Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
OLD FAMILIAR CRY OF
KRAMER WHIST" UPSET
BYLITTLE JACKIECLARK
Australian Rocket" Accompanies Notable
Triumph Over Bike King After Losing
First Heat of Great Match.
TUMULTUOUS APPLAUSE FOR VICTOR
BY ]. P. NJ

BY J. +. NJ
Amid the widest sort of jubilation
and before crowd Of some 10000
persons, the unusual sight of Jackie
Clark, "the Australian Rocket" show
ing Frank L. Kramer, the American
champion, the way home In the last
two heats of three-heat individual
match race was Witnessed at the
Newark Velodrome yesterday after
noon It was more than an unusual
sight-it was a rare sight-and 1t was
the first time, by the way, that Kra-
mer had ever been beaten In such
contest on his own stamping ground.
Men of fame in the cycling game
have been brought from all corners Of
Europe to give battle to Kramer, but
the "old Master" big Steve" and
the "Champer," names by which
Kramer Is affectionately and familiar
iy known, always came out trium-
phant. "Kramer wins!" has been an
old story for years and years. He
had won go often, SO easily, so deci-
Sively, that no matter what the form
or what the speed Of daring OPP
penents Kramer has invariably been
looked upon as invlncible. But the
day came-the beautiful Sabbath day
of the seventeenth of May-and, woe
and behold, along comes Little
Jackie Clark and smashes the old and
familiar tradition, "You can't beat
Kramer nohow," to smithereens. 1t
was a notable triumph for Clark, and
the fans, one and all, paid him an
honor by their long, sincere and
Numultuous applause that he should
not forget in a hurry.
G
This one defeat OF Kramer, while
b hard blow, no doubt, to the cham
pion himself and his army of fol-
lowers, doesn't mean, in the least. the
passing or even show of declining
speed of the greatest cyclist that
evel rode wheel The way the race
was lost It doesn't mean a thing: yet
Il may mean a lot. 1t may be the
old story of q gallant effort and q
final effort, and it may mean that
Clark from now on will prove Kra-
sner's master. That's Just the way
the world goes round. One victory
and q, new champion Is made. One de-
feat and the old champion is through.
Such Is history, and history is sad
old bird for repeating herself. How
ever that may be- there Is no such
Thoughts in Kramer's mind. He feels
that 1t is all one big mistake-that
Clark didn't win the race, but that
he tossed the victory to him. II that
ss so. Clark. It can be said without
fear of contradiction, Is very thank
suI. for who wouldn't feel thankful
rs the recipient of all the fuss that
was made over Jackie after his VIC
Aorious ride? Kramer may have
tossed the race away, but the fact
that Clark picked up the victory is
what counts. To win is the thing,
and II Clark won through Kramer's
inferior show of generalship, the VIC
4or-v Is none the less sweet, for If
there is one thing more than an
other for which Kramer has been
given rare credit, it has been for his
display of brains as well as Drawn.
G.
The real story is not that Clark
won the race, but that Kramer was
beaten. If the champion simply
e'pulled a Barry" as the boys say
we shall soon find 1t out. for the men
have been rematched to race Wednes-
dny night at the same track and at
an appointed hour. Then we VIII be
able to Judge more fully, more surely,
3llst how truly the race was run.
Until then we would say that Clark
as well deserving of all the praises
that are being heaped upon him for
his two great rides. He beat Kra-
ner. and he was the first one to beat
him hereabouts. He has had many
trials. of course, and he has felt the
citing of defeat time and time again.
All the more credit. We would say,
for his victory yesterday Then, too,
Clark won after he had been beaten
beaten easily-in the first heat, which
must have shattered some Of his
nerves and some of his hopes, for
Clark went into the race against
Kramer yesterday chock full OF con-
fidence, and he fully expected to de-
feat the champion. But after his
sorry exhibition in the first heat,
few, if any, gave him a Chinaman's
chance. Clark not only showed a
lack Of speed, but complete alb
q. zee of Judgment. Kramer not only
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