The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-24

VI resentment that year In and wear out
ne mas remained the same calm. mild
c'hicai master OF all who have met
MN In the big wooden saucer. spor,
'ohowers are used to seeing their Idol,
erumble to dust after the few br,., r,n'
ments OF fame. but Kramer has zone on
year after year invincible and giving
no indication that his speed will al.
"iihish Tor years yet to come.
Nramer Is admittedly the keystone O,
the arch supporting the bike game IN
the East. and those closely In touch
win the situation concede that were ha
10 retire through disability or other rea.
SONS pubic Interest In the sport. which
mas quickened perceptibly during the
iast rev years. would dwlndle away
fapidIy. ITS - Of q thing" said
one promoter sadly. TO have $50. 900 in
vested where there Is a chance OF every-
thing going TO smash II anything han
pens to one man"
For years. too. Kramer has been tho
despair OF hero-lov!ng maids. 1t ID to
De doubted II any matinee Idol was
ever so deluged w!th mash notes M
this champion. He has proved adaman-
tine. however. and no one ever knew
OF MS evlncing the slightest interest in
any OF the thousands who have hurled
themselves at his blond head. lie isn't
woman hater; he Is simply moro In.
ierested In his work and another kind
OF chickens. His big hobby 10 raising
Cochin Chnas and he has three hum
dred OF the finest breed in ali the
Oranges.
NEVER MET ANY OF HIS FEMALE
ADMIRERS.
A while ago a friend called at
Nramer's homo in East Orange to
gather material for a biography. To.
sether they went through = mass Of
papers. clippings. etc. stored away in
the garrett. Suddenly Kramsrs eye lit
upon great leather trunk. The friend
said he supposed there were a lot more
papers in that which might he of value.
NO. said Kramer. that was the "sIxh
box 1t contained thousands Of slshlnx
misslves begging most everything from
lock or hair TO smile. The cham.
p'on allowed that he had better chuck
them all In the furnace. but he wantsa
to read some OF them over again ana sst
ahother GOOD laugh OF the Thousands
OF letters he ha, received no has never
answered ono nor made any sffort "a
ind out what the sender looked like.
Beyond raising poultry Kramer find,
MS greatest pleasure raising dust in tns
Jersey roads with his high powersd
racing automobile. Ills machine 4. +,
familiar rght In many parts of the stat.
ana with II he has won several sndur.
ance runs conducted by the New Jer.
sey Automobile Club. He 10 aiso A.,
accomplished musician. (this Il francs
pet joke) being an expert manipulate
OF tne pAyer-piano' In the winter he
displays much interest In the thes,ra
but In tho summer ne Ia sIespinr .ouns
~ at O'clock every night, this beiny
part OF his training regimen.
HOW he GOT THE SPEED crsm
YEARS AGO.
Kramer has been In the bike racing
game hfteen years. He was horn ~
Indiana thlrty-three years ago. H.s
father was an athlete. having been AZ
one time an instructor OF the New Yort
Turn Vs.ein' As . child Frank was
delicate and when cycLng was at ths
height Of popularity and he sskes vi.
parents for a wheel" his mother nh1
jected, believing that bending over m.
handle bars would inJure h,s health nj.
father. however. thought cycling would
not harm the lad, because Il would kssr
him In the open air. and Accordingly a
shining red roadster became Frank .
property.
! Some time previous to this IN.
family rSWQyeA II NlHaxk N, J.. M