Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-14
CLARK MAY CATCH
UP WITH KRAMER
Popular Little Rider Has
Chance to Make Title
Standing Even. 2
HE'S NOW S POINTS BEHIND

The professional championship bat
tie in the National Cycling Associa-
ton wakes warm just at present. In
summing up the points scored to
date it is found that Jackie Clark
has jumped into the position of con-
tender and is now only five points
behind Champion Frank Kramer. who
is leading.
By taking first place in the two.
mile championship at Philadelphia
Thursday Clark had a firm grip on
second place, four points in advance
of ALI Goullet, who is third. and five
points ahead of ALT Grenda, who Is
in fourth place. The three Austria
lians are pushing the Yankees hard
and the least slip or a reversal in
form may be the undoing of our
twelve-times champion.
Up to the present Kramer and
Clark have been the most. consistent
performers in the title races. Kramer
has qualified for every final and has
won three races, was third in one
and fourth in another. Clark has
won one first, two seconds and a
third Goullet, who was considered
the most dangerous contender, has
ridden in cratic fashion in the title
races. He has failed to qualify in
two of the championships, which has
put him out of the running for the
time being. Goullet has won ono
! title race; he finished second in one
and fourth in another. Had Goullet
made the finals of the two races in
which he was shut out it is doubtful
If he would have scored more than
one point in each, for it was Kramer
and Clark who shut him out in both
instances.
In the half-mile championship 1t
was the combined efforts of Kramer
and Clark that put .Goullie" among
the ALSO rams" and in the two
mile title race at the Velodrome
Clark's speed and Battling" Joe
Foglers head kept him out of the
final
The result of the five-mile cham
pionship tomorrow at the Velodrome
may make some change in the cham
pionship standing, although it will be
impossible to GUST Kramer from the
leading position. Clark, by a victory,
can share first place with the cham
per" and Goullet, if he wins and
Clark is shut out, can take second
position. Even Grenda, who is in
fourth place, can jump up to second
position. However as the big four
are likely to score all of the points.
the change will probably be slight,
if any,
The conditions of the championship
tomorrow are strongly in favor of
the three demon foreigners While
Kramer shows brilliantly in races at
the longer distances at times, Goulet,
Clark and Grenda are consistent five
milers, who thrive in hard races
Goullet has won every five-mile race
at the Velodrome this season, but
with Clark in his present form it APP
pears as though Jackie is the man to
beat in tomorrow's race. 1t is the
concensus of opinion among the pro-
fessionals, who rode at the Philadel-
phia meet last Thursday, in which
ship, that he is the fastest man in
the professional ranks right at the
present time. When asked to account
for Kramers defeat in that cor est,
Jack Neville, the "champers' trainer,
stated that Kramer and the rest Of
them were beaten because Clark had
''all the speed" A Clark victory will
be very popular tomorrow, as he has
had long string of misfortunes this
season. and the fans are with him
to a man.
On paper the French point match
race, in which Clark, Grenda, liver
Lawson and Frank Cavanagh will
be the starters looks very good The
race is an innovation, although in Eu-
rope races of this nature are the big
features of all meets. 1t should be
popular here, for there is no better
way of determining the best man in
the match. The method of running
the match proves this. In the first
heat Cavanagh and Lawson will meet,
the second heat will bring together
Grenda and Clark, in the third heal
Lawson will meet Grenda, the fourth
heat will bring out Cavanagh and
Clark. the fifth heat Clark and Lavf-
son, the sixth heat Grenda and Cava-
nagh and the final heat all four OF
the contestants. The rider scoring the
least number of points in the seven
heats will be the winner.
The second race in the amateur
championship is billed for tomorrow
and it looks like another victory for
the record breaking amateur cham
pion, Donald MacDougall. Little
Mac" is wonder over the short dis
tances, and it is very improbable that
he will be defeated. A victory In this
race will give him a strong hold on
the amateur title for 1913.
The other races carded are half
mile handicap and two-mile invita-
ton for the professionals and a two
mile handicap and novice for the
amateurs.