Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-16

The match race between Frank
Kramer. the American champion, and
Jackie Clark. 1.-The Australian Rock
ct" set down for the Newark Velo-
drome tomorrow afternoon has stir
red up the natives to even a greater
extent than did those wonderful
Kramer Rutt matches. The fact that
Clark has been riding so we'll and
that he is so full Of confidence has
helped to swell his following, and
many fan who never could see but
one man in the race is now giving
Clark more than a passing chance.
It is strange, but true, that even
some of the bike riders are string1ng
along with Jackie. who surely Is
showing rare speed in his strenuous
workouts. Clark is making this
match the match of his life. He never
was so careful before and he never.
in all his career. prepared for a
match so seriously. He has been on
the dot with everything. He has
been going to bed at 9 at night and
he has been getting up at Z in the
morning. In his training stunts at
the track he has gone 10 extremes,
if anything, but he is such a strong
little fellow that he can stand a lot
of hard work and thrive on it. Clark
has prepared well for this battle. He
can hardly have an excuse II he Is
beaten. He says he Is fit and ready
and that he will win, so all we can
do is to wait and see.
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The showing that Clark makes
against Kramer will depend entirely
on how the race is ridden. Before
hand. we would say that Kramer is
sufficiently clever to make Clark ride
Just as the champion sees At, but
Jackie, in doing Kramers bidding in
this respect, may blunder badly. II
Clark is to beat Kramer the opinion
Is general that he must race from in
front and that he must set a stif
pace. To race from the rear. the
critics say. Is suicide for Jackie. Well,
In my opinion. that all depends.
Deep down In hts heart believe that
Clark has thoroughly made up his
mind that ne would have a better
chance from the rear If the race is
ridden TO suit him. than from IN
front. I believe that Jackie would
like to follow Kramer around to the
twelfth pole without making a move,
and then, in the middle Of the far
turn, to come out, as Kramer did
against Rutt, and take a chance that
he will be able to whip around the
champion. Maybe that way Of bat
ting is farthest from Clark's
thoughts, but imagine that he will
take chance that way-if he gets
a chance that way-for such a VIC
tory would not only be spectacular,
but 1t would be decisive.
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But how Clark rides his race win
be really up TO Kramer That is an
assured fact. Kramer is the general
the past master Of track tactics. He
can make Jackie go to the front or
he can go to the front himself. just
as he wills. He will vedy likely take
a. hand at both methods tomorrow.
He will probably race Clark from in
front one heat and from the rear in
another heat, and he expects to beat
him in two straight heats. Kramer
is not worrying over the outcome. In
fact. the champion doesn't worry like
he used to in the old days. He has
become convinced that he is the best
man in the world on q bike and he
is letting everything come up to him.
He told me he felt sure he would beat
Clark. In fact, when tried to agree
with him that Clark had great speed
and might show him the way homo
the champion laughed out loud. 1t
was a brand new caper for him, for
Kramer always gives everybody a
chance. Still he doesn't think Clark
has a ghost Of a show.
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It doesn't seem possible that Clark
can defeat Kramer, despite all the
favorable comment in regard TO Jack
les speed and condition. The "old