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First Methodist Church.

First M0thO0lSt CnurCns
(The Downtown church, James
Thomas, pastor.
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
A young mans class will be organ
lied by the school with the pastor in
charge and all young men not In
some other Sunday school are invited
to join. j. R. Sanders, Jr., superin-
tendent.
Morning services with sermon by
the pastor. 1850 a. m. Subject Will
be MANS Value to His Country"
Junior League, 2 p. m.
Senior Devotional, $3.50 p. m.
Evening service with sermon by
the pastor.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening.
1880 p. m.
All services begin promptly on
time and close in about one hour.
Good music by selected choir at reg
ular church services.
Lakeside Methodist Church.
Corner 10th and Olive street. r..
r. Moore, pastor.
$3.50 4. m. Sunday school; J. Il.
Watkins, superintendent.
11:00 q. M, preaching by the pas
tor.
$3.50 ,. M. Epworth League
1880 p. m, preaching by Rev. A,
Lichtenstein q converted Jew.
800 p. M, Monday the Woman's
Missionary Society will hold social
service. All the ladies OF Lakeside
church have been given special In
vitation, and q large crowd Is ex-
pected. 4 special program has been
prepared. and q general good time Is
expected. Refreshments will be serv-
ed at the conclusion Of the program.
Don't fail to come.
Our excellent choir has music pre-
pared for all the Sunday services.
Carr Memorial Church.
Corner sixth and Dakota. N. o.
Barnett. pastor.
Sunday school at $3.50 .. N. W.
b. Hicks. superintendent.
Presiding. II I. M, by p. = VIII
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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04
CROWD cLAMoRlNo TO GET in THE BIKE TRACK

keep the throng in. order. Two OF
Captain Corbally's men were pressed
to the limit to keep the crowd from
breaking into the box office. The men
from the Seventh precinct not only
preserved order, but by their diplo-
matte handling of the crowd kept
them in good humor. Captain Cor
bally was there himself and deserves
much credit for the way he took care
of the crowd with g mere handful of
men.
When the entire seating capacity
was crowded to the limit, the arena
entrance was opened. When the three
thousand or more who were still wait
ing to gain entrance saw these gates
opened there was mad scramble for
admission, for it looked as though
even that big space would be inade-
quate TO accommodate all who wished
to see the races.
Had spectators been working yes
terday, they would have reared a
harvest, for late corners offered prices
varying from SIS to $50 for seat. 1t was
the biggest crowd that ever attended
a race meet in this city, and one of
the largest ever congregated for an
athletic event In this city. Although
an exact statement of the number
who filled the big ampitheatre was
not obtainable. the Velodrome man
sgement estimated il at $1,000 in
round numbers. -. ~.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04

That cycle racing is big sport and
a popular sport was attested by the
wonderful crowd that attended the
meet at the Velodrome yesterday. All
roads, it seemed, led to the Velo-
drome. Long before the appointed
hour for the first race to start South
Orange avenue was a Seeth-ng mass
of humanity. People from every walk
in life were there, some came on foot,
Others in street cars and hundreds
came in motors. There We're profess
sional men, business men. working
men and fully half of the immense
throng were women. Mothers tn
babes in arms were pushed and
crowded in the mad rush. and When
requested by the Velodrome manage
ment to go back home and come an
other day, deaf ear was turned. to
the request.
The first race was scheduled TO
start at 8 O'Clock, but at $3.50 there
was no seat to be had and the box
office windows were closed. A wall
went up from several thousand fans
eager to see the big race when the
ticket windows were closed. They
begged and pleaded for seats and re-
fused to believe that no more seats
were to be had. Those most disap-
pointed were the regulars who
never miss meet. The box Office
was storned and 1t required the
efforts OF all the available police to
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04
JOE FOGLER FIRST
IN NEW HAVEN RACE
Scores q Points in FOur=COr-
nered Match, Nosing Out
Clark.
COLLINS LOSES TO WILEY

