Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-26

told me that he is a wonderful fellow
and would be q very successful pro-
f%essional. Bailey is a clean cut fell
low and reminds me very much of
Frank Kramer in build. although he
Is a larger man thar the American
champion. Every one spoke in the
highest terms of Bailey, and the gen
eral opinion of the professional riders
was that ne would come very near
winning the professional worlds title
this year If he WAS to turn profess
sional.
Bailey, however. has no intention of
becoming a professional. not in the
rear future at least. He will ride here
as an amateur and he is going TO pay
his ow nexpenses," said Chapman. THE
fans will see some great races when
Bailey and Alvin LOTUS meet. ] have
great faith in LOTUS and / think he
will be very fast this year. Bailey
would probably have beaten LOTUS last
season had they met, but | look for
great Improvement in the Providence
boy his season, and | feel sure that he
will be a match for this English crack.
Missori a strong Hider.
Il think Missori, the italian sprinter,
will make a great hit here, too con-
tinued Chapman. He is one OF the
strongest riders in Europe. He has a
long sprint INC on our little tracks he
will take a lot of beating. Missori IS
strong enough to go the last two laps
of a race in front and then finish
strong. lie is. a gaf1lester, too, and the
American riders Will find he is not
easily outgamed like some of the for
-, te. - .-. - a.. b.. ~. .,a a.
at Madison Square Garden. The inn
preston prevails over here that the
foreigners, European riders, cannot
stand a hard-run race. This is en-
tirely wrong. have seen many har-<
run races, but never saw
anything more gruelling than the han
dicaps at the Velodrome D'Hiver, in
Paris. | was going to get Comes. the
French rider, to come over ON the
strength of his showing in the hard
handicaps, but when / saw Missori |
dropped Comes and signed the Italian.
Little Dupey will make a hit here.
Z ais it'll, Frenchman has got every
thing and he will be a popular favor
tie. He has got Il barrel of speed; he
is strong and one of the "foxiest1 riders
in the game in Europe. Dupey is not
fS 5Ooo dS Tic SiGdl IsllcSddIu, AM
Friol has a shade on him, but he is
n of the best s~printers in France.
and what I like about him is he is d
consistent performer. Unless he is
affected by the climate or %"buffaloed"
by the rough tactics of the American
riders, little Dupey will make it in
teresting for the best of them at he
Velodrome this season.
1T carupf mama t,axk 90 tt,, tLt,N..,,
riders who will come here in August
for the worlds championships, as they
will no be selected until the cham
p%ionships of the various Europeon
countries are run. 1t is the winners of
these championships who will be Sc
lected to ride here in the worlds cham
pionships. / feel almost certain that
Ellegaard will be one of them, for it
is almost a foregone conclusion that
he will win the championship of Dem
mark. Bailey 10 doubt, will be the
English representative in the amateur
championship for he simply outclasses
the. rest of the English amateurs. Sick
ness Is the only thing hat will stop
Bailey. l look for either Friol or
Hourlier to win the championship of
France. They are both great riders.
| saw Hourlier ride around Fogler on
the last lap of a ive-mile open with
ease, n Joe was riding in ine form,
too.
Walter Rutt will probably be the
German sprinter who will have the
honor of defending Germany in the
Championships. | hope Rutt is the
lucky man., for he has many friends
here who will be pleased to see him
perform in sprint races on an outdoor
track. Some of them think Rutt can
beat Kramer, n | would like to see
these boys meet. There are some crack
youngsters in Germany who may trim
Rutt in the German championship. but
/ think the veteran Is still the peer of
Teutons.
Europe is a great field for paced
riders ard there are any number of
good men behand the motors. I could
not even attempt to guess who the
pacefollowers will be that will come
1ere, but there will be three of them.
ana they Will all be good. France,
Belgium and Germany are the coun-
RES that will send motor paced riders
% the CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Americans Riding Wen Abroad.
.The American riders, Fogler, Hill.
Root, Collins, Moran, Butler, Halstead
and Drobach, are riding Well in Europe
and are big drawing cards at all the
meets. Fogler and Collins are the
stars Of the bunch n have performed
the best. Root, Hill, Drobach and
Halstead have not done much in the
sprint races, but they rode well In the
Berlin ssx-aas race Collins has showed
great form in short distance paced