Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-21

I Kramer celebration committee said
/ today that he would like to know Just
/ how many persons were going to at
| tend the dinner by o'clock Thursday
night. So far, Chairman O'BfIen said,
more than 500 tickets nave been dts
/ posed of, and he expected that the
| thousand mark would be reached be-
| fore the hour for closing the list had
! arrived. Those who intend to take in
| the dinner should make their desires
known as soon as possible. The re-
quests from East Orange. the home of
the champion, are below expecta tions,
1t is said. The committee is anxious
to have a thousand sit down TO dinner
in honor of Kramer, and SO are all of
the champions friends. So, bike fans,
make it o thousand and give the
greatest rider in the world a royal
welcome
o
The celebration committee has ar
ranged to have autographed photo
graphs of Champion Kramer as
souvenirs for the occasion. and the
musical program arranged by the
committee promises to be a genuine
scream. The program of song will be
as follows:
Edward Johnson. While the River |
of Love Flows On
Thomas Garrlt, Irish Tango
Frank Hurst, while the Angelus Is !
Calling"
William Corcoran, Hesitate Me |
Around. Bill" and You Can't Get t
Away from It"
Frank Hennings, IT Love a Lady
and This Is the Life.
The Velodrome Double Quartet will
sing Frank Kramer, the Great CycNe
King" which was written by Gus
Troxler and William Corcoran. Sew
eral famous composers will be at the
dinner, including Ted Snyder, Theo-
dore Moss and Ernest Ball. The lin
ner hour is set for Z o'clock. but 1t
will be about 1880 before the bell
rings.
C
just before Kramer rode his last
race in Paris he wrote me most
letter. in which he speaks
of his triumphs, his one defeat, and
expresses deep appreciation Of the
postal cards he received
from the fans in this country. He is
q rare old champion is Kramer, and
the citizens hereabouts could not pay
a better man respect. Surely, he
brought honor and glory to the State
should pay him a lasting tribute at
the banquet in his honor next Sat-
urday night. would say Come on,
boys let's all go to the Kramer din
ner and make it whopping success.
Let us show the country that New
Jersey is ever hospitable and ever
ready to pay her respects TO her citi-
GEMS" Frank Kramer is a good citi-
zen. He has been in the cycling and
at the head of the cycling game for {
years and years. and no one can ,
point finger at him. He is a credit
to his profession, and he will always
be champion in the hearts and eyes
Of the bike fan.
Kramer. in his letter to me. starts ,
of by saying, Hello. Joe," and then
proceeds.
We'll" the champion says, 81 am
now about ready to leave for home
and am so glad. I suppose you were i,
surprised at the last cable, as, of
course, you expected that was going
as had won all my matches so cas-
lily. the promoters felt that this match
would not draw, so they put on the
four-cornered match. | did not want
to ride this match. fearing that they
would all be teaming against me- but
found out that, as Hourlier was rid
ing the same bicycle that I was, he
could not possibly team with either
Frioi on Dupre. as they were riding
other make wheels. At that, | took :
no chances, and in each heat went
to the front two laps and stayed there
to the finish. 1t sure was hard rid
ing, but then won and that was all
] was after.
ITO show you how hard they made
me ride in the last heat, did the last
lap In IA AS. equalling my record. Inll
each heat a different man finished
second, In the first heat, Dupre was
second. with Friol third and Hourlier
fourth. The latter punctured, which
put him out of the running, In the
second heat, Hourlier was second,
with Friol third and Dupre last In
the third heat. Friol was second, with
Hourlier third aud Dupre last In
points / had three firsts or three
points; Friol was second with two
thirds and a second, s points; Hour
lier third with one second, a third and
a fourth, 8 points, and Dupre with
two fourths and u second, 10 points.
In each heat the man that / had on
my wheel finished second
Joe" Kramer continues, Il sure
am receiving a bunch of postals. I
saw your article in the Evening Star
In which you said l was homesick
and printed my Paris address. All of
the postals are New Jersey views,
with a great many of Newark and
East Orange. ! wish you would do
me big favor by publishing in your
Sport Topics my thanks to all the
fans who went TO so much trouble to
remember me during my stay here in
Europe. 1 certainly appreciated these
cards, for it made me feel as if were |
Il had my first workout on the |