Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-08-02 | Page 7 | Eastern Bike Fans Say Lawson Hasn't a Chance

EASTERN BIKE FANS SAY LAVS0S!rT A CHANCE CBpecial to Tha Tslegrem.) JTBWABX, A D. t- The lwwao-CUrke-Xrainer naach rfccaa ara exciting excit-ing almost aa Brack lutsisat kara aa la Bait Lake. Tha local admiral of Jackie Olarka and frank Kramar ara hanking thair rnvorltsa and tkara will ba a btf boaek of moosy ehaaga kaada aa tha raaalt of thaaa matchea. " Peculiar aa It may sum, sot a dollar la bing bat on Lawaoa kara ia tha aaa. Tha sport kara figure tha eVwad a'avt of tha raea bafora ha atarta, but toia la ana to tha yoar ehowing Irar mad a kara ia tha spring at tha opening of tha Newark Talodnaaa. Lawaoa at that ttma was fa and owing to tha smuaoally oald spring tha ex-world eaanipion, who ia esaaotlally a warm weather rider, had absolutely aa ehaaoa to gai Into akapa. Te local aportiag expert, how ewer, figure that Lawaoa has a Ana ehance to trim both Clarke and Kramer and they would not ba tba least surprised if tba Swede sopped tha bacoa. They figure the Swede 'a ehaneea in thia way i Lawaoa knows every board la tha Salt Palace track, ha is thoroughly thor-oughly acclimated, be has rot a great head for match riding aa aa eight-lap Uaak. where head work aad ganaralahip ia a big item and beat of all tha reports from Salt Laka oa tba races Friday. July IS, state that ha ia tba Lawaoa of old aad has apparently raiaed the form that won tha world 'a title ia London Lon-don la 104. . t , Etch Floyd MeFerlead, Clarke's team mats and manager, admita that if Lawaon ia ia tha shape tha western pa para claim, thaa ba ia a good bet. While there baa been na money bat oa Law-son Law-son up to tha present time ia Newark, there may be a bt bunch of "wise' money coma in at the last minute when tha odds againaMba Swede ara tha big- rt. Local aporta, however, are loth bet oa a rider they bava aot seen rirform ia severs months whan they now how fast Kramer aad Clarkr are riding. Kramar will ba very good when be rides la Bait Laka for the races ached oled here and on tha eireuit ara all short raoaa thia weak and tat champion will aot bava to ride ia any areata of over two miles. Eliminating tha five and tea-mile epeas will give tha "marvel" "mar-vel" a chance ta reat up aad put htm right for tba big matchea. A local maa who is a great admirer ef Clarke bas made several beta at ttOO -to $500 oa Clarke against Lawsoa and Kramer. Ha baa had aa trouble getting taken at thaa odds aad has bet sev-aral sev-aral tbenaaad dollars that way. The bulk ef tba betting, though, la oa Kramer and Clarke at even money.