Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-14
CLARkE'S FRIENDS
CLAIM HE'S IN
BEST Of SHAPE
They Figure That in Sundays
Meet Rocket Viii Be Hard
er for Kramer to Beat Than
lie Has Been for Many a Day.

At last little Jackie Clarke has at
tanned his real form. Yes. the little
fellow is there now with that old
rocket sprint and is going so fast
that he has got them all guessing now.
including the champ, Frank Kramer.
It took Clarke a long time to get right.
but he Is there now and as he is
pretty sure to hold that form under the
careful guidance of his teammate and
manager, Floyd mcfarland. some
great races between this great pair,
Jackie Clarke and Frank L., alias
steve Kramer, are in store for the
fans.
Clarke has come so fast In the past
week he has made it appear as though
Kramer, his great and only rival, had
gone back. The champion may be a
bit off at that. He thinks so at any
rate and has gone to Asbury Park TO
take it easy for a few days. He will
return Saturday afternoon and take
one short ride to determine just what
condition he is in. He will test the
horsepower, as it were. that his Won
derful legs will generate, purely for
his own satisfaction, for the "champer''
is a very methodical and painstaking
fellow and must know at all times his
exact condition, physically.
1t is a hundred-to-one shot that
when he. has that little test Saturday
afternoon he will feel as fit as he ever
was and in condition to race for the
worlds title If it were to be run Their
and there. He is a wonder 1t coming
lanlr rr.hon hn Anoo uh cfola and In a
day or two can take on a lot of weigh
and feel as strong as a bear again.
If Kramer was off form Wednesda,
night when Clarke won the one-mil'
open then Clarke Is a lucky boy, fol
there will probably never be another
time this season when Kramer will
not be there with all his wonderful
ability as a rider. There Is a flve-mil'
national championship on the card foi
Sunday that Mr.. Kramer and Mr.
Clarke are very much interested in
which account for the hasty retrea'
of the former for parts where the COO
breezes blow and where 1t is possible
to sleep and sleep we'll at night. ThiI
one race means much to both of thes'
riders and they are each doing every
thing at theiI, command to be prime,
for this race.
While Kramer is taking the res
cure, little Jackie is out in the broilini
sun twice each day training his heat
off. The weather the past ten day
has been very much like the earl.
summer in his native Australia and i
just the sort of weather to put him il
shape.
The six-hour race on the Fourth pu
the edge on Clarke that he has beel
striving for all season. Jackie wa
on the track in that race as much a
MacFarland for the specific purpos
of putting him in shape and hat h
succeeded is proved by the fact tina
he has won all three of the open race
in which he and Kramer have finished
since the Fourth. This shows the won
derful form the little fellow is in RICH
now.
There are two races on the card il
which Kramer and Clarke will ride be
sides the championships. They vii
start together from scratch in the two
mile handicap, and they will ride il
the one-mile motor-paced record trial
In this event Elmer Collins, Georgl
Wiley and all of the motor-paced star
will ride, and all of the stars in TIL
sprint class will have a try, too. TIL,
present record for one mile Is I'm
10 ass. and is held by Elmer Collins
the motor-paced champion. Collin
should be able to lower that mark witt
ease. as he did I'm. las. fiat in trainini
the day before he took Lawrence an,
Wiley into camp, and he was not try
ing for a really fast mile either. Clarke
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number of the other pro sprinters VIII
are very fast pedalers should be able t
do a very fast mile, and for one mil
alone should be faster than Collins o
any of the other paced riders. Thi
event should prove very interesting.
The card is a long and only tw
of the races will be run in heats. TIL
other events on the card are a one
mile national championship amateur
three-mile handicap, amateur half-mil
novice race and a one-mile invitatio
for the professionals. The ffve-mil
pro championship will be run in on
heat, and will have seventeen starters
only the riders who have been followin
the circuit being permitted to ride |
this event. This is a field that wi
not be too big, and every rider wi
have a chance to make a play for posi-
tion.
It will be fast all the way, for Their
is enough lap money up to make
very alluring for some of the sever
teen. and they are sure to go out 70
the lap money, which will result in
fast contest. In the handicap. whic
will be run in one heat. Clarke an
Kramer will start from scratch. an
as this race will come after the cham
pionship they are sure to try for til
money in this event.