Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-21
KRAMER TO MEET
FAST ITALIAN PAIR
Yankee CycIist Rides MOrettl
and OIiveri at Marseilles
Tomorrow.
CAVANAGH STILL HEAVY

Marseilles. France, tomorrow will be
the scene of a bicycle race in which
Frank Kramer the American cham
pion, will meet Caesare Morett1 ana
Charles Oliveri. Both of the Yankees
opponents are Italians, and are rated
as top notchers in Europe. Moretti
is said to be a better Splinter than
Francesca Verri, the Italian rider.
who performed so we'll at the Velo-
drome last season. Oliveri is said TO
be fully as good as Nerri IL these
Italians work together the veteran
champion will have some job on ms
hands to beat them. The race VIII
be run in heats on big outdoor track
at the first outdoor meet OF the sea-
son in France. This will be kramers
eleventh race abroad. He Will rlde
four more races before returning to
America.
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Frank Cavanagh, the Irish giant.
has been training for three weeks, and
after taking off much weight tips
the beam at 20S pounds in his racing
toys. The Newark boy is bigger than
ever and has filled out remarkably
above the waist. After getting down
to 208 Cavanagh finds that it is in1-
Lossible to take off any more weight,
which is causing him some apprehen-
sion. Last year he rode at 1870 pounds
) Willie Lewis, the American fighter,
who has been in Paris so long he is
regular "Frencher." writes that
Frank Kramer is dissipating some
thing awful. "Over in America, writes
Lewis, Kramer is never up later than
10 o'clock at night. but here in Paris
[ have seen him stay up as late as
$780,
The lightest and most expensive
pair of tires ever manufactured will
carry ALI Goullet in the big scratch
race at the opening of the Velodrome
April 8. The tires were constructed
by Ernie Pye and weigh just four
ounces. Pye made them by hand and
used ffty-one spools of silk thread in
weaving the outer castings They are
red, white and blue, with the stripes
running la BARRIERS pole. The tires
We're originally built for kramer, but
as the champion will not be here for
the opening meet Goullet has fallen
heir to them.
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The New York Athletic Club is
going in strong for cycling this year
ctlIu Will De SStuled D4 lOuJ IlO6lS
in the races at the Nelodrome Last
year Champion Donald McDougall
and Alfred Lake represented the
winged foot organization. This year
Edward Kane and Frank Whitney
will be added to the Gotham clubs
cycling team. Kane rode last year
under the name of Jack Reddy and
was successful In o number of races
at the Motordrome and aVelodrome.
Whitney, who is also a youngster,
made very creditable showing last
year, and is expected to be q top
notcher this year.
McDougall has not started training
yet, and does not intend to do muGh
work before the first meet. The cham
pion says he went stale last year from
too much work and will guard against
o repetition this year. The little
"champer" evidently had his defeats
by Bill Bailey and Harry Kaiser still
| In mind.
The new track at the Velodrome
will be entirely finished today, and
will be open to the riders Monday
morning. There are twenty-nine pro-
fesSionals here who have been train
ing indoors for several weeks, and
they will take to the track as soon az
they get the word.