Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-26
KRAMER FIGURES
ON HARD CONTEST
big Steve" Fears PerchicOt in
International Match Race
at Garden.

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at Garden.
SAY RUTT HAD COLD FEET
1t is very evident that Champion
Frank Kramer does not hold the
three riders who will oppose him in
the four-cornered match race which
is one of the features of the sprint
meet which will precede the six-day
race, cheaply. The champion re-
turned from Evansville, Ind, at the
earliest possible moment, following
the burial of his father last week,
and Immediately resumed training.
He is working out twice a day at
the Motordrome and his training is
as hard as any of the six-day riders.
OF the three riders who will oppose
Kramer in the international match,
Andre Perchicot is the one he fears
the most. The French rider is great
ly improved over the form he dis
played here during the latter part
ranked second to Walter Rutt, the
worlds champion, in Europe during
the season Just closed in the num-
| Der of races won, and were it not
for the fact that Perchicot was team
ing with the "Big Dutchman" the
greater part of the year. his record
would undoubtedly have been even
more brilliant. Perchicot defeated
every rider in Europe this season,
with the exception of Rutt, and
among his victims were Leon Hour
lier, Emil F'riol, Gabriel Poulain and
/ big Victor DuDre, four of the greatest
sprinters of Europe.
Newark Fans Interested.
This match is sure to attract many
Newark fans. Perchicot was big
favorite here last year. His riding
was always clean and he made many
friends off the track by his winning
personality. He was fiery in compe-
tition and in the worlds champion
ship revenge he came within an ace
of defeating Kramer, who had won
the worlds title a week previous
| Perchicot is one of the few riders
who is not afraid of the great Kra-
| mer. He proved this in his races
here When he found that he could
not win by riding one way he tried
another way. In the final heat of the
worlds championship in which Kra-
mer, ALI Grenda and Perchicot were
the finalists. the F'renchman elected
to race from the rear on the cham
pion's wheel He finished third. In
the championship revenge he re-
versed these tactics, jumping from
the rear lap and a half from the
finish. The fans still remember that
ride and how Kramer was extended
to his limit to win. 1t was great
effort on the part of the French
man and Kramer has respected him
ever since. And that is one of the
reasons why the old "champer" fears
Perchicot more than either Jackie
Clark or Francesca Verri, the other
riders who will oppose him in the
match race in the Garden on the
night of December 6.
Perchicot Next to Rutt.
Among the Perchicot's triumphs in
Europe this season were victories in
the championship of France and the
championship of Europe. Perchicot
does not hold the title of French
champion, however The race, which
was won by Perchicot, was not al
lowed, as 1t was run on the winter
track, instead of the Velodrome Pare
Des Princes track, the race having
been transferred to the inclosed track
on account of rain. When the race
was rerun q week later, Perchicot was
defeated by Friol. In the champion
ship of Europe, Hourlier was second
and Poulain third, and among the
sprinters of Europe. Perchicot and
Rutt shared the handicap honors of
Europe, the Frenchmans experience
in America having developed him into
a great handicap rider. Early this
spring he lowered the European mark
for a half-mile handicap, and he fell
short of the worlds mark by frac-
ton of second.
Say Rutt Was Afraid.
It now appears as though Walter
Rutt cancelled his New York six-day
engagement as a result of a severe
case of "cold feet rather than on
account of the bad fall he received
at the Velodrome Olivier, November
Q. Although the injuries to the big
Teuton were given as the excuse for
not coming to America his hurts
could not have been so severe as to
prevent him from racing here month
later. According to Verri, the italian
sprinter, who arrived here last Satur-
day, Rutt was training four days
after the fall. This shows that the
Teuton could have kept his six-day
engagement here If he so desired.
Viewing the situation from a point
three thousand miles away, 1t appears
as though Rutt does not care to risk
his worlds championship laurels in
match with Kramer, for the big fel-
low has nothing to fear in a six-day
race Rutt might be actuated by the
Paris promoters. Kramer is going to
Europe in December and a match
between the American champion and
the worlds title holder is sure to
draw a record crowd at the winter
track in Paris.
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Bobby waIthour Arrives.
Bobby Walthour, the blond haired
Southern cycle racing star, who has
been the king pin of the motor-pace
followers in Europe during the past
season, returned to America yester-
day on board the Kronprinzessin
Cecile for the purpose of taking part
in the six-day race. He is also to
ride Elmer Collins motor-paced
match race on Saturday night, De-
cember 6, for the worlds champion
ship.
HANDBALL CONTEST
The Dick Ryan Michael Doyle team
defeated the Michael Prew-N, j.
Fitzsimmons combination in a hand
ball contest on owens court, Twenty
FIRST street and South Orange avenue.