Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-14
SCRATCH MARK
FOR KRAMER AND
CLARKE TONIGHT
Half-MiIe Handicap Will Find
These Stars on the Honor
Mark = Wiley, Collins and
Root to Battle Behind Motors
for Twenty Miles-lnitial
Night Meet Starts at s
O'Clock.
JUDGING finishes of bike races at th'

JUDGING finishes of bike races at the
Velodrome is evidently a thankless
" job, and, If there is a finish tonight
between Frank Kramer and Jackie
Clarke as close as the finish in the Eve
mile championship Sunday, one Judge
at least is going to resign.
Since Sunday this judge has been be-
rated right and left because Clarke was
not declared the winner. His friends
suggested that he must have fingered
around the flowing bow too long Sat-
urday night and was still a bit groggy,
and his wife told him his age was be-
ginning to tell and he had better con-
suit an oculist.
This last hurt, but the thrust that
sank deepest was a line something like
this shot over the plate by his stem
ographer Monday morning when he
reached his office: "Well, you certainly
are a 'pippin' to give that race to kra-
mel Why, Clarke won it easily. Your
eyes must have been glued on one of
the Cinderellas In the bleachers when
that race was rum This was too
much, and he was on the point of send
ing in his resignation at once, but de-
cided to wait awhile at that, for he
likes his job. And the funny part of all
of this is that this particular judge does
not pick first or second in the races. He
picks the positions farther back, and
Sunday he became so excited watching
the great struggle between Kramer and
Clarke that he forgot to pick the riders
who finished third and fourth. One of
n other judges did, however, SO the
riders were correctly placed In the race.
This judge may be up against 1t
again, for there is another race tonight
just like the five-mile championship
Sunday, and there is every probability.
of another very close finish between
Kramer and Clarke. Both Of these
stars are in fine fettle and ready for
Kramer and Clarke. Both of these stars
are in fine fettle and ready for another
battle. Mcfarland has worked hard
with Clarke indoors this week, and has
got the little fellow right on edge. Kra-
mer has not been on his wheel since
Sunday, but will be better than ever as
a result. Frank was a trif1e fine and
several pounds lighter than he has been
for a number of years, and the rest he
has had since Sunday was just what
he needed.
Clarke and Kramer will both ride in
the handicap, starting from scratch,
and will go out to win, for they have
been warned against "dogging" 1t in
the handicaps for the sake Of being
perfectly fresh for the opens. This is
an old trick and has been practised
ever since cycle racing has been In
vogue. If Kramer was to go out and
ride his head off in a handicap while
Clarke took 1t easy and did not try,
the latter would have an advantage
w Kramer in the open, for he would
be much fresher. They will both try
tonight, and the handicap, which is at
a half mile, should be some race.
The paced riders, Elmer Collins,
George Wiley and Eddie Root, who
meet in one of the star events tonight,
the 20-mile m~otor-paced race, are the
only riders who have suffered as a re-
suit of the rain. They have been una
BILE to get any practise behind their
machines, and as a result In the first
few miles of the race they may follow
their motors in an unsteady manner.
This will not hinder their speed, how
ever, and the race should be fast
and a close contest all the way.
According to Charley Turville, Eddie
Root may come through tonight with
flying colors in the paced race. Tur-
Vile has been pacing Root, and he
says the blonde-haired rider performs
like a champion. 1t was Turville, the
veteran, who developed both Collins
and Wiley, and he is a keen Judge of
riders, especially riders In the motor
paced class. Eddie has a big following
in Newark, who would like to see him
win tonight.
If the rain does not interfere a big
crowd is looked for at the Velodrome
tonight. The advance sale of seats for
this meet has been heavier thar for
any of the Sunday meets. The first
race on the card, which Is the one-mile
reprechage handicap, amateur, will be
started at 8 o'clock.