Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-23
CLARK IS PLEASED; !
50 IS ELLEGAARD
Jackie and the Dane Smile,
Shake Hands and Feel
Confident.
MEN RIDE FAST EIGHTH

for their match at the Velodrome to-.
night. They both had the satisfae-
ton of reeling off an eighth of mile
In the fast time of twelve seconds
fiat. SO one feels that he Is as good
rs the other. There was an unmis-
taxable air of confidence about the
pair when they left the Velodrome
after training The Dane has inn
proved in form in the past two days
and almost the real Eilegaard will
perform tonight. He is more familiar
with the velodrome track and win
probably display a new line OF
strategy in his effort to defeat The
Rocket"
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Twelve seconds is fast time for an
eighth, and 1t is doubtful IL any rider
In the pro class could have turned
an eighth in that time two weeks
ago. They have all had a. good rest
for the past fortnight, as there has
been but few races on the circuit
other than French style matches, and
these matches have been divided up
in such a manner that all the stars
have had a rest.
With the Dane and the Australian
apparently equal as to speed, the
rider with the best head Will prob>s
ably be the winner in the match to-
night. In this Ellegaard appears to.
have the advantage, although Jackie
has used better Judgment in his races
this season than ever before, and In
some of his matches his gentralship
was par excellence. All of the strategy
In this match must be used before
the final eighth Is reached, for with
both riders equal as TO speed, the one
; leading at the furlong pole will be
the winner unless he is forced and
loses some stamina before that point
In the match. After tonigft's match
much more will be known about the
Dane and his ability and the fans can !.
then figure about what chance he will
stand in matches with ALT Goullet or
Frank Kramer If Clark beats him
there will be little doubt of the OUT
come of any matches that may be
arranged with the other big fellows.
However. Ellegaard's record shows
that he is a wonder as a comeback
artist and even should Clark win.
that would not feaze the Dane In
matches with Goullet or Kramer.
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Both the professional and amateur
championship battles will be resumed
tonight and there will be other big
races in addition to the match. In
the f1ve-mile professional champion
ship thirty pros. which includes Kra-
mer, Goullet, Grenda, Clark, Cava-
nagh Verri, Hehir, Walker, Pye,
Ryan, Thomas, Packebusch and liver
Lawson, will start, and this is the
biggest field that has been entered
In pro title race this season. All OF
the starters in the championship will
compete in the two-thirds-mile han
dicap also, and the non-winner Will
ride the invitation, which is a miss
and out contest-much to the disgust
Of the riders, who do not like these
hard races.
If Champion Donald MacDougall
wins the one-mile amateur champions
ship tonight he can put his title In
moth balls for another year, for he
has big lead now In the champions
ship battle and another victory viii
make his position so strong the Rock
of Gibraltar" will look like lump of
putty in comparison. Aubrey Taylor
the Australian amateur, who won
both races at the Velodrome Sunday,
took his pencil in hand yesterday and
tried to figure how he could win the
amateur championship of America
this year. When he finished, the dope
sheet showed that by winning every
one OF the three remaining races,
while MacDougall failed to get a sim
gle point, he and the champion would
be tied with fifteen points each.
Strike me pink, but that is
boomin' ard luck!" exclaimed the
ambitious Aubrey as he tore the
figures into shreds
Taylor believes that he can beat
MacDougall. and he is now sorry
that he tarried at Salt Lake instead
of coming here at the start of the
season. While Taylor might possibly
win the three roaming races for the
title, there is not one chance in q
hundred of MacDougall being shut
out in any one of them, and he can
only lose the title by puncturing or
falling in all of the three races and
then losing to Taylor In a match fog
the title.
Times were the liveliest at the
Velodrome yesterday since spring
training season. All the pros were at
the track and they all worked hard.
At one time thirty professionals and
a dozen amateurs were on the track
together and it was remarkable that
there were no spills. ~
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liver Lawson will bear watching in
the races tonight. The Swede is not
all in by any means, and ne can tear
off a twelfth of a mile about as fast
as any rider in the game today. Law
son is not as strong as he was six
years ago, but his old sprint is still
there. A victory over Kramer, Goul-
let, Clark and the other stars would
indeed be popular.
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Ellegaard and Clark had a long
chat yesterday while being rubbed
after training. Their cabins adjoin,
and through the partition they ex-
changed bouquets" for over an hour.
The Dane complimented Jackie on his
great riding at the Velodrome Olivier
in Paris in 1909, when Clark defeated
Ellegaard in six races that winter at
the winter track, but Jackie very
Igraciously remarked that he probably
would never have been able to do the