Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
CONSISTENCY IS I
KRAMER'S FORTE
When He Doesn't Land First in
a Title Race He Gets Some
where, Capturing at Least
One Point-Rides Twelfth Of
Mile in is Seconds.

Consistency is the thing that counts
in the winning of the cycling cham
pionship of America, and if it was
not for the consistent riding of Frank
Kramer he would not be the eleven
times winner of the championship Of
this country.
There is no other sport outside OF
baseball in which a whole seasons
competition is considered to decide
the championship. In France the
championship of that country is de-
cided in one race, and 1t is not always
the best rider that wins.
Fmil Friol is the best Splinter in
France, but a rider named Perchicot
won the championship this year. rio
is far superior to Perchicot, but he
happened to be put of shape when
the title race was run and was beaten
Friol finished second. however.
In every season in which Kramer
has won the American championship
there has been a time when he was
sadly out of form and beaten. but by
consistent riding during the greater
part of the time he has been able to
annex the title by acquiring b
greatest number of points. This sea-
son Kramer has only won two title
races.
In two he has finished fourth and
in n he was second. but>he got at
least one point in every race. and
therein lies his success. He Is the
only rider who has been placed in al
of the five championship events. Al
fred Grenda and Tricky Comes have
each been placed In three champion
ships and Cavanagh in two. The rest
of the professionals who have won
points have been placed in only one
! race each.
If Grenda had been placed in all o.
the championships he would now be
on nearly even terms with Kramer,
but like all contenders in the past
eleven years, Grenda's weakness lies
in his inconsistent riding. Kramer
will take all kinds of chances in both
the heats and semi-inals to get in
the final, where other riders try to
save themselves for the big effort, and
are shut out in the qualifying heats
When Kramer rides from the front it
can be taken for granted that he is
doing this to be sure of winning and
taking no chances of being pocketed
or put out by a fall. He invariably
rides heats n semi-fnals of cham-
pionship races in that manner. Once
in the final, he is sure of at least one
point. and ii is then that he via
take a chance of being shut in in an
effort to get the best of the play f0<
position Kramer figures only on the
aggregate number of points during
the championship season. while other
riders fall down by thinking only a
first place in each individual cham
pionship. and failing to qualify.
Fast Twelfth Of Mile.
Kramer showed remarkable speed
yesterday in training by riding
twelfth of a mile in seven and onr-
fifth seconds. and he looks to be the
winner of the quarter-mile cham
pionship tomorrow night. He is nor
absolutely certain of winning. but he
Is more than certain to be In the
final This will add at least one and
probably more points to his total, and
II Alfred Grenda, who is Kramers
nearest rival. has any hopes of cop
ping the title he will have TO be on
jOD oa0 SCI III LAd uldi dlet- LII
the last quarter-mile Championship
Grenda won his heat, but was shut
out of the final. The Australian.
however. learned his lesson in thar
race, and ii is not likely that he will
be shut out again tomorrow. Comes
is another good man. who. by laying
back for an easy ride, was put out
by a rider of less speed in that same
race. And Frank Cavanagh is still
another.
Marcel Dupuy will make his first
bid for points in the American chari-
pionship in this race. Dupuy has got
a long. stern chase before him andit
looks hopeless. but he will ride just
as hard for the prize money as ne
would if there was a chance for him
to win the title.
The repechage heat and the semi
final of the grand prize of July will
be run tomorrow night and the final
of this big race Sunday.
The other events on the program
are a two-mile invitation for the
pros. a fve-mile paced race, in which
George Wiley and Menus Bedell viii
be the principals, and a three-mile
open and a two-mile handicap for the
amateur riders.
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