Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-19

be able to take his place. Men may
follow him who will have greater
speed and show more wonderfully on
i the track, but take Kramer all in all
as man and as a cyclist-and his
like will be hard to duplicate.
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Some of Clark's friends and ad-
mirers seem to think that another
match with Kramer should not have
followed so quickly, and that Jackie
should have been allowed to hold his
honors for a while. Perhaps that
would have been best. 1t surely
would have been more profitable for
the promoters. The enthusiasm has
increased and the fans are talking
about the race In chunks. They
4, would go up to the Velodrome and
see the races, anyway, and. while
they may go up in droves tomorrow
night if Clark is beaten it will put a
damper on the discussion. While
Kramer no doubt. was anxious to get
another chance at Clark, Manager
mcfarland could have stalled
around for a week or so, but big
Mac" is so anxious to give the public
the best he has that he never figures
from the box-office standpoint. If
Clark wins again, it will mean that
Kramer is on the decline. If Kramer
wins, it will mean that his defeat was
mistake. From promoters
financial viewpoint, a Kramer-C Clark
match race should not have been
dreamed of for at least a couple of
weeks.
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Clark didn't like the idea of an
| other match race so soon, 1t is said,
but he consented, with the under
standing that if beaten he would be
given a return engagement with
Kramer next Sunday, That is the
agreement, so the fans are likely to
be Kramer Clarked almost to death.
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Complaint has been made that
Clark did a lot of Switching"
especially in the last heat and at
the eighth pole, those who tell the
story say, Jackies work was very
raw. In order to curtail these tao
tics, perhaps it would be well to have
judges at the eighth pole, at the
twelfth pole and at the turn into the
stretch. Clark's ride in the first heat,
when he forced Kramer off the fiat,
might have Won for him that race,
If Kramer wasn't there with the
speed and the generalship to get to
the first turn ahead of Clark. That
saved him. The opinion seems to
prevail among Clark's friends that
Jackie is always being abused, but
surely even the most prejudiced OF
fans will have to admit that Clark
| got away with everything Sunday.
o
ALI Goullet, for the first time this
year, showed some form on Sunday
His victory in the handicap ir
worlds record time was a sterling
performance, and the fact that Joe
Fogler loaned him a helping hand
will not rob the victory of any of its
lustre. Fogler pulled" Goullet t.
overcome a combination of "stallers,
and when the matter was explained
to Referee Ross he was quick to seq
it in the proper light. However, pun
ishment should have been dealt ou
to the "stallers," who were onl,
robbed of their well-laid plans be
cause Goullet and Fogler took
chance at getting away with open
deliberate and self-admitted team
work. 1t was simply case of RICH
or law, and right prevailed.
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Really the one to object over tn,
Kramer-Clark match race TO
Wednesday night is Goullet. ALFRED
was to have raced Clark on tina
occasion, but old Mcfarland jus
yanked Goullet out of the frame an,
put in a portrait of Kramer. Ye
Goullet never said a word AS al
opponent of Clark, Goullet woul
have been in evidence for a minut
at least, and he might have beate
Jackie. There, no doubt, hangs tn
reason for MacFarland's change fror
Goullet to Kramer If Goullet shoul
beat Clark it would have put Jacki
out of the running and would hav
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