Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-02

The bike fans are having much
sport in picking the winners of the
semi-fina1 heats of the Worlds Sprint
Cycle Derby, which are to be run at
the Velodrome tonight In the first
heat Kramer is looked upon as GER
tainty with only Grenda and Lawson
to beat, but the other two heats
are creating wide discussion. In some
quarters the arguments have become
sc warm that fisticuffs were narrowly
averted. Take the second heat, with
Goullet, Rutt and Spears as starters.
Any one of these three men can win,
and it all depends on the breaks. On
form Goullet should get the verdict,
but any old kind of a mistake will
make Rutt the winner. Spears has
only one chance. To win he must be
able to get an easy ride for himself
and then come down the home
stretch at his best clip. Rutt can win
from in front if he isn't forced too
far, and Goullet can win the same
way. But If Goullet and Rutt keep
battling one another from the very
start. Spears may slip in a winner.
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The third heat should prove to be
the most interesting of the series.
The starters will be Jackie Clark, Bill
Bailey and Cesar Moretti. This, too,
is only big gamble as far as the out
&c h1If RailpV looks
to be about as good as the next one.
Clark at one time would be the fav-
orite in such a heat, but Jackie isn't
doing very well lately and he is not
to be relied upon. He isn't training
on the track, / am told, and he is
spending much of his time in his auto
mobile. Clark is making a big mis-
take and he will find it out sooner
than he bargains for. He has been
popular fellow, but he is not giving
his friends and admirers run for
their loyalty to him. He can do bet
ter than he is doing.
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The way. to figure this third heat is
to throw out Clark" as they say at
the racetrack, and figure on the other
Kramer [ would think that Bailey |
could win. He rode much better than |
some of the fans will allow, and he |
showed great speed in spurts For |
instance, in the second heat, he raced |
Kramer from the tape to the middle |
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champion kick for all he was worth.
In the final twelfth of mile Kramer's
task was not so hard still he did the
final twelfth of mile in the second
heat in 3-5 seconds. Kramer thinks
pretty well of Bailey, and he said he
didn't believe that more than two
riders at the Velodrome could beat |
the Englishman. One was himself, of |
course, and perhaps for the other he
had Rutt in mind. Bailey will be bet
ter tonight than he was on Sunday, !
and | look for him to win. Clark, of
course, may pull one of his best
spirits out of the sky and show the
way at the finish On anything he
has done. Moretti doesn't figure to be |
more than third-choice proposition.
He will have to race in front to have |
much of a chance and he will have to
be in front a lap and half at that.
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So, sizing up the semi final heats, |
Kramer. Goullet and Bailey seem to
be the logical choices. An upset may
occur in any of the heats, but it will !
be a hard matter to beat these three |
men. The incentive is $500 to the win
ner, and the final of the race will be
run next Sunday
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The teams match race should be q
big feature of the program tonight.
1t is international in scope and three
teams are entered. One represents
America, another represents Austria
liza and the other represents Europe.
On the American team are Kramer,
Cavanagh and Lawson, and the Aus
tralian team is made up of Goullet,
Clark and Grenda. Rutt, Bailey and
Moretti will defend Europe. The
heats will be one-mile Europe and
Australia will meet first; Australia
will meet America second, and Ameri-
ca will meet Europe in the third heat.
In case of a tie all nine riders will go
into a final heat.
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General mcfarland is in q GUAM