Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-14
Yankee Cyclist Has Met But
Two Defeats in Sixteen
Races.
FOREIGN CRACKS BEATEN
FrioI, Pouchois, Lapize, Hour
Iier, Bailey and Dupre Among
the Victims.


was the most successful of the four
campaigns this great rider has had
on the tracks of Europe. He COM
peted in sixteen races during the
three and a half months he was
abroad and met with but two defeats
In the ten match races in which the
Yankee started, he came through
with flying colors. With the excep-
ton of three of these match events
he won them all in straight heats
Twice he was disqualified after win
ming for foul riding, and both offenses
were unintentipnal. He started IN
two open scratch races at sprint dis
tances and won them. In three races
he went out of his class and in one
of these races he was defeated. Two
OF them were 100 kiiometer team
races and one a tandem-paced race
He won the tandem paced event and
was defeated in one of the long teams
races, more through teamwork than a
lack of speed to win.
He started in one handicap race
and finished sixth, but his time, taken
individually, was two-fifths of a Sec
ond better than the worlds record.
In a novel race, in which Kramer rode
against a tandem team, he was VIC
torious. Two star European riders
were mounted on the tandem, one of
them being Joe Van Bever, the sprint
champion OF Belgium.
Many Stars Among victims.
Among the great riders who fell be-
fore the speed of the American cham
pion ana former worlds champion
were Emil Frlol, one-time holder of
the worlds title; Julian Pouchois. of
France; Van Bever, of Belgium;
Otto, OF Holland; Octave Lapize, of
France, the long-distance champion
of his country; Hourlier the sprint
champion of France; Ceasor. the
champion of Italy; Sargent. of
France; Stol, of Holland; Bill Bailey,
the great English rider, who has held
the amateur worlds championship
four times, and Victor Dupre, of
France, a former worlds champion.
The Yankees greatest Victories were
in the Prize Conseil General, the Eas-
ter Prize and his match with Hour
lier. He did not los ca race in which
the competition was at his style of
riding. and his supremacy over the
best of the sprinters of Europe. with
the one exception, of Walter Rutt, the
worlds champion, is greater than ever
before. He did not meet Rutt, and
whether or not he is the master of the
great German eyclist will be deter
mined later here in Newark.
Most Brilliant Trip Ever.
I.t-
abroad this has been more brilliant
than those of other years. Each
year in Europe has. seen Kramer fast
er and nearer an absolutely invincible
athlete. In 1906 Kramer won fifteen
races, but he was defeated in eight
match races and was unplaced in
three open scratch races. In one of
the scratch races, the Grand Prize de
Plaques, Rutt shut him out in one of
the semi-finals. Last year he was
beaten in the Prize Conseil General
by Hourlier and Thorwald Ellegaard,
the celebrated Dane who has held the
worlds title six times
Kramer's first match of the cam
paign just ended was with Friol, one
of the best match-race riders the
world has ever seen. In the first
heat the Yankee was disqualified for
dumping" the Frenchman, but he
came right back and took the two fol-
lowing heats in a most convincing
manner In his second match a week
later he took the scalp of Pouchols,
who was at that time in better form
than any sprinter In Europe. Pou-
chois went down to defeat in straight
heats. Following his victory over
Pouchois, Kramer started in a 400
meter handicap and broke the worlds
record, although defeatd.
FrioI Falls Second Time.
In Paris, February Is. Kramer met
Friol a second time and again it re-
CURED three heats before the Yankee
was declared the victor. His next
match was in Brussels. Belgium, and
Van Bever got a taste of the Yam
kee's wonderful speed. With the idea
of testing the limit of the Yankees
speed a match against tandem was
staged after his defeat of Van Bever
in straight heats. Van Bever and
Otto rode on the tandem and Kramer
again won an easy victory,
Going out of his element, Kramer
rode a. tandem paced race at various
distances with LapiZe, In Paris, March
1 Kramer won after riding three
sensational heats. The following Sun
day, in a 100-kilomter team race, in
Brussels, Kramer, riding with Van
He-svaert. % Belgium. was returned
winner. The Yankee rode the
anal sprint and romped away from
dozen riders from various countries,
Adds H0urlier to List.
Hourlier was the next victim of
Kramer's speed. In Paris, March 20.
in a French style match, Hourlier
went down to defeat. The American
won all three heats, but was disquali-
fed for dumping" in the first heat.
In Geneva, Switzerland, March 20,
Moretti lost a match to Kramer in
straight heats. Moretti is the present
Italian champion and rated one of the
best men in Europe In sprint races
IT was in Paris April 1, that Kramer
met his only defeat in a scratch race,
and it was brought about by teaming
of a most fragrant nature. Against
riders who would have fallen easy vic
tins a five-man combination pre-
cluded any attempt to take the race.
The contest was a team affair and
Kramer's partner was Thys, the win
ner of the Tour of France last year.
The event was at 100 kilometers (621z
iniles).
Wins Point Race at Brussels.
The following day Kramer went to
Brussels and took point match from
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