Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-22

the title, and without boasting
assure you I'll. be next to Kramer
In the point table, even if I fail tc
land the big prize"
O.
Goullet looked to be in good health
His cheeks were red and his eyes
were bright and he was full of vim
In every way. He was enthusiastic
over his chances in the six-day race
but he wouldn't discuss the odds
quoted In the anti-cycling organ
making Jackie Clark and Paddy He.
hir the fayorites. Goullet said he
didn't care to talk about betting, fol
he isn't a betting man, and when in
formed of the righteousness of the
prices quoted Goullet remarked that
there were others evidently who
didn't know anything about betting
either" Well. the odds quoted were
such joke that old friend, Claude
Holgate, couldn't help rapping them
Holgate, who doesn't boast of being
bookmal5er or a betting man, said
he would lay 4 to 1 against any team
in the New York race. Claude dis
cussed the betting proposition with
Floyd Mcfarland, and both agreed
that the betting as quoted in the anti
cycling newspaper was about the
biggest piece of bone unearthed since
John Anderson stole second base with
the bases full. The prices were not
only out of order. but the method of
posting them was all wrong.
o
MacFarland. in taking charge of the
racing end of the New York six-day
race, is beginning to put his ideas into
execution. Positively against holding
a two-night meet, "Mac" and p. T..
Powers, who Is the general manager
of the race, came to an understanding
In regard to the double bill. Powers,
who declares he has been misquoted,
misrepresented and double crossed by
the anti-cycling organ, agreed with
MacFarland that the two-night meet
idea would prove q failure, so P. IT.
and MAC" then and there called the
Friday night race meet off. And
Mac" got real busy in arranging the
program for the Saturday night meet.
just previous to the big grind. And
what q dandy card mcfarland has
made upl 1t is all MACS" and you
can call up Mr.. Powers on the tele-
phone and he will tell you so. P. T..
and mcfarland are old friends you
know, and the little squabble, brought
about through a Misunderstanding
and through underhand methods on
the part of local newspaper, which
hasn't any love for Mcfarland or
any use for cycling, couldn't separate
them for very long. They are both
working for the same interests and
both are sure to do their best for the
one end-success, OF course, Powers
realizes that his newspaper friends will
try to make more trouble, but he has
learned much in the past few weeks
about tricks in trade" and he is
going to dodge newspapermen who
have axes to grind and who want to
use him to gain their own ends.
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Never in the history of Madison
Square Garden has such a program
of cycling races been arranged as
will be put on for the Saturday night
meet. First and foremost, four
cornered international match, in
which Champion Frank Kramer,
Jackie Clark. Andre Perchicot and
Francesca Verri will compete, will
grace the card. Then there will be an
unlimited pursuit race with Alfred
Goullet, Alfred Grenda, Joe Fogler,
Jimmy Moran, Reggie Mcnamara
and Eddie Root as entrants. Two
great match races.
Oh. you MacFarlandl
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Every race on the card promises to
be a corker. The feature of the anna
teur events will be q match race be-
tween Donald McDougall and Harry
Kaiser, and for the simonpures there
will also be q quarter-mile open and
a one-mile handicap. For the pros,
one of those heart-stirring flve-mile
opens will be put on, and there will
be special prizes given to keep the
boys sprinting throughout the scon-
test. Last, but not least ON the card,
will be five-mile motor paced race
between Bobby Walthour and Elmer
Collins. All In all it is. card that
will give the fans their moneys
worth. And lest we forget, who ar
ranged this wonderful program for
the patrons of the game? Who?
Oh you, Mcfarland!
o.
With the "spat" over, / am not GO
ing to devote any of my valuable
space stirring up more trouble. As
to who was the winner, doesn't matter
much. and neither Powers nor Mac
Farland is boastfully claiming a vic
tory. Preserve us from our friends"
is an old saying, and that's the way
Powers evidently views the attitude
the anti-cycling organ has taken in
the matter. Powers is satisfied the
way matters stand and so is MacFar-
land. Mac" came down from Buffalo
and has been given full charge Of the
six-day race and the sprint meet
which precedes It, He will conduct
the racing in his own way and Powers
will do all in his power to help "Mac"
at every turn. P. T, knows that Mac
Farland knows the game, and he is
free to confess that no better man
could be In charge of the race and
the riders than the self-same Mac. :"