Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-19
Nine of the Leading Amateur Cyclists
at the Velodrome Will Be Invited
to Turn Professional.

When the present season is over
nine of the leading amateurs now
riding at the Velodrome will turn
professional. That is, they will be in
vited to become pros by Richard F..
Kelsey, chairman of the National
| Cycling Association, and those who
hesitate will be declared profession
ais any way. Some of the boys are
willing to quit the amateur ranks,
but others say they win not ride pro-
fessonal. Harry Kaiser, the cham
pion, has already declared his inten-
ton of joining the pro ranks He
will turn as soon as the Velodrome
closes, and it is almost a certainty
that Harry will be a competitor In
the New York six-day race. Who his
partner will be has not been settled
upon, but Donald McDougall, who will
be among the new pros, will be given
the first call on Kaiser as a team
mate. If MeDougall doesn't want to
ride in the big race Willie Hanley is
likely to get Kaiser as a partner
These are the only amateurs to be
turned pro who have been mentioned
as six-day race possibilities. Besides
Kaiser, McDougall and Hanley, Mr..
Kelsey will invite Fred Taylor, Fred
Weber, Tommy Smith, Eddie Mad
den, Ernest Ohrt and Walter Schlee
to join the money -chasers. Some of
the boys are sure to be shocked at
this announcement, but Mr.. Kelsey,
it seems, has the goods on everyone
of them and they will have to accept
the inevitable
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Professionalism among the anna
teurs has been prevalent at the Vel
odrome all year. The simon pures
have been very careless with their
prizes. Time was when orders were
given to amateurs on local business
houses only, but this year Jay Eaton
and Carlo Vanoni have been cashing
in orders at and sometimes 10 per
cent. of their actual value. Mr.. KEEL
sey knows all about the manner in
which the amateurs have been dis
posing of their orders, and he finally
decided to make them out-and-out
profe :. Next year the amateurs
are tc er protected and no or
ders w. ssued to Eaton, Vanoni
Or other snylocks.
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Eaton is at present under indefinite
and he is not around the
track very much. He is going into
business, it is said. and he will have
as a partner Jackie Clark, the Aus
trailian Rocket" These men, l am
told, are going to open billiard
room and bowling alley in Branford
place.
Manager MacFarland is talking it
over with the riders these days about
contracts for next year. He has
signed Reggie Mcnamara, the Dur
able Australian" and he has also given
Bob Spears a contract for next sea-
son. These two men, MacFarland
said yesterday, would be real contend
ers next year and he expected great
things from Spears, who has the
speed. but seems to lack judgment.
Mac" is going to take little inter.
est in Spears and try and persuade
him to ride his race from in front. He
can do 1t and win, MacFarland says.
but 1t will have to be drilled into him
first. Mcnamara is going to do lot
of sprinting next year and he will
also ride behind the tandems. Reggie
will compete in the New York race,
and he will have James Francis Moran
for partner. Spears could have had a
contract for the New York grind.
but Bob said he would die in such
race.
O.
mcfarland is going to have talk
with Jackie Clark in a day or so. He
will offer Jackie contract for next
year, but it is no certainty that Clark
will accept 1t, for he may not care to
race next season. He is going into
business, and is riding so poorly at
the present time that he would not be
much of an attraction unless he could
show big Improvement. Clark may
ride in the six-day race with Fred
Hill as a partner
o.
Alfred Goullet, it is expected, will
be here next season, but "Goullie"
He says he wants Joe Fogler for a
partner, or no one, and as MacFar-
land doesn't like the looks of that