Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-26
RUTT ASPIRES TO
AMERICAN TITLE
: Real Reason Why 'Weltmeister'
Will Remain in This COun-
try Comes Out.
WALTER HAS CONFIDENCE

~ The announcement in The Star Of
yesterday that Worlds Champion
Walter Rutt had signed a contract to
race in America for the remainder OF
the season came as a great surprise
4, to the devotees of cycling in this city,
and many were at a loss to account
8 for the champions desire to remain
D. here when the worlds championship
and the Grand Prize of Paris are both
Il apparently at his mercy this year.
.1 Rutt has become very popular mere
and there was a general expression
of pleasure resulting from the an
nouncement.
The worlds title holder has a very
49, good reason for remaining here aside
from the big sum that he will receive
in the shape of a bonus. Rutt wants
To win the American championship,
and saws that it will be worth tar
more than the worlds championship
as an asset, not only here but IN
Europe also.
Kramer's Conqueror win Be Great.
"Kramer has won the American
Championship for fourteen eonsecu-
five wears, and the rider who wins
that title, with Kramer in the com
4 petition, will be looked upon as
greater man than the winner oI 'i ne
worlds championship, said Rutt, IN
r giving his reason for electing to re-
u main here. And I think that L can
r take the title from him this year, NO
a. syreater honor could come to cycilst
than to be known as the rider VINO
took the American championship rom
p Kramer" Rutt continued. II wouio
E increase the riders bonus money In
= Europe and also be the means OF Sc
curing the best bicycle contract o'
record. " continued the champion.
'During the time l have been lald
. nm with this broken collarbone l nave
learned more by watching the races
nj the Velodrome than / learned dur
mo all the wears | have been racing
as a professional And what l nave
: learned has convinced me that VIII
ride far better in the future ana with
a. pretty good chance TO win mat
T. championship, said Rutt III '1dt SCI
:, ious. convincing manner so charac-
teristic of him.
r. Ruff Has studied American Methods.
: Il have studied the method OF run
ming the American championship
]. thoroughly and also kramer Te si, u
. of last year. and l figure that | nave
GOOD chance under the conditions
Rutt went on TO say. Il figure that L
will have an even break in the CHAM
nionsbips at the shorter distances,
and a decided advantage in the races
of two and five miles, Ana aslue
from this. 1 figure that Will ne d
better campaigner that your chdIn-
= pion | have been told thaL M
J generally has slump during Inc a.
! season. If this is true, ana rue ,3
as did last year in Europe, l VIII
. have another advantage there. me
more 7 race the better / ride, ana
x,,orld like to see a championship
, rsce nj every meet and five or SIX
meets each week OF course, l may
be making an awful "bloomer, as you
Americans say in doping Uhere Us
another American eXpresslon) TINS Al
out so nice for me, cohtlnu9u sie
. champion with a smile, put II II Is
+ neistake. Walter Rutt will be the dis
appointed one.
v erld's Title Not Real without Kramer
Rutt is a reasoner ana there
much natural philosophy IN the pis
Germans dome OF thou5h1. -
MOI looking for hollow titles and tree
~ admits that a worlds title race
u,ithout Kramer in the competition Is
not productive of the real champion
If the world. He has won the hignest
honors in cycling in Europe and no
could. without doubt, go PACK When
his contract expires here and repeat
his great performances OF last sea
son. but he is willing to pass up these
practically sure honors for greater
honors here Literally the world
championship is greater than the
American championship or any other
Championship, in fact, but there Is
not 2. rider in the world who will not
. admit that the Yankee title is hum
dred or thousand-fold harder to
win and there is not rider in the
world who would not much rather
. win the Yankee title than the world
title. And it viii be an especially
: delicious morsel if taken from kra-
mer.
Rutt Has Resumed Training.
:. The worlds champion started train
ing yesterday and rode twice. His
/, broken collarbone, which is not en-
tirely well, caused him considerable
!, pain after riding six miles and he
had to cut his first ride short, but in
, the afternoon he rode considerably
further, although he was again COM
!. PEELED to cut his workout short when
the injured member weakened. Rutt
will ride his first race on Decoration
Day and expects to be in good con-
T, dition at that time.
Eddie Bald stakes Tomorrow Night.