Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-15


were commenting about They lose
sight of the fact the party in ques-
tion is Frank l.. Kramer, the greatest
! rider that ever rode a wheel the de-
| fender of the American cycle cham
| pionship for thirteen years the man
who returned from Europe after
showing every rider of any account
the way home in all his match races,
and then started in right away at the
Nelodrome and showed Rutt his heels
and has kept right on since. l won
of STEELE Well, Kramer should
worry l want to thank you. J. P.
N, for defending the champions hon
esty and truthfulness. Kramer is al
ways spoken of as highly respected
citizen and a gentleman above re-
proach. Good luck to you, Kramer.
Grenda rode a great race against
Moretti. 1t pleased me very much.
and Goullet was a wonder Sunday.
hope we will see another ten-mile
race Sunday and that Rutt will be
thing over. FANNESS.
Taking the part of the champion:
J. p. N;
What can Kramer do to please some
'
he loses It displeases them; when he
wins it makes them complain. If you
can tell the people Kramer was not
teaming and they will not listen. why
nor let them keep on thinking he was
teaning? Now just if he was team
ing, they ought to think it clever of
Kramer and Cavanagh to get away
with it, l would like to know, j. P.
NJ, why it is that the people hiss Mr..
Prunty, He cannot help what the
judges decide, Some people in the
bleachers would like to hear what he
has to say. That Railway Fan"
certainly abused Kramer. but what
does Kramer care if he knows it isn't
true? Good luck to Mr.. Kramer. in
the future. r. B. F.
Here's a bike fan who ought to
have track of his own
]. P. N.
Just few words on cycling. l am
not going to say much about the
Kramer Cavanagh affair, but the
way you talk would give one the i'm
preston that nearly all the other
riders, with the exception of Kramer
and Goullet, were hardly fair in the
races. You praise Kramer to the
skies for his honesty, but I don't be-
lleve he is any more honest than the
other star professional riders at the
Velodrome OF course, you are not
saying the other riders are dishonest,
but why praise Kramer and Goullet
50 much / think Clark and Rutt
are Just as honest as either of the
former two. What do you think of
Clark's riding lately? 1 should think
Jackie would get wise to himself and
In,
stead of automobiling. I am Clark
fan and / think it would be only
right of him to consider his fans and
friends more fully. If there should
be a n-mile tandem race next Sum
day, why not add Spears or Grenda
to Rutt Clark and Goullet? | be-
lseve Spears is the coming champion
and the best sprinter at the Velo-
drome at the present time, outside of
Kramer, Clark, Rutt and Goullet.
How about you on this question?
would like to see one-mile tandem
race with the following teams; Kra-
mer- Fogler. Rutt-Lawson, Clark
Spears, Goullet-Cavanagh, Drobach-
Hill and Grenda- -Moretti. Three
heats, winner of each heat meeting
in final. Do you think this race
would be any good? / know this let
ter is quite long, but 1 hope you will
be kind enough to print it in your
valuable columns and you will great
ly oblige. Yours very truly,
A CYCLING SPORT.
[ know Kramer, and the fact that
yor are not so well acquainted with
him is to be regretted. AS I think
write, but apparently you are only
kidding yourself. Clark hasn't been
doing very well lately, but perhaps
he is being abused. You should talk
to him. You'll have to see General
MacFarland about adding Spears
and Grenda to the tandem paced
race. He will meet your request, no
doubt, If you will furnish the tan
dems and the men to ride them. The
tandems might be difficult to secure,
but you could pick out hundreds Of
great men in the stands who would
be able to do themselves proud. Your
confidence in Spears may be reward
ed some day. The one-mile tandem
race you suggest would be all right.
Mistakes will happen and all that,
but it is the man who will admit his
mistakes who is the big man after
all A case in point
J. P. NJ:
I fully expected to read some COM
ments on the two-third- d-mile race
last Sunday. I am for "Goullie" all
the time and believe him TO be the
greatest rider in the world today in
all kinds of races. | was so disap-
pointed the way Cayanagh and
Kramer acted on Sunday that l am
sorry to say. I, like too many others
hissed Kramer and Cavanagh and felt
at the time they deserved it. Not so
much for what they did when the
"Cave Man. sprinted, but just be-
fore Cavanagh made his jump Kramer
seemed to be waiting for just that
move. | went into the training quar-
ters to find what "Goullie" had to
say about it. To my question he said
it was no frame-up and he knew it.
| am satisfied that ! owe r. l..
Kramer an apology for being one of
the geese" ] am yours,
AUSTRALIAN BIKE FAN.
The circumstances, in way
looked suspicious, but 1t is almost i'm
possible to run bicycle race without
signs OF teamlng. similar COIN
cidence might come up again and the
men might by working together
There is considerable friendly team
ing going on, 1t seems, and there
isn't any way to stop it. The boys
who benefit most by the game should
make an effort to keep the sport as
clean as possible. 1t is their stock in
trade, but there are so many "brain-