Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-15

| First Regiment Armory last night
proved, as usual, to be a big sue
cess. The crowd was not quite as
large as on previous occasions, ow-
ing, it was said, to the severe weather
and to the fact that all the park
lakes were open for skating, but
there was a dandy gathering there
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standpoint, the meet was a most in
teresting affair and during the hours
of dancing that followed much en-
joyment was had.
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The big interest, of course, was in
the S00-yard special match, in which
four speedy athletes toed the mark.
A handicap affair it was, on scratch
being the Peerless Mel Sheppard
and Hal Holland, the local speed
artist. The race was "for blood" for
fair, and as a natural consequence
rough work was INDUCED in. One
blamed the other for fouling, and
Referee John #. O'Hara took no
action and allowed the race to stand
as run, with Sheppard the winner,
Willie Kelly second, Holland third
and Meyer last.
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There was much excitement after
the finish of the match race, and not
few protests were made The ref
cree said he didn't see any foul work,
and he waited for the runners to
make a protest, which, to the great
disappointment of one or two trouble
seekers, said runners refused to do.
The race was finally allowed to stand
as run. although Referee O'Hara was
willing to have the match rerun.
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After the race Kelly said that he
wasn't fouled by Sheppard, Holland
admitted he bored in on She~oard,
Sheppard said rough work inevitably
occurs in such races, and Meyer COM
planned that he was fouled by Hell
land. 1t looked as if Sheppard did
interfere with Kelly, but the boy
showed more sportsmanship than the
trouble-seekers by taking his defeat
as a result Of the luck of the game
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If the race was truly run, the
finish, no doubt, would have been
between Sheppard and Holland, both
of whom showed great speed but
Holland was thrown completely out
of his stride just as he was about to
go by Meyer
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The announcement in the Evening
Star of yesterday that Jackie Clark
and Eddie Root had not only been
Tapped but had withdrawn from the
Paris six-day race created mild
sensation in cycling circles here. 1t
was generally believed that Clark and
Root would be one Of the contenders
at the finish, but here it is only Thurs
day and they are out of the race for
good. The cable dispatch to the Eve
ming Star said that Clark and Root
were Tapped during a wild sprint and
that Clark quit shortly afterward.
1t was expected that Root would team
up with a new partner, but such
proceeding failed to come to pass
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Goullet and Grenda, according to a
cable dispatch to the Evening Star,
are still favorite for the Paris race
with Rutt and Lorenz second choice
FogIer and Moran, according to ad
vices, are riding well, and it wouldn't
be such a terrible surprise if Foxy
joe won the race. He is a six-day
rider of no mean order, and he has
won more big six-day races than any
been fortunate in securing good part
ners, of course, but he is a good man,
at that, no matter where you put
him on n bike track. He has rare
Judgment and he has much common
sense and it would not surprise me
in the least to see Battling Joe"
Fogler acting in the capacity of man
ager for one OF the Million and Up
percu bike tracks. He would make
good, too, for he is just about bully
enough to be a boss and make his
men behave
The bike fans who read the Eve
ming Star can rest assured that the
news received from Europe is au-
thentic in every way. When Jackie
Clark defeated Leon Hourlier we
told you that Clark lost the first
heat and won the next two heats.
This, of course, was so. We also
informed our readers that Hourlier
fell in the third heat, and that was
also true Information received to-
day from Paris is to the effect that
Clark's victory was somewhat of a
fuke. Champion Frank Kramer, in
story today in the Evening Star,
declares that Hourlier should have
won and would have won if he
hadn't met with an accident.
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| Private advices from Paris to the
Evening Star say that Bill Bailey's
first professional race will likely be
against Hourlier. although, accord
ing to the information, efforts are
being made to have Bailey race
against Champion Kramer in his pro-
fessional debut. A match between
Bailey and Jackie Clark has never
been dreamed of, the adyices say
and no such race will be held.
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