The four-cornered match race at
the New Haven Saturday night was
captured by Joe Fogler, with total
of % points. Jackie Clark took three
of the heats, but was obliged to be
contented with second place. as his
total pointage was four counts shy
of Fogler's. Fogler went for laps in
the last heat, thereby gaining his
advantage.
George Wiley won the last two
heats of the five-mile match race
W tn Elmer Collins. His motor went
bad in the first trial, which was
taken by Collins. The summary:
Five-Mile Motor Paced Race-First heat,
won by Elmer Collins: George Wiley.
second; time, Sm 4-5s Second heat,
won by Wiley; time SIN. 32s Third heat,
won by Wiley; time, 5m. dos.
-Four Cornered Match Race (profes-
sional)-Wen by Fogler (23 points,
| Clark, second 10 points, Geullet, third
| IS points, Grenda, fourth = points,.
Half-Mile Open tamateurl-Won by
! Kaiser: i. sullivan, second; Smith, third
/ Taylor. fourth. Time. I'm.
One-M Mile Handicap Contemplation By
( McMann: +. Jehan, second: Hanley
third: Kaiser. fourth. Time, I'm. 53s
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04

into the lead, and he kept Rutt we'll
up on the track. Then came the
stretch and Kramer swished down on
the pole, with Rutt following. AS
they went past the grand stand on the
last lap Rutt, just beyond the tape,
gave Kramer a close ride The cham.
pion was forced on the fiat, and ne
was compelled TO put on his high
speed in order to get to the finish turn
ahead of Rutt. 1t was an important
moment of the race, but Kramer had
his wits about him. 1t was quick
thinking and clever thinking. A false
move for Kramer at that stage would
likely have lost him the heat, and it
might have lost him the race.
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AS the men rounded the first turn,
Rutt gave Kramer his first real chal-
lenge. The American met his jump
and the race was on in earnest. Over
at the eighth pole they were side by
side, with. Kramer slightly in the
lead. They raced that way down the
baekstretch and around the Mum
avenue turn and even into the home
stretch, where Rutt was done and
simply struggled in behind the
American champion. The shout that
went up for Kramer could be heard
for blocks around and there was
many a sigh of relief from some of
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04

eighth of mile in II As seconds,
which equals the best time ever made
for that distance. In the second heat
he rode the last eighth in II seconds
fat. In the first heat Kramer's tine
for the final twelfth of a mile was
Z S-5 seconds. which also equals the
worlds record, and in the second heat
he did AS seconds. And both OF
these great champions were sick-sick
in bed-and still the one made the
other equai the worlds record to win.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04
KRAMER THE SAME OLD
KRAMER, SO HE DEFEATS
SPEEDY WALTER RUTT
Yankee Champion Wins from the Worlds
Champion in Two Straight Heats in
Record Time Before Record Crowd.
WELT MEISTER SAYS HE WAS FOULED
By J. P. N.

Frank Kramer wins. It is the same
old story. Champions come and
champions go. and the "Old Master
treats them all alike--beats them all
alike. Sometimes it requires great
effort on mis- part to dispose of this
opponent or that opponent, but on
other occasions he finds his task a
most enjoyable pleasure. In any
event, Kramer is king-king of the
cycling game-and it is doubtful if
well ever see his like again. All this
Is said in deserving praise of Kramer
for his performance at the Newark
Velodrome track yesterday afternoon.
where he defeated Walter Rutt, of
Germany. holder of the worlds cham
pionship cycling title, and admitted
10 be a rider of wonderful ability, in
two straight heats. Though his vic
tories We're consecutive, his task was
no less stupendous, and one marvel
made the other marvel extend him
self to the limit, ride every inch Of
the way and employ all the skill at
mis- command to win. Really. this con-
test of brain and Drawn on the bike
track would furnish a delightful It'd
bit for gods to enjoy No better
race. we would say, was ever ridden;
no greater crowd, surely, ever gath
cred in one enclosure in this city,
and no more tremendous demonstra-
tion-mostly for the victor, of course,
but plenty of cheers for the loser
was ever given an athlete for a dis
play of superior ability. Really, the
scenes that followed Kramer's vic
tory in the first, and again when ne
the second heat, would be we'l-nigh
impossible to describe. To be brief,
we would say, in order to give those
who were not there a faint idea of
what happened, picture vividly in
your mind 5000 or more healthy
fans and fanesses shouting at the
top of their voices, swaying to and
fro, and the men waving their hats
in frantic appreciation of the great
contest. and the women waving their
hands as a sign of their appreciation.
The race was the biggest thing, in
sporting way, ever held in Newark,
and is was rare evidence that we not
on'y have the cycling king in this
community, but that cycling Is king
Ground here.
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The crowd waY a record for the
game in this city, and Frank Million
gave out the attendance as more than
10000. But the $1,000 persons inside
the enclosure wasn't all-not by a
hang site. Outside of the 'drome
thousands clamored for admittance
and many good old fans who have
not missed big meet around here in
years tore their hair in despair over
their inability to enter the magic
palace" 1t was hard lines, of course,
but there was no way to remedy the
matter. Those who came early were
happy, and the fans inside seemed to
enjoy the discontinue of those who
were outside unable to get even
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04
LITTLE THINGS THAT KEPT
BIG BIKE CROWD ON EDGE

