Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-09
KRAMER WILL MAKE BID
TO REPEAT DERBY VICTORY

tablished worlds record for fifty
kilometers that will probably stand
forever. He covered the distance, I'm
assisted by any sort of pace, in one
hour and fourteen minutes, which is
almost as fast as Jimmy Moran COW
cred the distance paced by tandems
in the middle-distanee championship
at the Nelodrome a week ago last
Sunday That performance shows the
calibre of the Swiss rider.
Thirty Victories Last Year.
Last season Egg won an even thirty
races. He was victorious in the tam
dem paced Grand Prize of Paris and
he won the Brussels six hour race and
the Buffalo six-hour race in Paris.
He also won the Brussels Fal dor, a
twenty four-hours' continuous race.
behind tandem pace. Probably Eggs
most notable performances have been
in hour record trials at the Buffalo
Velodrome. in Paris. Three times has
the young Swiss rider broken the rec
ord for an hour unpaced and he is
the present holder of the worlds
mark, which is a trife less than 271s
miles. a most wonderful performance.
When Egg made his first stab at the
record for once around the clock. the
mark was 25& miles and few believed
that these figures would ever be
beaten.
But when the durable Swiss finish
ed his effort he had covered a
trifie over 261f miles. No one in the
game in Europe would believe that
rider could ride that far unpaced
in an hour, and his record was ques-
toned. They said the track must be
short. So the track was measured,
and instead of being short it was six
Ncentimeters over the length 1t was in
tended to be when built. This made
Eggs record about sixty feet better
than he was credited with. No rider
cared to waste the effort in trying for
Eggs record, as they all figured that
such an effort would he fruitless, and
as a result there were no more rec
ord trials for the hour mark for over
a year. Finally, Dick Weise, the
German road rider, was showing
great endurance unpaced and he got
up courage and went after Eggs rec
ord. The German was successful and
bettered Eggs figures about a six
tenth of mile.
Set Record Many Times.
Egg was too busy with racing to
try for the record Immediately, so
Berthet, encouraged by what the
German had done, took a fier and,
much to the surprise of the French
men, Berthet added almost a quarter
of mile to the mark established by
Weise. Two weeks later Egg went
after his lost laurels and increased
Berthet's figures by trifie less than
half a mile, doing almost twenty
seven miles in the hour. A month
later Berthet had another try and he
beat Eggs figures by the narrow
margin of 242 feet. That was in Sep
TENDER of last year and Egg decided
to have another try and to place the
figures where Berthet or no other
rider would ever approach them He
did not go after the record at once
Egg waited until the right opportuu-
ity was at hand. He trained and
took the best of care of himself, and
when the time came 1t was nine
months later, but Egg was fit for the
ride of his life and he surely did
place the figures where they appear
to be out of reach.
Record Ride this Year.
Egg selected June IS, this year, for
his record ride, and he made a good
selection. The day was perfect, not
too hot and not too cold and there
was hardly breath of air stirring.
Egg increased the record by over
half a mile, covering 27.49 miles in
the hour Now it Is believed that
the record is placed where it will
never be touched again, but there is
no telling what this Swiss athlete Will
do when he is pushed. II Berthet or
any other rider comes along and
smashes Eggs figures, he will have
another try and will probably be
successful.
Years ago the hour record was
sought in this country, but there is
no incentive now, the tracks not car
ing for that sort of sport and the
manufacturers not caring whether a
rider can do one or 100 miles in the
hour. In Europe, though, the bike
and tire manufacturers pay big
money for the hour record on their
goods.