Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-09

| going has been very fast and the
spills have been numerous and the in.
juries necessarily so. Usually. bad
accidents do not occur until the third
or fourth day of the race, when the
riders become tagged out and are
unable to protect themselves. This
week, however, the boys are early
on the job with painful hurts. The
most serious accident in the race oe-
Cured during the morning hours
when Jimmy Moran had his shoulder
blade broken and was finally COM
PEELED to quit the race. Moran, game
ster that he is, didn't want to give
up the ship, but the pain was so
severe that he couldn't stand it any
longer, and few minutes before
o'clock this morning he announced
! his retirement. Grenda, who is rid
ing we'll, is still in the race, and is
looking for a partner to double up
with him.
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The Grenda- Moran team was the
best mixer in the grind. About the
only two real Jams SO far were
started by this pair. First Moran
Monday morning caused commotion
by making a break for lap and
Grenda last night cut up a lot of
capers. This was a most formidable
team, and both declared they would
get lap on the field before the week
was over. OF course. that would
take some plugging, but Grenda and
Moran showed exceptional plugging
ability. Now they are out of It and
the race will be less interesting for
that fact The way they were riding
good many thought that they would
win the race, for Grenda, let 1t be
known, will take some beating when
it comes to sprinting after hard
grind
@
To me it looks as if Alfred Goullet
and Joe Fosler are the best team IN
the race, and that they viii win,
barring accidents seems to be the
general opinion. Goullet is in grand
shape. and he is sprinting like his
ownself. Fogler is very good at
times, and at other times he has his
own troubles. He is inclined to like
himself and save himself, but he is
always there when the pinch comes.
One thing good about the Goullet-
Fogler team, either of them can finish
and either of them can win. Goullet,
of course, is better Splinter than
Fogler, and he is considered to be
the best sprinter in the race. In the
liam" last night Goullet showed his
class by getting away from the field,
but Fogler wasn't ready it seems,
and his efforts were very faint. Joe
just protected himself--that was all.
c.
Jackie Clark is riding we'll, despite
his two hard falls, but Paddy Hehir,
his partner, is having trouble with
his shoulder. and he may be forced
to quit the race at any time. In fact,
the gossip In the Garden among those
who are supposed to know had it that
Clark and cirenda would be a new
team before the day was out. Such
a combination would add great in
terest to the race, for with these two
formidable riders lap behind there
would surely be much doing from now
on.
G.
The ix-day race is drawing bigger
crowds than ever. On the Saturday
night previous to the start &c the big
grind all records were broken. More
money, it is said, was taken in than
at the two meets last year and the
receipts were more than $4,000 larger
than at any sprint meet ever held in
the Garden. The crowd at the open
ing Sunday night didn't look so big,
but there was more money in the
house than on any previous opening
night. In previous years. free tickets
we're out in abundance, the average
number being 1000 for the first night.
This year just 1000 free passes were
in existence. This rule, II seems, is
being observed throughout the week
and the prospects for record gate
are said to be very promising.
O.
To Floyd MacFarland must be given
great credit for the part he is
taking in the race. He is absolutely
fair and fearless in his decisions and
he is running the race according to
his own ideas and he is doing his
level best to please the public. Mac"
is set on giving ''premes' to the
riders for sprints and P. T. Powers,
the general manager of the race.
while against 1t at first, is now in
favor of the plan. It seems that
Inglis NJ. Uppercu, who is backing the
race alone, feels that MacFarland
is the best judge OF six-day racing
and he has put everything in regard
| to the actual contest into Macs"
hand. And "old Mac Is working like
Trojan to pull the race along and
have Mr., Uppercu come out some
where near whole In his venture.
| The present arrangements for the
race were made during war times
and at wartime prices. But never
again." it is said. 1t may not be
generally known, but it is almost
impossible for the race to be finan-
cial winner this year. The attend
ance record was broken last year by
several thousand dollars, yet Mr..
Uppercu has guaranteed the Garden
people and others interested $4,000
more than they made on the 1912
grind. MacFarland insists that he