When Champion Kramer came on
the track for the first heat of the
big match he received an ovation.
In response he smiled as he never
smiled before.
An immense floral horseshoe was
presented to Kramer as he started TO
mount his wheel for the first heat. II
bore the words Welcome Home.
The faces of Rutt and Kramer bore
expressions of grim determination as
they prepared for the first battle. and
their expressions became more tense
and hard as the heat progressed
Kramer wanted Rutt to ride the
second heat from the front and tried
to force him to go before the bell lap.
Frank had beaten the worlds cham
pion from the front and he wanted to
see if he could come from behind and
beat him.
A number of the professionals say
that Rutt used poor judgment and
might have won heat had he ridden
from the front.
Rutt forced Kramer to take the
lead once in, each heat, but was una
BILE to keep the clever Yankee there.
Both Rutt and Kramer complained
of feeling bad after the first heat.
Kramer put big porus plaster on his
back before going out for the sec
ond heat.
The final twelfth OF a mile in both
heats was done in 3-5 seconds. The
best time ever done before was 40
seconds. When 1t is considered that a
strong wind blew down the back
stretch this time is remarkable.
When he returned from Europe
Kramer stated that he was riding fas-
ter than ever, and it certainly looked
as though he was yesterday
After suffering the greatest disap-
pointment of his life, Rutt showed
that he was a good loser when he
came out for the tandem race with a
broad smile on his face.
Fully a thousand fans waited al
most an hour TO see Kramer leave
the Velodrome after the races. When
the champion came out he was carry
ing the big floral horseshoe. which
he placed in his new auto and took
to his home in East Orange.
Nervousness seemed TO pervade the
whole Velodrome before and during
the match race. The thousands OF
admirers Of Kramer We're wrought up
to a high pitch of excitement. Carl
johnson, one of the champions most
intimate friends, almost collapsed
when Rutt came up alongside of Kra-
mer at the bell in the first heat In
cidentally, Mr.. johnson prevented a
press photographer from swapping the
finish.
The big match drew many sporting
celebrities from New York. Among
them We're Paul Pilgrim, OF Olympic
fame. and Johnny Dundee the reath-
erweight aspirant.
Some people have laughed al the
precautions against spectators taken
by the Velodrone ln"-'a g"'-- o.
a harvest these pests would have
reaped had they been aple 60 i'i.' alr'r
graft yesterday.
It was q sad day for those Nelo-
drome regulars who arrived late.
Frank Million did everything possible
to satisfy evervfodV he finally
gave UP and ran TO cover. .--
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04

