Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-21
FANS BUSY TRYING
TO PICK WINNERS
Arrangement of Criterion Semi.
Finals Has Bike Enthus-
lasts Specializing.
STARS ALL CONFIDENT

STARS ALL CONFIDENT
The semi-finals Of the sl0J8 Cri-
terion will be contested a. the Nelo-
drome tomorrow night and this leg Of
the big stake race is going 10 prove
just about as interesting as the three
big finals, which viii be staged next
Sunday With a field sparkling with
class and every rider set on making
the final of the more important end
of the Criterion, there is bound TO be
great racing. As announced in the
Evening Star yesterday. American
Champion Frank Kramer Alfred
Grenda, of Tasmania. and Cesar
Moretti, the Italian champion. VIII
start in the first semi-fnai. Worlds
Champion Walter Rutt, Frank Cava-
nagh and Joe Fogler viii clash in
the second semi-final. and ALI Goui-
let. Jackie Clark and Iver Lawson
viii be in the third semi-fnal.
The early announcement Of the ar
rangement of the semi-finals has
given the fans time to discuss the
outcome of the trials tomorrow night
and there has been much speculation
as TO the probable winners. It seems
10 be granted that Kramer will win
his seni-final. but in the other two
semis there is an even division of
opinion. Some pick Rutt to beat
Cavanagh and Fogler in the second
semi but just as many figure Cava-
nagh good enough right now to lick
the worlds champion. In the third
semi-final Goullet would appear to
be the favorite on the form he has
shown for the past two weeks. but
there are as many who fancy Clark,
and even Lawson is not lacking for
support The Swede's support comes
mainly from the Nelodrome railbirds
who know that he is riding very fast
and figure that he is clever enough
TO whip-saw the two Australians.
Kramer, Rutt, Cavanagh. Goullet
and Clark, after learning yesterday
who would oppose them in the semi
finals, expressed confidence. and all
declared that they had chance.
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And the best part OF this classic is
the fact that the stars who are shut
out will have another chance to come
back and do battle with the winner
of the Criterion final on Sunday in a
match, which is the last stage of the
big contest. When the seni-finals are
over the Omnium heats and repe-
chage will be run, which will qualify
three riders for the Omnium final on
Sunday, and the Omnium winner, who
will be the real second man in the
classic, can become the real winner of
the big race, If he defeats the winner
of the Criterion final in the match.
Two heats of three riders each will
be the first stage of the Omnium, and
these heat winners will go directly
into the Omnium final Then there
viii be q repechage heat, with the
four riders who failed to qualify rid
ing the Omnium repechage, and the
winner of the repechage viii be the
third man in the Omninm final. This
will bring the classic down to six rid
ers, which win leave four stars still
on the outside.
The card tomorrow night promises
/ TO be the best mid-week card OF the
! season. In addition to the semi-finals
| of the big race. there win be the five
| mile amateur championship on the
| card and fve-mile open and half
mile handicap, in which al the star
pros will start. These are the other.
features and there are two Invitation
races and a one-third- mile amateur
handicap also carded.
Harry Kaiser viii go into the FIVE
mile championship tomorrow in pretty
fair shape, and with a good chance of
winning. He had two bad falls at
Brighton Saturday night, but outside
of the loss OF two teeth he was not
badly damaged. He was too stiff and
sore to ride in the races Sunday and
very wisely saved himself for the
title battle. which Is going to decide
the amateur championship of 1914.
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The Criterion winner will receive
$500. second place is $500 and third
place is 500. The prizes in the ON
MUM are $50, $50 and SIS. There is
hut one prize in the match between
the Criterion and Omnium winners,
and that is 800.
The fans will see Kramer and Mo
retti meet for the first time in the
first semi-final of the Criterion, and
what 1oy there will be in the Italian
colony il the husky son OF sunny
italy is the wiunerl
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Jackie Clark is riding forty miles in
training every day. Inc press agent
for the Cleveland track said the riders
would ride 10 900 miles. They did a
little over 1000. and most of that on a
train.
ALT Goullet will be the most disap-
pointed rider in the world II he does
not win the Criterion. "Goullie" is
cocksure that ne is going to carry of
$500 in this race. and he says he
needs the money. While It is not
known. this energetic Australian is
interested in two enterprises in New
ark. One is the rubber business and
the other the candy business
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"Ping" Paetz. the big German anna
teur rider, who rode Il novice races this
year. and finally wone one, is not such
Joke rider as he was, Ping who
is Frank Millions protege. ran second
in his heat of the one-mile open Sun
dav. and that is the best ride he has
put I'D yet Ping may be a cham
pion some day.
As a result OF the complete wreck
Of his train" in the invitation post
race Sunday, General Villa" Cam
eron is dfsgusted. and has again de-