The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-13
RUTT STARTS AWAY
WITH CLEAN VICTORY
Then Sprint Champion Loses in
Handicap at Opening Of
Vel0drOme.
BIG CROWD VIEWS RACES
Stanley Handicap Trophy Goes
to Grenda, With Spears
in Second Place.
BIG CROWD VIEWS RACES

NEWARK, April IL. Walter Rutt OF
Germany. worlds spr,nting champion. was
successful In his first short distance cycle
race In this country. winning the one mile
open overture prize at the Newark Nelo-
drome opening meet this afternoon. But
the feature event OF the afternoon. the
one mile Stanley handicap. with q 800
first prize and a stick pin from r. NJ.
Stanley Jr.. went to Alfred C'renda OF
Tasmania. riding from the Is yard mark
Rutt finishing fourth from scratch. In
spite Of the chill lair and high wind 5000
spectators witnesser the races.
Rutt Jackie Clarke and Alfred Goullet
got up for the final Of the overture prize.
BRENDA losing to Goullet in q semi-nna,
heat Clarke was leading when Rutt
made a blur at Jumping with quarter
mile yet to go. At the bell Clarke led.
followed by Rutt and Goulle;. The worlds
title holder made his bid as he entered
tho backstretch and he led into the last
turn. GoGlet trailing behind. Clarke
faded away in the final half lap and
finished about two lengths behind RutI
Goullet sleigh riding into second place.
Rutt. as lone scratch man. started In
the final heat OF the Stanley handicap
without having to compete In trial heat
Clarke. Fogler and Cavanagh were shut
out In their heat. never catching the long
markers. kopsky. at $50 yards. was the
limit man. and he plugged away In the
lead until overhauled just after starting
&Se last lap. Rutt overlook Goullet.
BRENDA. Robert Spears and Fred Hill In
the first lap and the quintet got up to
all the others. except kopsky. In the
second lap. His opponents showed dis
pos!;io.. TO permit Rutt to do most OF
the pace making. and II seemed likely
Kopsky would finish alone. but Grenda
and Jokus did some work in the fourth
and nth circuits. Grenda led the pur-
suers. trailed by Jokus. Goullet. Rutt and
Spears. as named. Al the twelfth pole
Grenda and Jokus still led. but Rutt had
passed Goul!et The Tasmanian kept his
advantage. winning by length from
Spears, whose burst OF speed through
the hoinestretch took him past both Rutt
and Jokus. the latter finishing half length
ahead Of the worlds champion. The sum-
maries:
One Mile Novice-won by Angus, Krause;
, Carl Har,z second. Time. minutes 2s sec
onds.
yards second: Chester Smith. 25 yards.
,hird; Ear! l. Adams. 40 yards fourth
overture Prize. One Mn. Open; Protes-
sional-Won by Waiter Rut,' Alfred Gouile''
utes 20 seconds last eighth of a mile. Il
seconds.
Three MI. Open. Ama,eur-won by Harry
I Kaiser; Fred Taylor. second; Edward Kane.
/ third, Donald MacDougsN fourth Time. i
| ~ g is .esHnd: Lap prise winner
| Unknown Distance. Professional, Invitation
| Won by f 4. Pye. Fred Hlli. second
! Floyd krebs. third. John Bedeil. fourth
+ Menus Bedell hfth. Time minutes 30 Al
seconds. Distance, "a miles.
B; 81 snaHIsy, u; Handicap; Ono Mile
yards Robert Spears. 20 yards. second
Ernest Jokus. IS yards. third. water Rutt
scratch. fourth George G. Cameron, 20
yards. ffth Time. 2 minutes as seconds