Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-26

has to do is to win a race or two
or be disqualified unjustly now anc
then and the fans flock to the Velo.
drome to see how about it," TIL,
glory stuff and the sympathy
stuff is great stuff. and it just comes
naturally.
Just now little Jackie Clark is th'
high card at the Velodrome. TIL,
fans went mad, as the boys around
the corner say, over his defeat of
Thorwald Ellegaard, the Dane. The
glory came about through JackIe's
victory and the sympathy was added
because the mean old Velodrome
promoters only matched Clark
against Ellegaard in an effort to
show Jackie up and have him dis
gracefully beaten That is what
most promoters generally do with
their best attractions-kIl them off
as soon as possible. However. if
that was the aim of the bold bad
men at the Velodrome. they we're
greatly disappointed. Instead of be-
ing beaten, Inundated, disgraced
Clark came out of the contest a hero
of the highest order.N He won in
straight heats and so decisively
that he left no room for doubt The
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him again tomorrow, only more so,
when he again races Ellegaard at
the Velodrome.
In matching Clark against Ellie
gard for the second time in a week,
the hated enemies of Clark are hoping
is is presumed, that he will be beat
en-. OF course, if defeated, interest
in him will lag at least little bit and
Ellegaard will be given the hurrahs,
and the attention. The fact that
Ellegaard is here for a short stay
only and that Clark is here to stay,
1t is presumed, for a long time, seems
to make no difference at all. Clark,
the hero, the faVorite, the matinee
Idol of the Velodrome, must be beat
en- at all cost. 1t is a shame the
way that Messrs Chapman and Min
Ion are trying to kill the goose that
is laying all the golden eggs. Shame
on you men! But in the meantime
while the execution is going on, the
crowds are making their way in
droves to the track. That seems to
please the men immensely who are
so anxious to have Clark beaten
THE wretches!" we hiss between our
teeth. However, Jackie hasn't been
beaten, despite all the desire, and he
will race Ellegaard tomorrow on the
very same track, and, if the enthus-
iasm now rampant, is any criterion,
before very large crowd of high
class fans.
When Clark and Ellegaard met be-
fore | selected Ellegaard to win, and,
| might add, l made my selection be-
fore the race. After the race was
over | was among the vast number
of Jackie's hero worshippers, and, in
my columns in the Star / gave the
winner all due credit. Now today,
and again before the race, | believe
that Ellegaard will do much better
than he did last Wednesday night.
For a master on a wheel, the Dane
rode very poorly. He didn't have a
thing. His speed was nowhere, and
when there isn't any speed around a
man hasn't any business in a race.
Conditions will be slightly changed
tomorrow, and Ellegaard has had
considerable more work. On his
reputation as rider and on the
race in which he defeated Grenda,
the Dane should beat Clark On the
heavy track last Wednesday Ellie
gard was at disadvantage. He is
a pretty big man, he rides a high
gear and uses heavy tires. With the
prospects, of fast track tomorrow,
the chances of the Dane are much
improved, Clark, it is expected, will
be just as good as he was in the last
race. He had rare speed on that oc-
casion and used excellent Judgment.
If he wins again it will be proof of
his superiority, and if he loses he
will be entitled to another match.
Jackie, however, expects to win, and
then he will be matched against
Goullet. Really, everything points to
great big boom in cycling, all of
which has been stirred up because
of the Velodrome promoters desire
to have little Jackie Clark beaten
by big Thorwald Ellegaard.
G
Maurice Mclaughlin, the American,
has surprised again by losing in the
Davis cup singles to j, C. Parke, the
Irishman, but r. Norris Williams
played up to his usually consistent
result of the matches we find our
selves hoping for success, whereas,
beforehand, we felt quite sure that
we would win. Perhaps we expect toe
much of our men. We did feel that
Mclaughlin would not disappoint us
again, as he did in the England
championship, but the fact that he
was unable to win may be that he
isn't quite as expert as we imagined
although, for once, surely, we had
lots of company and a full house
When Mclaughlin was beaten by
Wilding in the All-England challenge
round we were led to believe there
was a rea son Now nerhans there