Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-12
Speculation Brisk, With GOnllet
and Grenda 2 to | Fa-
vorites Over Field.
ARENA in GALA ATTIRE
Frank Kramer Will Watch
Race and Advise Yankee
Cyclists.
FROM the Paris Correspondent of tn,
Newark Evening Star.


From the Paris Correspondent of the
Newark Evening Star.
PARIS, France, Jan. 12-The field
of starters for the Paris six-day race
is at last complete and eighteen teams
nave been engaged to face the starter
Paris Is at fever heat, awaiting the
pistol shot that will send the riders on
their way at 10 o'clock tonight in the
greatest six-day race ever staged in
Europe.
Bookmakers are posting odds and
there is betting even now before the
race has started. 1t Is going to be a
great race, greater in every way than
any previous race ever run. The class
or the riders in the contest is re-
markable. Every high-class rider in
the world is entered, including the
great Walter Rutt, present champion
OF the world; Victor Dupre, a former
titleholder; Gabriel Pou1ain, also a
former winner of the championship.
Leon Hourlier, the foremost sprinter
or France, and holder of the French
title, and Kramer's most dangerous
rival, In fact. they are all there except
Big Steve" himself and he Is in Paris
to view the race from the side lines.
VIII help and advise the Yankee rid
ers in the race.
Kramer Has Duty.
l asked Kramer last night if he
would not like to compete in the race
and he answered In the affirmative,
but stated that he owed 1t to the peo-
pie in America to preserve himself as
much as possible, in order to success,
fully defend his title during the com.
ing season at home. But we can get
along without Kramer in the six-day
race and when it is over he will keep
the Yankee flag in the spotlight when
he meets the cream of the foreign tai
ent In the sprint matches that are to
follow.
Contrast to Garden.
The Velodrome d'Hiver is dressed
in gala attire for the big race and 1t
is quite a big contrast from the
big, gloomy Garden, barren of every
thing that usually marks the big
events that are held there. The oval
inside the track at the Velodrome
d'Hiver has been converted into a
mammoth restaurant, carpted, dec
GRATED and dressed in the wonderful
style Of Maxims, one of the show
places of Paris They surely do things
on a big scale over here. The best
class of people in the capital will view
the race from the arena, and can
you imagine the class of people that
will be! Last year the Due de Or
leans, pretender to the throne of
France; Baron Rothschild, of the
g. hov "a e. ~ a..
Dreyfus, now one of the most popu-
lar men in France; Conquelin, the
great French actor, and hundreds of
other celebrities of Europe were fire.
uuent visitors at the race The price
of admission to the Pelouse, as it is
called, is twenty-five francs (S4.50),
which makes it somewhat restricted
Enclosure much the same as the pad
dock at the horse races.
Race VIII Be "Bear."
The race itself is sure to be a bear"
and of course I favor the Yankee
teams. I fancy the chances of the
Clark Root and Goullet- Grenda teams
and expect to see either Clark or
Goullet sprint to victory next Sunday
night. But they are up against the
greatest field ever gotten together,
and the winner can justly be crowned
the greatest of all six-day riders.
Rutt VIII Cause Trouble.
AS much as 1 like the chances of
Clark and Goullet, l weaken every
time 1 see or think of Walter Rutt
The big German certainly has my
goat" He is such a fearless fighter
and the most remarkable part of his
six-day career is the fact that he is
always good. Some of the stars of
the game have their bad races and
bad times during most every race,
but this big German is never in
trouble. Every rider in the race has
cause to fear Walter Rutt. In this
race, however, they may catch him
out of condition or under a handicap.
owing to the disastrous fall he had
last Noven her