Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-04

shot in the cycling game, but the few
riders who can beat the Brooklyn
Battler' know full we'll that it takes
all their time and attention to en-
compass his complete rout in a
match race. From what I have seen
of cycling. Fogler is a pretty handy
fellow around a bike track. He fits
in everywhere, and once upon a
time he had a mind to take up pace
following But it is as a Splinter
that he really shines, not that he
possesses so much speed, but rather
that he possesses a good. substantial
head. Fogler knows how to race well
and the man who beats him in any
kind Of a contest is the man who car
down him with speed. Even the
wonderful Kramer has little on
Fogler when it comes right down to
the tactics of the game, but the
match between them wouldn't be
equal at all. As for Goullet and
Clark and Grenda and Cavanagh,
Fogler can give them all a lesson in
track generalship, although, perhaps,
he might not shine so thoroughly in
track manners. But Fogler, to those
who have observed him must admit
outside of being a constant and
sometimes boisterous disturber, is a
pretty nifty bicycle rider. He isn't
a champion, of course. and never will
be, but he is a very handy fellow to
have around when some of the speed
boys get a ''swelled head" and need
a little tanning.
G
When Frank Cavanagh was
matched, few days ago, to meet
Fogler in a man-against-man contest,
it was surprising how many of the
fans favored Cavanagh as the win
per. OF Fogler, it was said that he
was a roughster but that he would
not be able to use those tactics
against Cavanagh. There were other
fans, of course, who thought well of
Fogler's chances and really there was
almost as much discussion over the
outcome of the match as has been
the case when more pretentious
matches were at stake. But Cava-
nagh has been taken i'll and he will
not be able to perform, so that elimi-
mates further discussion on that score.
Instead, enters Iver Lawson, who still
speaks glowlngly of his worlds cham
which he was the real contender for
the championship against Kramer.
Those were the happy times for Law
son, and he doesn't feel like forget
ting them. Kramer always feared
Iver very much, and the decision
for the title one year came right down
to last stage. Kramer won. but Law
son had given him the greatest battle
in his career.
G
So Lawson VS.. Fogler is the feature
of the card arranged for the Velo-
drome tonight, and from this distance
the once worlds champion is very
likely to followin in the wake of his
pretentious adversary. From current
reports, Lawson is said to be in fair
condition, but even if he were in his
best form the once famous Swede
would hardly match up to the Bat
tier" Fogler has enough speed and
sufficient head to overcome some of
the excellent qualities possessed by
Lawson, and while the race is sure
to be interesting, the result, 1t would
seem, is not very much in doubt.
liver is tricky, though, and he has
perpetrated many a coup on an un-
suspecting opponent. He won the
worlds championship by stealing
away and he won numerous other
races by springing the unexpected
In Fogler, though, he will find an
ever watchful fellow, but the fans
no doubt, would go wild if Lawson
should beat Sir Joseph by some little
trick of the trade.
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Arguments have been rife and COM
plants numerous over the race last
Sunday at the Velodrome in which
Fogler is supposed to have giver
Jackie Clark very rough ride
Matty Garrigan, the strenuous anG
positive bike fan, is dead certain thai
Fogler roughed Clark off the track
yet Joseph himself will tell you that
he didn't do any such thing and thai
he and Clark are the best of friends
racing and otherwise.
position is everything in cycling,
Fogler said to me, land I'm going tC
get position whenever l can. In th'
race Sunday Clark was leading, bu
going very slow, and just about a
| the eighth pole with lap and three
| quarters to go l decided to juml
Jackie. l did this simply because
felt certain that big Grenda would
soon be coming along with one o
pected to be able to tack on hi
wheel. Sure enough, Grenda did conn
| by on the backstretch, and Fred Hill
and myself battled for his wheel
which 1 finally secured. Grenda won
as 1 thought he would, and JOSEPH
was a very pleasing second. Afte
collecting my share of the purse,
sauntered over to Brooklyn. my hom
town, where l enjoyed the evening
with mother and the baby. If Clarl
got a rough ride it was not from me
I was too busy looking for fret
ride from Grenda to be bothered will
Clark's troubles. Honest, I was sur
prised when I heard some of thu
fans were sore on me for roughint
Jackie Take it from me, there wal