Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-07

In order to make the dollar dinner, to
be held at the Kruger Auditorium
Saturday evening, April 25, big sue
cess. Messrs. Matthew L. O'Brien,
the chairman, and William Cardwell,
Harry F. Hays, jr., Edwin G. Koenig
and Harry f. Beldon, the members
of the committee, met at the Down
Town Club yesterday afternoon and
transacted considerable business. The
honorary committee is being selected
by the celebration committee, and
announcement of its personnel will
be made in few days. That the
Kramer dinner is going to be pop
ular affair Is shown by the demand
for tickets. More than two hundred
orders have already been filed, and
the committee says that 1t will be
case of first come first served. The
tickets for the dinner are on sale at
Deerin II O'Brien's, SIT Broad street;
e. G. Koenig's Sons, Broad and Will
lam streets. and the Firemen's Phar-
macy, Broad and Market streets.
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In letter to me, Champion Kramer
explains why he was disqualified in
the first heat of his match race with
Leon Hourlier The cable report of
the race to the Evening Star had
Hourlier beating out Kramer In a
sprint. However, let Kramer tell how
IL happened.
AS you already know, of course"
Kramer writes, ~ defeated Hourlier,
the Frenchman, but I was disquali-
fled in the first heat. | deserved the
penalty and 1t cost me a few dollars
on the side. | don't know why, but
did run up into Hourlier as he came
up on me, but could not help it, as
I simply lost my balance when
started my jump and I almost fell.
At that, / think II had not touched
Hourlier, / would have fallen and
injured myself. The judges, natur-
ally, gave the heat to Hourlier, and,
promise you, l wasn't a bit 'peeved.'
l felt that I was lucky not to have
fallen off my wheel. 1 was first over
the tape, but that didn't count"
o
Kramer was also disqualified in the
first heat of his match with Emil
Friol. In speaking of the coincidence,
Kramer, in his letter, says:
when I rode Friol 1 was disquali-
fled, but that wasn't fair. 1 didn't do
q thing to Friol. l felt that the match
was easy and just 'hipped' him. He
held up his hand and the judges
thought he had been fouled, but. he
wasn't. 1 did interfere with, Hour
lier, but not with Friol. l don't like
to be disqualified for fouling, for. |
myself a clean rider. In all |
the years I have been racing don't |
believe I have been disqualified five
times. From now on / am going to
give everybody a mile of room, be-
lieve me-"
@
After being disqualified, although
Justly, Kramer got his German up"
He raced Hourlier into the ground
In the second heat, and in the third
heat he repeated the performance.
Kramer says he was simply flying in
this race. and that Hourlier is the |
best man he has met so far. After
defeating Hourlier, Kramer felt as
II he was going through his trip with
1afV. INaY4 I.a Al
grief later on In a teams match race
at 621s miles.
IT have only a few more races"
Kramer writes, land 1 hope 1 am
able to win them all. l would surely
like to come through with a clean
string OF victories, for 1t may be
some time before 1 sign to race here
again. l expect to stick to the good
old U. S. A in the future and have
my winter rest. About seven months
Of racing at the Newark Velodrome
ought to be enough for anybody. OF
course, there is big money over here
FOR me, and I hate to let it get away,
but this may be my last year over
here"
@
Kramer writes about the opening
meet at the Newark Velodrome and
says he hopes it will be a big sue
cess.
81 see by the Evening Star" the
champion says in his letter, that
The Velodrome is to open on Sunday,
April 5. Well, you know, 1t has been
said that the track can't be run with
out me and that 1t always rains when
I'm not there. hope this isn't so,
md that the day is fine and clear and
he opening a big success. also
wish Messrs. Million and Uppercu
all the luck in the world, for they
deserve it, The new track, l under
stand, is fine, and some fast time
should be made. l am anxious to get
nome and see II and ride upon 1t. |
This will be all for the present"
Kramer concludes, land l hope to be
with you on April 20. So until then,
goodbye, and with kind remember
lnces to all my friends"
60.
Reggie Mcnamara may come back
10 America before long, although the
is riding pretty well In
Europe. Perhaps his most notable
performance was his victory in the
pursuit race with Piercy, who is also
an Australian, as his partner. Nc
Namara and Piercy defeated Berthot
and Godinier, Mcnamara surprised
the French natives by winning from
Berthot, who is looked upon as a