Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-03
PURSUIT RACE To
Be "SONE" BATTLE
Yankee Team Plans to Outwit
Australians at Their
Own Game.
NOTES OF THE RIDERS

AuSIfalla vs.. Americas not going
to be the least interesting race on the
card of sprint races at Madison
Square Garden Saturday night. The
Yankee team, composed of Jimmy
Moran, Joe Fogler and Eddie Root,
got together yesterday, and In what
they thought was a secret confer
ence planned their line of battle. It
is good and entirely new. and the fans
might be let in on it, but that would
spoil everything, for the Australians
would know the game and would find
way to prevent the coup. The
scheme is one in which wits rather
than superior speed or staying pow
ers will count Tho Australians who
will oppose the three Yanks are ALI
Goullet, ALI Grenda and Reggie Nc
Namara- Can you imagine any trio
of American riders walloping those
Australians in a pursuit race In any
way except by their heads?
Francesca Verri, the italian rider,
who is to be one of the four starters
in the International sprint match Sat
urday night, Is in fine condition. He
worked fifteen miles at the Motor
hlbllib ytSLSIudy anu lHII
the track as fresh as when he start
ed. There was a big crowd of fans on
hand to see the riders work, and many
passed the remark that the italian
appeared to be fat. He did look big
around the waist line, but his trainer
| Dave Coburn, had yards of wooden
bandages wrapped around him, which
gave him the appearance of being
corpulent.
Training behind automobiles is the
latest stunt of some of the six-day
riders. Goullet has trained for two
weeks behind the fast car owned and
| driven by his good friend Tommy
Cummings, and the Australian star
was never in better shape. Goullet
with his pacemaker, goes over the
asphalt roads from South Orange to
Elizabeth and back, q distance OF
thirty-six miles, and he averages q
speed of far less than two minutes to
the mile. In those workouts Goullet
will average thirty-flve miles An hour
and will. at times, travel as fast as
forty-six miles an hour.
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Jake Magin, Gordon Walker and
Mitten are strong for the automobile
for training purposes on the roads
and each day they are out behind q
machine. 1t Is a dangerous way tc
train. but the riders claim the fast
work Is so beneficial they are willing
to take chance.
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| Andre Perchicot, the Frenchman
who will start in the international
sprint match Saturday night, and
| 4, xrytt IN, thf ai " do M
trains alone on the roads. The res
of the Europeans are combining theil
efforts to the Motordrome. Packe
busch was training on the roads, bu
gave 1t up when he broke a chaii
and had to walk ten miles to ge
back to his training quarters a
Clarl1's Hotel.
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Eddie Root is having his trouble!
to keep his six-day partner, Reggie
MCNAMARA, from training too HARD
| for the big race. This Australian is
the hardest worker ever seen In these
parts, and Root is afraid that he will
| have his siX-day race here In New
ark Mcnamara went stale before
the Boston race.
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At one time yesterday there were
twenty-six of the six-day riders train
ing at one time on the Motordrome
The track is very narrow, and 1t was
case of ride in single file all the
way.
Word was sent out from the office
of p. T. Powers yesterday to the ef
feet that there had been change
made in two of the teams. Accord
ing to the new arrangement Johr
Bedell will ride with Frank Cory and
Grassy" Ryan and Fred Hill will b.
doubled up