Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-03
TO RIDE
At vELODROME
Former Worlds Champion
Signs Contract-Said to Be
in Top Form.
STAY FOR "DROME" RIDERS

liver Lawson has been added to the
string of star professionals under
contract with the promoters of the
Newark Velodrome. Lawson was
signed yesterday and will ride his
first race here tomorrow night. when
the night racing season will begin.
With the addition Of the Swede, the
array of first-class riders at the Yelo-
drom is larger than ever.
At one time, Lawson was the
champion of the world, and for many
years the most dangerous opponent
Of Frank Kramer. 1t is said that in
1904, when Lawson won the worlds
championship at the Crystal Palace,
in London, he was faster than
Kramer. That same year in Austria
LA, the Swede was unbeatable and
| won more than $4,000 in purses in
the Antipodes alone.
| During the past few years, Lawson
has only at times shown the speed
that won for him the worlds title.
On those occasions. however, he was
unbeatable. Lawson rode well at
Salt Lake last season and won many
number of open events. Alt Goullet
was his only master at the Lake
According to Floyd MacFarland
who had Lawson in charge in Europe
last winter, Iver showed most of his
old speed. and big Mac" had him
booked for a number of important
matches, but a fall In the Brussels
six-day race put the Swede out of the
game with a broken, collarbone and
he returned TO his home, in Salt Lake.
Lawson fell again at the Velodrome
four weeks ago and broke his collar
bone again, which was another unfor-
tunate setback. He has recovered
and has been training for the past
ten days and is rounding into racing
form again. Lawson will figure only
in the half-mile pro" championship
tomorrow night, which will not be too
strenuous as to distance.
The battle between the velodrome
and Motordrome and the bicycle
riders has now reached the stage
where court proceedings enter. Nor
man Anderson and Ernest Jokus,
both of whom, it is claimed, signed
contracts to ride at the Motordrome
but are still riding at the Velodrome
were yesterday served with notices
of injunctions granted Vice-Chancel-
lor John E. Emory restraining them
from riding at any other track than
the Motordrome during the contin-
uance of the contracts they now have
with the management of that track.
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The race card for the first of the
mid-week night meets, which starts
| tomorrow night, are, in addition to
the championship, a three-mile tam
dem open and a 1ve-mile open for the
professionals, a match in which Joe
FoRler will meet Frank Cavanagh,
and a half-mile handicap. three
mile open and one-mile invitation
| for the amateurs.
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George Wiley, the motor-paced
champion of the world. won twenty
mile paced race at Manchester, n. H.,
Decoration Day. A new eight-lap
board track has been built in the New
England city and one meet each week
will be run there during the summer
season. A big crowd was in attend
ance at the opening meet at which
amateur and professional races were
run in addition to the paced race.
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! Manager Floyd MacFarland, OF the
Philadelphia track, writes that he has
everything in shape for the opening
meet, which is scheduled for Thurs
day night. Manager Chapman. with
Carl Ridden, Jimmy Hunter, Charley
TurvilIe and Charley Stein. the pace
makers, left for Philadelphia yester-
day. The motor-paced riders win not
leave here until Thursday morning.
as they are billed to ride in the races
at the velodrome tomorrow night.
The foreign cyclists. who are on
their way to America. are due here
Saturday on the French liner La
Provence. They are billed to COM
pete at the velodrome Sunday.