Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-02

,ONNlE MACK
| the swirl at Madison Square Garden
when the bell rings in December.
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AS to Popularity, you can't take
that away from Clark, but as to abil-
| ity as a rider. he doesn't fit at all
with Frank Kramer The champion
can beat Jackie, single-handed, at
almost any old distance, and if Kra-
mer starts in the New York six-day
race. which is likely, he may show
Clark how in even that kind of a
gruelling grind. Jackie is a nice little
boy, but every now and then he gets
| fresh and makes a lot of big talk.
| AS soon as he realizes that he is
only Poor Little Jackie Clark he
comes to his senses again and then
! he is a nice little fellow once more.
AS his own business agent he is doing
nicely. but the source of some of his
help is sufficient to kill him entirely.
AS well as he is doing now he will
never do as well as he did when he
| was under the management of Floyd
MacFarland. He may have had to go
| to bed earlier and he may not have
| been allowed to talk so much. but
| Mac" brutal mentor that he was,
made sure to get the coin for Clark.
/ Still, Jackie is doing well and Mac
Farland is doing well, only MAC" is
doing better now and has better
prospects ahead than at any time in
his life
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needed Clark very badly. Now the
sport could get along without him
very well. Kramer, too, once upon a
time was positively essential. Now
even the champion can be absent
without diminishing the crowd All
this is hard lines, of course; but it is
the truth. Still it won't make any
difference with Frank and Jackie
next season. Messrs. Million and
Uppercu, on the advice of Mr. Mac
! Farland, have decided to give the
boys the same as they received last
year. Kramer has signed his con-
tract, and Clark, it is said, is quite
willing to sign his What Jackie will
do in regard to the six-day race is NOT
known. But the chances are that
Kramer will get $1,000 and Clark will
get $1,000, which is a big salary for
both of them But poor Uppercu!
There isn't another man that l know
of who would deliberately put his
head in the halter for a $1,000 loss,
and he isn't making the least bit of a
sqneal about it, either OF course
some of the 'peeveos" who are boost
ing for big bonus money for the
riders wouldn't holler their heads off
if they stood to lose twenty cents
No! No!
That the few pro stars aren't the
whole thing was demonstrated at the
Velodrome last Sunday when Bill
Bailey and Donald McDougall drew
14,500 persons to see them indulge in
a match race. That crowd opened
the eyes of the promoters, and now
they are going to hunt the world over
for new faces. Next year Walter
Rutt will be a contestant at the Velo-
drome. and so will Hourlier and
Dupre. Bailey, too, will be over
again, maybe. as an amateur. maybe
cycling is next year. Kramer, Goul-
let. Clark and the other ear-stars
are ceasing to be the whole show.
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When Messrs. Million, Chapman
and Moran conducted a six-day race
in the armory few years ago the
attendance was very poor until the
last night of the contest, when a
packed house resulted. No money
was lost in the venture, but the
amount made was SO small that it
was not sufficiently encouraging to
have the promoters try their hand
again. And here is fan who knows
this, but still would like to have the
new team of Million and Uppercu
run another race at the armory
That isn't likely. | put it up to Mr.
Million and he put it UP to Mr.. Mac
Farland and they decided that il
would require too much effort for
too small reward to hold a six-day
race in Newark this year. Next year
though, things may be different, for il
is among the most likely happenings
imaginable that Million and Upper
Gu, the gamest sports in the world
will erect a building for cycling pur-
poses before the winter again rolls
around. Until then, there will be
nothing doing, they say, but the let
ter advocating the grind is printed
below Just the same.
u. P. N:
Just a few lines to interest you
in o movement for Newark six-day