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Show 00 KRAMER FAILS TO PATT A T "VTirST TirrlAnrk 1 xjuaxj j yv v xvjci v urLL; NEW YORK. July 26. Frank Kra mer, champion American professional bicycle ridor, failed Sunday by a fifth of a second to equal his world's record rec-ord of 15 4-5 seconds for a sixth of a mile at the New York velodrome In the first of tho two record-breaking attempts marking his retirement after 27 years in the game-Tonight game-Tonight at Newark. N. J , Kramer will make his final appearance as a professional rider and again try to lower the mark for a sixth of a mile. The bike champion will retire with the distinction of having won the American professional title 18 times and the world's title once, In 1912. the only year he competed for It |