Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-17
Amateur Champions Work in
Big Jam" AStOnishes
big Steve"
M'NAMARA STRONG RIDER
Australian Shows Ability BY
Pulling Away from the
Stars.
BY FRANK [. KRAnER


I overheard q remark made in the
Garden last night that Harry Kaiser
would be my successor. And It was
an old bike rider. and a foreigner,
too. who expressed that view. Kaiser
Is making a wonderful showing in
the six-day race, and that is why he
Is picked to take my place some day.
The amateur champion IS not being
picked to succeed me as a six-dav
rider. for he has shown enough to
make it appear certain that he will
be a far better six-day rider than I
was. In the jams Of yesterday
Kaiser showed rare sprinting ability.
and Il is on that showing that he Is
pointed out as a probable successor
to me In the sprint ranks There
is no one I would rather see filling
my place than Kaiser.
Kaiser Better Than Many "Pros.~
The showing of all three of the ex-
amateurs in the big race is wonder
full and far beyond my expectations.
Kaiser is showing the best form. and
IS riding better than the veteran
Cameron, who is his mate. In fact,
Kaiser liz better than many OF the
professionals in the race. 4 knew
that the first big Jam would de-
ternine how good the amateurs are.
and what chances they had OF going
through the raco. I was astonished
when I saw Kaiser UP with the lead
ers II the big sprint early yesterday
morning and holding his own IN
great shape He never wavered. was
never in danger. and he rode with
supreme confidence. And he did aii
OF this in one of the hardest spirits
! ever Witnessed in the Garden. Be-
fore this Jam" Kaiser opened nv
eyes by beating yerri in a sprint for
a prime. but that was nothing COM
pared to his performance in the jam.
He was in several tight places, but
he never eased for &. second. II
Kaiser continues to ride as well for
the rest OF the week. and Cameron
does Il IT weaken. this team should
be up with the leaders at the finish
Nohlrab Also Riding Wen.
wohlrab, like Kaises. is much bel
ter than his professional mate. Ryan
did not want TO team with the Jersey
City rider, but now he is very glad
husky Gus is his partner. for there
seems to be no end to the iatter's
stamina. Wohlrab and Kaiser both
look good physically, and have moi
the drawn appearance that marks
the features OF many Of the OLD
riders. When wohlrab and Ryan
were Tapped they were not prepared
for a sprint, and. like Willie Han
ley and Lloyd Thomas, who were
also tapped In the same Jam" they
were victims Of circumstances. These
two teams win probably try to bat
ter down the defense of some Of the
leading teams. and while they NAV
not succeed In getting up on even
! terms with The four or five star
teams, they win probably bring some
OF the others back to their division
Mcnamara Wonderful Splinter.
Mcnamara and Moran are the lions
IN the race so far. They showed
yesterday that they are easily the
strongest team In the battle, and
MCNAMARA is the more powerful Of
the two. Reggie's spirits were won
derfui. and several times he shook
off every rider who challenged him
IN the Jams" He would actually
pull away from the stars when they
were sitting SO tight on his rear
wheel, which Is A remarkable thing
to do. Moran was good also. and
seemed more like the Jimmy Of old
Root Has Close Call
In the early morning Jam" the
best of the race, Egg rode fifteen lape
at one stretch in a dead sprint, while
| the other teams were changing every
three or four laps. Eddie Root was
alone in the same lam" and Eddie
was unable to stand the unequal
struggle. The wires were crossed II
the Clark Root camp during this
lam" and Jackie sat munching 9
chop In his cabin. while Root was
making a desperate fight TO keep the
team in the first division. All that
saved Root from being Tapped was 9
punctured tire.
Egg Shows Strength.
Root and Clark are both riding well
although Jackie is going the strong
est. They are both improving and
expect to see them become really dan
zerous by Wednesday, II they do not
meet with some setback. Egg, the
Swiss champion, showed his strength
again In the afternoon when he rods
several long shifts, for yerri was
quite tired. With Verri none too
good. Egg rode very coneervatixely ii
the later Jams" and was not com
spicuous as an aggressor, as was the
case when he and Mcnamara made
such q great getaway In the morning
/ sprint.
Cavsnagh Early Victim
Cavanarb was an early victim and
l would not be surprised 10 see him
ont of the race soon The bad spill
4 that put Pisrcey down for the count
/ took All the vim out of him and he
never came back. Goullet was colo
when the big Jam was started yes
terday morning. and he looked bae
for a time. In addition, he got into
| pocket back of some Of the tail-enders
| which would have resulted in the loss
OF a lap for the Australians had Goul-
| let not found an opening just when be
aid Another ten seconds and II
would have been fatal
Riders Coming Around
The riders looked very bad At the
end of the first sixteen hours, but ths
majority of them are coming around
rapidly now. The sunken cheeks are
| beginning TO fill and the haggard ap-