Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-10

Kramer, VINO Is now lead1ng Alfred
Grenda, his nearest rival in the bat
tie for the American championship,
by seven points, would increase that
lead to some extent tonight in the
quarter-mile championship. which is
n of the features of the mid-week
card al the Velodrome. Kramer Is
the greatest in the business at a
quarter-mfle, and in his present form
there appears to be no one who can
stop him.
He may be stopped, however, for
the championship races this season
have been marked by some very un-
usual Incidents that have brought
about the defeat of Kramer when he
appeared to be the surest kind Of a
winner. The quarter-mile champion
ship, the first of the series, I'll a
month ago, went to Kramer without
anything unusual connected with 1t
lexcept that Alfred Grenda and
Tricky" Comes, both of whom APP
peared certain of being in the final,
were shut out. The second race of
the championship series was the half
mile, and 1t was in this race that
the first upset anne In this race
the four stars, Kramer, Grenda,
Frank Cavanagh and Comes, made"
the final, and the fans thought 1t
was going to be a great battle be-
tween Kramer and Grenda, but Cava-
nagh took a flier a little owe a lap
from the finish, and with Comes on
his rear wheel as a rear battery 10
fight off Kramer and Grenda, Cava-
P1o-H pronf an a~1 NOV tho rono
Grenda was third and Kramer last.
1t was a big surprise, but a good
race and Cavanagh deserved victory.
The next championship was the
mile, and this race went off according
to expectations and resulted in a
close fight between Grenda and
Kramer, with the latter carrying off
the honors. The two-mile champion
ship was considered to favor Grenda.
as 1t was run in one heat, with twen-
ty starters and was very fast all the
way, but nevertheless Kramer was
still the favorite and the majority of
the fans expected to see him win.
The best Kramer got vas second.
and Grenda led him across the tape.
After his win in the two-mile cham
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looked like a cinch for the Austria
liam and no one expected to see
Kramer finish ahead of him. 1t was
in this race that the biggest surprise
and one of the cleverest pieces of
strategy ever seen in a bike ace was
pulled off, and neither Grenda nor
Kramer won as a result. The coup
that won the race originated in the
brain of Jimmy Moran, who knew
that he had no chance with Kramer
in an out and out fight at the finish,
SO feeling strong, he jumped W laps
fl ON the finish, and with Pete Dro-
back and Percy Lawrence on his
wheel set sail for home. The three
riders changed pace and won, and
there was no tinge of team work in
their ride either. They finished I'M
der a blanket and Kramer, who was
fourth and far ahead of Grenda, was
fifteen yards behind the flying lead
ers.
This was the biggest upset of the
championship series, and as long as
there are riders in the races with
brains there will be more upsets of
the same nature. Moran picked out
a most unusual time for his jump and
Kramer and Grenda both refused to
go after him and the riders trailing
him. 1t meant a sprint of over two
laps and sure defeat for either one
who had the temerity to try 1t. Moran
figured all this out before he jumped
and he deserves a lot of credit for
using his brains when his legs were
impotent.
often IL riders would do a little think
ing and try a bit of strategy. but the
majority are content to hang on to his
wheel in the hope OF running into