Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-11
LEADERS PLAYING SAFE IN {
CLOSING HOURS OF RACE
Kramer Says They Are Not
Taking Chances With
Prize Money.
FOUR MAY BE LAPPED
Champion Declares Big Shake
Up Will Come When Clark
and Grenda Get Busy.
By FRANK L. kRAMER

The eight leading teams in the six
day race are playing safe. There are
eight prize moneys in the race. and
the eight teams that are a lap ahead
are guarding their positions zealously.
afraid to start anything for fear they
may lose their advantage. with
Clark and Grenda lap behind, and
riding very strong, they are certainly
justified in being cautious, for this
team is sure to try hard to get up IN
the front division. 1t is q trying po-
sition for four OF the leaders to be in,
for they are almost certain to be
Tapped in the next big ''jam," which
will, without doubt, be started BY
the Clark Grenda team.
Looks for Big styam.p
Clark and Grenda have not made =
real effort to get their lap back as
yet, but 1t win probably not be long
before they will have their first real
try. Both riders have been In bad
shape, and they are merely waiting
for the time when they are both right
on edge. Charley Turville has done
wonders In getting the team back In
shape. | never saw Clark as bad as
he was late Tuesday and early yes
terday morning, and Grenda was al
most as bad. But Turville can be re-
lied upon to have them as fit as when
they started on Monday morning,
and when that time comes he win
surely send them on their way for
lap.
Yesterday afternoon Clark and
Grenda did some sprinting, but these
sprints were merely 'feelers" to see
how they were, and how the rest Of
the field shaped up In the sprints
At O'Clock last night Grenda got
away for quite a lead and Clark
jumped on his wheel to pick him up,
but In mounting his saddle broke.
which made 1t impossible for Jackie
to go on with the sprint. Jackie told
me that he would have had a. real try
that time had the accident not oc-
CURED.
Mcnamara In Poor Form.
When Grenda and Clark go after
their lap. I feel quite certain that
they will lap Halstead and Drobach
Lawrence and Magin and Walthour
and Collins of the eight leading
teams, and all of the teams that are
in the second division, and / would
not be surprised to see Root and Nc
Namara lose a lap, also. Root is good
but Mcnamara Is giving him very
weak support.
The strongest teams In the race at
this time are Goullet and Fogler, Hill
and Ryan. Brocco and Verri Per-.
chicot and Breton and Clark and
Grenda. Unless they meet with acct
dents or go back in form they should
take the biggest part of the prize
money in the race. Perchicot is rid.
ing very well-much better, In fact.
than / thought he would, and Brocco
Is riding great. The latter carried
the field up to Grenda all alone, when
the big fellow was away with big
| lead. Grassy Ryan is another sur
prise. l always figured him a good
six-day rider, but he Is more than
good In this race, and the best part
of Grassy" is he is not afraid. He
took chance and went around Goul-
let in the big jam" Wednesday morn
ing that broke up the twelve-tean tie,
and when he went he went dead.
Carmen Comes Back. ~
Carmen has come back strong after
his bad fall of Monday, and he Is
riding better than he ever did in a
six-day race. l did not expect to see
him In the race after Wednesday,.
Cameron Is riding very well, and this
is not bad team by any means.
do not expect to see the Walker
Cory team in the race much longer.
Walker is In very bad shape and
wants to retire but Is gamely stick
ing to the race until there is an op-'
portunity for Cory to double up with
some other rider.
Goullet and Fogler the Class.
Goullet and Fogler are still the class
of the race, and am more convinced
than ever that they will be the win
ners. There is not rider in the race
who is sprinting as well as Goullet,
and he will just about breeze in II
there are several teams tied on Sat
urday night. l cannot see a chance
for them to win by q lap with Hill
and Ryan going so well and Brocco
and Verri and Breton and Perchic0t
about as good as the Newark
Team" Both Fogler and Goullet told
me that they are feeling fine and ars
in good shape and their looks back
up this statement S.