Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-27

action over in Gotham. The Palzer-
Moran bout is sort of a coaxer for
other things to come. It will mean
THAT Palzer must win to receive any
more "white-hope" consideration. As
to Moran, outside of Modest Dan"
McKetrick, few figure him at all.
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Sam Langford, as expected, de-
feated Porky Flynn. In doing the
trick in four rounds it looks as If Sam
means business. His reputation is so
bad, however, that he will have to
show us his best on several occasions
before we will take him seriously.
The Flynn fight was Langford's first
since his return from Australia. He
has other matches on, of course, and
he will soon show in New York, where
his standing Is particularly shady. If
he works on the level and wins de-
cisively he will be given consideration.
Otherwise, he will be barred, as he
was before.
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Whenever anything unusual hap
pens the natives sit up and take no.
tice Herein is an unusual letter.
Therefore we are all agog. What Mr..
Million and Mr.. Uppercu will say
when they read it will be difficult TO
imagine. They will be pleased, of
course, at the appreciation of their
afF oh ie.l lya1xr ~ 1f
feet them. Letters come to me In
punches. Most of them have
Crouch" written all over the enve-
iope. You can almost guess the con-
Every evidence as to who the writer
might be is eradicated. But the new
light came today in the form of a
letter that was full of good things.
It reads as if a real human being had
written it. There is much truth in
the letter, there is much interest in
it and there Is all kinds of honesty
about it. The kind things said about
myself may not be deserved, but they
are appreciated. 1t is SO seldom that
such is the case that I read the letter
over twice and print every word of 1t.
The letter follows:
J. p. NJ:
Now that interest in cycling is at
its height l suppose that few words
on the subject would not be out of
order. First of all a few words of
commentator for the promoters. The
attractions they have carded have
been of high order all season, and
1t only goes to show that If they ar
range good cards the crowds Will go.
The fans want variety and the pro-
moters have catered to their wishes.
While on this line l have several
suggestions to make, which l hope
may give some aid to Mr.. Million in
arranging future meets. 1t seems to
me that a pursuit race with Goullet,
Clark and Mcnamara as the prin-
cipals, would draw the crowd of the
season. Another suggestion: Surely
the one-sixth-o OLA mile time trial
would prove an interesting attraction.
OF course, this event would have TO
be restricted.
Here's some more food for thought
for Mr.. Million: With the classy
bunch of "simon pures" now riding
at the Velodrome 1 think that the
fans would appreciate a French point
race between McDougall, Taylor,
Kaiser and Tommie Smith; also, have
not one-hour and six-hour races
proved their value as crowd-drawers
The union of the regulars" and the
OUTLAWS" has brought together an
aggregation of cyclists, professional
and amateur, that you would have to
Ego some," as they say, to beat.
All concerned, the promoters, the
riders and the fans benefited by the
union. There was one exception,
however, and his name is Jimmy
Moran. 1 read his letter with great
interest. and l am of the opinion
that he is right "all along the line. ;.
| Now lust O few words concerning Al
Grenda. Here's a rider that has been
! a. good sport in every sense of the
word. He has never shirked, and has
always been willing to do his share
and even more. 1t doesn't take han
an eye to see that he is under the
weather" at present, and l think ne
| deserves a vacation.
| The bike Bugs" are waiting with
bated breath for some announcement
as to the prospective teams for the
six-day race. We are all pulling fol-
a Clark Mcnamara team. Let us
have some of your dope on the COM
! ing six-day race.
In conclusion, let me state that we
all appreciate your fine work in con
nection with this column. We
couldn't do without your praises ano
your roastings, which are all impair
tial Here's hoping good health and
long life to ]. P. N. d. II. d.
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j. P. N:
l want to say something which
hope will meet with your approval
| l have noticed the different COM
plants in your columns regarding the
various branches of sport. For in
| stance the person who wrote con-
corning AL Palzer, in my estimation
wrote a fine, interesting letter, and
| I'll bet O'Rourke felt cheap, when
| he read it. I think High School
Sam" merely wrote his complaint OF
"a Pleasant Sunday Afternoon" to
show the big words he could use
Now don't you think If you excluded
these complaints from your column
you would have more room for items
of moro interest? The majority oil
people know think 1t bore to read
these complaints, but appreciate
items OF interest. such as coin
queries, ETC. We also enjoy the way
you answer questions in a joculai
| fashion. but these complaints get my
J goat. Palzer's manager complained
| over a letter that was true to the
end, and High School Sam" kicked
over what was equally true in "a
Pleasant Sunday Afternoon"
FRANK T1OPKIN.
ERNEST HOPKIN.
Just as you say. But everybody is
entitled to his say. If you like coin
| queries-well and good: Letters
though, in my opinion. are the essence
of news.
]. P. N:
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