Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22

Iver Lawson appeared, and when it
came to real speed and ability to
start quickly it is questionable if any
rider of today, with the exception of
/ Goullet could cope with this great
natural riding Lawson. Still with
MacFarland's assistance Lawson had
to bow to the mighty Kramer
! Then came Willie Fem, and we
heard that Fem was pulling Kra-
mer so fast he could not hold ON,
and the people here in Newark con-
WINGED Fem that he was actually
going SO fast that Kramer needed
a rope. The result was Fem went
to Paris and told the Frenchmen and
they bet some coin, only to lind out
that Fem was no better than Law
son, Cooper, Stevens, Taylor ana the
rest.
Jackie Clark had MacFsrland and
three years ago Al Goullet pulled him
in every championship race till Au-
gust 81.
As to Alfred Goullet l wish him
well. L really believe he is the great
est rider contending with our cham
pion. When in fit condition Goullet
can show his heels to all, even to
Kramer, unless the latter is IN per-
feet form.
To our friend Rutt, we simply re-
fer him to the many times Kramer
has had to race Clark and Goullet
in matches and never lost one of
their three cornered matches. / also
ask him if he thinks Kramer has
had an easy time lighting a train
with Hill, Fogler and Goullet all pull
ing Clark an entire season?
We also had the pleasure of see
ing Friol, the greatest match rider
ever here.
Now, Mr. j. P. N, / claim that
any man who can train faithfully
for seventeen years, who leads o
clean life, who rides an honest and
straight race, is deserving of praise
and the best wishes of any man.
But when, in addition to that, he
can defeat in the fourteen years every
rider of every nationality under all
conditions, including Taylor, Lawson,
Cooper, Stevens, Eaton, Clarke, GouE
let, Grenda, Rutt, Ellegaard, Friol
Poulain and the rest he deserves
praise and honest recognition.
And now l ask any man who has
gone to the races for fourteen years
to tell me three occasions when they
have witnessed any rider out in front
contending with Kramer actually de-
feat him In other words, when the
positions at the eighth pole were
equal who has ridden to victory?
He has lost races due to nnfavorable
positions, but not to lack of speed.
Many times you hear that he can
not ride in the long, hard races, but
he has won more 25-mile races than
all of the othrs put together.
Hoping Mr.. MacFarland will give
us a pursuit race, with Kramer and
Goullet matched as a team against
Rutt, Clark and Cavanagh, I am
A KRAMERITE, WHO ADMIRES
GOULLET.
p. S.-Why did Kramer not receive
the victory in the pursuit race? He
gained one-sixth of mile ON Grenda
up to the finish of the race.
Kramer didn't win the pursuit race
and he didn't gain a sixth of mile
on him, either. He gained 40 yards,
and the men were an equal distance
apart when the race fell. Your COM
munication, if printed in full, would
take up two columns in space.
O.
Praise for Kramer and Goullet are
contained in the following communi-
cation:
J. p. NJ:
I'm here again with my monthly
boost for our great old champion.
That was some race he rode on
Thursday night. / don't think they
should make him ride another how
ever. They're too strenuous Glad
Goullet is riding so well, because,
next to Kramer. he's the class in
every respect Am confident that odd
Steve" will show him the way in a
match race, and sincerely hope he
does. With three more cheers and
continued success to Frank l.. Kra-
mer, I am, yours truly,
KRAMER FANNEss.
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Even as. O. & Co." feel as if
Referee Ross pulled a Barry by
allowing Spears to come through on
the pole last Sunday and not fine and
disqualify him. The letter:
Newark, July 20, 1914.
]. P. NJ:
When a few days ago Referee Ross
disqualified Walter Rutt for cutting
through on the pole, although we
were inclined to favor the German,
as he was pressed hard, we admitted
Ross was right. But, Sunday Spears
deliberately cut through on the pole
and should have been disqualified
for doing so, although the majority
of the experts thought he would get
away with 1t.
The Goullet- Kramer-Rutt ten-mile
tandem paced affair proved once
more that Goullet, when in form, is
unbeatable. The Australian is get
ting in the rare form he was in in
1912, when in Salt Lake City he was
creating new worlds records. We
are not of the opinion of some ex-
perts that Goullet at the present time
is able to beat Kramer. Give him
chance and if he should win it would
be no dishonor to the champion, as
he would lose to the youngest and the
most formidable rider in the world.
The interest with which the pur-
suit race was followed last Thurs
day proves once more how much the
fans like such events. AS a matter
of fact the pursuit race is a fair,
honest, sure test of a riders ability,
strength and sprinting qualities. We
admit 1t Is a killing race and We are
sure the riders we're praying to Plu-
vius to save them from such a Cruel
ling affair. With the kind permits
sion of the professional riders we
would like to suggest another pur-
suit race that looks like a handicap
race:
Kramer, Goullet, Spears, Clark,
Grenda, Moretti, on scratch, VS.. Dro-
bach, Thomas, Cameron, Pye, Ander-
son, Walker, Kopsky, Jay Eaton, f.
Hill, on $50 yards
l. In this race teaming should be al
lowed and one of the two class