Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-17

lending. Tears will come to the eyes
pion the like of which we have never
lmet before. Under the most severe
and sometimes, perhaps, unjust, criti-
cism, Kramer never undignified him
lself. He was the man-thA big man
always and he took the bitter with
the sweet and said Good morning
Ito the one and Good night to the
other. If you liked him and liked
his ways and his riding he would be
pleased to listen and to read the nice
things you had to say about him, but
if you had some other love and you
couldn't see his efforts nohow he
clasped your hand just the same. He
says Hello" to everybody and he
never works the limelight for a pic
ture. He is really too modest in his
ways, and no champion, even half so
worthy, has sought the centre of the
stage less. We like Kramer, we adj
mire him, and we say now before
hand that we hope he will hot only
win his race on Sunday, but that he
will last forever in the bargain OF
course that can never be, but we
would like to see this one great cham
pion go down in victory when he does
close the door behind him.
G
Jackie Clark, the self confessed
siX-day faker, was a very pleased
boy for a few hours. That was when
he was telling the boys at the bicycle
track what great success he had had
in an audience with my boss at the
Star office Of course, when Jackie
complained about me, the idea evil
IDENTIFY prevailed in his narrow little
mind that I would be given fog
ging for daring to- criticise a bicycle
rider But Adolphus' John was mis-
taken, and it is the Poor Little,
Abused Little" fellow himself who
will get all the floggings that are to
be handed out. Jackie, as soon as
the streetcar would carry him, went
up to the Velodrome and made much
OF his visit here. One of his most at
tentive listeners was C. Collins, the
last word in out1awry. Now, how
ever, Jackie-"Poor Little Jackie
the same Little Jackie I helped to
make popular-is not so sweet on
himself. Maybe. if his narrow little
mind is big enough to realize it, he
will be able to discover what a sneak
he is
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A rider who has been as well
treated as Clark has been and who
would deliberately LAY down. as he
did in the New York six-day race,
just about shows his class. He will
tell you that he was forced to ''lay
down. which isn't so, at all, folt-I
told him myself just before the
finish of the race that he ought to go
out and try to win. He said he would,
but he didn't. | knew there was a
plan on to have Walter Rutt win.
and l made it my business to see
Clark to urge him to not fall for the
fake. After promising me that he
would go out and try, he deliberately
laid down." In my stories after that
race I told about the frame-up-how
Rutt won after being pulled by
Clark, who didn't try a lick" In
taking that race Clark threw down"
The thousands of his friends
in this city, some of whom bet on
him, but all of whom wished him sue
cess. 1t was told me this morning
that Clark might retire from the bike
game. I hope he doesn't, for his
career has been too interesting to
quit SO early, and there is a lot of
good reading to come.
G
Those who like scientific boxing
match will flock to Madison Square
Garden tonight to see Packey Nc
Farland and Tommy Murphy in
action. They will witness, no doubt,
beautiful exhibition of boxing, and
those who like that kind of milling
will go away pleased in the bargain.
Beforehand everything will be Nc
Farland. He has the reputation, and
he has shown so much skin that he is
the natural favorite. Murphy is a
good boy, too, and between them
science should be in rare evidence.
Packey is not the Packey of old, and
Murphy has been up and down and
up several times. Although he
whipped Jack Britton, Mcfarland in