Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-19
KRAMER LEAVES
CLARK FAR IN REAR
In Three Starts Champion
Easily Takes Measure OF
Australian.
RECORD FOR MAC DOUGALL


champions and a little disappoint-
ment for the followers of Jackie
Clark were the allurements at the
midweek meet at the Velodrome last
night.
c,bannion Frank Kramer won the
quarter-mile title race for the
pros" thereby assuming a fairly
safe lead in the championship battle
Champion Donald MacDougall Great
ed new worlds mark in the one
third-mile handicap, and Clark, VINO
was touted as the faVorite in the
championship race and also the i've
mile open. finished third in the for
mer and fourth in the latter event,
while the Goullets, Clarks and
Grendas may triumph over the great
Kramer in the longer races the yam
kee is still the master in short races
Kramer went down the line in the
title race, winning his heat, semi
anal and the final without being
rressed overmuch at any timee. In
his heat Kramer won with consum-
mate ease. with Alvin Loftes second
although the "champer made II the
fastest of the trials in order TO take
Abe pole position in the seml-nnaIs'
In his semi-finals in which CARR
Fopler and Iver Lawson were MS
opponents Kramer again rode from
the front moving fast enough TO
preyent Clark, who was second, from
doing little more than slelghrlde
n analify. Kramer could have won
from second position, but he wanted
that semi to be the fastest in order
Ia give him the pole position in the
final. SO he jumped Clark, who mad
the better of the start and maze tue
going fast all the way.
Goullet won his heat from Lawson
and in his semi-final he showed Gren-
da. Cavanagh and Loftes the way
home. and, like Kramer, had little
difficulty in performing the stunt.
That the followers of Kramer half
expected to see their star defeated
In the final was evident, for as the
four finalists lined up for the start
an awe-inspiring silence pervaded the
stands, broken here and there by the
comment that blood is thicker than
water and Kramer had little chance
against the three Australians, or
words to the effect that a display
of team work was expected, in which
Kramer would get the worst of it.
But if there was to have been any
attempt at team work. Kramer never
gave the conspirators a chance to
carry out their plans, for he went to
the front at the start and 'hipped"
his way TO victory Off to a good start,
Kramer never even looked around
to see who was "on," but started to
unwind Immediately. Clark got Kra-
mers wheel in the getaway, with
Goullet in third position and Grenda
trailing Entering the home-stretch at
a lap to go, Clark started to come
around and Kramer let him reach his
hip. This position was maintained
until the turn out of the back-stretch
was reached, when Goullet came up
with a rush and got by Clark.
Kramer forestalled "Goullie's" eff
fort, allowing him to reach the fatal
hip position. Down the backstretch
Clark was dropped a length, which
probably cost him second in the race.
Holding Goullet safe, Kramer raced
around the turn into the final stretch,
and the former, fighting on the out
side, gave Clark a chance to close in
on the pole. Entering the homestretch
Goullet and Clark were on even terms,
but Jackie was in a hopeless position
on the pole and Goullet moved up on
the outside, taking second place at
the finish, Kramer winning by several
feet 1t was clean race and the
h q
to the majority of the spectators, for
Kramer was greeted with his usual
hearty ovation.
Encouraged by his victory in the
quarter and feeling more like himself
in the cool, invigorating night air,
Kramer went out to win the five-mile
open He rode from the front
throughout, often making up gaps,
which is quite unusual for the care
full Kramer, who is prone to save
every ounce of energy for the finish.
In this race, as in the championship,
Kramer wanted to ride his race from
the front at the finish, but numerous
shifts in the last mile changed his
plans, and when the final dash was
started he found his arch enemy,
At two laps to go Grenda moved
up with Clark on, and at the bell
Jackie elected to go by. He raced the
giant around the turn, and after an
effort that killed Jackie he assumed
the lead few yards past the eighth
pole. Grenda and Clark had enough
left to give Goullet. who came from
the rear with a rush, stiff argument
down the backstretch. 1t was high
ride for both Goullet and Kramer,
but they had the speed and were
leading when the middle of the last
turn was reached. At this point Kra-
mer started to go round Goullet, and
he put up grand finish. but "Goul-
lie" had enough left to win by a very
small margin. Big Frank Cavanaugh
followed the leaders into third posi-
ton and Grenda landed fourth
money
Although MacDougall won his heat
in the one third-mil handicap and
added another record to his list of
new marks he finished in the ruck in
the final. The handicaps were toe
much and in addition he got a high
ride most of the distance. The race
was won by T. Observation-Disclosures, OF
Newark. from the sixty-five-yard
mark. In the Australian pursuit
race the amateur champions wor
brackets after riding three miles and
one lap Willie Hanley, of California
was second, and Tommy Fitzgerald
Of Providence, newcomer was
third. Billy Petit brought "Fitz" tC
Newark to introduce him to TRACK
racing and "Fitz" rewarded him By
eliminating him in the final of th'
pursuit race before it had gone lap