Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-12

Rutt. the world 5 champion c%cllSt,
at New Haven last night will keep
him out of the game for ten days or
more. Rutt had a severe fall in the
ten-miie open race and as a result
he is suffering from fractured col
lar bone and a slight conclusion of
the brain. l had Floyd mcfarland.
] the general manager of the Cycle
Racing Association. who witnessed
the accident and who was at Rutt's
i bedside all night. on the long distance
i telephone this morning.
"Rutt received bad fall here last
night" MacFarland said. "and he
will be out of the game Tor at least
/ ten days. His eollarbone is fractured |
and his brain is upset and he is suf-
/ ferng considerable pain. Everything |
/ in the world is being done for him /.
and there is no further danger. [ /
/ sent a telegram to Mrs. Rutt, who |
was to sail on the Kronprinz Wilhelm |
for Berlin at / o'clock this morning, |
! but as have not received an answer |
[ presume she did not receive the
message. Walter is not seriously I
/ hurt, but | am very sorry anything /
/ happened to him We are very close
/ friends. as you know. and it almost |
made me sick when I saw him go +
down. The cause of the accident was
blowout and occurred about half /
| lap from the finish of the race just
when Rutt was battling to go around I
i Grenda Clark was well out in front T
at the time and had the race won.
was up with Rutt all night He is
stopping at the Hotel Taft will be
| in Newark later in the day
&
The accident to Rutt means that he
will be unable to meet Champion
Frank Kramer in a mixed style
match race next sunday at the Xelo-
drome and that he will also be I'M
able 70 meet Jackie Clark in 4
French style match at the same track
on Wednesday night, May 20. 1t will
mean also that Manager Mcfarland
will have to arrange IL brand-new
card for both meets, although the
proposed Wednesday night meet may
be abandoned. on the telephone
from New Haven this morning Mac"
said he would have Clarke meet Kra-
mer next Sunday. ard added: CLARK
has Il chance with Old steve Jackie
is 1ying-ridng faster. I believe,
than either Kramer or Rutt. Why.
he was just sailing along in front
here when the mishap to Rutt oc-
CURED. OF course, Steve may beat
clark, but I am sure Jackie will give
him a great battle"
@
While Clark rides especially we'll
on the New Haven track, falls have
been rather numerous up there. Be-
sides Rutt, Grenda, Coburn, Eaton,
Jokus and Ryan fell last night The
track is very small and the banking
is not steep enough, it is said, to
make the turns properly. The acct
dent to Rutt, however. was not the
fault of the track Walter had those
famous non blowout Ernie Pye tires
on his wheel, and the front tire was
bursted to pieces. Rutt was going
very fast at the time, and he had a
hard fall. Rutt, by the way, suf-
fered a similar accident in Paris last
winter He was In a three cornered
match and took a tumble on his
head. Conclusion resulted on that
occasion, and for time it was feared
ne would not survite the injury. The
conclusion caused by the fall at New
Haven created considerable alarm,
especially as Rutt had roaming
spells" throughout the night. Mac
Farland says that Rutt is positively
out of danger and that there will be
no further worry on that score. He
will probably leave New Haven in q
day or two. Jackie Clark and tho
other boys came back this morning.
G
Clark against Kramer in a match T
race at the present time will stir up
the gossips. OF course, the fans I
would rather. have seen Rutt and /,
Clark, but that is out of the question /
at this time. Kramer and Clark will |
make a pretty good match, and line I
on how Clark compares with Rutt +
may be CLEANED after the race with F
Kramer is over. 1t took the Yankee !
champion all his time to defeat Rutt |
last Sunday. and we will be able to |
judge how Clark compares with the
German by the manner in which odd I
Steve" is able to dispose of Jackie. I
Clark himself believes he has a good |
chance to defeat Kramer and he was
sure he could defeat Rutt. Next to
Clark-Rutt match, a Kramer-Clar
match is about the best thing to be
offered in the bike game at the pres
ent time.
g
Alfred Goullet has broken the ice,
and his victory in the ten-mile, tan /
DEM paced race at the Velodrome |
Sunday was pleasing to his many
friends. He won at the end Of a !
hard-run race from Jackie Clark, |
who, it is said, was a sleeper" Clark |
held on to his tandem until the back I
stretch Of the final lap was reached, I
where Goullet came out and passed |
him. Clark knew best what he was |
doing. He was a pretty tired boy. |
and he showed it three miles from I
the finish. Goullet, too, was strug
Cling near the end, but he had /
enough left with which to sprint at
the finish. The best man in the race, |
in the opinion of many "Weisen-