Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-29
.1glishman Has the Speed,
Yet He Doesn't Look to
Be Moving.
M'D0UGALL Is NO MATCH
Yankee Boy Fails to Show His
True Form and Loses in
Straight Heats.
fRY ]. P. NJ

(BY j. P. NJ
Just as everybody said who knew,
Bill Bailey, Bnglands greatest anna
teur rider and worlds champion in
the bargain, defeated our own Dom
aid McDougall, Americas speediest
simon-pure and former worlds cham
pion besides. This came about up at
the velodrome bike track yesterday
afternoon, when the greatest crowd
of enthusiastic patrons of cycling In
the history OF the game in this city
turned out to witness tho race. And
in winning. Bailey showed 80 much
superiority over McDougall that sven
Donald himself. nor anyone else,
either. could have leg to stand on In
reply. Bailey won In straight heats.
: He won easily, but not impressively.
He won by open daylight and he
won unchallenged at the end. He
raced from in front in tho first heat
md he won by open daylight at the
md. He raced from the rear In the
second heat and he won at the finish
by even more daylight. He won every
which way, and still you couldn't say
that his race was impressive. that
his style was impressive or that he
would impress you as being tho won
derful wheelman he certainly is Bill
Bailey, you're there. and we must
hand it to you, but, for heavens sake
tell us how you do 1t.
O.
The race, though exploiting the
talents Of more amateurs. brought
out the greatest crowd that has ever
gathered at cycling meet in this
city. Many said 1t was the greatest
crowd that had ever turned out to a
sporting event around here. This is
likely true. for the largest attendance
In the history Of baseball in Newark
is said to have been 1880, whereas
the crowd at tho Velodrome yester-
day, according to Frank Million, the
promoter, was 1850 paid admissions.
1t was mammoth crowd and the
Enclosure wasn't large enough by q
good deal to take care. of the many
who wanted to see those two famous
knights of the wheel perform. Tho
bleachers were damned from one end
to the other and the extended struc-
ture ON the back stretch for the first
time was taxed with people. Down
in the well OF the track, hundreds,
in the absence of no better quarters,
felt delighted to be able to get even
look at the contestants. Up in the
grandstand the patrons were huddled
together so closely that you couldn't
see daylight between them. 1t Is a
well-known fact that the clientele of
the Velodrome numbers tho best peo-
pie of the city, county and State on
its list Of patrons. In the attend
alace yesterday there was both class
and numbers-quality and quantity.
There was everything to make for
gayness, for interest, for enjoyment
And to think of 1.-TWO little anna
teurs made all this fuss in this quiet
Sunday town OF ours!
O.
Well, you can imagine. in a way,
the size Of tho gathering when James
J. Corbett, who has appeared before
tremendous crowds on numerous &C.
casions, 'lost his dog" as 1t were,
when called upon to keep his promise
to act as starter of the final race of
the day. For some time Corbett re-
manned down in the subway and only
came out in the inclosure after as
sured that everything was ready for
him to start the race and that he
would be able to get away in a
hurry. And then when he did show
he faltered at being introduced. and
ford, couldn't get Gentleman Jim"
to take more than one "knockdown"
to the vast assemblage. 1t was
amazing. but Corbett really shook be-
fore the vast assemblage, but came
to himself after he had shot the gun
that sent the racers on their way in
the final event of the day. Previously,
on his entrance to the grand stand,
Corbett stood amazed at the mass
of people, and he said over and over
again that he could hardly believe
the sight feminist him. He said, to
him, it looked larger than the as
seriblage at Reno. where white
man went down to defeat before a
black man. and he was SO enthusiast
tic that he remained to the very last,
although beforehand he intended to
stay few minutes only. The af-
fair was mammoth in every way and
there wasn't complaint to offer.
c.
AS big things go, there was much
adoo about the -McDougall
race. Champions of today and yes
terday were present in the limelight.
Marcus Hurley. a former amateur
champion. and a former worlds
champion. acted as the starter of the
contest, and Frank L. Kramer,
American champion and former
worlds champion, sent McDougall off
the mark. and liver Lawson. former
worlds champion, acted in a similar
capacity for Bailey. Then Corbett,
the former worlds pugilistic cham
pion. sat in the front of the grand
stand and watched with keen interest
the goings on on the track. He COM
mented freely on the actions of the
riders and he said, from casual obser-
walton, Bailey looked to him like the