Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26

A private cable from the Paris cor
respondent of the Evening Star CON
tains the information that Joe Fogler
Alfred Grenda and Jimmy Moran de-
feated Lapize, Comes and Engel In 6
teams match race at the Velodrome
d'Hivey yesterday From this --latest
renort Il is evident that our riders
were not in their true form when they
were beaten in a similar race a few
weeks ago Engel, 1t is said. is
great man in a teams race and that
he /. also a wonder behind tandems
AS that style of racing is going to be
very much in evidence in Newark next
season. perhaps Floyd Mcfarland
the general manager for the Cycle
Racing Association, may bring Engel
| over here. If he looks good, Mac" Is
sure to hook him UP, for MAC" In
letter to me, says the Newark rams
NAV look forward to the greatest
cycling season in history when the
bell rings for the opening meet. Mac
Farland is a Give wire" and he Is
! always doing big things. When he
comes back from Europe the fans can
stake their bottom dollar that the
big Fellow will have something IN
teresting to say to them.
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From Paris to the Evening Star
also comes the news that our Am
erican champion, Frank L. Kramer,
| is to ride his first match race next
Sunday and that his opponent will
be none other than his old-time rival,
Emil Friol. This match, according
to the advices, is attracting wide at
tention. for Friol is said to be round
ing into great condition and Kramer.
as is well-known, is always in shape.
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According to a letter relieved from
Kramer by Matthew L. O'Brien, the
local business man, the American
champion is not SO sure of him
self. Kramer says in his letter
to Mr.. O'Brien that he is feel
ing fine, but that he doesn't know
lust how we'll he will do in his
races. Kramer has always been that
way. and 1t was for that same reason
he earned the appellation of the
| Cold-footed Champion" In the same
letter, to show that is in pretty nifty
form, Kramer says that he has rid
den a lap at the Velodrome oliver
in fifteen seconds fiat, and that he
has ridden half lap in seven and
times with his best on the same track
last year, Kramer says that he rode
the lap at that time In fourteen and
three-fifth seconds and the half lap
in seven and one-flfth seconds. So,
in his present condition. and before
his first race, he is almost as good.
taking time as a criterion, as he was
last year, and he was simply flying
then. In the O'Brien letter Mr.. Kra-
mer wishes to be remembered to all
his friends and bemoans the fact that
the American riders, UP to the time
Of posting his missive, hadn't been
| DONG very wen.
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| In defending Jack Johnson, Tom
Flanagan. who was with the champion
when he fought Jim Jeffries at Reno,
states a few facts that certainly go
to prove that johnson, If nothing else,
is a game man. Flanagan, who Is
writing a special column for a
Toronto paper, says that he has re-
ceived a letter from the champion In
which IL is stated that johnson did
break his arm in his bout with Jim
Johnson, another colored scrapper, in
Paris. In discussing Johnson as a
fighter, Flanagan touches on the
mans gameness and he presents a
| few facts that are quite true. TN
going through ten rounds with Jim
Johnson with a broken arm, Jack dis
Flanagan, but where he showed true
grit was in his fight with Jeffries at
| Reno, where he went into the ring
with a smile on his face and came out
] a bISpltO bliC SIOTlte
circulated to the effect that he would
be killed If he won"
O.
Having been a visitor to Reno at
the time Flanagan refers to. why, |
must bear Flanagan out in his state
/ ment AS far as johnson was con-
cerned on that occasion he proved
himself to be a great, game man.
He went into the ring a rather de-
spised black man, with ninety-nine
out of every hundred present clamor-
ing for his scalp, yet he never showed
sign of fear, although for several
minutes before the start of the battle
he bore evidence of the usual ring
nervousness. The fight once on
though, Johnson spruced up and be-
gan a victorious attack on the "un-
defeated champion" How Johnson
won that bout is history, but he has
never been given much credit for the
, victory. Before the contest he was
on the short end Of the betting, with
Jeffries q pronounced favorite at II
to 6. After the contest there was
small praise for Johnson, the opinion
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