New-York tribune., 1918-05-13
Spears Victor
Over Spencer
In Bike Race
Australian Looms Up as Big
Contender for Bicycle
Title

Bob Spears, the lanky Australian, by
his sensational riding at the Velo-
dromc in Newark yesterday afternoon
stamped himself as a serious contender
tor the bicycle championship of Amer
lea. Spears defeated Arthur Spencer,
the present national title holder, in two
out of three heats of mile match race
and did it in n decisive manner. The
fans, who have been used to seeing
Spencer win all his match races, gave
Spears tremendous ovation for his
defeat of the champion.
Beating Spencer was not all Spears
did yesterday either. for after having
long race he came out and defeated
field of forty starters in the five-mile
open, the last race on the card. In this
race the pace was hot from the pop
of the gun, but Spears kept plugging
along, and on the last lap dashed out
OF the field and won, beating Willie
Spencer, John Bedell, Willie Hanley,
Jake Magin and Eddie Madden, in that
order.
The match race between Spears and
Spencer was one of the best races held at
the Newark track this season, that is,
the last two heats were. In the first
heat Spencer rode away from his con-
queror, and it looked as if Spencer
would win in straight heats Spencer
went out in front when the bell rang
and Spears only seemed to make
half-hearted effort in trying to get
around him, with Spencer winning by
more than a length.
Spears rode the last two heats in
decidedly different manner, riding from
in front both times. In the second
heat, which Spears won, Spencer raced
him on the outside for an entire lap,
riding half the distance right up along
side of Spears, but when the home
stretch was reached Spears was the
strongest and won, riding the last
e;ghth-mile in 12 seconds fat
Spears rode the third heat just as
he did the second, in front and with
the same results, Spencer never being
able to get around him, and again the
last eighth-mile was ridden in 12 Sec
onds, the fastest time made for the
eighth this season.
The summarizes:
BY spears. First heat won BY Spencer. Time,
us WON bs spsars pea e'S Tmo my s5 & sshsn mils:
by
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vT "y italy off fn mms ~ s g. Gu. Lang Bay
View Whocmen: Gus Klingcl. Bay View Whcclmen.
second: Edward Byron. Australia. third; Mort
Goullet. Bay View Whee:mcn. fourth. Time.
4:26 40
Two-thi milo (nov,ce)-won by Louis Hartman.
Acme Whcemen: Louis Orsni. Unione Sport1Va
IaIiana third. Time. :53 25.
Half mile handicap tprofesslonal)-Won by Reg.
inald Mcnamara. Australia 90 yards): William
Hanley. San francisco 90 yards) second: Fran
Ncrr. Italy t5 yardsl. third; Thomas BeilS.
90 yarls). nfth. Time. o:53 Is. >
Miss and out invitation (professona)-Won oy
Frank
second George CHAIRMAN Nswark @ third third reer nets
Distance 3 miles . laps Time 7:ls2-5.
a: nile hanacap c $50 oy yaras MSt
Peter Brock. Empire City Wheelmen (S5 y. yardsl.
second Michael De oro uni9no Sportivyai ianaa
fourth. ia'NGri time. o:55 seconds.
Five aorb,d by Robert ssrdnd T.
John Bedcll 1ynbrook. L. l.. third; William Ian
ley. San Francisco fourth; Jacob Mas,h' lrTs Tms
ton. fifth; Eddie Madden. Newark sixth i''ne'
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