Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-13

The field in the New York six-da.
race has been broken up, and nov
only six teams are tied for the lead
All this came about through WILD
sprinting on the part of Bobby Wal.
thour, who, after losing his partner
paired up with Jackie Clark. But now
both Clark and Walthour are out OF
the race. Clark refused to continue
because he declared he couldn't GO
any further, and Walthour, after
creating the desperate Jams" was
Tapped twice and was forced to retire
when Clark refused to come out on
the track and relieve him. The COM
bination of Clark and Walthour came
about when Collins broke his collar
bone last night and Grenda was asked
to give up the grind to allow Wal
thour, who was going very strong. to
pair up with Clark. This surely
looked like a most formidable aggre-
cation, and the spectators loudly
cheered the announcement. The sur
PRISE however, came when Clark re-
fused to continue, but it is said that
Jackie, all in all, has had a bad week
of It.
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The race has been wonderfully clean
so far, and not a single combination
exists. 1t is said that Fred Diver,
Clark's trainer, made a proposition to
have another team stall for Clark
and Grenda, but that was the only
case of combination work that
heard of all week. The story pub
1ished that Clark had to bolt his door
to keep some of the riders from just
forcing him to Join in a combination
has been the laugh of the Garden.
It has been so hard to get any
scandal this year that the sneaky
boys grasp at the least thing. Some
one asked Frank Million last night
who he would rather have around
the Garden, the gunner or scandal
mongers. Million reflected moment
and then replied:
1T wouldn't care to have either OF
the pests around me, but IL I must
make a choice l would much prefer
the gunner"
Surely the INSCRIPTIONS news
gatherers are "in bad" this week.
Nobody wants to talk to them and
they gumshoe around the Garden In
the hope that they might get an
earful here and there for their
paper.
Mr.. Klosterman, the Baltimore N.
c. A. franchise holder, is still around
the Garden. He made a proposition
to have Mr. Million meet John M.
Chapman and make up" but Mr..
Million refused to go into any meet
ing with Messrs. Klosterman and
Chapman unless Mr.. Uppercu, Mr..
Millions partner, was present. Chap
man. it is said, didn't want Uppercu
at the conference and Mr.. Million re-
fused to go into meeting alone with
Klosterman and Chapman.
You know" Mr.. Million said to
me last night, 81 would want wit
ness to everything that might be said
during such conference. Then IL
more lies were published about me
would have the satisfaction of know
ing that at least one man could con-
firm me in telling the truth"
L,,f 81 q. -
finish. With six teams tied, the win
ner will have his own troubles when
it comes to the squirt. On form Goul-
let and Fogler should win, and only
very bad break or bad accident
will stop them. Goullet is flying, and,
of course. he will do the squirting. but
F'ogler is also very good now, and he
should be able to win with an even
break in the squirt. Eddie Root is
the man to beat This same bird is
always the man to beat at the finish
of a six-day grind. He is surprisingly
fast after hard weeks work. and he
is always surprisingly heady. The
odds are many that he will not be
able to beat Goullet tonight, and thou
sands would yell II told you sol" II
Root were to win.
c.
The race has been very fast and
the men are well ahead of the record
The attendance, too, has been tremen-
dous, Notwithstanding the fact that
the New York papers haven't given
the contest especial attention. The
Evening Star is the big favorite over
in the Garden, and the sale of the
paper has been very large during the
weeks grind.
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From Paris comes the belated an
nouncement that Jack johnson, the
heavyweight champion, still retains