The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-02

In a ride which has seldom been
equalled at the Velodrome Jackie
Clarke last night demonstrated thai he
is n of the greatest little riders ever
known to the bicycle game. The CYCLIC
mic lad from the Antipodes defeated
Frank Kramer, considered by thou.
sands of bike fans to be the noblest
Roman of them all. in the one-mile
national championship, and it was a
real victory. no accidents of any de-
scription figuring in the result. 1t
was a clean cut test of ability and al
though friends of Kramer naturally
disliked to see his competitor show him
the way across the tape there was no
disposition on the part of anyone to
make excuses for the champion. Clarke
uncorked his marvellous sprint at he
right time and the title holder found
it impossible to get up. The victory
of Clarke places him in the lead for
the national championship by a one
point margin. the Australian having
26 and Kramer 25 points.
More han the ordinary mount Of
interest centred in the result of the
one-Inile national championship. and
| although cold weather kept down the
attendance there was a lack of enthu-
siasm. and those who braved the frigid
atmospheric conditions witnessed
a race which had them standing up,
and yelling like only real lovers of the
| game can yell. Both riders came down
the stretch in the final riding as though
life depended upon the result, first one
could almost see the wheel of Kramer
forge ahead, and Their another moment
would show Clarke riding like a little
demon. Could Kramer with all of his
marvellous speed overtake the Mac
Farland entry? He could not and
when Clarke flashed over the line q
winner by a length he was given the
ovation he deserved. When 1t came
to the final sprint Clarke had the best
kick and that tells the story.
For the final Clarke, Kramer, Johr
Bedell n Freddy Hill were the one!
to face the starter. Willie Fem, VIII,
was expected to BIZ among the four
failed to get in, as did Joe Fogler. Ii
was no fault of the latter, however
for when he had second place in thu
semi-final, trailing Kramer. he had thu
misfortune. to collide with Menu
Bedell and was thrown, and Fredd,
Hill, who was the other starter, quail
fed.
When the foul men lined up Clark
h. / the pole. with Kramer, John Be
dell and Hill on the outside. At tn
start John Bedell got off first, but b.
the time the men had ridden fift.
yards Kramer was In front, trailed b.
Clarke and Hill. AT the completion o
the first lap Hill was leading. followed
by Kramer, Clarke n Bedell in clos
order. On the backstretch of the mex
lap Bedell jumped away from the buncI
and instantly Kramer set sail for hin
and soon brought Clariie and Hill u
with Johnny. Kramer had to sprint t.
get John and in order not to set TIL
pace he rode high up on the South Or
ange avenue bank with the other rider
doing likewise.
Suddenly Hill shot down the banl
and got a big lead on the others, blu
at the end of the fourth lap every
thing was nice and serene for all con
cerned. As the men hit the backstretcl
it left but a lap and a half to go, will
Hill leading, followed by Kramer, Clark
and Bedell.
The Bostonian set out at a fast eli
and at the bell was leading Kramer b,
a scant half wheel. Clarke. in tn
meantime, had been keeping his eye oil