Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-25
Speedy Pair Captures Three
Mile Handicap in Record
Time.
KRAMER BEATEN IN MATCH
sa.xee cycIist Unable to Out
ride Pair and Succumbs in
Straight Heats.

Frank Cavanagh. of Newark, and
Fred Hill, of Boston, We're pretty
much the whole show q the Nelo-
drome yesterday afternoon. Riding
as a tandem they figured in the Win
ming of three races with the breaking
Of the worlds record in the three
mile handicap their most notable
achievement. The riding OF these boys
was truly wonderful especially in
view of the fact that they We're never
on a tandem together prior to Satur-
day They rode from scratch in the
handicap in which three teams We're
given almost whole lap handicap
and were able to tack on behind the
scratch team when the latter got Off
to a very poor start. the starter hay
ing fired the gun before they were
ready.
In this race there were several
teams that have been riding in tan
dem races for two years and are
experienced and know how to work
together Long before the finish it
was apparent that worlds record
was going To be shattered, for the
pace was fast from the start. The
new mark is ON - los. and the old
record held by the Bedeil brothers
was Jm.a 43 los. The average time
for each mile was I'm. f9s.
The teams on the big handicaps
held a stiff pace for the first mile and
the scratch pair gained so little it
looked as though they would never
overtalle the leaders. On the second
nile rthes scratch team picked up
much ground. largely through their
own efforts while changing pace with
the other backmark teams. At five
laps from the finish the field was
buAehedy but Cavanagh and Hill were
so exhausted from their efforts they
were hanging on the rear of the
group with a gap of ten yards sep
abaung. them from the field. At this
stage the pace became extremely
FAST again and there was a fight for
positions that was so keen it APP
peared as though there would he a
big spill Eight teams were still in
the race and riding elbow 10 elbow.
~ Handicap Rouses the Fans.
No race of the season has excited
the crowd to such pitch and wyhen
Cavanagh and Hill went high OF the
bank to start their final effort every
one of the 5000 fans were on their
feet Ill took lap and half for the
Yicters@to get around to the front, the
teami Of Cameron and Thomas Civ
ing them a hard fight for the lead.
The Strain of hard riding showed
plaiatlg on the faces Of Cavanagh and
Hill and when they led into the
homestreteh on the bell lap they
we're so far gone few believed that
they could hold their advantage to
the finish. They We're equal to the
occasion, however. and increased
their speed all through the final cir
cult, The rest Of the field being tan
ed ,tootheir limit to hang ON. When
the announcement was mace that
wprld's record had been broken. the
victnrs were accorded an ovation eX-
eeedipgs,t the one. extended after their
efFat finish.
= II was by mere chance that Cava-
ra&h and Hill were paired on a tan
dem. They were selected by Mana
ger Floyd MacFarland 10 meet Frank
Krpner in q match and the selection
made figuring that they would
Sc q team on only ordinary abiii
as the manager did not want to
r-i Kramer up against a team that
- as TOO good Netherlands random
s+feetion however. was the making
81 Ifubably the fastest tandem pair
ina the world. They Won from kra-
nTtr1in two straight heats, and won
with d wide margin to spare in both
legs. of tine race. Kramer was not
disgraGed. however for there is moi a
rtocer in the world with ghost Of a
ehaace against this team.
Kramer Tries Front Riding.
In, the first heat Kramer tried to
heat them from the front and started
his, sprint a lap and quarters
from the finish, He held the lead
for just lap, and rode probably
faster than he ever rode before, but
there was no stopping the rush of
the tandem pair, and at the twelfth
pole Kramer gave up the uneven
struggle. Kramer said after the heat
that he rode so fast around the turn
out of the backstretch that his left
pedal sruclS the surface of the track,
something that has never happened
during the three years that he has
raced on the Nelodrome.
The champion changed his tactics
in the second heat and trailed the
tandem until the homestretch was
reached. He came out from behind
on entering the final stretch, and
made a heroic effort to win, but he
did not have a chance in the world
finishing with open daylight between
him and the rear Of the tandem The
intermediate time for the final lap
readily explains why Kramer could
rot win. In the deciding heat the
final lap was done in Is seconds fiat,
the eighth in II 1-5 and the twelfth
in lis The fastest lap ever done
in competition before was 1G sec
ondss for a lap, Ii 4-5 for the eighth