Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-19

FRANCIS Oulmet, our open gOl
champion, is making good in the biz
amateur golf tourney in England
This, too, despite his rather poor play
previous to his match in the opening
round yesterday, when he performed
in brilliant style. Ouimet defeated
his man, and he played so well tina
he is now an equal favorite will
Harold Hilton. Both men are to 1
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The defeat of Jerome D. Traver:
in his final match in the tourney was
big disappointment. He was looked
upon as having a chance second tc
none in the competition, and was
favorite along with Hilton before
play began. He was beaten, though
and at match play, his stronghold
Such is the luck in sports. It was
about as severe a shock as Kramer
defeat at the hands of Clark.
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The Cycle Racing Association, which
means Messrs. Million and Uppercu,
are signing a contract today, l I'M
derstand, with the F. & D. Company,
which means Madison Square Garden,
to conduct six-day bike races in the
big New York arena for the next five
years. The provisions of the contract,
1 understand, call for the Cycle Rae
ing Association to run the six-day
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to share on a two-thirds and one
third basis, the larger amount going
to the Garden people. There will be
no rent charged for the building and
the cycle Racing Association will
furnish the riders. This may ease the
minds of a lot of persons who were
contemplating an OUTLAW" movement
with William Wellman, who is the
manager of Madison Square Garden,
as the backbone.
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While the cycling men are at 1t, an
agreement will also be signed where
by the Brighton Beach and Philadel-
phia tracks will be controlled by the
the franchises of Messrs. Million and
Uppercu will be used and the same
riders who race at the Velodrome
and the other Cycle Racing ASS 1eia-
ton tracks will perform also at
Brighton Beach and Philadelphia.
sprint bike track is being built at
Brighton and it will be completed in
few DAYS The first meet there Is
scheduled for May 80. Everything
will be settled at Philadelphia his
afternoon, according to informant n
given me, and racing will begin in the
Quaker City in a week or so.
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When everything is settled and all
concerned know just where they are
at, p. T. Powers, who did all the
dirty work" when the warning fac
tions were brought together last
year, will probably want to know
where he gets off. Powers, it seems,
was promised an interest in the New
York six-day, but the matter has
never been fixed up. The fact that
Whitman and the F. & D. Company
are now in on the proposition makes
it appear as if Powers was not to be
considered. If this is the case, it
isn't fair, for Powers brought a
reconciliation that practically saved
the game in this city. And the big
men of the cycling game will do well
not to double-cross Powers. He has
great influence when it counts most,
and I heard a big man say that if P.
T. Powers wasn't manager of the
New York six-day race next Deem
Der, there wouldn't be any such race.
And I believe it,
Frank Kramer is to race Jackie
Clark again, and the outcome of their
contest tomorrow night at the open
ing meet at the Velodrome is sure
to prove whether Kramer is the same
old king or whether he has lost his
cunning. His race Sunday was not a
regular Kramer race. His judgment
was poor in the second heat, and he
didn't use even horse sense in the
third heat. This show of inferior in
telligence, we take it, came about
through overconfidence, for in the
first heat Kramer displayed all his
old-time skill, and won without an
effort. He outwitted Clark and out
sprinted him, and the race seemed
to be over then and there. In the
second heat Kramer made his late
bid, but he came up that home
stretch like a lightning shot, and he
thought he had won. Beaten, he was
miffed, and declared no doubt, to
himself that he would race the same
way again and prove his contention
that he had won before and could do
it again. All this, l imagine, is what
ran through Kramer's mind. He tried
again the same tactics, and he lost,
and this time he was beaten surely,
though by inches only.
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Kramer's race was not his race at
all. He had the speed all right, as
he showed by the way he made up
ground in his last mad dash. He
used poor judgment, though, which
is a strange thing for him. Kramer
feels keenly his defeat, of course, but
he viii say very little about the race.
He admits he pulled a Barry" and
he confesses he will not do it again.
His efforts tomorrow might well be
watched with interest. He has taken
the worst of it so often in match
races and beaten his opponent that il
has become second nature to him.
Hn rides frnrn the rear and rnakas