The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-28

Following is a letter from Mac 10
Friend Joe-You're wrong, old boy.
when you contend that there is no
way for Clarke 10 race Kramer for
the championship. Don't the winner
OF the professional championship OF
the world ride the winner OF the anna
teur title, unless aforesaid profession
al champion gets an attack OF cold
feet?
If MI Kelsey attempts to hide his
faVOritism for the sage Of East Orange
by making a statement that we were
offered ne tional championships out
here, he does not tell the facts as
they We're Mr. Barry. the n. c. A.
representative here. and myself, both
applied for half Of the y. c. A. cham
pionships 20 be run here, and no one
connected with the y. G. A. even re-
piled To the letters. Kelsey attempts
TO throw the blame on Francis Heath,
the owner of the Salt Lake track, but
Heath absolutely denies any knOWl-
edge OF the affair. Suppose, for in
stance, BlOemecke' refused the cham
piOnships for the NelOdrOme. do you
think for one moment that Messfs.
Chapman and Bowen would stand for
that? If Kelsey told them they
couldn't have any because the owner
obliged 10 do away with them Mr..
Heath is the owner of the track, and
he subjects his track 10 outside parties,
the same as BlOemecke. and he has no
more right To do away with cham
pionships that BlOemecke has at Walls
burgh.
Why don't fellows who are cOntin-
ually bowling of Kramer's ability TO
beat Clarke be sports and give US
chance to show the Newark fans that
all the talk about Kramer being the
best rider is bunk, pure and slnpleF
Why don't you fellows who are so IN
terested in Kramer, come out from
your hiding place behind a book OF
rules. which have never been lived up
TO?
No. Joe, your talk about it being
impossible for Clarke TO meet Kramer
for the championship on account OF
n c. A. rules not specifying IL is a
huge Joke TO any Newark fan that at
tended the VelodrOme last season. Dld
Kelsey, Bloemecke & Co. live up TO the
rules when they bunked the public
and Clarke over the final champion
ship last year? Far be II from SO:
Tell them to dispense with that CHAT
ter.
II we race Kramer and beat him,
whether the title is at stake or not,
Clarke can say the same thing as
Young Corbett told McGovern when
McGoyern claimed he was still feath-
erweight champion. Clarke can say.
'.You NAV be the champion. Mr.. Kra-
mer, but the people Will point me out
ana say, There goes the guy that beat
Kramer or There goes the felloW
that Kramer was afraid TO rlde TOT
the championship You can taRe
II from me that no near champions,
like Krebs. Fogler, Root Goullet ana
Hehir will ever beat Clarke. There-
fore 1 think it's a cinch we viii beat
him. -.
our cycle racing game here in salt
Lake has been alive for thirteen years
and that's more than you fasteners
can say for the racing in the east.
will cali your attention TO the fact
that Kramer raced here two seasons
when the game was as dead as julius
Caesar hack there. You have got TO
hand il TO US westerners for being
sports enough TO be entitled TO repre-
sentation when il comes u deciding
who really is the American cycle
champion.
This little "calI' is intended in a
friendly way and am of the opinion
that YOU, Joe. have been won over 10
the rankS of the hero worshipers, and |
Won are letting their idea OF fair !
workmanship get the better of your
good Judgment. In case your Angora
is missing after you peruse this mis-
sive, Simmonet and his famous herd
are at your disposal
have been waiting with my ear TO
the ground to hear from the Nelo-
drome bunch. but nary a sound. I
suppose Chapman, Bowen ana the
Chelsea coin collector are too busy
counting the seasons receipts
M'FARLAND.
The Reply.
Mac" you're my friend, but you're
a bigger boob than I thought you
were. The professional champion and
the amateur champion race for the
worlds championship, but if the pro-
fessiOnal wins he is not the amateur
champion and if the amateur wins he
l. not the professional champion.
Clarke is a nice little fellow and he is
a fine little rider, but oh you Kramer!
Would like To see you come back here
and get the coin, Mae" but 1t looks
as if the powers that be can't see IL.
But whatever you do. Mac" don't
put in any claim for KTamer's title