Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-29


Ting Nelson gave us our first treat of
it in the prize-ring and now Thorwald
edition of it on the bike track. II Ell
legaard can stand 1t and If Manager
Chapman can stand 1t, why Jackie
Clark and the fans should be tickled
over 1t, With two such easy victories
as Clark has. scored over the Dane to
bank on. the most doubtful of jackie 8
admirers would seem to have little to
fear of the outcome. Why Ellegaard
is so persistent in having Clark, who
is riding SO well lately, administer one
licking after another. is not easy to
imagine. The Dane could pick out
much softer snaps and he might get
away with one of them, but, judging
from recent performances. he hasn't
chance in the world to even give
Jackie a hard race of 1t.
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Ellegaard, it is said, feels that he
will be all right in a weeks time,
and it is at his request that an
other match with Clark Is being
staged. Jackie can have no room for
objection, as he should be able to
improve his batting average" to
about 1000 over the Dane. There can
be no sobbing that Clark is being i'll
treated in this respect, although
there is almost certain to be big
crowd out to see the match.
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AS interest in cycling seems to
have taken big jump, Manager
Chapman is racking his brain for
attractive cards. After the Clark
Ellegaard affair he is planning to
match Jackie against Goullet, but
maybe he will bring forth Champion
Kramer as an opponent of Clark af-
ter the Ellegaard race next Sunday.
What the fans want is what Manager
Chapman is anxious to give them,
but he would really like to keep
Clark in a glass case he Is such a
tremendously popular fellow. The
fans flock to see Jackie ride, and
Jackie is just as happy when the
crowds turn out as are the promo
tiers. He likes to win, of course, and
he Is winning. But even with the pros
poets of his match with Ellegaard so
certain for him the odds are easy
that another 10000 assemblage will
go to see Jackie tow Ellegaard home.
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A good match for next Sunday
would have been Clark VS.. Goullet.
There is a feeling existing between
the boys that one can beat the other
and you can hear the fans talking 1t
over. The interest is there and when
there is interest, there is bound to
be a gathering. The way Jackie is
riding he has chance to beat Goullet,
who races like a champion one day
and comes back like a cart horse
the next day. To rush Clark up
against Kramer would be suicide, but
1t would be just like Manager Chap
man TO do such a thing, as he Is
sticker for making hay while the sun
shines and there would likely be a
record crowd, especially just now, if
Poor Little Jackie" was matched
against the greatest rider in the
world. Ordinarily a manager would
be inclined to think twice before
Clark against such demon
as Kramer, but knowing that Jackie
could be beaten twenty times and
then start favorite in his next race
Manager Chapman may feel that he
is not weakening his little crowd
puller one whit. So a Kramer Clark
race may be looked for any time now.
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The Pirates may have Marty O'Toole
back on the job sooner than expect
ed. The operation for appendicitis
was very successful and the pitcher Is
now able to be out. He expects to
get back in the game in a few days,
but it will be weeks before he will
be able to pitch regularly. O'Toole
is a great pitcher but he has had his
share of bad luck He Joined the
Pirates last year with sore arm,
and it is said that he has been both
cred ever since. Now appendicitis
has overtaken him. He will get bet
ter and all that, but he will never
be the same as far as his profession
goes. Once the human wall is cut
the vitality GIBBS away
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Amos Rusie. the once famous pitch
err who, for years, has been working
as a day laborer in Seattle, met with
an accident yesterday that brought
his name into print again. Rusie,
while at work, was hit on the right
arm with heavy iron bar and was
taken to the hospital. Rusie. won
der in his day, played the social
game too strong, and. while still in
his bloom, was compelled to retire be-
cause of his habits. And in his re-
tirement, 1t is said thats Rusie is a
far happier man than he ever was
even in the friendly throes of the
bowling mob at the Polo Grounds.
Fame is not always glory. 1t is
thrust upon some men who would
rather live quiet and easy life. 1t
is sought in vain, though, by others,
who go under in its search Rusie's
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