Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-20

/ Do not be SO cruel and knock the
Italian Splinter: give him a square
deal when he deserves 1t. He will
| show you and some others when he
comes to the Velodrome again. You
may come back at me with some OF
your noise to amuse the readers OF
the Star, as usual, but you cannot
convince me you are q real critic I'M
til you come across with the real
stuff" RALPH BAVlLLARI.
Again, without going into details,
allow me to repeat that verri rode
like a boob" that he was the first
ogender, and, despite Kramer and
MacFarland to the contrary, Hill was
not to blame. In fact, Hill, in the
Evening Star, proved to Kramer, In
a discussion of the finish. that the
champion didn't observe the race
closely until the last five laps. when
Root started his sprint. Good luck to
Verri and all his staunch admirers,
but 1 wrote about the race Just as
saw it.
Here is another kick about the Hill
Verri scrap:
]. P. NJ:
will you kindly inform us why it
was Verri's fault in using the first
foul tactics in the final sprint at
Madison Square Garden at the finish
OF the six-day race? All the daily
papers, and MacFarland. Kramer and
others seem to agree completely on
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resort to foul riding, and deliberately
fouled the Italian. We are not OBJ
jecting to your personal considera-
ton of the matter but we want to
say that you are not stating the truth
and that you are openly fayoring
the American rider, Hill. We think
for his actions Hill should have been
punished by the officials, as suggested
by that impartial judge, MacFarland,
and we also believe that the pushing
of Verri off the track was not unin-
territorial If the N. c. A. will fairly
consider these foul tactics against
Verri we are sure it will be found
that combination existed among the
five riders to prevent the Italian from
getting first or second money.
FRANCESCA FRUSTINNO,
LORENZO PINOCCHIO,
~ NICOLA NAPPA,
FRANCISCO ABATO.
I'm doing my best, just as all four
of you are doing your best, and my
opinion of the six-day finish hasn't
changed a bit.
G.
An admirer of Walter Rutt takes
exception to the praises given Alfred
Goullet and states his views in the
following communications
PERTH AMBoY, N. j., Dec. 10.
J. p. NJ:
Well, Goullet won the New York
six-day race. Why was his finish any
better than Walter Rutt's the year
before? Goullet had Roots wheel all
through the mile sprint, while Root
was riding at such pace that he
could not hope to finish first. That
pull gave Goullet the race Rutt, the
year before. had Charles's wheel from
the start of the mile sprint until the
seventh lap, when Root jumped from
fourth place. Rutt, taking the lead,
raced Root into submission in one lap.
John Bedell having Rutt's wheel, fin
ished second. Clark third, and Root
fourth. Rutt's speed at the finish
was so great that Grenda could not
hang on and finished last, behind
Drobach. Furthermore. in comparing
great six-day riders, you must not
forget that the strong team of Hehir
and Goullet was Tapped three times
by Rutt and Clark, Rutt tapping the
field alone once. I think that Clark's
claims as the greatest six-day rider
are about called" Teamed with
Grenda, he could not get back the
penalized lap and when Grenda with
drew, and Clark teamed with Waltz
our, Clark was Tapped himself He
has yet to win in final sprint of a
six-day race at the Garden. AS for
Goullet, he did not show as much
aggressiveness as Hill and Ryan, the
real "Bear-cats" of the race. He was
content to conserve his strength to
the finish. while Rutt, in a race, has
always made 1t interesting, as the cry
There goes Rutt!" has brought the
spectators to their feet. l guess~you
know that. o. M.
1t would be impossible to draw any
real conclusion In regard to the mer-
its of Goullet and Rutt as six-day
riders, and you would find plenty of
settle any such controversy-only
Rutt or no one else ever rode a bet
| ter six-day race than the one ridden
by Goullet the last week past.
You're off your wheel in regard to
| the finish last year. Rutt was prac-
tically "shooed In Clark did the
pulling and John Bedell did the
protecting" Eddie Root made bid
on the seventh lap. but he never got
anywhere near the front. Roots
move was considered double