Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-06
BIKE RACING HAS
GRIP ON THEFANS
Big Crowds at Various Meets
Prove Popularity of
Sport.
BUSY TIMES FOR STARS


That cycle racing is very popular
sport was evidenced by the big
crowds that attended the meets at
Newark, Brighton Beach, Philadel-
phia and Boston on the Fourth and
day. The crowd at the Velodrome on
the Fourth Is the best ever recorded
on independence Day in Newark. At
Brighton Beach that night the atten-
dance figures were broken, 1000 peo-
pie witnessing the races there. The
attendance figures were smashed at
Boston and Philly drew a crowded
house.
Rutt, Kramer and Clark rode at
three meets in forty eight hours. This
trio of stars competed at the Nelo-
drome yesterday and at the Velo-
drome the afternoon of the Fourth
and at Brighton the same evening.
A year ago yesterday Rutt won the
Grand Prize of Paris and made about
$S,000.> But beating Clark on the an
niversary of that big triumph was
about as sweet to the German cham
plon.
The amateur championship race is
AnlCLnGIy itC
riders have headed the points table
within two days. There will be an
other title race wednesday night and
after that Is over there may be an
other leader. Just at present Harry
Kaiser is the king.
If there were a few more Ernest
Orths in the amateur division the
limit men would not win so many OF
the handicap races at the longer dis
tanees. Orth was the only back
marker who made a real effort to
overhaul the leaders in the three-mile
yesterday.
We'll, guess dot big Dutchman ISIS
nod all in yet,' shouted an excited
Teuton in the grand stand when Rutt
won the first heat of the match with
Clark The gentleman with the Ger
man accent was quite right, for 1t
will be some little time before the
worlds title holder can be counted
out.
The automatic electric tape for
registering finishes was not used yes
terday. 1t was tried and found to
be a great success the day before, but
it will not be used again until heavier
wires are put in.
Hermann Hansen, brother of
Norman Hansen, the professional
finished second in the novice race.
Hermann is larger than Norman and
looks like a very promising bike
rider
Grenda and Pye are the undisputed
tandem champions now that they
have trimmed Spears and Drobach.
Until another likely tandem team is
developed there will probably be no
more tandem matches.
Champion Kramer had a rather
poor day yesterday and at the Velo-
drome on the Fourth he was beaten
by Rutt and Goullet in the Old Glory
Challenge. The champion admitted
that he was off that afternoon. but
he would not stand for letting Clark
beat him in the third heat of that
race. And Clark, figuring that Kra-
FINER was not himself, did not try to
qualify for the half-mile open, saw
ing all his strength to murder" Kra-
mer.
While Kramer was admittedly off
form he did II 1-5 seconds for the
final eight in order to show Jackie
the way home. The "champer" came
back at Brighton that night and wal
Hoped both Clark and Rutt in a three
cornered match.
A man in the bleachers had q just
cause for complaint yesterday. He
bought hot dog sandwich and when
he bit into II there was no dog there.
He went to the office to complain and
"Bonehead" Barry received the COM
plant. While "Bonehead" admitted
that he was responsible for everything
that ever went wrong around the
Velodrome, he said he was not the
master of the hounds and refused
to be responsible for the missing dog.
Willie Bolles. the caretaker of the
Velodrome, who has been in the city
hospital for three weeks recovering
from an operation for appendicitis,
was at the track yesterday.
George Cameron is the guy who put
the nations in combinations. There
was Dane, a Swede, an Australian
and a Pole in one of his combina-
lions yesterday.