Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-24

ing for them, according to them.
However, the fact remains that the
Feds have lost an awful pile of
money this year. and they are in for
other tremendous losses next year.
They will change their circuit, in any
event, and this may help some, but
the Feds will be big losers, and the
international League will go out of
commission if something isn't done
before another summer rolls around.
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The long rest is sure TO do Alfred
Goullet a lot of good, and the little
Australian promises to make things
hot for Reggie Mcnamara and
Oscar Egg in the ten-mile tandem
paced race billed for the Velodrome
tomorrow afternoon. Goullet has
been sporting all season, but during
the last few weeks, in preparation
for this paced race, he has been
doing long, hard work. AS a result,
he is in tip-top condition, and while
he may not be able to beat such
terrors as Mcnamara and Egg at
their favorite game, he is sure to
give a good account of himself.
g
The fans are also interested in the
four-cornered sprint match, in which
Spears, Moretti, Grenda and Cav
anagh are to battle for honors. A
week ago. when the races were post
poned, Spears was big favorite for
this event, and If his form is as good
tomorrow as it was two weeks ago
he should defeat this field of heavy
weights rather handily. Spears prom
ises to be a factor in the sprint game
from now on, and he has learned to
his delight that he can ride a race
from in front and win. Next season
Spears is likely to be a thorn in the
side of more than one aspirant for
Kramer's crown, and Manager Mac
says that he is going to get
one of the best trainers in the busi-
ness for Bob. From that remark
maybe Mory Gordon will have charge
of Spears next year.
O.
Every team for the Boston six-day
race has been signed up and
SO have all the teams for
the New York six day race. In the
Boston grind there will be twelve
teams and in the New York grind
there will be sixteen teams. Jackie
Clark signed a contract this morning
to ride with Eddie Root in the New
York race. Root also signed this
morning. The race will positively be
held from November Is to 81.
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Complaint is being made on several
sides against the New York six day
race 1t is being pointed out that it is
a nuisance and that crime is rampant
at Madison Square Garden during the
running of the grind. 1t is said that
the good citizens are opposed to it and
that the only ones who desire 1t are
the guerillas and those who directly
benefit thereby. About year ago |
said in these columns that the New
York six-day race was the biggest
detriment the sport ever had to CON-
tend with. The race in the first place,
is a sort of Joke, and the riders frame
up combinations from the very start
The race last year was perhaps the
most honest of any of the previous
grinds at the Garden. Goullet and
Fogler, who won it, won it on their
had been much taking in previous
New York races. 1t would be the best
thing that ever happened to cycling II
the New York six-day race was put
out of business for good. 1t is at the
Garden during that week that the
guerillas find their haven, and crime
Is rampant II would be blessing to
the community if the New York race
was not tolerated and 1t would be a
godsend to cycling in general.
o.
According to Poke Freeman, the
greatest press agent in captivity, it
will take Houdini to beat" his way
into the New York six-day race this
year. Instead of the season tickets
issued in former years to riders,
trainers, newspaper men and guests,
a leather "handcuff' will replace the
tickets which were the means of adj
hitting thousands during the race
free of charge. These passports are
so cleverly contrived it is doubtful if
Houdini himself could remove zone
from his wrist without mutilating it.
The contrivance is simple, being a
leather strap similar to those used
for weak wrists, with wire attached
bringing the ends together and then
| sealed. While simple. ii is well con-
ceived, and it will take a clever fell
low to transfer the strap from one
wrist to another. The six-day pass
courtesy has been horribly abused