Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-24

Alfred Goullet and Alfred Grenda,
the winners of the Now York six-day
race, are making good as actors"
this week over at Hammerstein's
Theatre. New York. They are doing
two-a-day on the homo trainers, and
they like the parts very much. Tho
act went big as the profession
would put it, at both performances
Yesterday. and it is likely that Goul-
let and Grenda will be given other
engagements. A week in one of the
Newark theatres may be secured, and
Boston, Philadelphia, New Haven and
Buffalo. all bike towns, are likely to
be booked. Goullet and Grenda each
ride a half-mile exhibition and in
dulge in a two-mile race as a wind
I'm to their exhibition. Joe Fogler
was the starter and timekeeper at the
opening performances yesterday and
he will travel around with the act.
Pete Mitchell, an old-time actor, does
the announcing, and the six-day win
ners were given big hand at both
the afternoon and evening shows.
Big Grenda must have been stage
broken, he does so well. He has the
stage smile and he bows like man
who was used TO four or five curtain
calls after every act. Goullet is just
as modest on the stage as he is on the
bike track He is by far the better
bike rider, but Grenda has him
beaten as an actor.
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The teams in the New York race
rode pretty well to form. In the list
of odds published in the Evening
Star previous to the race the eight
teams having the shortest prices
quoted against them finished in the
first eight places, though not exactly
in the order named, Goullet and
Grenda, held at 8 to l, were first,
but Fogler and Hill. second choice,
at 4 to ], were tied for fourth place.
Moran and Mcnamara were the third
choice and they finished third, and
Verri and Egg, the fourth choice,
were tied for fourth, with Fogler and
Hill. Lawson and Drobach were the
fifth favorites. at 7 to l, the same
price as Verri and Egg, and they
were second at the finish Of the race.
Kaiser and Cameron were the sixth
choice and they finished sixth. Thus
all six teams quoted as having the
best chances rode up to form. And
even the seventh and eighth teams,
& lap behind, finished about as pre-
dicted by the prices quoted against
their chances. Clark and Root were
seventh choice and held at II to 1,
and they were tied at the end with
Magin and Lawrence. who were the
eighth choice and held at 1g to /. !
Clark and Root having refused to
ride off the tie, seventh place was
given to Lawrence and Magin.
Though there we're eighteen teams in
the race at the start, it is really re-
markable that the eight teams figured
to have the best chances finished in
the first eight places.
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Tt has been discovered that $3.50 in
primes" in the New York race had
been overlooked when the list was
given out to the newspapers. This
will be good news to the riders, who
were unable to keep track of all the
prizes won. There was considerable
fining during the race and some of
the boys are putting up a mighty
kick. They'll have to pay, though,
for Manager mcfarland will insist
on that. The fines. as a general
thing. go to Chairman Kelsey, and
this the riders object to. They are
not averse to being pena'ized for
their sins, but they do not believe the
fines should go into the Golfers of the
chairman. In this they are right. al
though a rule giving Kelsey all fines
was sneaked through at an n. c. A.
meeting a year or so ago. The riders
say that these fines should go into a
fund for injured cyclists and now
that the issue is lively one it would
be a good time to act. Chairman KEEL
sey isn't entitled to the fines. and
men like Frank Kramer. Alfred Goul-
let, Joe Fogler, Iver Lawson. Alfred
Grenda and Harry Kaiser the big
men in the game. should call meet
ing of their organization-right away
and take some action on the mat
ter. Kelsey's revenues should not
come from the riders. 1t is up TO the
promoters to see that the chairman