Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-02

warning the men would SurtiV opeS'
The practise of riding in the middle
of the track, which predominates at
the Velodrome, should be stopped,
and this is the very race with which
to start in to stop it, Make the tnen
race fairly and make them respect
the pole on the final lap of every
heat. The fans want to see the best
rider win, not the best ''roughster.'
9
HAIL TO KRAMER.
When speaking Of men who have won
lots of fame
Through ut every land, to bring home
gent name,
Who has won all his laurels, and still
he is game.
Hail to Kramer!
When looking for sportsmen in sports
all around,
For men great on squareness, you bel
he is sound;
In great big black letters his name
will be found.
Hall to Kramer!
He has beaten the best, he can beat
them again;
Give him a chance, and his limit Il
ten out of ten;
He won't be found wanting, this mar
of all men.
Hall to Kramer!
Great men come and go, the world
decays,
Their names pass away, but VIII
Kramer 1t stays,
And your children will shout, whel
their voices they raise,
Hall to Kramer!
w. A. HoDSON.
G
Now that Newark is to have go
links at Weequahic Park enthusiast
of the game In this city are gettin
together for the purpose of organic
ing a golf club That Is the rlgh
spirit and this is the time to show i
In letter to me it has been sug
gested that direct my fire especial
ly against the time-worn fallacle
that golf is an old mans game and
rich mans game" In response
| which I might say that while II
neither an old mans game nor rio
mans game, if you are to play
much. or play at it much, II would |
! inst as well to have a few dolla
somewhere handy. But no one WI
has given golf anything like ia
chance can dispute that it is a mo
wonderful pastime. OF all games
absorbs your interest the most. WINE
YOU golf you golf, and you THU
only of golf. 1t is a great gan
for the tired brain and the pessimi
tic mind. The rich man plays 1t mos
hut the poor man should play IT
he can.
o
IT costs money to golf and II
TOO bad that it does. With pup
golf links, however. the expenses
tached to the pastime will be c
considerable Then, too, golf ba
are becoming cheaper and so are
various clubs of warfare, with
Weeouahic Park links so handy
will indeed be only minimum
EXPENSE. It has been pointed out
me that golf is cheaper than tenn
land no one has ever accused tent
of being an expensive game" &c
as the man with means plays 1t,
rather costly. He has his count
club dues, his automobile and
entertainment, and occasionally
makes 1t interesting" for his OPT
ucnt. But all these luxuries may
cut out with the Weequahic Pa
inks in our midst, and the sons
honest toll will be able to take a go
healthy "swipe" at the ball and es
mis- weary brain, just as we'll as
: man with all the money
@
Golf is a Scotch game-a royal a
, ancient game-but it so happens Il
at this very moment the champi'
ship of the world is held by an Am
. ican-a youth In years and poor
circumstances. This noble young II
:, is Francis Ouimet, and he won
:. spurs by defeating Harry Vardon {
. Edward Ray, two Of the greatest
:, fess' onal golfers in all Europe. T
- h. vNeeftiltfiae NJ
game from a Yankee viewpoint
= was game at which we coulC
win we wouldn't like It, but / h
vet to see a game that attracted
attention that we could not ever
ally beat the world at. Golf. IL
way, Is comparatively new to us,
our Mr.. Walter Travis has gone ri
over to the famous old Inks In f
- land and beaten all the best al
-, tours to be found there, incident
carrying off the championship.
course, the great Harold Hilton
"a come over to our fireside and m
et us dance TO his music, and, all in
tn the foreigners are the better golf
TO but we can play the game so
lis now that it is only question of I
he when we will be leading the worl
We Scotlands favorite past me.
ill @
ad Young America should take
he golfing. It is a dandy game N
Jul fun, I know. has been made OF
an but that view of II is out q OIL
ere Those who play 1t only a little
to about it. and those who play it n
Is rave about 1t. The rich man
The play It the more, but he cannot e
as it any more than the poor man.