Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-27
Sport Copies # Che Jtour :

previous to the long grind. This
meeting was brought about by Floyd
A. MacFarland, who is to have full
charge of the riders in the long grind
The race is to be for the worlds in
door championship, and is sure to
create great interest Rutt has had
a most glorious season in Europe
where he won the Grand Prize and
the worlds championship. In Kra-
mer, of course. he will meet worthy
foeman and the race should be one
of the best ever witnessed in the
Garden.
Not only will Newark fans have an
opportunity to see Walter Rutt in
New York. but they will no doubt be
delighted to learn that the big
German" is to race at the Velodrome
in this city next season. He hasn't
signed a contract to that effect as
vet. but General Manager MacF'ar-
land feels sure that he will sign be-
fore he leaves our shores. Rutt as
an attraction here next season would
be a bear Unlike some of the petted
stars. Rutt is always trying and never
crying about being abused. He is a
wonderful rider in every sense of the
word, and he will be formidable
foeman for Champion Kramer in the
race for the n. C. A. championship.
During the outlaw" movement in
this city. a local paper. peeved and
unfriendly to real cycling, endeavored
to make it appear as If Rutt was
going to come here and race with the
outlaws" Because of that fact, he
was boosted to the skies, so the
praises, intended to injure, may
eventually do some good. Anyway,
Manager MacFarland says he will
have Rutt over here next summer
Mac" also declares he will sign
Moretti and Hourlier, and assures
the fans that the racing at the
Velodrome next season will be more
interesting than ever
@
Talking about interesting racing,
MacFarfand seems to be chock full
of novelties that please the crowd.
During his short period as manager
at the Velodrome, notwithstanding
the fact that his name hasn't APP
peared in the anti-cycling organ, he
has been a great success. In a way,
Fred Voigt He is always thinking
out something that will make good
hard race, and he isn't afraid to put
up the big money that always brings
out the best efforts of the riders.
MacFarland knows the game so well
that his wonderful success is not sur
prising, and it is too bad that he
won't be able to give his undivided
attention to the Yelodrome next sea-
SON However, he has promised
Messrs. Million and Uppercu that he
will do his best to be in Newark at
least part of his time next year
Mac" has staged some fine races in
the last month or so, but he just OUT
did himself yesterday, so everybody
says. That twenty-five-m mile Ameri-
can championship was some race.
The fans applauded during it's run
ming and they applauded the finish,
and then went away, bidding good
by to racing for this season, with ap-
plause on the tips of their fingers.
1t was a great finale to a great sea-
son of racing, and many of the spec
tators pleaded with the promoters
for another meet.
G
The bike fans may feel sure that a
number of big races will be held at
the Velodrome next season. One race
that Manager MacFarland has in
mind will have a purse of $500 at
tached. He will also run the New
ark Thousand" and there are other
races he has in contemplation that
are certain TO make the patrons of
the game joyful. MacFarland as a
manager is a huge success, and he
doesn't have TO get his name in the
anti-cycling organ to let the fans
know it, either. A mans success de-
ponds more on himself than on
others, and MacFarland has never yet
been forced to call for help. He was
never an OUTLAW" nor an Outlaw
booster, and. therefore, he is natur-
ally "in bad" with those who did
their best to keep up the war and
who We're sorry in more ways than
one when the consolidation took
place. And worst of all, the enemies
of cycling and the enemies of Mac
Farland didn't know a thing about
the merging of the Velodrome and
the Motordrome until they read it in
the Evening Star. That was the