Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-28

The bike fans are beginning to talk
sxcitedly over the Kramer-Clark
match race. carded for the Velo-
drome next Saturday afternoon. Some
former Kramer admirers seem to
think that Jackie has better chance
than ever to defeat "Old Steve" now
that 1.-THE Rocket" has won a French
style match from the champion. The
Clark admirers are also confident,
but few OF his false friends" are
scared to death that Kramer will
show such superior skill and speed
that Jackies victory will be looked
upon as the biggest kind of a fluke.
Be that as 1t may, "Old Steve" Kra-
mer himself is not boasting any over
what he will do to Rival Clark. In
fact, when he was in the Evening
Star office this morning the cham
pion complained that his leg was
bothering him, and that he hadn't
recovered from that hard fall OF a
week ago. He was stiff and lame,
but he said that after a little pedal
action the stiffness and the pain left
him.
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Clark has had a long rest and he
should be at his best. He will make
a play, of course. to race from the
front, but Kramer is sure to give
him a battle for that position, al
though Big Steve" likes to race from
the rear so we'll that he may elect
to follow out that style of battle.
No matter how Kramer races Clark,
from In front or from the rear, it isn't
likely that he will perpetrate such
bone" as he did the last time and
wait until a few yards from home be-
fore making his bid. If Kramer rides
from behind the fans are almost sure
to see Kramer on his way at the
eighth pole, ana If he rides from the
front he will not have to worry
much what Clark does.
c.
The races at the Velodrome to-
night, which were postponed from
last night, will give the fans line
on what to expect from Kramer in
his match race Saturday. The
champion will be a starter in the
Eddie Bald Stakes. with augmented
prize money" and only three men
in the final heat. This, in way,
will mean a match race, with
Kramer, Gouliet and perhaps the
sensational Cavanagh in the final
struggle. To beat Goullet, who is
Just coming into his stride, and
Cavanagh, who is likely to ride like
the wind, Kramer will have to be
some bike rider. He is some bike
rider, of course, but he is only
human and a human is never a sure
betting proposition.
O.
One of the most interesting races
on the card this evening should be
the sprint match between Harry
Kaiser and Donald McDougall.
Kaiser is showing good form In his
races, while McDougall is not his
old self at all. Friends of Donald
have advised hi INTO take a short
trip In order to get back his
strength. He doesn't look strong and
he hasn't displayed even a flash of
his old time fire and energy. 1t Is
too bad, too, for Donald was a popu-
lar fellow and he is a quiet, I'M
assuming boy. But everybody who
knows him and likes him declares he
ought to take trip all by his lone
some up in the country somewhere.
The championships are coming on
and he ought to be in shape for
them. The fans are with Donald, but
he cannot hope to remain the idol If
another boy comes along and races
him into the ground. In Kaiser, Me-
Dougall will have a most worthy op-
ponent in any event, but in his pres
ent poor form Donald cannot hope to
beat this young man. In the match
tonight, it would do McDougall a
world of good to win, but the opinion
is prevalent that he will be beaten.
O.
Young Charley Ebbetts has turned
a clever trick. He has secured Clar-
ence Kraft, who was first with the
Brooklyn Club and later with the
Boston Club. Kraft is an outfielder
as well as first baseman, but he
will play the initial sack with the
Tigers. Kraft comes to Newark after
a lot of red tape, but he is here now
and the first base situation is set
tied. 1t will mean new life and new