Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04
.RUTT SHOWS GRIT
IN FACE OF DEFEAT
LiOn-Hearted German Wins
Tandem Race After Losing
Match to Kramer.
HALF-MILE HANDICAP FAST

/ Although Walter Rutt fell befors
/ the speed of Frank Kramer in the
/ big match race. an account of which
/ Is told by J. p. \. in another column
of this paper, the lion hearted Ger
! man came back like q Champion and
Won the fye-mile tandem race with
+ All Goullet, of Australia. as a mart
/ ner- The victory was a popular one
! and the big crowd was apparently
/ pleased to see Rutt the winner. There
/ was a general note of sympathy
/ throughout the stands for Rutt after
+ his defeat by the Yankee champion
+ and the Kramer rootere and the
/ Clark rooters and the Grenda rooters
/ were all up on Their toes shouting for
/ the Rutt-Goullet team to win. Bat
/ the victory atoned in only a small
I measure for the defeat earlier in the
+ day.
The tandem race and a half-rniis
handicap for the professionals were
/ the principal events on the card in
addition to the match race Fourteen
teams were scheduled 10 start in the
tandem event. but bombardment o.
/ tires that made more noise than Z
J revolution n Honduras put three
+ teams out before the start was made.
+ This caused some delay for re airs.
some Of the unfortunate teams bor-
rowing the good wheels from other
unfortunates. in order to make Their
machines complete. Rutt and Go;Iiies
+ slipped down the bank and fell when
/ warming up. but We're uninjured.
The race was fast all the way, due
| to the untiring efforts Of Willie Co
burn and Norman Hanson. who were
after the 81 lap prizes. The time was
+ aIn. s6s. and the coburn- Hanson team
rode practically the entire distance in
/ front. The finish of the race was
i most spectacular and a great battle
Tor four laps. Four laps from the
/ finish the team OF ALI Grenda and
1 Ernie Pye who have won many tar
i dem races. went to the front and Y ere
/ there TO stall off any attacks from the
rear. At three laps from the in sa
I Rutt and Goullet came up with a rush
and It looked as though they were GO
ing right on by without any trouble
/ Just as Rutts chin was even with
! Grenda's long, peaked nose the Tas-
manian and his partner made every
/ KICK count and Rutt and Goullet were
stalled for the time being. After bat
/ Ting eide by side for full lap. Rutl
and Goullet pulled away and took the
lead- II was a pretty fight While it
lasted and the rest of the teams were
| having considerable trouble to hans
on. Once in the lead. Rutt and GonI-
let were never headed and led the
/ pack home in single file. Grenda and
Pye finished second, with Floyd
Krebs and Ernest Jolxus third. Bob
Spears and Frank Cory fourth and
Jay Eaton and his son. Raymond,
fifth.
The handicaps N the Ilalf-mile har-
dieap, professional, were too gr-a
for the scratch men. and all o. tho.
money in this race went TO the long,
markers. Ernie Pye, with handieeT
Of forty yards, was the winner, Il 4
close finish. with little Percy LsF
renee, of California Lawrence vas
: on the same mark with the Austria
liam. Jokus was third and Raymond
Eaton fourth. Goul'et and Jackie
Clark put UP great rides in their
heats, but trailed in far behind in the
final Goullet was fifth and Clark
sixth. Had GouIlet and Clark usc6
better judgment in changing pace t.
| catch rhe fed they m sght have can
| tured the race. Clark was first OF
! the mark, and after going a halt Ia
swung up. Goullet jumped ava
! from Clark when he took his pace and
Jackie never caught him again unti
the back stretch OF the final lap. THE
time n all OF the heats and the finas
was fast and close to the best mark
! ever made at the Velodrome.
Fred Hill, of Boston. accounted fc-
/ the two-mile invitation handicap. tlJre-
fessional in a dash-ng finish with
John Bedell and Pete Drobach. ] lo-
bach looked strong and for a lap and
attraction held the lead, but Pete trie
to go too far and was nipped tye Hill
and Bedell. Gordon Walker was
fourth and Willie Coburn slipped IL
for fifth money.
/ L tile Tommy Smith, who is MAXIM.
rapid strides to the top in the anna
| teur ranks, was the winner Of TIE
| Spring Stakes. the star event for tle'
| simon pures Fourteen of the -best
amateur riders started in the "a G
/ which was at a half-m le. Toamy
| rode a good race and defeated eueh
stars as Amateur Champion Do. aid
| McDougall. Harry Kaiser and Gus
Wohlrab. Smith has had the speed
| for two seasons. but never used III
| head TO good advantage until reeentlfr.
He begins TO loom up as champions
ship possibility now.
Kaiser. the Bronx boy. won tAs
/ three-mile amateur handicap, Wits
| Walter Schlee second. McDougal;
| third, and Tommy Smith fourth. Nc
| Dougall, Kaiser and Smith rode from
! anu SCI1lEG Lid0 d 1IdifdtCdR o.
| forty wards. McDougall put up one o.
| his desperate finishes, and. coming
down the home stretch. ran Schiee
/ wide. which interfered with the latter
and spoiled his chances OF winning
the race. The summaries:
/ Match Race. One Mile PROFESSIONAL
Frank L. Kramer, East Orange, defeated
Walter Rutt, Germany, In two straight
heats. Time. first mile, An. 49s. last
eighth mile, Il 4-5s, Second mile, 6m- 5s-;
last eighth mile. lbs.
| Five-Mile Tandem Race, Open (profes-
/ sionaD-Won by Alfred GouIlet, Aus
tralia, and Walter Rutt, Germany; Alfred
tirenda, Australia, and Ernest Pye. Aus
traiia, second; Ernest Jokus, Newarkf and
Floyd Krebs, Newark, third Robert
Spears. Australia, and Frank Cory. Aus
/ tralia fourth Jay Eaton, Elizabeths ana
| Raymond Eaton. Elizabeth. nth. Time
9m. sos.
Two Mile Invitation. Handicap eprcfes--
sional-Won by Fred Hill, Boston l10
( Yards John Bedell. Newark 40 yardsi,
second Peter DrObach, Boston 80 yardsf.
third Gordon Walker. Australia llG'
yards, fourth; Willie Coburn. Newark
| tl5o yards,, nth. Time, Am. 3 SOS.
| Won by Ernest A. Pye, Australia ss5
h YARDS Percy Lawrence, San FRANCISCO
! 40 YARDS second: Ernest Jokus, New
| ark i35 yardsl. third; Raymond Eaton
/ Elizabeth 80 YARDS, fourth Alfred Gou
LETT. Australia tserateh). fifth Time,
Consolation one-third Mile Handicap
tamateuri-Won by Lloyd Gundakaf,
Newark rs Yards Edwin Ballmeu.
/ Newark AS yards. second; Chick Foster.
4 Newark 40 yardsl, third Fl. #. Abbott.
Newark (25 yards). fourth. Time. 3Ska -5s.
Spring Stakes, One-hah- Mile Inyitation'
/ faplateur)-Non by Thomas Srait b,
Irvington; William Hanley. San Fran