Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-28


he took away your honors. But [
honestly think you ought to have
more time, as those sea legs won't
be very much Strengthened out by
then, and Rutt might have some adj
vantage over you on that account.
Well, j. p. N, I saw you for the
first time two weeks ago, and never
knew you were SO near me all the
while S. o. & Co, where do you sit,
anyway? Yours truly,
BIKE BUG,
New York.
Naturally, l would pick Kramer,
and judging from your letter, the
champion would appear to be your Sc
lection.
g
This letter is sure to create much
gossip, for the admirers Of Jackie
Clark will tell you that 1.-The Rocket"
is the most popular cyclist riding at
tho Velodrome:
East Orange, April 20, 1914.
]. p. N:
Some ume ago wrote you in regard
to having q popularity contest among
the riders at the Velodrome, but to-
day l have q different opinion of this
contest. There is no need of @
popularity contest among the riders,
as one can readily see that the most
popular and most talked OF rider OF
the day is Frank l.. Kramer. AS
have also sad, you can bring all
your so-called champions and put
them up against Our king, but not
one has the ability of Kramer. lie
has met. with appreciation in every
place he has been, and Will be the
most popular athlete for some time
to come, even though ne does give
up the bike game.
/ for one am overjoyed at the sue
cess he has made in Europe, and
sincerely hope that he will beat Rutt
and l think he will. Rutt is a splen-
did rider, but | have seen Kramer
ride too often to say that Rutt will
have the advantage over him. If il
should turn out that Rutt does beat
him, l am sure that it will be be-
cause he is in poor form.
| saw "Hetty Green" the other day
and he claimed that he is going to
write some more news for your
column. They all come back, don't
they. j. p. NJ
S. o. & Co. certainly did write one
interesting item in regard to Kramer
the other night, and / for one APP
preciate the spirit shown for our
great "Champer." Let's hope every
one else takes as much interest In
the welfare of the "Champer" as q
few of his admirers do.
After seeing Kramer race again
one can tell more intelligently What
they think of him, but I surmise that
he is even faster than last year from
what l hear.
L a |.
though 1t is a preposterous one, il
might happen. and as l am from
Missouri. I'd like to know. There is
match race, three men participat.
ing, A wins the first heat and B wins
the second heat, wins the third
heat. The forth heat is a tie be.
tween A and c. and a fifth heat has
to be run. VIII B be allowed tC
participate in this heat or is he en-.
tirely out of the race?-
Trusting to see Kramer beat then
all this year. I am with best regards
Yours in soo~t,
SAME BIKE F'ANNESS.
In the match race you cite, B would
naturally be eliminated. but in som,
sports the contestants race on unit
two heats have been won.
&
That ten seconds for a hundred
yards is likely to be beaten with reg
ularity in time is foreshadowed IL
the wonderful speed being shown b,
Howard Drew, the colored flyer Her,
is youngster who has been credited
with doing 8 3-5 seconds for the hun
bred out in California, and who las
night covered ninety yards in Brook
lyn in the record time of 9 is seconds
| Marvellous, it must be admitted, ant
the doubts that have been cast on tn
colored boys time in the West ar
sure to be eliminated now that he ha
shown us in the East his wonderful
speed. Drew has chosen the Univer
sity of Southern California as hi
place of education. but he got hi
early training in the Springfield
(Mass.) High School. AS an athlet
he will bring much fame and atten
ton to his alma mater, and he |
said to be a fine little gentleman be
sides.
&
The oxford team won the honor
in the Penn relays on Saturday an
to the English should go all the credi
in the world for their fine perfor
nance The fact that Taber, a
American, was on the English tear
did not add to the victory in the least
for Madeira led Taber by twelv
yards in their scr,mmage over tn
mile. For many reasons it is we
that Taber was beaten in his shar
of the work, for there are many mar
row Americans who would be quic
to rob the foreigners of their honor
If the Yankee runner had shown t
advantage. The race was clean, bu
England won it, and England shout
be proud of her achievement.
C
In A. N. S. Jackson, England ha
wonderful miller, and the fact tina
Wallace McCurdy gave him such a
argument right up to the tape doesn
mean as much as it would at frs
seem to indicate. True it is that Mo
Curdy ran a wonderful race under TIL
track conditions, but would he hav
. given Jackson such a hard fight
: the weather had been fair and tn
track fast? We would answer n,
| jackson, with his long stride. was &
big disadvantage, while McCurd,
who is a. natural plugger, seemed
revel in the mud, as the smart 81
will tell you at the race track. Jacl
,- oOd wan fairly and thel