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Show KRAMER SENDS IN - HIS ENTRY EOR BOM America's Sprint Champion Puts Down Name for Annual Grind. NEW YORK, Nov. !. Frank Kramer haa been algned up to rlda In the six-day rare at Mad- I eon Hotter 4rden during th week of December 1-T. HI entry haa been sought by the management for th but month. but It waa not until Kramer convinced blmaelf that he waa fit for th long grind that he decided to go. For th laat three weeks Kramer Kra-mer haa been putting In hard Hcka at the Newark track, taking special care of hi knees, which bothered him ao In th laat yeare event. Now that th seventeen time champion cham-pion haa declared himself, every rider In th rare want hire aa a partner, for It will b the sprinter, and not the plugger. who will gather the points for the big money, and Kramer atanda alone aa a winner of abort distance events. I The .JJowker, brothtrtijejtx an&j George, la the laleat entry. It will be their first appearance In a New York race. They hav been In six-day events In Boston and Newark. The Bowker boya ar from In wood, Long Island. Th race thla year haa an evenly balanced field. Mom of th beat teams are McNsmara and Magln, Corry and Drobacb, Hanley and La wren rs. 8 pears and Orenda. Carman and De Baetea. Bell and Madonna, Orlmm and Thomaa. Chapman and Wiley, and Weber and Katon. Th prise money will amount to 110,000. Th preliminary program arranged for Saturday Includes a ten-mile motor pacM event. In which the champion of th United Htatea, Prance, Italy and Australia will ride behind motors that will b tuned up to circle th ten-lap saucer track under a mile a minute. The main event la to be a race of five ne-mlle heat a, under a point system. In which are entered Frank Kramer, th American champion aprlnter; Bobby Bob-by Bpeara of Australia: Francisco Verti, th greatest rider ever sent here from Italy, and Marcel Irnpey, the champion of Franc. Thla race la to be a thorough teat for every entrant. Kach man will ride In four heata. Thla la made poaaible by a different rider reeling up In each of th first heata and all five meeting In the fifth and final heat at one mile. The winner of each of th flrat fir beau will score five points, th second three and th third on. For th amateur there will be a half-mile handicap and a two-mile guiaaii iac. |