Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-30

I'VE will run the same card of
bicycle races tonight that was sched-
uled for last night at the Velodrome,"
said Manager Floyd A. Mcfarland
today. 81 am anxious to put on a
number of those pro championships
right away and get the title decided
in order that l will have a clear field
for match races and big stake races
when Leon Hourlier the French
champion. arrives here late in Au-
gust. OF course. if the race is close
one" mcfarland declared, Il will
run the championships right up to
the last minute, for l consider those
title races, especially with Frank
Kramer and Aft Goullet having such
a close fight and both in such rare
form, about as good a card as any
might think up. But with Hourher
coming and with the worlds cycle
derbies to he held in August and
September, I feel sure that the boys
who have a chance in the champion
ship would like to have it over with,
so that they will have nothing to
worry about when those big $500
stake events come around"
o
The ouarter-mile championship at
the Velodrome tonight will be fol-
lowed by one-mile championship at
Brighton Beach on Saturday night.
These two races should be a sort OF
test as to whether Kramer or Goullet
will eventually be the winner of the
title. In the quarter mile 1t is toss
up whether both of them get into
the final. Anything is likely to hap
pen and. besides, a great deal de-
ponds on the start. Kramer Is fast
beginner, but Goullet is especially
quick off the mark. If "Old Steve
can win from, say. second place to-
night, with Goullet off a point, then
everybody will know who is going to
be the winner of the 1914 N. c. A. title.
G
The match race this evening be-
tween Harry Kaiser and Donald Nc
Dougall is expected to furnish few
thrills. The discussion on the out
come is rather divided. In his best
form Kaiser should be the favorite,
but McDougall rode so well last Sun
day that his admirers feel sure he
will defeat Kaiser. However, Donald
hasn't shown much consistency this
season, and one good race is generally
by a poor one. He will have
to be at his best to beat Kaiser, and
then he may not be able to win.
o
The bike fans who have been crav-
ing for a Kramer Goullet match race
will soon have their desires graft |
fed, for General MacFarland has ar
ranged to have these two speed mer-
chants clash at the Velodrome next
night. That is one race
we will all have to see.
c.
Ben Smith, the actor, who claims
Newark as his home town and makes
other actors jealous by referring to
our city as the Capital of the World"
writes me letter from Atlanta. Ca,
telling all about his meeting with
John NJ. Chapman, who used to man
age the Velodrome, but who is now
raising pigs and chickens and doing
general farm work on his own pre-
serves down in Georgia. Smith says
that Chapman is a regular farmer and
has a beautiful place. He wishes to
be remembered to all his friends in
Newark, Ben writes. From Atlanta
Smith goes to Detroit for a week.
Then he will meet his old side pal,
Hugh Jennings. and they will talk
over their proposed tour for the COM
ing season. If Jennings can win with
Detroit a big contract is awaiting
the men, but it is likely that they
will play an engagement of twenty
weeks, no matter how Detroit makes
out in the American League pennant
race.
o
The tennis of Maurice e. McLough-
lin is so wonderful that assurance is
indeed high that the U. S. A. will
retain her hold on the famous Davis
Cup. Mclaughlin is playing the game
better today than he has ever played
it, and that is something to crow
III H. l.
seems to gain more dash and more
accuracy the more he plays. His per-
formances in the matches for the
Longwood Bowl have been brilliant in
the extreme and if he holds his pres
ent form when it comes to the big
Davis Cup round he will be well nigh
unbeatable. Mclaughlin, with the
most consummate skill, won over the
clever William NJ. Johnston in the
challenge match yesterday and his
victory was scored in straight sets
and in the easiest possible manner
AS an opponent, Johnston, too, was
considered very formidable, but,
against Mclaughlin, he was no match
at all. 1t is indeed a triumph the
manner in which Mclaughlin has
captured this coveted Longwood
Bowl. The field Of starters was a
brilliant one-the best, perhaps, in the
history of the tournament-yet Nc
Loughlin came through a winner with
the proverbial bells on. He is the real
master, and we must even forget the
brilliancy of w. A. Larned when Nc