Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-08
French Bike Fans on Edge for
Coming Six.Day
Race.
SPLINTER HOURLIER SIGNED
Mcfarland Writes GouIIet and
Grenda Look Best in
Long Grind.
BY FLOYD MAC FARLAND

PARIS, France. Dec. 30-Our ar
rival here was real gala affair and
our first two days being the Christ
mas festival we sure celebrated
From the interest manifest in our
party I can see that the Paris six
day race Ia certain of being a big sue
cess. So many riders of note arriv-
ing at one time has made q big i'm
preston and the Partisan papers are
full of the Yankee invaders.
Floyd Picked Winners.
Our first appearance Is billed for
next Sunday, January 4. and the meet
is advertised as American Day at the
winter track. The principal event on
the card is a match In which Jackie
Clark will meet Leon Hourlier. the
champion Of France and the best man
in Europe lust at this time. I have
seen Hourlier training and he is NOV
ing in great form. Clark. however,
Is in rare form. having completely re-
covered from the effects of the New
York race. and fancy he will trim
the great French rider In another
feature race Grenda and Fogler are
to meet Engel and Lapize. This Is
a team match behind tandems at
forty kilometers. These Frenchmen
are wonders back of the tandems,
and I fear the Yankee-Australian
pair are in for a beating. The other
engagement is a motor-paced race in
which Lloyd Thomas, my protege,
will meet Fossier. a young French
man who is showing very well in
motor-paced races. did not want
to race Thomas so soon. but he has
shown up so well back OF the motors
her. and the promoters were so insist
emit on having him. let the match
go on. Fossier has had some expert
ence while Thomas has had none.
and If the Frenchman wins IL will be
through superior knowledge of the
game. But regardless of the outcome
of this match little Thomas has
proved that he is goin- to make a
great rider in the paced game Just
watch him next season.
Here Are Six-Day Teams.
We have just finished signing the
teams for the big Paris six-day race,
and will wager you never saw a bet
ter field of riders In such a contest.
The makeup of the teams is as fol-
lows:
Goullet and Grenda-
Clark and Root.
Fogler and Moran.
Hourlier and Comes.
Dupre and Brocco.
Poulain and Petit Breton.
Berthet and Crupplandt.
Rutt and Lorenz.
Neuger and Thys.
Verri and Beyl.
Perchicot and Egg.
Eneel and Deruyter.
Wirth and Cottrel.
Leonard and German.
Oliveri and Lapize.
While these teams are all engaged
1t Is Just possible that Brocco will not
ride. He is demanding more money
than the promoters want to give him,
and IL he insists he will be out of
the race and Van Houwaert, the
crack Belgian rider. will take his
place and ride with Dupre.
Rutt and Lorenz Dangerous.
While there are some great Euro
pean teams in the race, believe that
we will carry off first honors again.
Rutt and Lorenz look to be the most
dangerous pair we will have to beat.
Rutt has just arrived in Paris, and
while he has not a bruise or a scar
on him as a result of his disastrous
fall that kept him out of the New
York race, he tells me that an x-ray
plate shows a clot of blood at the
base of his brain. He says that
while he feels no i'll effects under
normal conditions. he becomes dizzy
when excited. If he can go through
this six-day race without becoming
excited he is more of marvel than I
aver imagined; but he says that he
will do II. Being unable to ride the
New York race was a great disap-
continent to Walter. He says, how
aver, that he is sure to win in Paris,
although he will have his work cut
tut to beat Clark and Hourlier Evil
iently he does not figure Goullet as
/ dangerous man. / figure Goullet,
Rutt. Clark. Fogler. PouIain. Perchi-