Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25
WORLD S BEST IN
CRITERION FINAL
Bike Fans on Edge Over Clash
of Kramer, Rutt and
GOuIIet.
GREAT CHANCE FOR ALT

The stage is all set for the final
heats of the $1,000 Criterion and the
Omnium stakes to be run at the Velo-
drome tomorrow afternoon. The Cri-
terion final, in which Frank Kramer.
the American champion; Walter Rutt,
the worlds champion, and Alfred
Goullet, of Australia, are the eHgibles.
has got the fans on edge, and the Vel
odrome promoters are looking for
ward to a record crowd.
The Criterion has brought together
three OF the worlds fastest riders. 1t
is the first time this season that Rutt
has made the final of a really big
race, and the fans will have a chance
of seeing how Walter classes with the
Yankee champion and the Australian
in open competition. Both Kramer
and Goullet have beaten the German
In match races, but Rutt is O. better
open competition rider than match
rider, which makes him a strong fac
tor in this classic. Rutt has won
eleven races this season, and nine of
them were open scratch races. He
has beaten Kramer and Goullet IN
open events and probably his best vic
tory was in the first championship
race of the season at the Velodrome,
which he won, with Kramer second.
In the Cesar Moretti stakes, Kra-
mer, Goullet and Rutt were the final
lists, and Kramer won, with Goullet
second and Rutt last. At that time,
however, Rutt was not in the shape
he is at the present time. He had not
fully recovered from the effects of
his bad accident at New Haven, and
1t was his gameness more than his
haf N
GoulIet Can Gain Worlds Fame.
Goullet has a royal chance to dis
tinguish himself and make a repu-
tation that will extend to Europe
and echo to far away Australia.
Goullet. who has no title, although
he could be called the champion of
Australia without infringing on the
rights of any other rider is meet
ing two real champions, and the
worlds two greatest champions at
that. If Goullet comes through IA
winner it Will be the greatest tri-
umph of his career The promoters
of Europe want some one to take
Kramer's place on the winter tracks,
and Goullet may get the job. Goul-
let has beaten Kramer and Rutt in
many races this year, but it is the
big classics that attract the atten-
ton of the promoters, and IL Goul-
let is a winner tomorrow the job Is
his. Goullet is right on edge and
faster than he ever was before, and
If he does not win he will not have
any excuses to offer. Unlike many
foreigners, Goullet is a very conf
dent fellow and he feels absolutely
certain of his ability to win tomor-
row.
Fans Look to Kramer.
While Goullet looks exceptionally
good and Rutt is figured danger
Gus man, the fans, as whole, are
banking on Kramer, the old war
horse, to bring home the bacon and
show the foreigners where America
stands. Frank has not been riding
in. his best form for some time, but
rhe has made every effort possible
to be in winning form for this race.
He has stayed out of the long races
and handicaps for week or more,
harboring his strength for the test
tomorrow. Last Wednesday night
the champion requested that he be
excused from riding the f1ve-mlie
open in order to escape what ne knew
was sure to be a gruelling race. some
of the fans may think that this IS
unfair to Goullet and Rutt, who rode
the race and ran first and second,
but the fans must remember that
Kramer was racing and training m
Europe during the winter and spring,
when Rntt. and Goullet were restins'
Kramer said yesterday that he was
In pretty good shape and felt capable
of winning the race, although ne con-
fessed that he was up against two
men who will take a whole lot of
beating. IL Kramer is not in the best
of form it will take all of his great
generalship to bring him through TO
victory.
Omnium Final should Be Interesting.
The Criterion final is the big event,
but the Omnium final, while 1T lacks
the class of the other final, should fur
nish a good race. Cavanagh is the
favorite for the Omnium, as he has
beaten Moretti and Moretti has beaten
Fogler, but it is far from a certainty
that the Irish champion" will beat
them both tomorrow If Cavanagh
does emerge a winner and Kramer
wins the Criterion, it will be Kramer
and Cavanagh in the match which viii
follow, and nothing would please the
fans more than to see the two Yanks
doing battle in the duel that will
bring the race to close.
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Three Tandems to Pace.
There will be three tandem teams
pacing the fve-mile open PRO" to-
morrow and the ten stars will follow
behind for four and half miles and
then battle for the money.
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! HanIey and Kaiser Battle Scared.
Willie Hanley, of California, and
Harry Kaiser, of New York, will go
into the five-mile amateur champion
ship tomorrow with everything equal.
The race was postponed from Wednes-
day on account of Kaiser having
been injured in spills, and on that
same night Hanley took tumble.
1t will be two battle-scarred lads
who will fight for victory, and the
winner will probably emerge cham
pion in his class. Kaiser, however,
can win the title by finishing Sec
ond.
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