Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-11

With the idea of eventually making
this race the biggest event in cy-
cling the world over. Manager Mac
Farland has raised the prize money
from 81 900 to $500. which is the
largest amount of prize money in
would likely have been SO, whether
Rutt willed it or not, for Kramer was
bound he would ride from the rear
and would win from the rear. And
he did. In this first heat. the real
race was on at about a lap and
twelfth of a lap'from the finish. Kra-
mer, with Rutt in front of him, forced
the German to set stiff pace as early
as the last turn in the fifth lap. He
also made Rutt hit it up at the first
turn in the last lap. Again at the eighth
pole Kramer forced Rutt to beat it,
but down the backstretch, the Yankee
boy simply took a beautiful Sleigh
ride and around the twelfth pole he
was still holding fast. Then, all of a
sudden, as the middle of the Mum
avenue turn was reached, out from
behind Rutt came the bold, desperate.
almost feat-defying Kramer. He
knew what he had to do and he evil
IDENTIFY felt that he could do it. He did
his work and did it well, tbs true, but
he gave every fan at the track,
whether for him or against him. a
shock that sent a thrill through his
very heart. 1t was marvellous az
Kramer, stride for stride, picked up
inch by inch on the flying cyclist i'll
front of him. The distance was so
short in which to make up a
long length on such a worthy foeman
that it didn't look as if Kramer could
do it. But "Old Steve" never faltered
and he raced as he perhaps has never
raced before, and he won the heat by
A yard from the finish Rutt was in
the lead, but Kramer-quick, quick
quick-just like that, kicked his way
into victory in less distance than three
feet to go. The crowd broke loose in
tumultuous applause, and we'll it
might.
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Then came the second heat--a heat
that Kramer had all but won when
he punctured at the twelfth pole of
the final lap with a commanding
lead. AS Kramer's tire gave out h..
swerved up the track, and for an III
slant it looked as if the champion
was giving us one of those switch
es'' we hear so much about but sell
dom see, but in the next instant it
was plain what the matter was. AS
Kramer went up the bank Rutt
barely avoided a collision and few
fans began to bawl before they knew
what had happened. The accident
gave the fans q longer run for their
money, but it is about anything TO
nothing that Kramer would have
won the heat and the race if the
blowout had not happened BE that
as it may, it took two more heats
to decide the issue, and the crowd
went away delighted with the after
moons sport, and with high praises
for the riders and for the manage
ment.
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There will always be more or less
dispute as to who won the heat that
the judges decided was dead heat.
Now, don't all speak at once, and you
fans over in the bleachers don't say
word. That the finish was close
there isn't any doubt, and that the
judges are all honest men and know
best is not to be disputed. From my
view il looked as if Kramer won by
about the same margin he won in the
first heat However, several who We're
right on the tape" told me they
thought that Rutt had won. As a
wins, and as general thing they viii
tell you The truth. In this instance.
though both men said they had won.
As Rutt passed the finishing line he
raised his hand as an indication OF
victory. although some Of the fans
thought he was raising his hand i'm
protest Kramer smiled as he rode
around the track and said afterward
he felt sure he had Won So the
Judges decision of "A dead heat must
have been right after alt
o
To tell the truth, both riders we're
nettled over the judges decision. and
Kramer said right there and then
that he would beat Rutt from be
hind again or know the reason WHY.
He kept his word. but again he gave
the fans heart Jumps as the boys
say, before he accomplished his task.
His ride in this, the fourth heat of
the race, was even more spectacular
than were . his efforts in the first
heat and again in the third heat.
This time Kramer had new stunt