Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-22

Grounds he will be given
one of the most beautiful fobs ever
made by expert hands. This presen-
tation is to be a part of the celebra-
| ton of the Kearny Lodge of Elks, of
which Miller, captain of the st. Louis
| Cardinals, is a member. 1t is of Elk
| design, naturally, and is what ball
player would call beauty" The
chain is of solid gold and an elk's
| tooth is attached. In the tooth is
and the whole effect is nothing short
| of beautiful The fob will be present
| ed by Frederick A. Hartley, exalted
ruler of Kearny Lodge On the cele-
bration committee with Mr.. Hartley
are William b, Ross. town clerk Of
Kearny; Samuel w. Smith and Hugh
M. Wilkie.
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MILLER Day" will be a big day at
the Polo Grounds tomorrow. The
league race is close enough to create
excitement. and the double-header is
sure to bring out a big crowd. The
games, too, may decide the race, for
st. Louis is liable to do most any
thing The Cardinals are in fourth
place and fighting with Chicago for
third. They were right In the race
until their Eastern invasion. Now
about the best they can hope for is
third place.
The Ellss have arranged to meet
at the Hudson tube at 1890 O'Clock
tomorrow noon. There will be fifty
members of the lodge, and 1t is ex-
pected that about one hundred
friends and admirers of the ball play
err will also be present. Tickets are
on sale at the Elks' home, and those
who would like to join in the cele-
bration may purchase them there.
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Floyd mcfarland is authority for
the statement that he believes Wal
ter Rutt, the German cyclist, will be
back in America in time to compete
MacFarland is sure is on his way to
Denmark in n Danish ship, and that
he will go to Copenhagen just as soon
as he is able to get there. Rutt's
wife and child are in Copenhagen,
and MacFarland says he thinks the
''Weltmeister" will return TO this
country with his family. Rutt, before
he left, signed contract to ride in
the New York race, but, of course, II
he went to war the contract would
not hold. MacFarland says Rutt was
devoted to his wife and that he
couldn't stand the strain of being
away from his family any longer.
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Harry Kaiser. the amateur cham
pion, who Is to turn professional at
the close of the season, and who will
be given a contract to ride in the
New York six-day race, doesn't want
to be teamed up with another ANA
teur. Kaiser says he wants to ride
with a man of experience, and it Is
believed George Cameron is coaching
Kaiser in this respect.
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Some of the amateurs who are to
be proclaimed professionals are Won
dering how they will fare among the
money chasers, and some of the
money chasers are worrying where
they will get off for contracts with so
many pros in the field. A few of the
amateurs say they will have to give
up the game. The nine amateurs to
be turned professional have all been
caught with the goods, and there are
others at the Velodrome who might
share the same fate before the next
season comes around, The boys,
however, are not all to blame. Chair
man Kelsey could stop the whole
practice of allowing the amateurs to
take orders on jay Eaton and Carlo
Vanoni IL he had the least bit OF
nerve. The fact is Kelsey is awfully
weak. He will never take a step on
his own hook and whenever he acts
he wants everybody and his brother
to be on his side. Kelsey knows the
amateurs accept orders on Eaton
and Vanoni and he knows the orders
are cashed in. Yet he tolerates it and
thus approves OF it. If Mr. Kelsey
only had nerve enough to forbid the
Cycle Racing Association for giving
orders on Eaton and the other shy
locks, he would be able to preserve
the amateur standing of the game.
o
Although Eaton has been indefinite
ly suspended by Referee Ross, and
said suspension is not likely to be
raised in some time, Jay is making
himself very conspicuous at the Velo-
drome Rumor has 1t that he Is sign
ing up a troupe of riders and that he
is to branch out as a manager. That
will be fine. 1t will be great thing
for the game, so it will, and perhaps
Orlando Stevens will be brought on
from California and we will be treat
ed to another Eaton-Stevens hippo
drome Eaton as manager of cy-
clists in this neck the woods would
be one sad mistake. The public
wouldn't take kindly to it, and it is
difficult to understand why Manager
MacFarland has tolerated Eaton and
his methods as long as he has. Eaton
is supposed to be sort of bully at
the Velodrome. He appoints himself
the leader of the amateurs and the
spokesman for the second string pros
Whenever anything comes up that af-
fects Eaton he is always out strong
with the declaration that he will make