Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-25
FRANK KRAMER, VETERAN
BIKE RIDER, KEEPS TITLE
Noted Professional Defeats
Eaton i'll Hard-Fought
Grind.
DECIDE FOUR NATIONAL CROWNS
Hobby Wnlthour. Jr., Wins Amntcur
sprint acknowledgements, Tcn-MfIe
kihE-McNnmnrn Twcnty-Five-NiI
Chnmpion-icnr, Prosperous One.
ny Walter Iinrdxctt.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2A.-CycIe racing
especially in the East enjoyed n
very prosperous year In 1921. Tracks
operating at Newark. n. j.: Revere
Beach. Mass: Providence. II. l.:
Philadelphia; Worcester. Mass. and
Ncw Bedford. Mass. tho last two
being built during the year. report
good crowds and profitable seasons.
LAST winter track was built at
Miami. Fla. and ran from January
% to- February 81. This year an
other course has been constructed mt
jacksonville. Fla. and ran for a fow
weeks. The. Jacksonville track is
now closed.
Tho Miami track was rcopencd on
Sunday. December Is. and Will run
until late In February or March Tho
two Florida tracks. known rs tho
Crocodile Circuit" will be operated
annually In the winter. track wa@
opened In Los Angeles. Cal. but had
Il short life.
-Four national titles were decided
in America during tho past Season.
In the professional sprint division
Frank l.. Kramer. East OrangS " j.
was declared the winner. Kramer
and Ray Eaton. Newark. champion
In 1919. finished up n scrics OF twelve
ih'cs III Il nc i.itoh REFUSED TO
ride Off the tie and Kramer was de-
clarcd the winner after walk
over" Willie Spencer Newark, and
Reggie Mcnamara. Newark. won the
ten and twenty-five middle
distance ti,lcs. respectively.
Young Wnithour Wins.
Bobby Walthour. Jr.. Newark. son
OF the former paced champion OF
America and former worlds title
holder at that style Of racing. cap
,urcd the amateur sprint champion
ship In IA sertcs OF six races. George
Chapman, Newark paced champion
in 1920. repeated again In 1921. Tho
Amateur Bicycle League OF America.
an organization recently formed.
conducted series OF races TO de-
eide the road championship OF
America. The finals were decided nj
Washington. y. G., and Arthur
member OF the Unlonc Sportiva
I,aiiana. OF lew York. was returned
the winner In series OF four races.
During the past twelve. months tho
Cycle Trades OF America supplied
prizes for $50 road and track races
for amateurs
In 1921 four siS-day races were
run in this country-two In Chicago
and two In New York. The first
Eddie Madden and Jake MagIn. New
arkcrs. won with 2.279s miles to
their credit The second race In Chi
caro ended April . and the Same
team won. riding 2.iS27 miles. The
first siN-day race in New York nm
ishcd on March IL and Oscar Egg.
Swiss. and Peter van Kempcn. Iiol-
land. won with 2.3li "a miles TO
their credit. Alfred Goullct, America.
"a M Ia
second New York event. which ended
December 10. covering ".563 6 miles.
Some Records Fall.
4 few records fell by the boards
during the past year. On July 3. AT
Washington, ID. C. August Nogara
established a new amateur road rec
ord for 100 miles unpaccd in four
hours and nfty-two minutes. In iivs
hours Nogara covered 102 IL miles.
y. T.. Wahi. n Buffalo. y. Y. anna
tcur. bcttered the old amateur road
record for twenty miles in compcti
ton In race ut Buffalo. Wahl doing
45:2:. on August 81. at the Newark
Vclodrome. Newark. y. j.. Alfred
Grenda. Australian. bettcred the old
mark for twenty-five miles human
paced. Grenda doing 5l:lS rs. Three
amateur road records wcro broken
during the running OF the Amateur
Bicycle League OF America road
championships. AT Davenport. la.
Russell Lange did three miles unpaced
In 6:5l and Victor Hopkins rode two
miles unpaccd in ll:22 In the finals
at Washington Arthur Nicminsky,
New York, bcttcrcd the old mark for
a half-mile in competition by doing
1913.
The worlds cycling championships
were held from July 81 TO August
at Copenhagen, Denmark. Peter
Mocskop Holland, won the profcs-
sional sprint title; Brask Andersen.
Denmark. tho amateur sprint event.
and Victor Linart. Belgium, the pro-
fcssional paced championship.