Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-26


served them with his own eyes. Gun
men of the lowest and most desperate
type congregate in the building, and
they ply their wares and pull off their
tricks right in broad daylight and also
under the glare of the electric light.
Men are robbed and told beforehand
that they are going to be robbed by the
robbers, and if the victims bank roll
is not up to expectations he Is given
a beating in the bargain. Three-card
monte men, shell men and the lowly
low class who steal overcoats and
such things flock TO the Garden in
hundreds. Patrons of the race are
held up and robbed at every turn, and
still the race goes on year after year,
playing to packed houses.
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Yes, the six-day race is a blow to
the game, and the sooner the big
grind is eliminated in New York the
better it will be for the sport in every
way 1t brings scandal into the game
and 1t throws shadow on the most
enjoyable and interesting sport and a
game which is honest beyond the
shadow of a doubt. 1t is admitted by
everybody who has no axes to grind
that the recent six-day race was the
fairest and the squarest ever run,
but there are those who have tried to
show that Root pulled" Goullet in
the final mile of the race. 1t is well
known and absolutely believed by all
fair-minded persons that Goullet won
on his own merits. He was the best
man in the race by far and he was SO
fast that he could have beaten the
whole lot of his opponents il they
had all been framed up against him.
Even at that, many of the unwise
fans whose minds have been poisoned
by the bleatings of the anti-cycling
organ will argue that the finish of the
race was a fake. Such affairs should
be enough to kill any sport. but the
race seems to be looked upon
as fake in any event and enjoyed
Tor what II Is worth.
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Mr.. Uppercu has an option on Mad
ison Square Garden for next year.
but II he is n wise man he will not
exercise 1t. If others want to run the
race let them do 1t, but Mr.. Uppercu
should do all in his power to prevent
the riders under contract to him from
taking part in the grind. For next
year the terms are to be the same as
this year, and this year the game
played to loss, so 1t is at least a sure
thing that Mr.. Uppercu will think Sc
rlously over the matter before signing
a contract to conduct another race in
the Garden. The agreement last year
was all one-sided and add to this
what Mr.. Uppercu was compelled to
go through during the running of the
grind and the answer is likely to be
the ever familiar Z" Nothing doing"
At such a price to the Garden people
there isn't a chance for the promoter.
He must take In more than $4,000 to
get out whole, and even on top of that
MIR. Uppercu agreed to give so per
cent. of everything over $4,000, be-
sides the $4,000. for the privilege of
running the race.
c.
There has been much talk every
year of stopping the New York six
day race, but the talk against next
years race is larger and stronger than
ever. Mayor Kline, it is said, is OPP
posed to the grind, and it is claimed
that he has been furnished sufficient
proof to show that it ought to be
stopped. If few prayers will do any
good the cycling fans of Newark,
who have enjoyed good, clean racing
around here for years, should do their
best to have their desires reach the
mayor Those who know about the
dark side of the day race should
write to Mayor Kline, and in order
to do my part am today mailing His
Honor marked copy of this article
in the Evening Star. A few of the
riders may yell If the race is stopped,
but the odds are many that If there
wasn't to be any more six-day racing
in New York mammonth stadium in
which to hold sprint races in the win
ter would be built in Newark before
long. Yes, we are quite sure that the
elimination of the New York six-day
race would make 1t better all around
for everybody who is at all interested
in cycling.
A cable from Paris tells of the
safe arrival there of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd A. MacFarland, Frank Mihlon
and Edgar Fielder, Mr.. Millions
nephew; Frank l.. Kramer, Aires
Goullet, Jackie Clark, Alfred Grenda,
Joe Fogler. Jimmy Moran. Lloyd
Thomas, Fred Keefe, Jimmy Hun
ter, Jack Neville, Mory Gordon,
Fred Diver, Eddie Lampson and
Norman Hansen and Brocco, verri,
Perchicot. Appellants, Packebusch
and Petit Breton, the foreigners who
SMITH AND POFAHL WIN