Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-06

! Bike fans will be in their glory to-
night, for the most attractive race of
+, the season is to be staged at the
Velodrome. Frank Kramer, the
worlds champion, and Jackie Clark,
| the popularity kid, are to clash in
what promises to be a most interest
ing conflict. In the last few years
Kramer and Clark have met a mil
lion times" you might say, but this
season their battles have been few in
| the extreme. Kramer, the champion,
is the daddy of them ALL" There
| isn't any doubt about that. He has
been called big Steve" and Allah"
and he has made his name ring in
America and abroad by his notable
victories. AS match race rider KTa-
mer has no equal-not yet. He beats
| them all and he beats them without
always his best effort. He beats his
| opponents from in front and he beats
them from behind, and If he follows
out his plans that is the way he will
dispose of little Jackie Clark tonight.
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Kramer, as a talker, is not much of
If you ask him If he expects to win
he might say Yes and he might say.
very guardedly, "Maybei" He will
never say, in a boastful way, that he
is going to win sure. Yet, Kramer
in n match race. no matter who the
other fellow, Is about as certain a
winner as certain winner can be.
OF course, Clark has been showing
such splendid form in his recent races
that his admirers are hoping for a
mer must be beaten some time, and
why not now and by Clark. That
would be nice, for the victory would
be a most acceptable one, and while
the crowd no doubt would applaud a
Kramer triumph, there is no telling
Just what the fans would do II little
Jackie were to beat the great big
champion.
The Kramer Clark match should
pack 'em in" as the boys say. 1t
has been worked up beautifully.
Clarks victories over Ellegaard were
master strokes. The way Jackie beat
the Dane made it appear as If he
could beat the world. Then Clark
was put up against Goullet, and
Jackie won again. 1t didn't matter
that Ellegaard Is not within country
miles of his best form or that the
fall Goullet received made him sick
and unfit for a hard race. All that
the promoters knew was that Clark
had won his way up to a match with
Kramer and they didn't waste a mo-
ment in putting on match. 1t is
all right, of course, but the outcome
is sure to be an awful blow to the
hero worshippers, some of whom, no
doubt, have jollied themselves into
the belief that their favorite will win.
we'll and he is winning so often 1t
seems a shame to slam him down so
hard. Against big Steve" the match
race king, Clark hasn't a chance IN
the world. Kramer has raced him
ever so often in matches and so far
Jackie has never won even a heat.
If he should win a heat tonight 1t
would be wonder and the fans could
look upon the feat as a triumph.
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There isn't an angle in the world
that gives Clark a chance to beat
Kramer. The champion, perhaps, is
not at his very best, but he Is riding
fast enough to feel comfortable and
confident. He would win tonight, in
any event, and for many reasons.
The fans may not have noticed It,
and perhaps they may, that Kramer
hasn't been getting into the lime
light very often of late. 1t is all
Clark. for Jackie has not only been
abused, but he has been winning.
The sympathy aroused and the VIC
tories scored have made q lion of
him. He is the hero of the Velo-
drome at the present time, and he Is
the best little crowd-puller that ever
rode a wheel on the track. AS an
opponent for Kramer. he may not
be a match In skill and speed, but
as a box-off1ce proposition he is more
of match for the champion. who
is some crowd gatherer himself.
c.
The regulars" and the outlaws
are holding meetings today. and after
they have reached some sort of a
decision Chairman Kelsey. of the N.
| C. A., will issue statement as to
what action that organization In
tends to take In the matter of the
consolidation of the Velodrome and
the Motordrome interests. The reg
ulars" say they are going to fight to
the bitter end and will refuse TO race
against the outlaws"
! c.
Here's a fan who doesn't want any
of Champion Kramer's victories over
looked:
| j. p. N:
I noticed in your column one night
last week q think it was Thursday
that you stated that Kramer had
beaten Clark and Goullet in a three
cornered match race at Boston re-
Gently. and am at loss to under
stand why no mention is made of
that "beating," when the match
scheduled for Wednesday night is
being made the subject OF so much
discussion. FAIR PLAY.
! Well. here 1t is again.
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