Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08

Mcveigh, Carl Victor and others. At
all weights. we could match our men
| without fear of being outclassed.
There are some very good boys in
our midst, and with Weinert's great
showing against LevinslSy added in
terest is bound to prevail in boxing
around here. 1t may mean that a
boxing club will soon be opened In
this territory, and under proper man
agement there should be no objection.
Talk of Hillside Park getting under
way with a boxing club seems to be
all wind. Eddie Wood has Hillside
dream every once in a while, and
Eddie apparently believes in dreams.
1t would be a fine thing to have a
well-conducted club in Newark, but
1t must be well conducted.
g.
While in the hunor of things
cycling, you might read the follow
ing hitting on the humorous side of
odds quoted recently on the six-day
race:
J. p. N:
Some time ago l noticed in a local
paper some betting odds supposed to
prevail in the six-day race. OF
course, this is rather a late date to
mention this. but have been try
ing to get the answer ever since. II
our friend Sam Lloyd could only have
seen that. Someone said that If you
add the numbers together, you will
get the ages of each rider. l wonder
If that is correct? Can you help me
out on that?
Personally, I think that the author
of those odds should be given the
quick once over" and then into the
Solomon heap.
It's a shame to criticise, but we
can't let any paper get by with that
stuff. This same daily also gave the
ranking of the 1918 football teams.
Where do they get off putting Col
gate ahead of Princeton? With the
exception of Yale, who did Colgate
play that really amounted to any
thing? My heart goes out 10 poor old
Princeton and Young Weinert when
this newspaper starts their habitual
knocking tactics, but believe me, j.
P. N, the hammer is only made of
glass, so we should worry, eh? Here
are their three best bets:
Tommy Murphy will defeat McFar-
land.
Levinsky defeats Young weinert.
Down with cycling.
Very truly yours,
Let there be no complaint where
there is apparently so much pleas
ure enjoyed and so little damage
done.
C
The following criticism of the
sport program Saturday night at the
Garden is printed because it comes
from a source that has been very
fair in the past in cycling matters:
J. P. N:
Mr.. Powers and Mr.. MacFarland
have shown us in the preliminary
match race to the six-day grind, held
in Madison Square Garden Saturday
night, that they do not always use
keen Judgment in giving the public the
best In a matter of sport The pro-
gram announced a series of races
| that were going to keep the fans at
tentive all the way through, with
moments of real excitement and OF
| true competition. But we will not
consider the races in general, with
the intent of criticising. This will be
done by J. p. N, We feel, however,
like talking particularly ont the an
nounced world championship match
race, which. we believe, turned out
to be more than a fiasco, the most
incredible, shameful fake that was
ever handed the public What was
supposed to be an International four
cornered match race degenerated into
an American style match race, that
was not fair for the two European
riders. representing France and Italy
A four-cornered match race, in oul
estimation, ought to be run at French
style, on points, with the best man
| the best sprinter, the winner. With
due respect to Champion Frank Kra.
mer, who showed TO be there with
his great sprint, we are of the opinion
that the first heat should have beer
given to the Italian, Francesca yerri
This wonderful sprinter from sunny
Italy. by leading in a classical STYLE
in the first heat. proved to be one OF
the best riders Europe has ever had
We are Furthermore of the opinion
that the first heat should have beer
called at least a dead heat ant
even then the judges would have ia
vored Kramer.
What, in your opinion. Mr.. ]. P. N.