Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-11

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Trusting you will publish this let
ter in your valuable column. l re
main, Yours very truly,
JACK BULGER,
Manager of Jim savage"
Z Now, there you have 1t just as
received it.
IS. o. and Co." take occasion tc
compliment our judgment in pick
ing the winner of the six-day race
They have also few words to say to
Same Bike flames" regarding the
sprint meet at the Garden prior to
the big grind. Their letter follows
IL, p N:
Let us congratulate you ON the
picking of the winner of the siN-day
grind. Yes, Goullet-Fogler is won
derful combination In a six-day race,
and should win first honors at the
end of the long endurance contest.
: In lining up the teams for the final
sprint in our letter. we meant to
give out, as for our judgment, the
winners of the six-day race. We Will
change the order given: Goullet-Fog-
Ter In first place, Verri- Broceo in sec
ond place, Root Mcnamara in third
place, Clark Grenda in fourth place.
The Verri- Brocco team is showing a
wonderful endurance. and so Is the
French team of Perchicot-Breton. We
are of the opinion they will show
some class in the coming days. The
European riders are not prepared TO
such long grinds as the Australians
and the Americans are Such hard
races are not required from the first
class riders or sprinters i'll Europe.
They deserve credit for keeping up
with the leaders. and we would not
be surprised IN seeing the Verri-
Brocco team, especially, win one of
the first three prizes. Monsieur
Petit Breton" deserves our sincere
admiration for continuing the six-day
grind with a broken shoulder. Same
Bike flames is surprised at our
defending and praising the American
riders. Well, fair lady, we have al
ways tried our best to give the public
our true and honest impression on
sport, without accounting for special
and private sympathies, in our crit
icisfn. We said what we thought fair
and true regarding the Saturday
night meet at Madison Square Car
den, although many thought we ex-
aggerated In our pessimiSm and were
out of order In our remarks. But we
could not help saying all we had
! to say Yes. Same Bike flames"
any man that comes out with the real
stuff" and proves to be the true
champion, in any line of sport, should
receive the applause and the praise
of the public, of the press and of all
the intelligent followers of sporting
enterprises. We should not worry If
the new king of the riders will be ALI
Goullet from Australia or Francesca
Verri from Italy: Perchicot from
France or Bill Bailey from England;
Walter Rutt from Germany or any
rider, even from Africa, 50 long as he
is the real man with the goods. :"
| What about it, Same Bike Fanness?"
| We agree with you in having the
pictures of the Australian riders pub
! lished in the papers whenever they
win their races. The riders we saw
at the Velodrome this summer are
good-looking enough to appear in any
paper. Grenda, Goullet, Clark, your
favorite; the cute little Mcnamara
and the onghaired Bob Spears talk
for themselves. Mr. ]. p N. has
pleased us from the first day we had
the opportunity of reading his fair,
true Impress ns of the various sport
ing enterprises. We are at the Gar
den every day of the week, in our
box near the one occupied by our
j. P. N. Watch j. p. N. and you will
probably see us. We can assure YOU
that on Saturday night your voice
roofing for Mcnamara, will be heard
with sympathy by our hearts Our
personality must be kept secret for
the sake Of our body and soul sought
by the terrible "fencers" of this city.
Yours truly. S. o. & Co
]. p. NJ:
Just few lines on a little quee
ton / would like to ask you concern
ing a bicycle lap race which was run
at the Seventh regiment here last
week. In a two-nnile lap race which
is decided on points won the race
with total of 50 points, the second
man scoring 81 and the third 90. The
first on the last lap, breaking the
worlds indoor nat floor record for
two miles, the time being 4:2s. Now
the question is this: Does this rider
get credit for breaking this record
after being paced all the way until
the last lap when he jumped out and
finished first, or would you call this
paced record? I am taking the lib.
erty of writing you because | think
you are the best authority on bike
racing in the country.
| fAlIoiILNI
1877 Herman street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The rider who finished first in the
race in question is entitled to the
record, for he started even with YOU
and finished ahead of you in record
time The fact that you scored the
most number of points, of course, en-
titles you to the point victory; but is
there any possible way of proving
that he would have beaten you had
You set any pace or not? However
it may seem particularly cruel to you
to be responsible for a record, and
then have some one else get the
credit for it; but that is the way OF
the world and the breaks in sport.
c.
An enthusiastic and witty bike
J fan, who signs himself 'Junks." is
the latest to join our circle. rs O.
and Co." come in for commenda-
ton in the letter which also takes
fling at the wild guesses" made
in local paper on recent sporting
events Whether the other riders ir
the six-day race would take favor
ably to Fournler's methods of run
ming up and down the steps of the
World Building to condition himself
, for the race, is question. The let
? ter follows:
j. P. N:
When / turn to your Topics OF
the Hour l first glance down the
: items to see what is IS. o. and Co.'S
comment on cycle racing. They are
good many times. and we must ex.
tend our hands to them, and hope
that you will always give them space
: They pushed all the sides in toward