Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-20

I AAIlEa IVuAHFNf 4N5t a. III III t1EiAA
time. is capable Of doing anything
that may be asked Of him on q BIZ
cycle. In probably the most wonder
full finish ever witnessed in a tandem
paced race. this Australian rider
again defeated Worlds Champion
Walter Rutt at the Neiodrome yes
I terdav afternoon Gouliet Won by
about two feet after one Of the most
exciting and gruelling races ever
staged at the local track. Frank kra-
mer the third starter in the race, did
not figure after eight miles had been
/ fraversed. Kramer quit the race
when he saw there was no chance OF
making up a full lap in the two miles
that remained to be covered. HIS
| tandem team punctured. and he was
| left without pace. and lost too much
ground TO make up.
I MANY interesting and spectacular
races have marked the present season
I at the Velodrome. but this race VIII
/ go down in cycling history as one Of
/ the greatest of all races, and the fans
are talking about it today, and VIII
continue to discuss 1t for many day
To come. And all the honors do not
90 to Goullet. for, although ne was
winner. and good winner, Rutt
rode as game a race as was ever put
IN on any track and deserves much
credit The worlds champion was
very tired after the sixth mile. bat
I he gained" il TO the very end. and
made a brave effort TO win in the last
half a lap. when his pacemakers. the
( Bedell brothers, were unable to pull
( him through q winner Gouliet had
! 10 make his fight without the aid OF
I pace in the crucial stage OF the battle,
J and in the final duel he had enough
strength left to carry him over the
/ tape a winner
( The riders got of to a rather slow
start and the first mile was slow
When he got into his stride Rntt took
IN the battle and carried the fight
/ TO the Yank and the Australian ~
1 making a jump from third position
! From the time the big Teuton made
( his Jump until the end of the tenth
mile there was not dull moment III
! the race. Rutt picked up a lead
OF probably fifty yards BY his jump
At three miles Goullet went after him
in earnest and assumed The lead, pai
Rutt came back and was leading on
the following mile The pace was
1 very fast dnd many miles were
]
| fast back Of the tandems
At five miles Rutt was leading, with
/ Kramer second and Goullet third but
the three were well grouped. O. me
sixth mile poor pacing left Goullet to
ride unpaced for more than lap be
caught Kramer by a wonderful ride
and stayed behind the Yankee cham
pion until a fresh tandem team came
| TO his relief Lawson and Thomas
nursed "Goullie" until he recovered
from his efforts unpaeed. Rutt car
ried the fight again in this mile and
took quite a lead. Starting the sew
enth mile Rutt was leading by fully
100 yards and looked like winner
Pye and Drobaeh relieved Lawson
and Thomas and The former pair car
ried Goullet into the lead by a greai
sprint.
Kramer Goes ON Alone.
The paeenaakers were SUFFERING
more than the riders by the fast pace
and when Blatz and Ruppreefif cam.
on in the seventh mile TO pace Krafnei
they were very tired and swung ~
the track, leaving the champion TO &c
it alone. when they saw that they
could not hold the pace being set by
the Rutt and Gouliet teams. This left
I
big gap to make up anpaeed. Kram-
er made the effort but could not
catch the riders In front. He rode a
lap unpaced, when Cavanagh and
Hill came 10 his relief. They took
Kramer along at an easy gait. but
before the champion had fully re-
covered from his efforts unpaced they
started a sprint that probably even a
fresh rider could not have stood and
Kramer dropped off and quit the race.
Starting the tenth mile, Goulet was
leading Rutt by a small margin, and
the pace. while still fast, was not wha
it was during the few miles before
The riders were both resting for thai
final effort Rutt held his distance
until two laps from the finish The
Bedell brothers came on TO take Ruti
in the sprint for first place and Pys
and Drobach had Gouliet. Butt
picked up ground on the final two
laps, and it looked as though he would
get into the lead by the time the
twelfth pole was reached, but Pye ans
Drobach were equal to the occasion
and held the Bedells safe. When ht
saw that his pacemakers could moi
win for him Rutt left them and sprint.
ed alone. Goullet saw the big cham
pion coming on the turn and left hi.
machine also. Then ensued greaI
sprint in which Goullet. with the posi-.
ton on the pole. had a slight advan.
tage, and he successfully warded of
the attack of the champion. The fin
ish was most spectacular. The tws
riders were mixed up on the tract
with three tandem teams. and IL APP.
peared as though there might be {
great crash before they came to tn.
end of their journey but a mix-ui
was avoided. Goullet received tbs
greatest ovation of his career when h.
finished and did the tour of honor
Although he mas not been as popular
as some OF the other stars at the Velo,
drome, that ride won many friendi
for him
Other Events Furnish Great Racing.
There were other big races on tn,
card yesterday, and they. too. fur
nished great racing. In fact, it wa
day OF intensely exciting sport, ana
the bike fans will long remember tn
Gay. The four-cornered match be
tween Bob Spears, Cavanagh. Al
Grenda and Cesar Moretti was as nm.
a contest as has ever been seen at tn
French style of racing. Every hea
was a good one and the finishes werl
very close. Spears won the race b!
taking the final heat from Cavanagh
who was second, and Grenda and Mo
retti. who were third and fourth. re
spectively. Spears had five points
Cavanagh four, Grenda two and Mo
retti none.
Spears was in wonderful form yes.
terday. but he was the victim Of two
bad spills. He gained" it through
the day. however. and competed in
every race in which he was entered
The Australian tumbled In two of tn,
heats of the Criterion and II was be
lieved that he would not be able Z
do himself Justice in the match. HI
came back strong after the spills ant
won the first heat Of the mattel