Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-18

it more than interesting for the man
who has won the worlds champion
ship so often. Jackie's friends give
him a good chance, anyway, and the
! match would be more than worth the
while.
AS one goes up the line the task
becomes harder-for Ellegaard-of
course After the Dane, presumably
and presumably only, has won his
way through Grenda and Cavanagh
and Clark, the next man in the
lookout chair" naturally, will be
Goullet. Here's a boy when he's
right who is about as close to Kra-
mer as can be- He can't beat the
champion in match races, but he can
give him such a hard rub that Kra-
mer himself told me that he always
felt mere at ease when Goullet had
been disposed of. Up at Boston the
lother night the champion had to race
his head off to beat Goullet. He won
from behind in the first heat by an
inch after a terrific ride, but he
couldn't do it under the same condi-
tions in the second heat So, fox
like, and quite 10 the surprise of
Goullet, Kramer dashed off the mark
in the deciding heat and rode his
race from in front. "Goullie" was so
buffalced by Kramer's turn in tao
tics that he slowly followed the
champion for three laps and only
raced him the final lap on an eight
lap track The champion, of course,
won, but only by the smallest mar
gin, and after 1t was all over the
opinion was rather general that Goul-
let would have won Ii he had forced
Kramer to extend himself in the
early part of the final heat. Be that
as 1t may, Kramer won, as he usual
ly wins, but he will tell you as a
plain matter of fact that he would
rather race any man in the game
than race Goullet on a small track
G
In order to dispose of Goullet Ell
legaard will have to be a worthy OPP
ponent for Kramer Ii he can't beat
Goullet he surely can't beat the
champion, in which case his attrac-
tiveness would about cease. But if he
does beat Goullet, then will come the
match of matches, the Kramer Ellie
gard match. All this dope is, of
course, in anticipation that Ellegaard
will win in his various matches. Still,
it wouldn't be a bit of surprise to
me If the cold-footed Manager Chap
man would sick Kramer on Ellegaard
right after the Danes match next
Sunday with Grenda. That would be
just like him. He pulled a similar
stunt with Verri but the fans didn't
fall for the Kramer-Verri match at
ALL and maybe a lesson has been
learned. The Italians who focked to
see their countryman beat Joe Fog
Ter felt sore to the quick when Verri
was stacked up against Kramer be-
fore he was fairly acclimated. So
they didn't go to the races at all and
the match proved a "bloomer." In
the case of Ellegaard, however, Man
ager Chapman will have more conf
dence and he may take more liberties
with him. Surely, If the Dane can't
beat few of the big Six" single
handed he isn't worth so much ex-
pense, time and attention.
G
While on the subject of Verri as
speed artist. it was observed on all
sides at the Velodrome Wednesday
night that the Italian made Won
derful ride in the one-mile open. the
race which Champion Kramer COM
planned so much about as not being
able to get in the money" With
presumably, and from what you can
hear, two stalwart combinations in
running order. Verri according to
dope and according to history, all
alone as he was, should have been
no better than sixth. But, out on
his own hook. riding his own race.
and watching his Fps" and his "qs,"
he dashed in second to Jackie Clark
at the finish and he was riding so
fast up the stretch that 1t looked as
If he might have won If he had be-
gun his sprint earlier. However, in