Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-08
If YOU CARE TO BE
UP ON SPORTS YOU
MUST READ THE STAR.
BIKE FAN WRITES
CRITICISING THOSE
WHO RAP KRAMER
Writer Hints That There Was a
Conspiracy Against Cham
piOn Tuesday.

hicvcle fan who takes objection to
the way Champion Frank
name has beer drawn into the fourtn
Of July controversy writes as Ioiio"s'
To the sporting Editor of the Evening Star:
The big six-hour race is over; the
referee has rendered his decision; the
people at the race voiced their senti-
ments, but sad to say n of the
sporting writer's of a local paper who
has been untiring and unceasing in his
efforts to persecute Frank Kramer for
a, long period of years, starts anew an
other argument or debate in order to
detract from the popularity, or rather
to increase the unpopularity of Kramer
among a certain element.
There is no occasion at all for
Kramer being brought into this argu-
ment. He was not disqualified. If any
one wishes to make any comment about
the wisdom of the disqualification OF
Clarke and Goullet they have a per-
feet right to do so. but why should
Kramer's name be included?
True 1t is that in the championship
race of last Tuesday it was apparent
to anyone that there was a combina-
ton out to beat Kramer, and it mat
tered liCtie as TO VINO won the tHcS, dS
long as 1t was not he.
All true lovers of the sport sSorld
welcome a worthy contestant for the
American champion, but few would
like to see him defeated except In a
perfectly fair manner.
What chance he (Kramer) had in
last Tuesdays big six-hour race
amounted to nothing, as the only way
for him to win was to go out at the
beginning of the mile sprint, sprint the
six laps and then take a chance of hav-
ing enough strength left to beat his
competitors.
In 1909 and 1910 one of our local pa
pers was crying for no team work.
Many comments were made about the
big train that really existed with Kra-
mer, Fogler n Root at its head. The
committee in charge of racing made a
ruling in 1911 that there was to be no
team work, yet team work has existed,
n one might even go as far as to
state hat in no race this year have
Clarke and Mcfarland been COMPETE
tors, except when there was a clear
understanding between them that they
were working together.
Netherlands friendly feeling for
Goullet and Fogler has been notioel for
some time past. This friendly feeling
had gone SO far on Tuesday that 1t was
noticed that the trainers of the Clarke
Goullet-Fogler teams were talking to
the riders of the three combinations, as
well as handing them sponges, drink
ing tubes, etc.
When the sprint for the hour prizes
occurred II was always noticed that a
member of the Goullet or Fogler team
was out riding wide, guarding a mem
Der of the observation-disclosures team,
who was sprinting for a prize. I re-
call hat In the latter part of 1909, when
there was to be a ive-mile champion
ship race at Vailsburg. all heard about
the big combination of twelve riders.
This was afterward admitted by various
members of that combination. Still
this race was thought to be perfectly
fair by one of our big American sport
ing editors.
If Kramer had had a motorcycle on
last Tuesday he might have won. As
1t was he only had to ride out of four
pockets, taxi three or four switches,
and then pass the entire field in the
last lap and a half. If he had an OPP
%portunity to win the race 1t was not
apparent to n spectators, n 1t was
clearly apparent that there was a de-
cidedly friendly feeling among the mem
bers of the three teams, two of which
were disqualified.
Frank Kramer has been champion
for ten years. He has a few friends,
also a few admirers, and sooner than
have him brought before the public In
an ~unfavorable or unfair manner would
prefer to see him withdraw FROM the
bicycle game as far as the United
States is concerned. If the patrons of
the sport in this city 10 not wish to
see a rider from their own country get
equally as fair an opportunity to win
as any other man it is time for him to
quit. Very truly yours, 7. G.