Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-24

his chums, Champion Kramer was
all smiles this morning as friends
greeted him as the big ocean grey
hound Mauretania swung into her
dock. The Yankee champion looked
like a time winner and was
as happy as a boy at marble time.
He was kind to everybody, and he
was even kind to those who have been
contemptibly unklnd to him. He
talked freely of his European visit.
foreign trips. His happiest moment
in many moons. he said. was when he
got his first glimpse of the Statue of
Liberty. He almost cried with joy, he
said, he was so tickled to see the
"Old Girl" again.
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Kramer called at the Evening Star
office to pay his respects to some of
the boys with whom he Is very
He is still the champion of
old, and he is happy to be back, and
his friends. who are going to give a
banquet in his honor at the Kruger
Auditorium tomorrow night, are de-
lighted to be in a position to pay him
homage. The dinner, by the way, Is
an assured success, reports to the
contrary Notwithstanding. Covers
will be laid for about 700, and John
M. Lederer, the caterer. has kindly
extended the limit of time for those
who may want to attend the Kramer
affair until tonight at 8 o'clock So.
come on. boys, go up to the Kruger
and meet Kramer, the
greatest cyclist in the world and the
man who has put the city Of Newark
and the State of New Jersey on the
map over in Europe. Kramer has
earned his honors well, and there
ought to be 1000 persons to greet him
at the dinner tomorrow night. Bike
fans, you have until tonight at
o'clock to make good How about
you?
The first man to greet Kramer was
Frank Million, his employer and his
friend. They had breakfast together
after the ship had landed. Others to
greet the champion were Matthew l..
O'Brien. chairman of the celebration
and Harry f. Beldon and
Edwin G. Koenig Mr.. O'Brien's team
mates; Floyd Mcfarland, Charles |
w. Johnson and Howard Freeman. |
Kramer said he had been treated roy
ally abroad, but he said he certainly |
enjoyed the picture postal cards to
the number of about 500 which had
been mailed to him by friends and !
admirers. Kramer said he wished to
thank those who had remembered !
him so kindly through the Newark |
Evening Star.
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In talking about his races on the
other side, Kramer said the man who
had given him the hardest race was
Polledri the italian. The champion
met Polledri In the semi-final Of the
Easter Prize. Kramer declared that
Polledri was a much improved rider,
and admitted that the italian had
given him all he wanted. The cham
pion said he was not sure whether he
would meet Walter Rutt in a weeks
time 81 will not meet him until /
am flt," Kramer said, land will not
know whether I am fit until a week
yet" However, he promised Man
ager mcfarland to let him know
he would race Rutt on May
3, next Tuesday.
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Kramer said he was riding faster
now than at any time during his
And that Is going some, we
remarked. He said that BIZ Bailey Is
a good man, and he will be better
one before the present season is over.
Bailey wants to come to this country,
Kramer said, and he sent over a prop
osltion with the champion. Jack Ne
vile, Kramer's trainer, did not come
on the same boat with the champion.
Jack will arrive tomorrow on La
Provence, Kramer said, and this was
because Neville had to
wait and bring over Ave new French
bicycles with which the champion eX-
poets to burn up the track this sum-
mer.
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But the best story Is the story told
OF how kramer greeted the Statue OF
Liberty. 1t Is told in this manner;
When the giant Mauritania
steamed slowly up the harbor this
morning leaving behind a cloud of
heavy black smoke, which shut from
view everything in her wake, there
stood upon her forward deck a young
man anxiously scanning the sea and
nearer and nearer gradually the blue
haze marking the skyline of New
York gave way to more defined
outline of the famous buildings of
Gotham. When the green of Gov
ernor's Island and the soldiery, with
their shining rifles, were sharply TO-
cused to the naked eve. the young
man turned. and, casting his eyes to
the left removed his hat, displaying
a shock of curly, straw colored hair
He bowed reverently. Then a smile
"a smile OF JOY and deep apprecia-
tlon-crept over his features, and his
strong chin protruded beyond the
outline of his deep chest. That young
man was Frank l., Kramer. and that
moment was the greatest In his
career. 1t was the one moment of all
moments that Frank Kramer will
never forget.
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