Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-16
HILL IS RIDING IN
EXCELLENT FORM
Freddie Proves Worth by Show
ing Plenty of Strength in
Spirits.
JACK NEVILLE SPOlLS PACT

any rider In the six-day race. To be
riding easy means that it is not much
effort to plug or to sprint. The Bos-
ton rider IS riding in excellent
form He showed 1t in the jam"
that came oft about 1870 last night.
In that series OF sprints Hill Law
son, Goullet. Drobaeh, Moran, Nerri
and Fogler were the aggressors, but
with the exception of Hill none Of
them showed very much snap. When
Hill jumped he pulled away quickly
and the field was strung all over the
track. If Hill can hold his great
form the Austral ian-American team
will take more than a lot Of beating
If the race Is decided in series of
sprints on Saturday night.
Moran framed 1t up with Hill about
10 o'clock last night to keep their
respective partners. Drobach and
Goullet, on the track for three or
four hours. why. young fellows
like Goullet and Drobach should be
able to ride three quarters of the
time in this race" said Moran to
Hill when 1 was as young as they
arr, L never SdICO lipN iOliB was
left on the track" But Jack Neville,
who overheard the conversation.
spoiled the arrangement by sending
Hill out to relieve Goullet twenty
minutes after the pact was made
Verri, the Italian sprint cham
pion, was delighted Just before the
start of the race yesterday when his
wife and little girl greeted him on
the track. They had just arrived a
short time before on the Italian liner
King. of Italy, after a stormy pass
age OF twenty days on the Mediter-
ranean and Atlantic. The. cyclist
greeted his wife affectionately,
smothered his daughter with kisses
and then mounted his wheel to start
the second leg of the long race.
Floyd Krebs still insists that is
six-day rider, even in the face of
his poor showing In this race. II was
in no condition when / started" Is
the Dutchman's alibi. But when
Manager Mcfarland signed Krebs,
the latter stated that he was In good
shape. Krebs is not in shape, but it
is doubtful il he could hold his own
with the field in the best of condi
ton. There are some real bears" in
this race.
Joe Fogler did some very good rid
ing yesterday. In a sprint for
prime shortly after the start of the
race he rode q dead heat with Hill
after hard drive in front for four
laps. The sprint was ordered re-run
and in the meantime Goullet had
come on the track to replace Hill.
This put a fresh man up against
Fogler, but he won the sprint that
decided the tie, coming around the
great , australian on the last half
lap.
There has been only one spill since
the race started, which is a record.
There came near being a serious one
| last night, however, when Verri and
Dupuy came together In a jam and
the Italians pedal ripped half of the
spokes out OF the Frenchman's front
wheel. If Dupuy had gone down at
the time there would have been a
big crash, for half of the field was
| behind him and spread all over tho
! track, Provost had slight fall on
the back stretch in the sprint which
started at 1920 o'clock.
The going has been pretty hard
and some of the riders have put on
light tires, with the result that there
were number of punctures last
night and yesterday afternoon.
When there is no effort made by
more than one rider to win a prime
the sprint Is ordered rerun.
The race is surely an international
affair. Even the announcer is a
foreigner. Larry Corbett is a greater
success as an announcer than as a
rider. His wooden legs make per-
feet sounding boards. There are
mighty few, II any, announcers with
portable acoustics
Clarence Carman, Jimmy Moran
Alfred Goullet, Joe Fogler, Francisco
Verri ana Pete Drobach may be seen
at the head of the field of riders.
anything in the way OF Jams"
although both boys managed to hold
up we'll
Bobby Walthour was nosed out Of
primes last night by inches, Spears
catching him at the tape twice. At
that, Bobby managed to draw two
S. notes.
Referee Arthur Ross was forced to
warn Verri and Fogler for bad pick
ups during the sprints last night.
Bobby walthour nosed out Cory
for prime" Of IS put up by Jackie
Clark.