Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-02
Chance FOR CLARK
TO HAVE BIG NIGHT
Australian Rocket" Entered in
Three Important Races
at the VelOdrOme.
MEETS VERB IN MATCH
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDING.

There are five professional races
down for decision at the Velodrome
tonight and In three of them little
Jackie Clark is expected to play an
important part. Jackie will meet
Francesca Verri, of Italy, in French
style match and he will ride in the
five-mile tandem-paced open, but the
most important race in which THE
Rocket, will engage Is the one-mile
national championship.
Clark moved up closer to Cham
pion Kramer in the points table by
winning the quarter-mile title race
at Philly Thursday. in which Kramer
finished second, and he is again with
in striking distance of first place
| If the Australian can repeat his
great ride at the Quaker City tonight
it will make the championship battle
decidedly interesting. Jackie is pretty
much the class right now and he has
hopes of registering another victory
| In the match with Verri, Clark il
| the favorite, but whether or not Inc
will be the winner remains to bt
seen. Because Kramer defeated tht
Italian in handy fashion it does mo-
| follow that Clark can do the trici
also. Kramer has led the way FOL
Jackie with as much ease as he dis
Verri so that that match is of littl'
help in doping out the probable re
! suit of the match tonight. Verri Is
very confident fellow and he declared
Yesterday that he would probably
win over his Australian rival.
Kramer, Goullet, Grenda, Fogle
and Cavanagh will compete in tn
five-mile open and the championship
event, and Grenda, Fogler and Goul
let will start in the one-mile TANDEM
open. Goullet Is sorely disappointe'
over his showing in the champion
ship races this season, and he is II
hopes of taking a string of victorie
in the coming title races that vii
place him in the fight again. "Goul
lie" cannot account for his errati
riding this season. He rides like
champion one day and the next da
he is unable to qualify for final.
Three weeks ago Goullet cleaned u
program at the Velodrome, takin
all of the three races In which h
started, and after that triumph h
believed that he had struck his tru
form and would continue to win, bu
he rode poorly at the very next NEE
After the Paris six-day race Goulle
took long rest and he feels certai
u that he Is not stale and he Is n
longer handicapped with boils; bu
while he is very much up in the al
, over his riding lately he is a game
ster and has not lost his fightin
spirit.
"Old Steve Kramer took a res
yesterday and he is hoping for
cool night and another victory In tn
championship race. Kramer lost
Clark at Philly through no other rea
son than that THE Rocket" ha
more speed than he did and tn
champion is none too sure of wir
ming tonight.
Grenda, who was off form FOR sss
eral weeks, is going great guns agai
! and any one Of the "big six" ma
take the title race tonight. Fogle
must be figured now and big Cava
nagh has shown enough speed an
fight to lead the way at any rine.
There will be seven teams In I'll
one-mile tandem race, four of whic
will be foreign combinations. Grend
and Mitten will hook up again, an
Fogler and Goullet, who did not wor
well together on a tandem at the stal
of the season, will try again tonigh
The amateur events are five-mil
open and a half-mile handicap.