Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-06
mo GAMBLING OR ROWDYISM
AT RACE, PROMISES POWERS
Ample Provisions Have Been
Made to Eliminate Objection
able Element During Grind.
PUTS BAN ON "TEAMING'
up. T." Declares Field Is So
Evenly Balanced That Pick
ing Winners Is Impossible.
PUTS BAN ON "TEA
BY P. T. POWERS

Fire Chief Croker will have charge
of both the police and the firemen in
the Garden during the six-day race
this year. In my opinion, this is one
of the most pleasing things can tell
the fans, for it is a well-known fact
that there has always been consider
able rowdyism in the Garden during
the running of past races, and l feel
certain that the patrons of the nice
will enjoy it far more when they can
feel perfectly safe while in the build
ing. Chief Croker will be ably as,
sisted in the police duty by Val O'Far-
rell, one of the most proficient men
ever connected with the detective !
force of the New York police depart-
ment
VIII Gust UndesirabIes.
Gambling and rowdyism will abso-
lutely not be permitted, and all OBJ
Jectionable characters who are wont
to infest the old Garden each year
during the grind will not be allowed
in the building. To me this Is most
important, as manager Of the race,
and 1t Is sure to have much to do with
the running of a successful race this
year.
AS ltI dS lD6 race llS6tl 10 NtJn~
cerned, I think 1t will be good one,
and / shall insist upon 1t being abso-
lutely free from teamwork. / have
nominated a most efficient staff of
officials, and II they follow my in
structions the race will be clean and
a fair contest with the best pair the
winners on Saturday night. / thinks
have mated the riders better than in
any previous year, which has made.
nv loI fall nd
which 1t is impossible to pick one.
team as having even the slightest
advantage over the others, in which
there are first division riders.
Hard to Stop Teaming.
have conducted the New York
race for nineteen years, and every
race has been success, both finan-
cially and from a racing standpoint
1t is true that there has been teaming
in some of the races, but the officials
were the ones responsible of permit
ting the riders to do teaming and get
away with ii. / realize that it is
hard matter to stop teaming. The
most efficient men in cycle racing
have been engaged year after year to
referee the race, but the riders are
so clever in their teaming they invari-
ably manage to deceive the officials.
1t is the fear that they will punish
innocent riders that makes the ref
erees prone to overlook things that
| look suspicious, and / appreciate the
position in which they are placed.
But this year the corps of referees
have given me their word that they
will be most severe in their rulings,
and IL they keep faith with me the
race will be absolutely fair and clean.
Thinks They'll All Stick.
During all of the years of my con-
nection with the race in New York
have never seen a more evenly ball
| anced field of riders. | usually sign
| more teams than l want in the race
| in order to make sure of having at
| least ten teams in for the finish, but
from the reports have received from
the various training camps In New
ark l believe will have the entire sew
| enteen teams In the race throughout
| the six days. The foreign riders have
always been a source of anxiety to me.
| With its great cosmopolitan popu-
lation the international feature of the
race is a big attraction, and | am
| always DESTROYS of securing foreign
riders who can last the six days and
| hold their own with the Americans.
! This year L am quite certain that all
of the foreign teams will make good,
which is very pleasing to me. They
are all six-day veterans and know
J how to handle themselves in con-
| tinuous race. l am especially pleased
with. the Brocco-Verri and Breton
Perchicot teams. and believe that
| they have a fair chance to win.
Veterans and Stars Galore.
OF the thirty-four riders in the race
! there are twenty-five veterans, and
with so many riders of known ability
there is no question as to the success
of the race from a competition stand
point. Root, Fogler Hill, Moran.
| Clark, Hehir, Lawrence, Magin, Col
Inns, Walthour, Brocco, Breton, Pye,
Halstead, Droback, Mitten and John
Bedell can absolutely be depended
upon, and if any of them should have
a partner who might weaken during
| the race they are good enough to pull
| their respective teams through.
! When the race starts l shall have
no anxiety, resting serene in the
knowledge that l am going to give
the public another successful six-day.
race.