Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-02

Labor Day, as usual. was a BIZ
sport day. Locally, the bicycle race
were the most important offering
Throughout the country basebal
games predominated. and rain in
very few cases interfered with tn
contests. Athletics held the board Il
numerous places and horse racing ha
It's usual sway. Boxing bouts, mostl,
in the West, were on tap, and, all il
all. the day was one of much spor
and much enjoyment.
G
Grave fears are entertained fo
Frank Kramer as a cyclist. He wal
beaten yesterday in an open rae,
and he was beaten the day before il
poorly that some of the les miser
ables" are showing him the way hom'
in the races. Kramer himself admit;
he isn't there" just now. but ht
scouts the idea that his star is set
ting. Just the same. the "Old Boy,
who has been the king for years AND
years, is not riding within country
miles or city blocks, or any old ex.
preston that will cover the case, o.
his former self. At times 1t looks as
if Kramer had the speed. but that
his judgment was poor. To this the
champion says: mo, it. isn't poor
Judgment at all; it is the lack of the
good old kick. When you haven't the
kick you can't display superior judg-
ment, for you can neither get posi-
ton nor hold position. When I'm
right my judgment is all right. When
| I'm off, as at present, my form suf-
fers all around. Kramer is not in by
any MEANS" the champion continued,
"but you can bet your bottom dollar
1 will never race myself into such
poor condition again. l need a rest
and I can't take one just now. Next
year, though, it will be different.
will rest when 1 want to-"
@.
With Kramer out of the running,
for the first time, practically, in the
history of the local track, all eyes
and all attention is riveted on jackie
Clark, who is riding so fast, it would
seem, that the wind is not in his
class. Clark simply toyed with the
classiest bunch of pros in this coun-
try in the Criterion Stakes"
which was so arranged that speed,
stamina and brains would count in
the outcome. And Clark won-won
in such an impressive manner that
even the great Kramer looked no bet
ter than the rest, as Jackie raced to
the front and raced off his opponents
who assumed to give him battle in
the final sprint in the contest. Really,
Clark looked great Interchangeable
than he did the day before, when he
defeated Kramer and others in half
mile open-greater than at any time
during his career around here, and
some said he looked almost as good
as Kramer when Kramer was at his
best Truly, Jackie raced as If he was
king of the wing, and he 'mosied"
around as If he was we'll satisfied
with himself. He has a confidence
now which he never had before, and
this, with his excellent condition and
his increased speed, makes him the
best rider at the track just at pres
ent.
C
Another much-improved rider is AL
fred Grenda. The Tall Tasmanian"
is showing rare speed, and he Is using
such excellent Judgment that, next to
Clark, he is the hardest man at the
Velodrome to beat. Grenda showed
Kramer the way home in the sec
ond heat of the Criterion Stakes"
with big Steve" in a good position
throughout the last lap, and he
showed he had the speed by turning
the final eighth of a mile in II AS
seconds. That is some speed, let us
remark, and 1t was the fastest eighth
of the day. Kramer was third
That's all.
The Criterion" was a great race,
but the fans are getting so many ex-
cellent cards that they will be mighty
hard to please later on. Run in heats,
and the best two out of three heats
to decide the issue, it created a COM
petition out of which the best man
must necessarily emerge. This man
was Jackie Clark and to him goes all
the credit of the day
G.
There was another surprise at the
Velodrome yesterday in the person Of
liver Lawson, once the worlds cham
pion, but not so much champion of
late. To Lawson's credit be 1t said
that he displayed the dash and vim
of the olden days when he used to
be the ugliest thorn in Champion
Kramers side. liver rode like new
boy in the Criterion" He raced
Clark right up to the tape in one
heat and he raced Grenda to an eye
lash finish in another heat. He
looked we'll and he acted as if he
had new life. If he really was on his
own and wasn't full of candy he is
one bike rider who can come back. T"
Not long ago Lawson said to Kramer:
You are an old 'has-been,' like
me-"
Kramer wouldn't stand for it at all,
yet yesterday Lawson, from all ap-
pearances, would be doing Kramer a
favor to put him in his class. Such
is the way Of the world. Here today
and away tomorrow, but, of course,
this doesn't all go for Kramer, the