Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-27

and which was the last play in the Sc
| ries, by the way. He also said the
tenth inning of the twelve-inning tie
game was the most exciting inning he
had ever witnessed. This was the in
ming in which Boston made two runs
and tied the score Of the Athletics.
Stalllngs spoke of inside baseball
and Skull practice In the mornings.
All in all, he gave pretty clear talk,
but if he could only slide up and
down on the players bench and talk
his baseball vocabulary to the limit
without police Interference, he would
have knocked EN- dead as the
vaudevillians say.
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The cycling fans of Newark have
witnessed the greatest season OF rae
ing in the greatest cycling city in the
world. and Floyd A. MacFarland, of
all others, is being given the lions
share of the credit for the record
breaking year at the Velodrome.
While Messrs. Million and Cppercu,
the promoters, made the tremendous
success of the game here possible, it
was MacF'arland, by his energy and
experiences, who brought the success
about He has new IDEAS and he is
for the big stuff" and, while at times
he made the promoters heads swim
by his Iavishnese, in the end they
were happy over the result. Mac
Farlaud has been a big asset for the
owners, and they not only know 1t,
but appreciate II, and SO show just
bow much they think of big Mac
they have signed him up for three
years more MacFarland, incident
ally, has "a per cent. interest in the
Cycle Racing Association, and this
he will take up before next season
rolls around. Mac did SO well this
season that it is difficult TO even inn
agine how he is going to beat this
record next season, yet the big Fell
lows" declares he hasn't showed all
his best cards yet, by long shot.
MacFariand by the way, is ON his
way to Chicago. where he goes to
talk over a proposition for a con-
tinuous six-day race in thai city.
Later on he win go to San Francisco.
where he also expects to run one of
those long grinds. He will be busy
for While, of course. in the affairs
of the New York six-day race, which
Garden from November Is to Il.
Several other six-day races will take
place during the winter and Mac"
will have charge of all of them. He
is to be the big Noise over in New
York and he plans to spring num-
Der of novelties He has already
made mp his mind to offer primes
for sprints whenever the occasion
presents and he has other features
up his sleeve. He says he is going
| to have the best race ever this year
and he has insisted on the riders
! pairing up with view TO make the
| contest an even and interesting one.
He made. it is said, in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 for his employers dur
| ing the summer and he expects 20
add something like $4,000 more to
| their bank roll this winter. Appre-
! citation OF his efforts was attested at
the annual dinner given by Messrs.
Million and Uppercu to the officials
| of the Velodrome at the Kruger
Auditorium Saturday night, and it is
to be appreciated in a more substan-
tial way, understand, after the New
York six-day race Is over. That's the
way it goes when success is on your
side.
o.
When Million and Uppercu picked
MacTarland to manage the affairs of
the Cycle Racing Association they
selected the best man in the world
for the job. That the big Fellow"
filled the office satisfactorily is proved
beyond q doubt by the attendance
figures of the past season at tho
Velodrome. The total attendance at
| the velodrome this year has been
42Is per cent. larger than tie best
previous year. 1t is figures that
count. 1t was figures that MacFar-
land was working for and 1t was
figures which satisfied his employers.
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Those interested In cycle racing
marveled at the astonishing revival
of the sport in 1si1-the first year of
the new Yelodrome. There We're big
crowds that year, but the following
year the total attendance was much
larger than in 1911. In 1918 even moro
people became Interested in the sport
the attendance for that year showing
: an increase over the two previous
seasons. 1t was believed that cycle
racing had reached Its zenith in 1918
But along came MacFarland and the
attendance was increased to proper
tions that are astounding. AS man.
ager. MacFarland is as successful a.
he was when a rider. He was tn.
brains of the sport as a rider ant
i.e is the brains of the sport as q
manager. To three things does Mac.
Farland owe his great success. He /:
a natural leader of men; he is al
inventive genius and he is not afraic
to take chance OF course his lon.
Ecareer as rider extending over {
period of nineteen years has gained
I - a \. II.
was conducted on three continents
This was big asset.
o.
The creative ability OF MacFarlant
;s in no small measure responsibl.