Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-25
Worlds Sprint Champion Here
for Eight Weeks Engage
ment at VeiOdrOme.
CHAMPION APPEARS FIT

SblftiFI tOlN Al 4 A4fsNAD D
Walter Butt, of Berlin, the holder
! of the short distance bicycle cham
| pionship of the world, arrived in New
ark late yesterday afternoon. The
German cyclist Is here for an eight
weeks engagement at the Neledrome.
and is incidently the highest paid
athlete that ever visited these shores.
Rutt arrived on the New Amsterdam
from Europe and was accompanied
by Floyd MacFarland, general mana
ger Of the Cycle Racing Association;
Joe Fogler, the Brooklyn battler. Mrs.
Rutt, Mrs. Maef'arland, Morey Cor
don, Dave coburn and Arthur Cop
fert, the latter two being trainers.
The party arrived on the Holland
American liner, New Amsterdam,
which was forty-two hours late in
crossing the Atlantic The voyage
was u rough one and most every one
of the party were sick at various
times during the trip. A big dele
CATION Of Newarkers were at the
pier in Hoboken to greet the return
ing Americans and the visiting Ger
mans. There was also a few people
from far away Brooklyn To pay hom-
age to Joe Fogler, the only regular"
cyclist ever developed In the city of
churches.
AS the cyclists wobbled down the
gangplank with their sea legs bump
ing both sides of the oak ladder the
hero worshipers" almost demolished
the fierce inclosing the pier entrance
| in their eagerness to greet the knights
of the wheel. Rutt was the center of
| interest and the big German could
not have received 4 more fiattering
greeting were he returning to his own
! country after triumphs in foreign
| lands. No foreign bike rider who
ever came to America received such
q warm reception. And he Is the
rider who has come to America with
! the avowed intention of taking the
scalp of Frank Kramer and no rider
ever migrated to Yankeeland with a
better chance of accomplishing the
task
If outward appearances count for
anything Rutt is well prepared physi-
cally to give Kramer the best there
is in him for he is the picture of
good, robust health and energy. is
the paramount feature Of the leu
tons makeup. Judging by his clear
blue eyes the rich color in his face
and his massive muscular form, Wal
ter Rutt has sixty years to remain ON
this earth, barring accidents. and is
far from a physical derelict, as has
been reported. Rutt not only looked
good but he said that he felt good
and had nothing to fear in regards
to his physical condition. He Ger
tainly did not look like a rider who
had just finished q hard six-day race
fourteen days before
Rutt speaks very good English and
had many interesting things to say
about racing in Europe and his trip
to America. As modest as our own
champion. Kramer, Rutt had little to
say about himself and what he will
do in his races in this country. His
great confidence in himself could be
penetrated through his Inodesty,
however Rutt possesses the same
strong chin which is the most marked
chara cteristic in Kramer, and with
no knowledge of his reputation it is
easily seen that he is a battler.
When asked about the finish of the
Berlin siX-day race, in which he was
the logical favorite, but finished
third, he smiled and said that he was
beaten because the other riders were
riding faster. 1t remained for the
others in the party who had wit
messed the race to explain his failure
60 win the race. When questioned in
regard TO what he expected to do in
competition at the Nelodrome, Rutt
shrugged his massive shoulders and
said he would do his best, and an
arching of his eyebrows conveyed
the impression that he had no idea
of what his best might bring forth.
Rutt did state, however, that II he
did not believe that he had a chance
to defeat Kramer he would never
have made the journey to America
In commenting on the Paris and Ber-