Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-06
CYCLISTS ON EDGE
FOR MATCH RACE
Kramer, Perchicot, Clark and
Verri Eager for International
Event Tonight.
COLORS ASSIGNED TEAMS

The lid will be lifted tonight on
, the premier winter cycling events, the
six-day race at Madison Square Gar
den, with a program of special races.
The feature of the evening will be a
four match race between
American sprint champion Frank
Kramer, Jackie Clark, of Australia;
Francisco Verri, of Italy. and Andre
Perchicot, of France. America will
be pitted against Australia in a team
pursuit race. Fogler, Moran and
Root will represent the United States,
while Grenda, Mcnamara and Goul-
let comprise the Australian trio.
Bobby Walthour, the Dixie flyer,
and Elmer Collins will engage in q
f1ve-mile race behind the motors, and
Donald NacDougall, the amateur
champion, will ride Harry Kaiser. of
the Bronx, In special match race.
A cabaret will be offered to the
six-day fans as a relaxation from the
tension OF watching the grind.
Colors were assigned to the six-day
riders yesterday, and, Judging from
the assortment, the men on the track
will form good material for q cubist
color scheme. The foreign teams, as
usual, will make the most dashing dis
play. Brocco and Verri will set the
pace with green, white and red. The
modest combination will be Grenda
and Moran, whose garb has been Sc
lected as black. The colors are as fol-
lows:
Clark and Hehir, orange. with black
trimmings; Walker and Pye, red;
Grenda and Moran, black; Mcnamara
and Root, maroon and white; Verri
white and rcd
Perchicot and Petit Breton, blue and
red; Lawrence and Magin, light blue,
with maltese cross; Halstead and
Drobach, black, with orange band;
Fcgler and Goullet, blue, with red
star; Hill and Ryan, lavender and
white; Hansen and Anderson, white,
with red band; Carman and Cameron,
old gold; Walthour and Collins, blue,
with black trimmings; Cory and
Bedell purple; Mitten and Thomas
black, with white sash: O'Keefe and
KopslSy, green, with orange band; APP
pehans and Packebusch, red and
gray.
That pursuit race between Aus
tralia and America has the camps
agog. Fogler, Root and Moran are
representing Uncle Sam, while Grenda,
Goullet and Mcnamara are sporting
the colors of Kangaroo Land. The
Australian trio was admitted to be
the stronger combination In the dis
cussions yesterday, but bunch was
prevalent at the headquarters that
the American team would spring a
surprise.
Appelhans and Packebusch have
got the dopesters guessing as to who
is the better Splinter. Tests have
been held during the past week on
the "home trainer" at Clark's Hotel.
Packebusch gets going quicker from
standing start, but Applicants sus-
tains his sprint longer. The German
team, despite their lack of knowledge
of the local phraseology, are social
favorites in the training circles.
Worth Mitten and Lloyd Thomas
are being termed "the midget team"
Both OF the diminutive riders have
put In fortnight of the strictest
training. Road work and afternoons
on the Motordrome track have put
the combination in first-class condi-
ton.
The six-day grinders will get a
chance to get in some preliminary
circles on the big saucer this after
noon. The little bowl will handicap
Ln0 T1ue1S III IlTSI dlleI WOth-OuI5
on the big Motordrome track.
The migration of the six-day rid
ers took place today. All the foreign
ers broke camp at noon, departing
bag and baggage for Manhattan,
where they will stay at the Hotel
Preston until the final move into the
Madison Square Garden training
camps The trainers of the various
combinations are hard at work get
ting the temporary households at the
Garden in shape. Provisions are be-
ing laid by for the weeks seige, and
Judging by the bottles of liniment
being transported to the Garden it
will nasally resemble hospital
On the eve Of the weary grind
comes the announcement of the mar
riage of Willie Coburn, the cyclist,
who is one of the trainers in Dave
Coburn's camp.