Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-06

The Boston six-day race this year II
the best ever in every way. The at
tendance has been so big that there Il
rejoicing on all sides. Old Nat Butler
king of the coldfoot brigade, but will
a warm personality. is delighted
Alex Mclean. who never will forgive
himself for missing out on a Thousand
cold dollars just before the consolida.
ton of the Million and Uppercu inter
ests. is vieing with James Francis
Moran for the honor of the Prince OF
Spendthrifts. Frank Million isn't epb.
jecting one bit to sitting up until
o'clock in the morning counting ovei
the BEANS" and Floyd MacFarland
who has really made the race what i
is. looks on and enjoys the happlnes.
of the other magnates. It's an OLD
story that the man who does all the
work gets the least credit, but this h
not so in this particular case of Mac
Farland. Floyd Alfred is being
handed bouquets by the Boston pa
pers and his side partners are giving
the "Lanky One" all the credit in the
world for stirring up things. He ia
making the race SO lively that the
Boston fans are going dippy over the
grind and there Is serious consiiera-
ton of holding a continuous six-day
race in Boston next year, with Mac
Farland in full swing.
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AS a man who studies the public's
desires, there is no one in the cycling
game who can hold a candle to Mac
Farland. He knows the races that
will please the most and he puts them
on without regard to the cost to the
men who pay the freight or to the
severity of the test they give the
riders. The few weeks he was in
charge at the velodrome this year he
produced more excitement than had
been seen there in some time, and he
put on novel contests that pleased
the patrons to their hearts desire.
That his efforts told there is bold
evidence In the fact that the record
for attendance was broken and that
the crowds, In the main. were bigger
than ever. All this, tooN despite the
apparent effort on the part Of the
Givens organ to knock the sport
and keep the fans away.
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The Boston riders are "peeved''
at MacFarland for the way he is
keeping them on the Jump, but the
lucky ones are being richly rewarded
for their hard work. The 'preims,"
as they say in France. bring forth
sprint after sprint and the specta-
tors are kept in delightful spirit
throughout the days racing. Any
body can give ''preim"--no one is
barred A good sport" comes along
every once in a while and losses up
a five-spot for mile scramble, and
when things quiet down along comes
MacFarland with a ten-dollar prize
and the fans go wild. AS a result,
the Boston arena has been a seeth-
ing mass of enlivened humanity ever
since. the race opened.
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The success of MacFarland as q
has been q big thing for
Million and Uppercu. John M. Chap
man had the game down pretty fine.
and it required a man of brains and
to take his place. Mac
Farland fills the BILL Mac showed
at the Velodrome this year that he
was full of novelty. He couldn't get
his name in the anti-cycling organ,
and cycling in q general way was
raped to the limit, but with the game
bigger than the knockers 1t really
seemed to thrive on the work of it's
enemies. To ignore the sport was the
next happy thought of the paper that
has dropped its dignity, but that was
the real bloomer, for during said
period of slumber record crowds ruled
at the bike track. That was cruel
indeed, but 1t was SO, and those who
were responsible for the big attend
ance must be attacked somehow. Mac
Farland has been picked out as the
mark and that notable Outlaw" p.
Powers, is being used as the "big
stick" Poor P.l The very best / can
do for him, now that he has stepped
back into the bushes, is to team him
up With George Solomon, the base
ball mogul who played about the
same kind of game that Powers is
now playing and who was beaten so
decisively that he is cringing under
the punishment. just the same as
Powers will do before he is through
with the controversy.
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Although names are carefully
guarded. from what one can read be-
tween the lines Powers has declared
war on mcfarland and is using the
enemy of his own game to fight his
own friends. As far as MacF'arland
Is cohCeTHSu, THERE 10 no way IN Jne
world that p. Powers can beat him.
Mac" is SO far ahead of his fiat
friend" in every angle Of cycling that
r. doesn't figure at all. The argu-
ment between MacFarland and Pow
ers occurred during a conversation
over the telephone. The Evening
Star was printing considerable ex-
elusive cycling news and the anti
cycling and outlaw boosting organ
made complaint to Powers. To make
himself important. Powers attempted
to give Mac" call-down on the
phone, but what Mac said to p.
wouldn't look we'll in a family paper
like the Evening Star. so we won't