Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-01
SEM|-FINALS PLAN
] CAUSES COMMENT
Fans, Riders and Trainers ALI
Discuss Arrangement and
Probable Winners.
SURE TO BE HARD TEST

The arrangement of the semi-finals
of the professional championship
derby, published in the Evening Star
yesterday, caused no end of COM
ment. The fans, the riders and the
trainers discussed the arrangement,
the probable winners and how the
different heats would probably be rid
den. Big ALT Grenda and liver Law
son did not shout with joy when they
read that they were in the same heat
with Frank Kramer, nor did they
grumble and complain. Kramer, of
course, stands out as the favorite in
his heat, and his chances of winning
are brighter than any of the other
semi finalists.
The semi-tinals are just about as
hard as the final will be, and almost
as important. There is no repechage
TO follow, and this is the last cha ace
to make the deciding stage of the
contest for the title. All of the nine
starters are extremely anxious to win
their semi-finals, and they are equally
anxious to win the final 1t is the
most important sprint race of the
year, and to the victor will go the
title of international champion, in adj
dition to 500 American dollars, pay
able in gold, if the winner so elects.
May BE Rutt's Last Chance.
Walter Rutt, the present worlds
champion, is in the second semi final,
along with ALI Goullet and Bob
Spears, and the German may defend
his title for the last time tomorrow
night. for, if he is beaten in this leg
of the race, it will be curtains for the
'Weltmester's' cherished title. Rutt
may technically be the champion of
the world after this race is over, but
the winner will to all intents and pur-
poses by the worlds champion. There
has been no sanction granted by the
supreme powers in cycling, the units
of which are at the present time
carrying rifles somewhere between
Moscow and Paris but a moral sane
tlon has been granted by two of the
officers of this war-bound body.
Rutt has got a mighty hard heat,
but his chances are fully as good as
the chances of his two opponents.
Goullet has somehow been a consist
ent winner over the champion. In
nearly every big race the Australian
has proved a stumbling block for
Rutt, and on many occasions when
Rutt was fully as fast, if not faster,
than the Antpdean. While it does
not mean that this order of things is
to continue all season, or particu-
larly in this race, it is unfortunate
that the two are together in the semi
finals. 1t seems that no matter where
Goullet f1ishes in a race Rutt is
placed just back of him. When Goul-
let has been first Rutt is placed
second. and when Goullet is second
Rutt has been third not always, but
in the majority of cases. That was
the way they finished in the 81 900
Criterion, the Cesar Moretti stakes
and other big races. Rutt has the
greatest respect for Goullets speed
and his judgment. In the half-mile
open Sunday Rutt glued on to Goul-
let's rear wheel at the start of the
final and stayed there, feeling certain
that if he beat Goullet he would be
the winner of the race, but Goullet
finished fifth and Rutt was sixth,
which is another instance of the Ger
mans luck against the Australian.