As hlgn as SlU was offered for a
seat at g. clock but million times
that amount could not have produced
the little yellow pasteboaras at that
hour. Hundreds of fans who usually
sit in the reserved section stretched
their necks in the arena.
Kramer was highly pleased after
the match was over and said that he
hoped he would not &c stale later in
the season.
The attendance yesterday broke the
record attendance at the McDougall-
Bill Bailey match last year. And We
might add that Kramer was pleased
to know that he was instrumental in
drawing a crowd that eclipsed the
former record in numbers.
Edwin Newman, the quiet treasurer
q the Cycling Association SAYS there
is considerably more work in that ca
pacity at the Velodrome than there
ever was at the Motordror7e. We ore
perfectly willing to take his word for
that statement
The life of a champion is a hard
one. There are no more worlds for
Kramer TO conquer, and his life will
be exceedingly dull until another
championship aspirant is produced.
OF course, the Old Master has got
to give Jackie Clark his annual les
sons in match riding.
When Kramer reached his home a
welcoming bark by his little sky ter
rier greeted him. He put his car in
the garage and locked the door Then
he fed his chickens and ate a light
luncheon. After reading z couple OF
short stories he went to bed. Walter
Rutt, the vanquished. was wined
and dined bv admiring friends. Such
is the life of two champions.
Victory seems to be a matter If
course and a bore to Kramer, while
defeat puts the fire in his eyes and
brings him 10 his toes TO do better
next time. When asked about the
match when it was over the cham
pion said: We'll, what can I say
about it?"
Seeing Jay Eaton and his son Ray
mond on a tandem reminds us of the
time old Pop" Elks pulled his son
Harry TO victory in q mile handicap
at saratoga.
George Cameron and Lloyd Thomas
are out with a challenge TO meet Rutt
and Goullet or Fogler and Hill or
both teams together in a tandem
match race. Cameron and Thomas
have never been beaten in a tandem
event, and they feel very cocky.
Gus Nohlrab, the Motordrome
champion. made his first appearance
of the season yesterday. He was I'M
placed in every start.
Cycle racing is more popular than
it ever was said Kramer yesterday
after giving the crowd the "onee
over" ~and I am sorry that I am not
ten years younger"
Just why Kramer will do all sorts
of things 10 force an opponent to take
the lead all through a race and then
jump to the front when sprinting time
comes is hard to figure out. II may be
that he does this to worry his oppon-
ents into a state of nervous collapse
before reaching the psychological mo-
ment,
A young man wearing a straw hat
was eheerfully greeted when he made
his appearance at the Velodroue. And
II was some Kelly he had. too. Yes,
il was the first Of the season
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04
BY WALTER RUTT.

d. Kramer is a marvellous match
rider and is the greatest track
general 1 ever met. He rode
fine race and deserves all the credit
In the world. A switch hurt my
chances in the second heat, and in
the first heat ! ran into him just
as we started the last lap, which
threw mo cut of nv stride I am
not offering any excuses FOR my
defeat, but | am giau tntt will
have two more opportu li'ies to
meet him, and I still believe that
I have q chance to beat him.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04
BY FRANK KRAMER.

Rutt gave me a hard ride and
is one of the best men have ever
met. He is a gamester and kept
coming at me all the time. I was
not at my best for the match, yet
the time was fast. l did not in
tentionally scratch Rutt, and I
was surprised when he protested.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04

folk, welcome their champion, Frank
Kramer, home"
1t was well and we'll said, and with
the little speech went mammoth
horseshoe, the gift of Messrs. Million
and Uppercu, with the words Wei
come Home" on it. Kramer bowed
his acknowledgements and he smiled
his approval, but he told me after
ward that Prunty's remarks touched
him to the heart. He was all keyed
up, he said, for the race, but the gift
and the welcome home speech"
nearly broke him UP, he declared.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04

Rutt may have been fouled and all
that, but the better man won the bike
race, and it is doubtful if there was
a single person of that tremendous
crowd who will not say so. The Ger
man is big and strong and has rare
speed, but he didn't show a thing
that would lead one to believe that
he could beat Kramer. The Ameri-
can champion was the master man
and the master mind at all stages of
the race He made Rutt do his bid
ding much against the welt Meis-
ter's" will, and in brain and Drawn
he surely had an edge on the Teuton.
In jockeying for positions, Kramer
was the general of the army, and he
made Rutt look like a pirate He
forced his opponent to take the lead
and at the vital point he took the
lead away from him. He timed
Rutt's dash in both heats and he
raced him into the ground, so to
speak, before the tape was reached.
When Rutt challenged Kramer met
him, but in neither of the heats did
Rutt once show his wheel in front
after the sprint was on. Kramer
was cat-like in his movements, and
he seemed to worry Rutt by his great
show of generalship in riding slow
as well as riding fast. The Germans
nerves" We're taxed. He may do
better next time, but he was beaten
by better man yesterday.
When the stars of the day came out
for the first heat the vast crowd
showed its pleasure. There were
cheers for both men from the grand
stand and bleachers and from the
hundreds that filed the we'll of the
track. Kramer, naturally, received
the lions share of the plaudits, but
att was given a good hand. The
,i.rman took two-lap warm-up be-
fore the start, but Kramer sat quiet
L. on the track until all was ready.
AS the champion stood up. Peter
Prunty. the announcer. addressing
the grand stand. said:
1.-THE American public, the Newark
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04
What the Champions Say

