Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-30

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The heats Of the Grand Prize OF
/ Newark, the richest race IN prize
/ money run in America, and second :
! only to the Grand Prize of Paris. viii
i be run at the Velodrome tomorrow. E
| The three great classics OF cycle rae :
ing are the Grand Prize races OF :
/ Paris and Newark and the worlds
/ championship. In the big title race,
/ however, the prize money is COM
/ paratiVely small, the total being $500.
/ Of which the winner receives 5000
The Grand Prize Of Newark was in-ss
/ augurated at the Velodrome in 1872
and was won that year by Frank
/ Kramer. Last year ALT Goullet Eas
the winner, with Kramer second and
Alt Grenda third. This year the prize
/ money has been increased to $780, and
/ the entry is the biggest and classiest
ever recorded for the race, or, in fact,
even seen, in a meet in this city.
It is the intention of the Velodrome
management to make the Grand Prize
Of Newark the biggest event IN the
/ cycling world, and next year the.
| amount fprize money will exceed
/ the total in the Grand Prize of Paris
Big prizes make big races. This IS
shown by the attendance at the Grand
I Prize of Paris meeting which totals
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With Jackie Clark, Walter Rutt, (
Kramer Goullet. Grenda, Frank Cav
anagh, liver Lawson, Joe Fogler and
Bob Spears in the race, the way to the
final heat. which will bring together
three men, will be fought with bitter
competition.
There are eight heats of the biz
race, with its $3.50 purse. And in :
each heat there will be at least one
good man starting. Goullet, polished
in his brightest form, will be the star
in the first heat. Cavanagh, who
shines and then fades again, is the
big fellow in the second heat. Grenda
is the star of the third heat and
Battling" Joe Fogler is the one best
bet in the fourth heat. liver Lawson,
re1uvenated. and said to be serious
and riding in the form he displayed
years ago when he was a champion,
is in the fifth heat, with Drobach
and Thomas his most dangerous OPP
ponents. Clark has drawn the sixth
neat, and Is a million to one favor
/, lite. Rutt is in the seevnth heat, and
Kramer, as usual, is in the last heat
Walter Rutt will be in the game to-
morrow, and the fans are sure TO givs
the big Dutchman," as he Is called.
a rousing reception That the worlds
the number of votes he is receiving in
the Evening Stars popularity contest.
in which he is second, and leading
such immensely popular cyclists as
Jackie Clark and Frank Kramer
When Rutt saw that he was leading
Kramer and Clark yesterday he re-
marked: Gee, that's great; 1 wish
we would finish that way in the
Grand Prize of Newark"
The worlds champion is in pretty
good form, and If he does not draw
a hard heat he is sure TO come
through to victory. And If he fails
in his heat he win have another
chance in the repechage heat and
final. By Wednesday, when the semi
finals will be run Rutt will be In far
better form. and should come through
a winner. And by the time the final
: is run, eight days hence, he should
be back in top form and able to ride
in worlds championship style.
II liver Lawson, who arrived yester-
day, shows the form expected of him
the cycling situation will be more
complex than ever, and the lists Of
"also rams" will be well filled with
stars. In former years there never
were more than four star riders rae
ing in this city, but now there are no
much high-class talent competing
here at one time, a very high stand.
/. ard is being established by the Neio-
drome promoters. and one that will
with difficulty, Notwithstanding a big
outlay of money, be maintained an,
the years to come s'so
There are forty-two professionals
entered in the races tomorrow, which,
is the biggest field ever entered here
since the days or the old quarIer-nnile
: track, when the circuit chasers
; dropped in for the amusement OF the
Newark fans and to increase Freddy
. Voight's bank account.
All of the forty-two pros" will
start in the half-mile handicap, with
the exception of Kramer and Rutt
but in the five-mile open they viii an
e start.
, The Huerta Stakes and the Kra-
mer-Clark match are the big races
billed for today at the Velodroufe
, and If the weather is fair a big gath
, ering Of fans is expected TO witness
= the much-talked-of match. The
9 other races down for decision are q
quarter-nile championship for the
) amateurs, an amateur handicap and
two pro handicap races.
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