Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-13


show us. in a way, perhaps, what he
can do tomorrow at the Velodrome.
This famous worlds champion comes
heralded as the most superior anna
teur on the wheel in years, and We
are expecting great things of him.
OF course. it win be his first time
out" as the old tout used to say on
the racetracks. but he will not have
much to beat" which is also a
slang phrase of the paddock and bet
ting ring. Not that Gus Wohlrab,
who meets Bailey in his initial effort,
isn't a pretty speedy merchant, but
because Bailey. we know, is an ex-
ceptiona knight of the wheel. Wohl-
rab. for what it is known he can do.
is good enough to test Bailey. Gus
won't have to beat the Englishman
to give us a line on him. All he will
have to do is to give him a close
rub Then We will know just about
where Donald McDougall. our Amer
lean champion, fits in. For McDou-
gall, we will say. he is mot afraid
of the man from across the seas,
although he has been told so many
great things about Bailey that 1t
wouldn't be much of a wonder IL the
Yankee boy did get cold feet" But
with all the Bailey puffs and praises
going on, little Donald is standing
his ground well. He isn't saying much
now and even after he sees Bill race
against Wohlrab he may not break
out in song. He is hiding his time,
playing safety in his views of af-
fairs. and if Bailey doesn't make a
holy show out of Wohlrab and
display such superior speed and
racing ability as to eliminate all
doubt as to his mastery, McDougall,
from what YOU can size up in the
boy. will give a good account of
himself and do battle to the very
last stride. All this will come later
on. of course, yet it is the Bailey
McDougall match that is attracting
so much attention to the Bailey
Wohlrab match.
O.
For one thing, let us be fair to
Bailey, the foreigner. He comes
here out of the sport of it to race,
for an amateur-especially an Eng
fish amateur-is a natural enemy of
prize money in races. His expenses
are being paid all around and he
will have nothing to worry him in
that respect. He has great faith in
his ability and he thinks that he has
no superior as an amateur. He feels
that he can win and in the mean
time he is anxious to see our coun-
try. So far, he seems tickled with
our people and half-jokingly he said
yesterday: II may turn professional
after while and stay over here
for a time" maybe. Just now he is
toddling around in his amateur buds
and seems to be a king among the
simon-pures. Goodness knows what
he would be able to do if he were
to join the Turks" who race for the
filthy lucre. No amateur will ever
know what a bed of roses he has
been sleeping in until he gets in a
race alongside of Joe Fogler, Paddy
Hehir Grassy Ryan and some of
those other train wreckers." There
is one thing, though. that Bailey
would like to do and that is to race
against Kramer, providing, of course,
he shows sufficient form to warrant
such a match. He is rather anxious
about such a contest and asked me
if McDougalI had ever met Kramer.
YES" | replied.
How did Mac make out?" Bailey
asked.
"Well," I said, not caring to go
into details, Kramer beat McDougall
but McDougall outjockeyed Kramer"
as that sol" Bailey declared.
"Well, / would like to race Kramer
if the promoters here think I am
good enough and the cycling associa-
ton will give permission for such
contest"
Now, gentle readers, you can judge
for yourself how really good Bill
Bailey thinks he is. He is confident,
but he has the goods" to back it
up. He believes he will defeat all
our amateurs and he would like to
tackle our greatest professional.
None of these plans, mind you, are
being made with any blow or blus-
ter. Bailey has lots of spunk, but
he is not conceited. He feels that
he will make good. in the event of
which he desires to go higher. 1t
may never come about. but just the
same a Kramer-B Bailey match is
among the possibilities.
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AS remarked before, let US be fair
to the visitor. If he wins let us ap-
plaud his efforts. If he is beaten let
us give the applause to his opponent.
But above all, let there be no de-
risive remarks. What McDougall
may do to him is all right, but we
might wait until he does before we
blow our horn. He is racing Wohl-
rab tomorrow and he will very likely
beat him hands down. McDougalls
admirers will do themselves proud
by joining in the applause of the
victor.
G
John Camel has won several PEN
nants, but he would rather win the
remnant this wear than anv remnant