Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26

also VIII lH6 pIlCtS iCnldltl tAO ooAhN.
I wish to express my appreciation Of
IS o. & Co." on their item of jan
uary 20. That item was one of the
most intelligent I have seen in some
time, and / am with IS. o. & Co."
with their good wishes. With field
1 of riders such as our friend MacFar
| land claims he will bring over 1 am
sure 1914 will be even more prosper
Gus than 1918. I for one will be a con-
slant goer, and it will not be any
fault of mine If you do. not get
opinions from me of the various
riders. I can't quite come to the
point on what our friend "a. G. B.
Fan" has to say concerning the
riders. What l cannot bear to hear
is for some one to call rider loafcr,
If not In that expression, in other
words, such as used by "a. g. B.
Fan" A rider is no loafer who rides
six months on a wheel and rests up
| the next six months. Not even six
months rest does he get, for there
are six-day races and sprints in Paris
in between them. l am sure "A. G.
B. Fam will not approve what have
to say, but for PHYS sakes let him
have some sense and learn that riders
are human beings.
SAME BIKE FANNESS.
Thanks for the lobster. We are sure
that IS. Q. & Co." will be equally
pleased. We do not think there will
be any advance In price at the velo-
drome this season, no matter how
many foreigners are brought over
here.
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Barringers excuse for it's defeat at
the hands of Central High is given
modest panning in the following
letter:
j. P. N:
I read with interest the letter
signed "A Loyal Barringerite," Fri
day evening, and had a good laugh
over it. Isn't 1t strange that a Bar
ringer team cannot be beaten with
out someone Supposed to be loyal
to the team making a poor excuse
over 1t.
In the recent Barringer- Central
game. Barringer was beaten and
beaten badly, and what Is more-it
was on its own court. Why. then,
does this Loyal Barringerite" wish
to see a game between the two teams
played on a neutral court? Does he
think that Barringer would make
better showing away from home? If
that is the case, then let him remem-
Der, a game between Barringer and
Central will be played on the Cen
trail court on March II. Let us hope
that Barringer's leader will be in the
game and. believe me, If Central
doesn't beat Barringer again I'll re-
sign my position. Yours in sport.
BASKETBALL MANAGER,
Central High School.
Time was when Barringer didn't
have to make excuses and she will
likely be in the same boat again
some day. when She develops her
present crop of athletes. Barringer,
you know. has suffered much through
the organization Of the other high
schools in this city, and although
she has been long time on the job
she is in worse boat now than ever.
In another year. Barringer, I predict,
will be there" Then watch out, |
you Central High School ROSTERS. for
the Barringer COLLINS will get you
surely.
The following letter is from we'll
known Newark boy who trained I'M
der Coates and who has made good:
Up. NJ:
It's a wonder that some of the boys
wouldn't get wise to themselves and
stop all this knocking of Coates, Kelly,
Lagay and Holland. You don't hear
any of the runners saying a word.
Well, can say it for them. These
knockers aren't hurting anyone but
themselves. Get wise, fellows; boost
your home talent and don't always
be for the outsiders. Give the local
talent a good hand and a good word
it will put life in them. They're a
lot of soreheads. Some like Coates
and put 1t on Kelly, and some
like Kelly and put it on Coates.
AS far as Coates for trainer
is concerned, l guess he &. knows
his business. There was a time when
Coates was some runner himself, and
the way he used to train himself he
now trains Kelly. You can't expect
one to be a champion after three
races or so. 1t takes time, and Harry
is taking his time. His time Is his
own and he can waste 1t if he sees
fit, as that Is the way the knockers
are putting it; but the time may
come that the same knockers will go
UP to Harry and congratulate him,
and that won't be long, either. Kelly
Is only a boy yet and to run the race
he has against men old enough to
chew hay, why. fellows you ought to
be ashamed not to give him full
credit Coates might Kill Kelly but
Kelly is the one who will have to
take it, and not you bunch of knock
ers. / am quite a runner myself, and
I was at one time told that Harry
would kill me, but 1t was just the OPP
posite. Coates used to take me out
for two or three hours at time and
I used to look like a shadow, but now
I am satisfied and Kelly will be the
same some day; so stick, Kelly, and
win out against all these knockers.
1 was seventeen when l started to
run and l got the same stuff, but
fought against 1t. and Harry and
kept on going, and now all these
knockers are saying nice things to
me, and no more knocking. Let some
of these knockers come out now and
take a slant at the poor kid that
Harry Coates Killed" Just you take
one who has had Coates's advice
Those fellows will calm down. They
are like bunch of old maids-want
something to say to cause trouble
Best wishes. Yours, A STICKER.
G.
LEO WESTON are hereby hand
ed transfer. Part of your letter is
libelous and part of 1T is raw. Your
intimation that Jim Savage quit in his
fight with Gunboat Smith is entirely
out of order, coming, as 1t does, from