Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-14
RAIN PREVENTS
Is CYCLE CONTESTS
Postponed VeIOdrOme Races
Will Be Held Tonight
Instead.
DOINGS HERE AND THERE

DOINGS HERE AND THERE
As a result of the postponement OF
the races billed for last night at the
velodrome on account of the rain, the
meet will be run this evening, but a
number of the outlaws and sevral
of the regulars" will be missing from
the lineup. Eddie Root, Fred Hill, the
81, 200 beauty, and Percy Lawrence
win ride at Philadelphia with liver
Lawson. George Cameron and Alessio
Stafani, regulars" With the eXcep-
ton of these riders the entries remain
the same.
The postponement gave the out
laws" an additional day to prepare for
their debut in the exclusive set in the
old organization, which is quite pleas
ing to the Australian outlaws" Bob
Spears, Frank Cory and Reggie Nc
Namara, who have never raced on the
NeIodrome saucer. Great things are
expected of Spears by the Motordrome
fans tonight especially in the quarter
mile championship. The more rabid
supporters of this lanky Australian
actually believe that he is the equal.
if not the master of Champion Frank
Kramer, and they are going to be
either greatly pleased or sadly disillu
stoned tonight.
When Reggie Mcnamara learned
thai he was on scratch in the two
milo, handicap with Kramer, Jackie
Clark and ALT Goullett, he smiled and
said that he was pleased to know that
the Handicapped had such a good opin-
ion of his ability as a handicap rider
The Australian could not figure why
Root and Hill had been treated so
literally in the matter of handicaps,
however
The events on the card tonight, in
addition to the quarter-mile cham
pionship and the two-mile handicap
are a one-mile tandem open and
"miss-and-out invitation for the pro-
fessionals and a three-mile open and
a. one thirdmile handicap for the
amateurs.
Strikes are so frequent in the bike
game now one might believe the fine
Italian hand of the l. W. w. may
: be at work in the sport. At the meet
at Philadelphia tonight there will be
only Newark amateurs in the events
for simon pures, the local amateurs
being out on a strike for bigger
prizes. The Philadelphia future
greats held up Manager Floyd Mac
Farland last Saturday just before
the start of the last race and when
he refused to increase the prizes to
the dimension insisted upon by the
riders they left the track Dire
threats have been made against the
"strike-breakers," who will take
their places.
Alvin Loftes went to Boston last
Saturday and won both of the sprint
Saees that were open to the local pro-
fessionals and he won with such
ease the Beantown pros went to
Manager Nat Butler and told him
that they would not ride again if
1oftes was allowed to compete. Nat
wrote to Loftes that his presence in
Fhe races was not desirable and not
20 ride there anymore. Loftes failed
10 get the letter and he showed up
for the races Tuesday night. Nat
explained that he was to be barred
and Loftes was about to return to
his home in Providence, when wise
old Jimmy Moran told him to get
on the track ready to start in the
races and if they attempted to put
him out the crowd would put up such
a "holler" the officials would be COM
PEELED to let him start. James knew
whereof he spoke and sure enough
after a delay of fifteen minutes
caused by the other riders refusing
to start, the crowd made such a
demonstration they were forced to
start the races with Loftes in the
field. He was informed that he was
riding under protest, however. ana
his. prize money has been held up
awaiting the action of the n. Z, A.
Although small in scope, the bike
game is hotbed of combinations
in restraint of trade" that makes
Wall Street blush.
The OUTLAWS are getting many
ENGAGEMENTS on the circuit. At Bos-
ton Saturday night Elmer Collins,
Percy Lawrence and Menus Bedell
will meet Moran in a paced race, and
tonight Lawrence and Collins Will
ride against George Wiley and Moran
at Philadelphia.
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An effort will be made next spring
to open the track at Providence, one
of the tracks owned by the Cycle
Racing Association, that has been
closed since the fall of 1910. This
track was put under the ban by local
officials for the alleged offense of
making too much noise and disturb
ing the sleep of residents in the
neighborhood. While 1t ran this
track was one of the most successful
on the circuit.
General Manager Mcfarland will
go Ito Providence at the close of the
present season with shock-absorb-
ing, muller equipped steam roller,
piloted by Pat Powers, the former
owner of the Providence Grays, to
smoothe down those ruffled citizens
Pat was very popular in Providence
in his baseball days, and it is this
popularity that is figured on re-
establishing the cycling game in the
Rhode Island metropolis.
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Walter Bardgett was sent to Provi-
dence a year ago to show the natives
the error of their ways and show
them that they needed bike racing
just as much as they required three
meals day, but the junket was a