Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-05
"Men Behind Guns" in Long
Grind Often Responsible for
Riders Triumph.
ARE ALWAYS ON THE JOI
With TireIess Energy They
Must Plan coups, Nurse
Charges, Keep Harmony.

All the trials and tribulations in the
six-day race In the old Garden next
week will not be confined to the rid
ers. The fans may think that it is
only the riders who suffer during the
142 hours of continuous racing, but
the trainers and rubbers will be as
badly used up as any of the riders.
They are the men behind the guns
and many rider can thank his train
ers for siX-day victories. The good
trainers are a composite of the doc
tor, masseur, nurse. "gum-shoe man."
diplomat and strategist. They must
know what to do in any emergency
and without any loss of time. If a
rider is injured the veteran trainer
must dress his wounds in a manner
that will not affect his riding through
the placing of cumbersome bandages
such as the average physician Will
use. He must rub away all soreness
In the muscles, nurse along his charge
with the ability of a trained nurse,
watch the temperature of the rider,
be constantly on the watch for weak
nesses in the other riders in the race,
be on the lookout for the coups that
are sure to be pulled off by the OPP
ponents Of the team he is caring for,
use diplomacy when the riders become
peevish, and, last but not least, do
the plotting for his team.
All of the above Is a lot to expect
of the ordinary mortals with the
dingy sweaters, dreary eyes and
| drawn faces seen at the trackside,
especially in the mad swirl of a six
| cay race but ii is expected of them,
and they accomplish 1t all. They
know just what to do when a riders
| knees get sore, when the oil in the
joints has apparently run dry; they
can ease the pain when the constant
chatting of the saddle has worn all
the cuticle away, remove the numb
ness from fingers, ankles and toes
all of which are common ailments
that nearly every six-day rider will
experience during the big race.
The head trainers or managers of
the teams get less sleep in q siX-day
race than the riders 1t is the head
trainers who administer to both
riders on a team, so that makes it
necessary for them to be on hand at
all times. Jack Neville, one of the
best handlers the game has ever
produced, rarely sleeps over six hours
during the six days, and he has
worked in a race in the Garden with
only three hours sleep. Neville is
conscientious to the last degree and
instead of sleeping when he has a
chance he is around the track with
watchful eye to see what team may
be in a bad way. If he discovers a
rider on one of the dangerous teams
in distress then he prepares his men
for a big Jam" in an effort to set
them back a lap. To do this he will
slip the information to one or two
other teams and then they all go at
the groggy one together This might
be called teamwork, but the trainers
call it legitimate strategy. Every
team that is set back before the finish
assures the others of bigger slice
of the money at the end.
Jimmy Hunter is just as "foxy' as
Neville and Morey Goitlon, who for
merly handled Jackie Clark, but who
is with Goullet and Fogler now, is
another wizard who never misses a
favorable angle in siX-day race.
Old Charley Turville is the dean of
them all, however. Turvllle is an old
day grinder himsef and he can
divine the feelings of every rider in
the race. Old Charles struts around
with a Sherlock Holmes attitude and
with him it is a case of deduction
throughout. Last year Turville han
died Grenda and Pye and Drobach
and Collins and he had both teams up
with the leaders on Saturday night,
and 1t required some handling to keep
the latter pair up with the first divi-