Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-18
BIKE ANS LOOKING
FOR CLARK VICTORY
Many Expect Jackie to Beat Out
Kramer in Quarter-Mile
Tonight. !
WIN WILL GIVE HIM LEAD

In the twelve years that Frank
Kramer has won the cycling cham
pionship of America he has been
hard pressed but three times. and
only two riders have shown speed
enough and scored sufficient num-
Der of points to cause the Yankee
speed king any anxiety. In 1901 the,
famous dusky Major Taylor was
within three points of the leadership,
and In 1909 Jackie Clark reached the
premier position in the point table.
This year Clark Is again the cons
tender, and is so close to the Amer
lean athlete one race may give him
the lead. There is a difference Of
one point in the standing of Kramer
and Clark at the present time, and
if Clark wins the quarter-mile cham
pionship. which is scheduled for this
evening at the Velodrome. and
Kramer finishes second, Jackie will
assume the lead
Clark is the logical favorite tonight
CNtll lllOuSH INIdliiCI lfdS always Dccu
supreme in quarter-mile races.
Jackies form was so superior to
Kramer's in the title race Sunday
that his admirers can see nothing
but another Clark victory. However,
Kramer showed such marvellous
ability to come back on the two occa-
sions on which he was pressed hard
that it will not be at all surprising
to see him victor tonight.
The champion did not appear at the
Velodrome for training yesterday,
electing TO rest for the title contest.
Goullet and Grenda also rested yes.
terday.
big field will start in the tandem
race, which is an open event at two
miles. Eight teams will start, four.
of the combinations being foreigners.
Big Grenda, who shared the tandem
championship of the world with
Walter De Mara and has not lost a
tandem race since coming to America.
will ride in the race tonight with Joe
Fogler up.
The other races billed are a five-
mile open and two mile invitation for
the pros and a one-third- mile
handicap and an Australian pursuit
race for the amateurs. All of the big
professionals will start in the five-
mile open. In the amateur handicap
Champion MacDougall will try for the
worlds record for the distance and,
in view of his previous assaults on
Father Time this season, his efforts.
will probably be crowned with sue
cess.
Francisco Yerri, the Italian sprinters
will not be a starter in the races to-
night. Verri arrived here Monday,
and is not in the best of condition to
race. He requested that he be given
more time to train. and will be seen
in competition for the first time Sum
day.
At the reunion of the old Velodrome
de Buffalo, in Paris, which was cele-
brated with big race meeting Sum
day, June s, Clarence Carman, of Ja-
maica, l.. l., finished second to Leon
Sores, of France, in a paced race
which was the feature of the day.
The race was run in heats, the first
of which went to Carmen, with Ger
main second. Applicants third and
Larrue fourth. Sores took the second
heat from Lavalade and Parent. the
latter an ex-champion of the world.
Sores won the final with Carman sec.
ond and German and Lavalade fin
ishing third and fourth respectively.
L'Auto states that the Yankee put up
great ride. At the same meeting
Texier of France won the sprint
scratch race from Sergent and De-
vossioux, and the latter accounted for
the ten-mile open. Toussaint and
Falutias won the tandem event, which
was at six kilometers.