Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-10-05

close ride-we all do-but
didn't cut down until l was well il
front of him. Ross also fined me S25
Well, that will go for Mike l won
pay it, because it wasn't fair. Ros.
had no business to fine me. 1t wa:
bad enough to make me ride the heat
over. | felt pretty good yesterday
but didn't feel any too strong, ant
when Ross declared the heat nc
heat | felt like locking my bicycle VI
forever. Then | cooled off. But
won't pay the fine without a BATTLE
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Kramer will pay the fine all right
and l told him he would when he
was making the statement He vii
cool off, as he cooled off wher
the heat was taken away from him
Of course, if Kramer told Chairman
Kelsey he wouldn't pay the fine ht
could get out of paying it, for Kelsey
is frightened out of his wits to dc
thing against any of the big fell
lows. But, just for instance, Tn
going to follow up this Kramer fine
and I'm going to find out the reason
why if he doesn't pay it. Kramer is
the biggest man in the game, but ht
must obey the same as the others
He will pay his fine all right, fol
Referee Ross will not allow him tC
ride if he doesn't, if Chairman Kelsey
will back him up. If Kelsey won't
back Ross up l know Manager Mac
Farland will, so that is some conso-
lation.
Referee Ross did well in Furnishing
Kramer. 1t doesn't matter what Kra-
mer thinks or what he says, the ref
cree is the judge of his own actions.
Kramer admits he gave Goullet q
close ride, but says that he had him
beat at the time. The only thing that
Ross is a judge of is the "close ride
He doesn't know whether Kramer
had Goullet beaten or not. Ross is
to be praised for his action. 1t shows
he is not playing any favorites.
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Goullet won the first heat from in
front because he was able to stand
off Kramer's belated sprint In the
other three heats, however Kramer
displayed a wonderful jump and mar
velous speed, and rode around Goul-
let down the backstretch on all three
occasions Kramer's victories were
positive, and he proved beyond ques
tion that he is faster man than
Goullet. The Australian may beat
him once in a while, but when both
men are fit there is only one answer
Kramer.
Cycling fans who followed the
game in this vicinity in the older
days will recall the ever-familiar
Happy Days" Pitman and will be
sorry to learn of his death yester-
lay in New York following an oper-.
alton. eMr. Pitman was well known
in Newark and all of New Jersey,
in fact He was always prominent
as an official at cycling meets and
he was the leading spirit for years
IN the famous old Irvington- Millburn
cycling derby. He was named
Happy Days" because of his happy
nature and also because of the fact
that he frequently referred to the
past as "those were the happy
days" in telling stories of his early
career. He was always we'll met and
we'll liked and he numbered among
his friends every one of the old
timers in the bike game. Amos G.
Batchelder, AL Reeves, Richard f.
Kelsey. Charles B. Bloemecke, all
we're close friends of Mr.. Pitman.
Happy Days" as everybody who
knew him insisted in calling him, had
an eventful career He was sixty
six years of age and he was in the
revenue service during the Civil
War. In 1868 he became interested in
cycling through seeing a tricycle. act
with Hanlon Bros circus in Bangor.
In 1869 he won the Maine State cham
pionship on a tricycle., doing one
mile in sos minutes. During the fol
lowing years he rode in many races
and in 1884 won the Boston Bicycle
Clubs 100-mile race for tricycles. In
I 1se0-s1 he assisted in promoting the
motorcycle, and in April, 1891, rode
two miles in public to show the prac-
ticability of that machine. Since
then he had been referee of many race
meets. including the Irvington-Mill-
burn twenty -five-mile race, of which
he was the chief official for thirteer
wears, and the race meets at the
brighton Beach Motordrome ant
other meets at different parts of th'
East. Mr.. Pitman was one of tn
founders of the League of American
wheelmen.
O.
The college football games ON Sat
urday brought forth at least thre'
surprises, the biggest one being th'
defeat of Pennsylvania by Franklin
and Marshall. Cornell doesn't know
what to think of her inability to VIII
from Colgate, who beat the Ithacani
by the funny little score of to
The Carlisle Indians were completed!
fiabbergasted when they fell befor'
Lehigh by 81 to 6 tally. There wer'
other surprises down the line, blu
these three were important
The success of Franklin and Mar
shall recalls to mind that Charlie.
Mayser. the old Newark Academ.
q 4i,la+in diractnr Ia coaching tha