Frank Kramer, the winner, and
Walter Rutt, the loser, gave out
the following statements yesterday
after the big race:
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04

A young man wearing a straw hat
was cheerfully greeted when he made
his appearances at the Velodroule. And
It was some Kelly he had. too Yes,
it was the first Of the season
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04


The American champion was at
tired in all-black with an American
flag worked in the appropriate colors
on the back of his all-silk racing
shirt. Black and white are Kramer's
favorite colors and his racing colors.
but he is wearing the all-black out
of respect for his father, who died
less than a year ago. Rutt wore
black and green. and both men looked
particularly desperate as they lined
up for the first heat. Kramer had
and there was much interest as to
how the German would fare in track
tactics. Soon Kramer dispelled all
fear that he had met his master in
the fine points of the game, and the
fans rested back to await and see
how Rutt would match up with him
in speed. Soon that phase was also
evident and as the men few across
safe margin, the vast assemblage
gave vent to their feelings. They
cheered Kramer. they cheered Rutt
and they cheered the race. The
spectators, in the main, were not
only delighted to see the great strug-
gle, but they were overjoyed, APP
parently, at the result.
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Throughout the first heat Rutt did
everything he knew how to worry
Kramer, to make the Yankee take the
lead, but the wits and the skill of the
American was much too much for the
German. Kramer had his plans well
mapped out beforehand, and while he
made Rutt show him the way for
nearly five of the six laps. when it
came time to go to the. front and he
saw an angle he was ION his way" as
the boys say. This occurred Just after
passing the twelfth pole on the fifth
lap, and at a time when Rutt was
riding high on the bank. Kramer,
electing to ride this heat from in
front darted down ON the inside and
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04

have been so, for the boys and the
girls all around were saying how
lucky they were and how unfortunate
were those who were shut out. De-
spite the tremendous crowd, both in
side and outside, there wasn't dis
-turbance of any kind. Captain Cor
bally, of the Seventh precinct, man
aged the "angry mob" on the outside
like so many children and the Joy
Gus mob" inside, of course, didn't
need manager. The fact that some
thing like 10000 fans were congre-
gated up round the Velodrome and
not an argument occurred is evidence
that the patrons of cycling are par
ticularly orderly persons.
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The victory Of Kramer was decisive,
though Rutt protested that he was
fouled in the second heat. The Ger
man said Kramer swung wide just
before coming into the homestretch
on the last lap and thereby switched
him out of his stride. Kramer said
that if he rode wide at that particular
place he didn't know 1t. He had his
head down and racing for all he was
worth. he declared, but he said he
did feel Rutt's first wheel brush
against his shoe. Kramer also said
that one of the spokes in his first
wheel snapped at the turn into the
stretch, but that he had fouled Rutt
Intentionally or otherwise he refused
to admit for a minute. He won. he
said, on his merits, and he wasn't at
his best either, he declared. His back
was lame, he went on to say, and he
put on kidney plaster after the first
heat. Rutt, too complained of not
feeling fit. He said he wasn't feeling
Just right since his hard race of a
week ago in the 100-kilometer event
He was feverish he said, and he was
thirsty all the time. He said he didn't
want TO take any of the credit of VIC
tory away from Kramer, but he was
a little sore at the Yankee boy for
giving him wide ride. He admitted
that Kramer was clever as well as
speedy, but said he was also tricky.
He felt sure, he said, that he would
have given Kramer a closer battle in
the second heat if the race had been
truly run.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04

Rutt was fairly and squarely beaten
and Kramer deserves all the credit
for his great riding. Although the
time of each heat shows plainly that
the men were travelling at worlds
record gait, both men declared after
ward that they were not at their best.
In the first heat, Kramer rode the last
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-04

It was sad day for those Nelo-
drome regulars who arrived late.
Frank Million did everything possible
to satisfy evervsofiv he flnaily
gave up and ran 70 cover. .--1