Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-10

KEGS, though there is every reason
why he should be disgusted with
Philadelphia He gave the fans il
the Quaker City the greatest and most
successful baseball team In history
and he received the poorest kind OF
support in return. When he won he
was a good fellow, but when he lost
the last worlds series, he was con-
demned in more ways than one. Dis
sention finally broke out in his team
of stars and he found it necessary to
get rid of some of his men. In selling
Eddie Collins, the sensational player,
to Chicago, he has brought forth criti-
cism, and before he is through he is
likely to get rid of other players of
note. Philadelphians have no kick
coming on Connie Mack. He gave
them everything and they gave him a
Kick in return.
Bob Spears, who is going to be
starred next season by Floyd Mac
Farland. manager of the Velodrome,
promises to be one of the contenders
in the Newark six-day race It is
a noted fact that Spears has a won-
derful turn of speed, but he has
rarely displayed much Judgment IN
using it. Coached by MacFarland,
Spears discovered that he could ride
fro,,1 ip Front it,ot q a wall &c 70 mott
until the last moment and then come
with tear and a rattle at the end
only to be too late for the fat end
of the purse. MacFarland, now that
he has proved to Spears that he will
do better by riding from.in front, ex-
poets to develop Bob into one of the
foremost sprinters at the Velodrome
Mac" has given him a contract, and
he is going to give himself son1e
match races with the leading lights
of the game. Spears has entered the
Newark grind to develop durability
and in order to get used to a little
severe punishment. He is not en-
tirely new to the six-day game, but
he doesn't like it at all. He rodeswell
ir Australia, but he passed up an
to start in the recent
New York grind. With Cory as
partner Spears is not to be over
looked at the finish.
G
Hard Luck is Reggie McNama-
ra's middle-or ought to be. A Won
derful rider, with a wonderful career
before him, this man of the bike has
suffered his full share of misfortunes.
Heart courageous could fit no man
better than this same Mcnamara
this iron man" of the wheel. He has
suffered much and he has complained
tack OF blood poisoning, but he isn't !
offering a complaint. He did want to
ride in the Newark siX-day race, but
he was forced to withdraw his entry,
yet he is taking his medicine without
a whimper. Some gamester is Reggie
Mcnamara.
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This most durable man from the
Antipodes is most unfortunate fel-
low. He has had more serious ac-
cidents than any rider We know of.
When he meets with an accident 1t
is always serious, and on two occa-
sions 1t was believed that his career
as a rider would be ended, but he
came back each time with admirable
courage. AS a rule hard knocks make
a rider timid, but McNamara's nerve
and aggressiveness seem to increase
after each setback. Shortly after his
arrival in Newark Mcnamara met
with a most painful accident in train
ing at the Veiodrome before he had
entered a race, and it was believed
at that time that he would never ride
a wheel again. His right thigh was
literally ripped to pieces, but after
a month in the City Hospital he
started training again and finished
second in the first race. Right after
his return from Europe this summer
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the Velodrome, and that put him out
for three weeks. In his first race
after that accident Mcnamara won a
great victory over Oscar Egg in a
tandem paced race, and he established
new records from one to fifteen miles.
AS an instance of McNamara's game
ness, he underwent a painful opera
ton In a six-day race in Australia
without the use of an anaesthetic, and
when the doctors finished their job
he went out on the track and imme-
diately started a jam" There is
always danger of spill in jam"
and this one was no exception, for
Mcnamara went down in big crash
but luckily escaped without ripping
out the stitches the doctor had taken
in his side.
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The little fellows always get the
worst of it. Another case in point has
to do with the decision of the New
York Public Schools Athletic League
in declaring Charles Boughton, the
crack runner of the Central High
School OF this city, a professional.
Boughton comes by his rating as
pro through his efforts as a play
ground leader, for which he has re-
eeived financial reward The A. A. U.