Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-17
DISPLAYS
SPEED IN TRAINING
Boobies Sprint Looks Just as
Fast as Champion
Kramer's.
WILL COUNT

It begins to look as though the
tanning of Long Bob" Spears, the
desperate OUTLAW" who SHOOK down"
our honored champion. Frank Kra-
mer, last Sunday, is not going to be
child's play for the old master. Spears
showed a dash of speed yesterday in
training that made even those who
have said there will be nothin' to it,
sit up and take notice. With weather
conditions just about perfect yester-
day afternoon, both Spears and Kra-
mer sprinted several times. and in
these speed trials Spears sprinted just
as fast as the 'champer."
To be able to sprint as fast as Kra-
mer in training does not mean that
rider will be his equal when they meet
in a match, for Jackie Clark and ALI
Goullet have often showed just as
much speed in training as the East
Orange rider only to be beaten when
they clashed in q dual event. The
thing that impressed those who saw
Kramer and Spears sprint yesterday
was the way the latter sped down the
homestretch. Long Bob" fairly flew
In the last twenty yards and 1t was
plain that he had a better stretch fin
ish than Kramer, yesterday, at least.
Spears is essentially sprinter and
he has a sprint that Is especially we'll
adapted to French style match racing
He has a secondary sprint or sprint
within O sprint. When he appears
to be sprinting at top speed during the
course of a sprint, he finishes with a
few kicks that increase his speed to a
considerable extent, and this is what
makes him look like a dangerous op-
ponent for Kramer. Spears Is the
only rider, with the exception of Kra-
., NIL. 4
1t Is Just such a sprint that has made
Kramer the superior of the short dis
lance riders for so many years.
Spears is very hopeful of beating
Kramer in the match Sunday, but
should he be added to the long list of
riders who have fallen before the
title -holder. he should not be disap-
pointed. Spears Is only nineteen
years old. and he will have many
other opportunities to beat the wiz
ard" who Is fourteen years his senior.
Spears is a very hopeful hope" and
promising one, too. During his ca
reer on the tracks of Australia and
America he has competed in less than
ten match races, while Kramer In the
past fifteen years has competed in the
neighborhood of 300 dual events. Kra-
mer'e great experience will surely
prove big factor In the match Sun
day. and in the matter of tockeying
he will, no doubt, make Spears do Just
about what he wants him to do. No
rider has ever outjockeyed Kramer.
and 1t is certainty that the youth
full, inexperienced Spears will be no
match for Kramer In a battle of wits.
When the freaky Spears first came
over to the Velodrome he was greatly
handicapped by the track. He had
IN a hiOhIV
saucer and his peculiar position on his
wheel was a big handicap. He was
advised to change his position to the
regular position affected by all of the
other riders, but this Spears refused
to do. He stuck to his old position
that made the Yankee riders laugh
when they first saw Spears and he
eventually managed to master the
track on his freak mount. Now he
rides the Velodrome as we'll as Kra-
mer or any other rider, and, in addi-
ton, he has learned a few tricks that
will hold him In good stead when he
meets Kramer. His ability to lean
over on a rider will bother Kramer. If
the latter cannot keep far enough
away to prevent this. To be sprinting
at top speed and having a big man
like Spears leaning on him will be
far from pleasant and it will hinder
the champion in his sprint. Spears
pulled the trick successfully last Sun
day, when he beat Kramer twice, and
he will surely attempt 1t again in the
coming match.
While they all look good until Kra-
mer gets them alone in a race, this
Spears chap surely looks better than
any other rider who ever faced Kra-
mer. Emil Friol threw a scare into
the Kramer fans by his marvellous
riding against the riders he met prior
to meeting Kramer, but Spears has
made himself look good, as a result of
q race with Kramer.