Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-18


have become so interested in cycling
that they contemplate building a bike
track in Ebbets Field, in Brooklyn, In
which to conduct sprint and motor
paced events. Ed McKeever has beer
a visitor to the Newark Velodrome or
two occasions this season, and Ebbets
will be q guest of Manager Frank
Million at the track Wednesday night
There has been considerable talk re-
Gently of bike track in Greater New
York, and now 1t looks as If Ebbets
Field would be the place. Discussion
so far has been to build a portable
which would not interfere with the
games Such track, IL built, would
have to be at least a third of a mile in
size, as it is planned to leave undis-
turbed the stretches in the outfield.
Night racing, 1t is expected, will be
held, but it may be that meets will
be held there on Saturday afternoons
and holidays.
The interest in cycling of the Brook
Ign baseball magnates came about
through a series of athletic meets
with bicycle races as a feature, held
at Ebbets Field recently. The Nc
Keevers paid two visits to the Velo-
drome and liked the game so we'll that
they figured it would be great thing
for the Brooklyn public. Besides, the
revenue therefrom could be used to
help pay for the million-dollar ball
park, which is now housing a losing
ball club. However. Messrs. Ebbets
and the McKeevers will have a talk
with Messrs. Million and Uppercu in
a few days and arrangements will
very likely be made with the Velo-
drome owners to furnish the Brooklyn
promoters with riders for all their
races. During the past week Floyd
MacFarland, who is the general man
ager for the Cycle Racing Association,
of which Messrs. Million and Uppercu
are in control, paid a visit to Mr. Eb-
bets and talked over a track for
Brooklyn. mcfarland told him that
Million and uppercu would be willing
to do business with Brooklyn and
would manage the track for the base
ball men, If they desired. The fran
chise for Greater New York is held by
the Cycle Racing Association and the
Brooklyn promoters would conduct
their races under that sanction.
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The series of match races between
the regulars" and the outlaws" at
the Veledrome yesterday brought out
more enthusiasm than has been on
tap there for some timn. There was
lots of racing and the racing was
very good and the rivalry was SO
keen that applause was not much of q
luxury In the series of matches the
Velodrome won, but they lost the i'm
portant team race. In the individual
sprint matches the Velodrome riders
won three out of four of the races
and If Goullet hadn't been taken iii
they would probably have made a
clean sweep. Grenda, who substi-
tuted for Goullet, is a good man. but
he is not a Goullet, especially in
match races. 1t was Grenda who lost
the only match, his conqueror being
Bob Spears. Clark beat Mcnamara,
Cavanagh beat Hill and Fogler beat
Root in the other three individual
events.
The exhibition given by the Velo-
drome boys in the team match was
a crime. 1t Is presumed that Fogler
worked out the combina ton, but for
once Sir Joseph was off his feed He
not only made a mess of it by racing
he told Cavanagh to go call in when
he went to the front. In the mean
time the Motordrome boys were trail
ing, but finally Mcnamara came with
a rush and caught Clark stalling. As
a result, Jackie was hemmed in and
couldn't get out nohow. In the mean
time Grenda was on his way, but
Spears, who is some stretch racer,
won out at the end. In the pursuit
race the regulars" displayed beauti-
full judgment and timed their pace to
the minute. The teams pedalled along
at about an even clip until first
Spears and then Hill dropped out.
At this period Cavanagh put in
terrific sprint and Fogler, who fol-
lowed, caught Mcnamara, who raced
out alone after Root had forsaken
him.
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The race did not prove anything
particular, and few will give the out
laws" credit for being as good as
the regulars. Spears's win In the
team match may be pointed out as a
great victory, but the only one he
really beat was Grenda. At that,
Spears showed a fine burst of speed
down the stretch, and he may be
able to beat some of the others IL
they don't watch out Mcnamara is
evidently good handicap man and
he is really the favorite of the Motor
drome contingent.
c.
i The judges again came in for con-
siderable kissing. which was all out of
order. The demonstration of disap-
prevail came about when Kramer was
picked ahead of Mcnamara in the
five-mile open. The Motordrome star
was leading and the champion came
from behind, and as they neared the
tape Kramer shot his wheel to the