Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-02
UNCERTAINTY OVER
GRAND PRIZE EVENT
Arrangement of Riders in Semi
Finals Has Cyclists
Guessing.
DROBACH THE EXCEPTION

Every rider in the semi finals of the
Grand Prize of Newark with the ex
ception of Pete Drobach, has some
thing to worry about. Peter hasn't
Il chance in the world to make the
final, so it is ''ishkabibble" with him
but not so with the others, for each
and every one of them has fighting
chance to make the last stage of the
race and also a chance to win thai
$1,000 first prize.
Never before has there been such
a classy field in the Newark Thols-
and as the race is called by the
riders, and there is not a semi-finaI
in which the winner can be picked.
The riders themselves were all ago
yesterday afternoon when they read
the arrangement of the semi finals in
the Evening Star. This is the first
time the announcement of the arrange
ment of the semi-finals has been
made before the start of the second
leg of the race and 1t is safe to say
that some or all of the semi finalists
with the exception of Drobach, had a
more or less interrupted sleep last
night.
Even Kramer Has His Troubles.
Champion Kramer has Joe Fogler
and ALI Grenda in his semi-finaI and
from the manner in which the cham
pion has been riding his open races
this season II is far from certain that
he is going to be a winner tomorrow
night If the champion will use the
Judgment that has marked his races
for thirteen years he should win. bur
with display of his 1914 Judgment
a fighting chance is all he has. Fog
Ter is going to use all the cunning
he possesses to make the final and
Joe is a master of tactics. Grenda
is a harder proposition than Fogler
and his chances lie in proliting by
what Fogler does in the latter's eff
forts to win
The chances are that both Fogler
and Grenda will try to Dutch
kramer, as the riders say, by get
ting the "champer'' in a pocket and
holding him there. That is their
only chance. If they can pocket
Kramer until the twelfth as Goullet
and Grenda did in the Eddie Bald
Stakes, one or the other will prob
ably win and both are sure to be
willing to sacrifice something to
Dutch Frank and then take their
chances Of beating each other II
Kramer is in first or second position
at the eighth pole he will probably
win, but his chances are slight if he
has to come from last place at The
eighth. Fogler did the last eighth IN
the head with Bob Spears in II ii
seconds, which is the best sprint Fog
Ter ever made in his career and if h
can duplicate that performance to.
morrow night he will take some beai
ing.
Trouble for Rutt Too.
Worlds Champion Walter Rutt is
in the second semi-final with Frank
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as hard as Kramer's. Rutt has twt
sensational 'in-and-outers" who ridf
like champions at times and if one a.
both of them happen to be in d moot
to display this championship form tn
'weltmeister" is liable to be the vic
tim of a good beating. Rutt- is ths
favorite in the heat, but he has biz
battle ON his hands to come through .
winner. That stretch sprint 81
Spearss makes him a very dangerous
man. II Rutt and Cavanagh should
have a battle of over lap for the.
lead with Spears getting the advan
tage of an easy ride in the rear, he is
very apt to come out on the last
turn and ride around both of them.
Rutt and CaVanagh cannot overlook
Spears and Spears and Rutt cannot
take any chances with Cavanagh
Rutt is the best man in this semi
final and on the strength of his gre9'
victory in the tivemile open Sunda
in which he beat every rider who V
compete in the semi-finals of the b
race tomorrow night, he is the IA
orite and looked upon as one of
finalists.
Third "Semi-Final' Is Bear.
The third semi-final is a bear
In this heat Jackie Clark and
Goullet will come together and Pet
Drobach is the third man, There Is
O. feud of long standing between
Clark and Goullet and 1T will be
source of great satisfaction to the
one who will triumph and put the
other out of the final.
The disappointment Stakes
race for the six riders who fail L
make the final of the Grand Prize @
Newark, is going to be some rae
also and an all-star event, for ii i.
going to bring five big leaguers to
gether. disappointment Stakes" IS
a good title for the race for it never
could be termed a consolation" rae
for there will be no consoling NJ
of the riders, except Drobach v
are shut out of the final of the G.;
sic.
In addition to these two evl
there will be a three-mile open
an invitation for the professlci
and an open and handicap for
amateurs tomorrow night.