Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-16
KRAMER IS OUT
TO GET REVENGE
big Steve" Keen on Trailing
BObbie Spears's COlOrs
in Dust.
"MAC" TRAINS FOR KAISER

Champion Frank Kramer Is quite
determined to put Bob Spears, of
Australia. in the discard. and he is
training harder than he has, ever
done before at the flag end of the
season. all for the purpose of ban
ishing this latest Australian upstart
from the upper strata of cycledom.
It will be remembered that Long
Bob" took two heats Of team match
from the "champer" last Sunday at
the Velodrome. and while the Wizard
of East Orange" took those defeats
very gracefully at the time. there
is a feeling of resentment way down
deep in his heart, and he is preparing
to give Spears the greatest lacing he
eyer received on a bike track.
Kramer is training as though the
season was about to open instead of
closing, and ne is doing this against
the advice of his friends. who are
of the opinion that he needs rest
more than work to put him in his
best form. Kramer has trained every
day since Monday. and he has trained
hard, plugging as well as sprinting.
A defeat in five or ten-mile race
is neither here nor there with the
in French style race, be it team
race or an individual match, 1t
hurts. 1t Is being beaten at his own
game. So intent is Kramer on being
at his best Sunday he refused to walt
| a half hour for Mr.. Pat Powers in
the latter's office in New York Mon
day to see what the six-day man.
ager had to offer him for match and
other races prior to the start of the
annual grind in the Garden. When
Mr.. Powers was delayed in keeping
his appointment with the 'champer"
the latter hurried back to Newark
in order to get workout that morn
ing for his match with Spears.
kramer's match with Spears will
mark the champions last appearance
of the season at the Velodrome. The
local season will not CLOSE until a
week from Sunday, but the final meet
will be run without Kramer in the
lineup. Kramer may ride in the
twenty-five mile championship, which
will be the last event on the program.
but he will not start unless he is
certain that the race will be finished
in time to permit him to catch
train for the West that leaves New
trk at 5:45 D. m. The wedding of
relative in Evansville, Indiana, which
Kramer wishes to attend, is taking
him away.
Greatly encouraged by his victory
In two of the heats of the team
match last Sunday, when he aston
| ished the bike fans by wal1oping
Kramer as well as Jackie Clark,
Long Bob" Spears is working with
a will and is hopeful of vanquishing
the wonderful East Orange rider in
the duel Sunday. Long Bob" has
got a great burst of speed, and his
style of riding makes him a rather
n L
Spearss success in a match with
Kramer. however, will depend solely
upon his ability to jockey and force
Kramer to take the lead. Spears
cannot ride from the front, and if
Kramer can make him take the lead
there will probably be little to the
match. but If Kramer rides from the
front Spears. with his great stretch
sprint. may hand the champion an
other beating.
Kramer will find Spears a pretty
hard man to chip The lanky Aus
/ tralian is so big he can lean on Kra-
inner and discount that famous hip
ping" act of the "champer's." In the
first heat of the team match Sunday
Kramer had Bob on his hip for over
half a lap, but he was unable to keep
him there. To those who know Kra-
mer's style well it was expected that
| Spears would fall back on the final
turn. but he leaned on Kramer and
| kept coming. and he did not falter
when the homestretch was reached.
He kept coming and he won.
Kramer is not the only champion
who will be on the defensive Sunday.
| Donald McDougall, the amateur title
holder. who took three straight de-
! feats at the hands of Bill Bailey, the
worlds title-holder. is matched with
Harry Kaiser, who, like Spears, was
the premier sprinter of the Motor
drome. While McDougall and Bailey
were riding their matches little
Kaiser won nearly all of the amateur
open and handicap events, and
showed such speed many believed
| that he would put up a stronger ar
gument with Bailey than McDougall
did. If Kaiser defeats the champion
| it will be hard blow to Donald. He
was much chagrined over his defeats
by the English boy, and to fall be-
fore Kaiser. too. would be awful.