Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-27

Kramer, and he hopes you will know
what he means.
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The auditorium was filled with
tables. and nearly every seat was
taken. Some of those having tickets
failed to appear. and more than 100
persons were turned away because
, they didn't have cards of admittance.
The committee held off as long as it
possibly could before giving the guar
antee order to Caterer Lederer, d
those who were disappointed at being
shut out have only themselves to
blame. Those who were present were
happy and enjoyed an evening of
rare pleasure. To the Elks. who pro-
duced the first part of their recent
minstrel show, cheers were given,
and William Corcoran and Gus TroN-
Ter. who composed the song. Frank
Kramer the Great Cycle King" came
in for praise. Ted Snyder. the cele-
hrated composer along with Frank
Hennings and Eddie Johnson. the
cabaret entertainer. amused the
diners With music and with song.
G
When the banqueters had been
seated shortly after the appointed
hour. and those at the speakers table
had taken their places, Kramer
linked arms with Chairman O'Brlen'
marched down the centre aisle ana
over to the place OF honor at the
right of the postmaster As Kramer
entered the aud. forum the applause
that greeted him was at once spon-
taneous, prolonged and sincere The
name of Kramer rang out from every
throat and the bands played against
each other in a most resounding man
ner. The cheering and clapping lasted
for minutes and order was only re-
stored through the able efforts OF
Toas tmaster McManus, who opened
the proceedings by saying grace in
short meter. Then, with the situation
in hand, Mr.. McManus spoke Of
kramer as a oyclisr, as clean-living
man. and he compared other great
athletes with Kramer, but could not
find in any of them the wonderful
ability that was always in evidence
an the bike king. He pointed out how
the Yankees IN sports had beaten the
best men in every country in the
world, but on top of this he declared
that Kramer, in his mind, was the
greatest athlete of the time. Mr.. Nc
Manus introduced Amos G. Batch
elder as the speaker of the evening,
and Mr.. Batchelder, who was the first
chairman OF the National Cycling AS
ISOLATION, and had devoted most of
the early years of his life to cycling.
made an address that hristled with
nice things about the guest of honor
and about others who were present.
lie spoke about the game as he knew
il years ago and its great hold on the
people of Newark, and he paid
Kramer n deserving compliment when
| he said that the success of the game
at the present time was due in large
measure to the clean, honest methods
of the champion. lie spoke of the sport
as a good sport and as a healthful
sport, and he declared it would never
have been so big if 1t hadn't been
honest and II it hadn't been for
Kramer.
1T was way back in the day Of
Arthur Zimmerman that l first be-
came interested in cycling" Mr..
! Batchelder said. AT that time | was
living in u little western New York
town and became quite a local celeb
rity when l purchased one of those
ancient 'dreadnoughts' called a racing
wheel. 1t cost me $50. VIII oh was at
the rate of a dollar pound. At that
me the chap who was the proud
possessor of a b Ike was a person to
be envied. A year later I was stick
ing" type alongside of my old friend,
j. p. N. on a Buffalo newspaper, and
II was then that first became inter
ested Ia the rae ng game ! was ap-
pointed the otlic al hand eapper in my
Wheelmen, and then il was that my
trouble in life first began; but my
troubles as a Handicapped We're slight
compared to what I had to face as
the chairman of the Nat onal Cycling
Assoc alton. l was in tn thick of the
fight when the ders Withdrew from
the League of Amer can Whee,men
and the boys gave me the h CHEST
posit on at their disposal when the
NV organization was formed. Floyd
MaeFarla"d and l did most of the
battl ng ana 20 Floyd goes he credit
for much of the success There were
times when things looked very dis
NAL, but Big Mac never wavered,
and must say that he is a great fell
low to have working with you when