Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-16
WORK MAKESSTRONG
IMPRESSION ON KRAMER
Swiss CycIist Riding Easier
Than Any Other Rider, Says
big Steve"
SURE TO BE A FACTOR
With verri Going Good, Too.
Team Looks as Strong
as Any.
By FRANK [. KRAMER
Champion Of America and Worlds ersat-
est CycIist.

est cyeIlst.
The first day Of a six-day race is
invariably uneventful. The first leg
OF one race is just like that stage OF
all the others that preceded it. Out
side of showing who are the weak
teams there has not enough devei-
oped to give one much of an angie
to figure on the days that are to
follow. The thing that impressed me
most was the riding Of Oscar Egg.
While the pace was fast right from
the start and continued until the
good record of last year began TO fall
the Swiss rider simply rolled along
without an effort. None of the big
teams felt any effects from the fast
pace, but Egg was plainly riding
easier than any man in the contest
He is going TO be dangerous man
in the big .jans." If any OF the
teams try to gain lap it viii be
we'll for them to keep an eye on the
Swiss. for he is very apt to hold back
in sprint that will cause their
downfall and set them back lap.
Fast pace will never bother Egg, anc
he is such wonderful unpaced rider
re can haise havoc If they are not
saving something with which TO fighi
him off. yerri is going good, too. and
they look as strong as any team In
the race.
kramer Looks for Hard Race.
Unless the weather turns cold the
race is going to be the hardest on
the riders ever run in the garden
The fast pace combined with the
heat, which the riders are not used
TO. caused the perspiration 70 roll on
the riders in streams, and they soon
called for their lightest Jerseys. They
will not be able TO continue the hot
pace in the present humid atuos-
phere of the garden. ] dare say Jim
my Moran has lost ten pounds al
ready and some of the lighter nen
have taken of five pounds or more
Those who were down fine when they
started viii suffer most. although Ii
viii also weaken the heavier fellows
as well
NeSamara Held in Check.
Goullet and Grenda still look the
best to me, and. barring accidents
they should win. Fogler and Hill are
not to be despised, although they dc
not appear to be quite as good as the
Australians. ! am very much inter
ested in Moran and Mcnamara They
have not attempted to do anything
as vet, but I fancy they win be the
first ones to start a real serious
sprint. Mcnamara would have
stirred up the monkeys last night u
Moran and the teams handlers would
have let him. He is naturally az
gressive and wants to be carrying
the fight TO the others all the time
but by restraining him in this way
he will be all the better when they
turn him loose.
Kaiser Riding Well
The three amateurs IN the race airs
riding Surprisingly well, and kaiser
is riding exceedingly wei. He IS up
in q good position all the time and
he is not afraid. He took a chance
last night, when he "went dead for
a prime. The prime could have been
won with half the effort, bur Harry
made hard work Of it by going hard
in front for five laps. II any Of the
big fellows had whipped one over on
him right on top of his sprint they
would have had him in bad. am
afraid.
Rumored Coup Fails.
The weather or something event
ed a well-laid scheme to start some
| thing early on the first night from
coming off. 1 heard that a half dozen
OF the big teams were going to break
up the field in order to force some
Of the teams to quit with a view TO
making the field less unwieldy ami
dangerous, but it failed to Tnaterialize
l waited longer than / wanted to JUS
to see this.
Foreigners Out of Condition
Some OF the European riders are
showing their lack Of condition, and
unless they can race themselves into
form am afraid that Nerri and Egg
will be the only European represent
atives in at the finish on SATURDAY
night. Parent and Cousseau are out
of it, but Sores and Dupuv are goine
along fairly well. IL Sores was in
good condition be would, in my
| opinion. be a very strong contender.
| 1 have not the slightest idea OF whai
he can do in the spirits. but he rids
with a good style and much better
than most pace followers. Dupuy Is
an uncertain fellow. He rides like
champion at times, while just as often
he performs like a third-rater. II is
too bad that Linart, the Belgian
champion. did not get here sooner
He is 3 very capable rider, but in bad
condition. But at that I think his
/ partner. Madonna, will quit before he
viii. Linart did not even have
workout prior to the start of tbs
race. and Ii is surprising to me to sec
+ him still in the race.
grrints for Primes VIII Divide Held
we will know more about the race
+ tonixft. The worst time in the race
/ il when the twenty-four hour mark =
( reached. Even the strongest and tbs
i best seasoned six-day riders feel tho
/ strain more at that time than in any
other stage OF the battle. If there i
anv quit in any OF them that is the
! time when it viii come to the surface
When the big primes are put up the
field Is going TO be broken up l think
/ some Of the big teams are waiting
for the first big sprint before making
an effort to divide the field into two
| nr more divisions. I figure the first
mig sprint will result in seven or eight
Il teams being q lap in advance OF the
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