Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-07

right up to late hour that he would
provide a most propitious evening fol
the Kramer Clark match race, and
then, all of a sudden, he opened the
gates and let the rain patter down.
The disappointment was keen, indeed,
| for the appetites of the bike fans
were whetted and the postponement
didn't taste good by any means. Still,
all is not lost, for Kramer and Clark
will race tonight, providing, of course,
there isn't any interruption on the
part of the mean old weather man.
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Most surprising is the interest in
the race in which Kramer and Clark
will indulge. The fans seem to be go
ing daffy over the affair. The de-
mand for seats, Mr.. Million tells me,
far exceeds the requests for reserva
tions when Kramer and Friol rode
at the Velodrome last year. If that
is any indication the biggest crowd
that has ever passed through the
gates at the track is likely to be
present Dt M lOl 1lOHa
stands as record, but on the day of
that match not half as many re-
served seats had been sold as were
held yesterday for the Kramer Clark
match.
As to the outcome of the match,
opinion is naturally divided. Clark
has a big following and there are
any number of fans who believe, or
think they believe, that Jackie will
win. Kramer's admirers are also
numerous, and they know Frank so
well that they are not worrying any.
As for Kramer, as general thing,
he is a very cold-footed fellow. He
won't blow, in any event, but he is
so conservative that he generally
gives his friends and followers the
chill when they ask him How about
it?" But he is not altogether that
bad on this occasion. He will really
discuss it with you and tell you how
he feels about it. This could be
taken as sign of weakness, in that
the champion is straying from his
case of Kramer. With not a blow
hard" word in his entire conservative
makeup, Kramer says he will beat
Clark-beat him in straight heats
beat him from in front and beat him
from behind. That is beating an
opponent every which way and the
other, according to the dope, so the
Kramer fans and the Kramer fam
surances from the champion-on the
outcome of the contest.
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Kramer has his own way of riding
have been able to see. has been able
to even give him anything like a beat
ing. Friol, perhaps, was the best man
he has ever raced against in this
country, but the most popular man is
none other than Jackie Clark, the
great little crowd-puller. King Kra-
mer can have his championship and
all that, but when it comes to bring
ing out the boys and the girls to the
Velodrome, We'll have to hand it to
little Jackie. One reason for Clarl's
great popularity is his size and an
other reason is the fact that the Vel
odrome management, always against
Jackie, even to the extent of saving
him from being an outlaw" brutally
compelled him to accept contract of
$4,000, besides what he wins in his
races. But in trying to down Clark
by having him beaten by Ellegaard,
they were badly fooled. Instead,
Jackie won-won twice in the same
place-and not even the excuse that
the track was wet and that Ellegaard
wasn't in shape could rob Clark of
the credit due him or the honors won
by him. Even the trick that mean old
p Ike Freeman, the press agent, played
on the gullible newspaper men, in
which Freeman worked off several
columns of sobbs emanating from Ell
legaard, in which the Dane was sup
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more decisive heating. could do Jackie
one bit of harm. Try as they might,
the Velodrome management hasn't
been able to keep the crowds from
focking to the track to see Jackie
win, but it looks as if they have
finally discovered a way to do the
trick. They have called big Steve
to arms and he is sure to crush the
idol. But, even so, while Clark is al
most certain to be beaten tonight, the
management or no one else, for that
matter, can rob him of his great pop
ularity.
The meetings of the regulars" and
the OUTLAWS" yesterday were tame
affairs, and it looks as If both sides
are willing to get together. The
regulars are beginning to show the
white feather and are tanning down
to such an extent that they may
eventually invite the outlaws" free
and clear, to come over to the Velo-
drome and race with them. The
outlaws" too, are anxious to join
hands, and some of them said last
night that they. would be delighted
to race right away. That's the feel
ing now. All is peace or near peace
There are a few who are still belliger-
ent, but they are only jollying them
selves. They are making a blow
about sticking out" when they know
there isn't chance in the world for
such thing.
All the riders, according to the