1t might have been a charity"
] pull on the part of Cavanagh, the
helping hand being extended In hopes
that in the event of Clark winning
Jackie would go fifty fifty with the
winnings. That Cavanagh's services
were for sale was admitted by other
riders in the race who stated that
the Gave Man" peddled his wares all
along the line. There were some who
believed that Rutt and Grenda had
forgotten that their act was over and
were in combination, also, but this
contention is bereft of logic, for If
Grenda was in the race to pull Rutt
he would have been up and doing
and Rutt would very likely have been
returned the winner Rutt followed
and watehd Grenda all through the
race, for, as the champion stated, he
figured Grenda the only man he would
have to beat at the finish.
Riders Stick Together.
The big fellows we're closely
grouped throughout the race, and
during the last two miles Goullet,
Grassy Ryan, Fogler, Cavanagh,
Clark, Grenda and Rutt, with old
John Bedell, grimly clinging to the
back wheel of the champion like a
ship wrecked sailor clutching a bit
of wreckage in the great deep sea,
followed in order. The race was fast
and interesting all the way, and two
and quarter laps from home Cava-
nagh set sail with Clark on. The
cave man" uncorked n great burst
of speed and had them all strug-
Cling to hang on for over a lap. At
the bell he was "all in" and Clark
went to the front, Cayanagh quit
ting as soon as Clark took up the
battle. At the eighth Rutt, who was
in fourth position and taking the
worst of 1t on the outside jumped
by Grenda and Fogler and went after
Clark. Picking up ground with every
turn of the pedals the stalwart Ger
man closed, and was ON even terms
with Clark as they reached the turn
out of the baekstretch. II looked like
the champions race as they tore
around the turn, but just as he was
poking his front wheel in front of
lf1g r1F Tho Afrefpu hi i'm
switch that stopped him short for the
instant. The switch threw Rutt
out of his stride, and before he could
get his big gear under way again the
race was over and Clark was the
victor The switch in itself should
have merited disqualification, and in
addition Clark gave the German "A
high ride all the way. Goullet fin
ished in third place. with Grenda and
Fogler following in order.
Smith Scores Impressive Win.
Tommy Smith, of Newark, won an
impressive victory in the half-mile
amateur handicap, which was a rat
Ting good race. Little Tommy dis
played both speed and judgment and
looks like very promising young
ster Harry Kaiser, of the Bronx,
finished second, and Fred Taylor was
tliIus WIN htDOuBhi lIdlllnB III
fourth.
Just what the Bedell brothers were
trying to do in the one-mile tandem
race is not clear, but the fine pull
they handed to Lloyd Thomas and
George Cameron in the final resulted
in victory for the latter pair.
Again the Combinations.
There must have been combina-
tons too numerous to determine in
the two-mile invitation handicap pro-
fessional. Al Halsted, the old six-day
rider, crossed the tape a winner.
The one-mile novice was a true
run race, desperate but free from
teaming, and the winner turned up
in Desperate" Desmore. The sum-
maries follow:
One-Mile Team Match Race (profes-
sional-Won by Walter Rutt, Germany,
and Alfred Grenda, Tasmania, in two
straight heats; Alfred Goullet Australia,
and Joseph Fogler, Brooklyn, second; A.
Jackie Clark, Australia, and Frank Cava-
naugh, Newark, third. Time. first heal,
I'm BIS; last eighth mile, Il SJs Time,