Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-09
KRAMER SAYS RIDERS ARE
IN UNUSUALLY FINE SHAPE
"Big Steve," as Spectator, Is
Thrilled and Delighted
With Struggle.
LIKES M'NAMARA'S STYLE
Champion Has Talked With Cy-
clists to Give Star Readers
Line on Conditions.
BY FRANK [. kRAr1ER

The riders look better and act bet
ter In this race than In any other
race I have ever seen at this par
ticular stage of the contest. Usually
after the first thirty hours, during
which very few are able to sleep, they
become drowsy and appear groggy,
lacking snap and often fall as a re-
suit of being sluggish In brain rather
than body. The riders on the whole
sixteen teams are bright and are on
their toes all the time, and as a re-
suit they have gone through several
big "Jams'' without meeting with
spills. TO me 1t is wonderful to see
them sprinting at top speed and
squeezing through openings that seem
too small for rider to go through
without causing a smash.
One Weak Team.
The first thirty hours of the race
has not developed any particular
stars and 1t has shown but one weak
team. Anderson and Hansen are un-
able to hold their own In the ''jams,"
and they will probably be the next
team that Is Tapped. Outside of this
one team there is no other team that
appears particularly weak.
sticks TO Original Choices.
I still believe that one of the
teams I picked as the likely ones in
the race are the teams that will take
the first moneys In the race.
They are the class of the race and
one of these combinations is sure to
win. They are the Clark Hehir,
Root-McNamara and Goullet-F
Ter com binations. MCNAMARA
knew nothing of as six
day rider, but he has shown me
enough In the first stage of the race
to prove that he Is first-class six
day man. He is strong and sprints
well and can stay on the track for
hours without calling for his partner
makes a great partner for Root, who
is wonderful finisher at the end of
races.
Clark In Riding strongly.
Clark, despite his two hard falls, Is
riding as we'll as anyone In the race,
and he has a great little partner in
Paddy Hehir. Morar's injured
as I expected, resulted in
put ting him out of the contest
Goullet looked very classy dur
ing the Jams" of Monday and early
today. He jumped and made up dis
lance without any apparent effort
and he looks as fresh as he did at the
start of the grind. Grenda is willing
to mix at all times, and that is a
sure sign that he is feeling good and
is confident of himself.
OF the other teams in the race the
only team that has surprised me is
the Drobach- Halstead pair. In a
Jam late Monday night they showed
a flash of real six-day pep" and had
the Jam" lasted they would have
been a real sensation. They are both
six-day performers. but in
some races they are particularly good.
This seems to be one of their good
years.
Is still at Sea.
Today IL the day I am to pick the
winners for the readers of the Eve
ming Star and I am afraid, after what
/ have seen of the race and the con-
ditjon of the riders, that I will be as
big a failure at picking the victors
In advance as I was as a six-day
rider. I was in every camp last night,
looked at every rider and talked with
their trainers in order to prepare for
my selection. but It has not
helped me at all.