Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-23
SIX-DAY RACE SAVED TO
FANS, SAYS MAC FARLAND
Event Now a Fixture, as Under
world Element Has Been
Eliminated.
RACE HARDEST EVER HELD
Riders Not Unduly Punished,
Says Floyd, Despite
Hard Task.
BY FLOYD MAC FARLAND
Veteran Cycling Star and Manager of
New York Six-Day Race.

Veteran Cycling Star and Manager OF
New York Six-Day Race.
We establish a complete new slate
of records in the six-day race this
year the least important of which
was the mileage record. From a man
agerial standpoint 1t is neither here
nor there as to who won-that end
of it is of the least Importance to
me so long as know that the best
team won and won without teaming,
which was the case this year-it was
the other new records that counted.
We throttled the underworld, the
thieves and gunner who seemed to
believe that the siX-day race was
their own show, a sort of annual con-
vention of their own in which the
race furnished the diversion and the
reason for the gathering. We had
them so thoroughly mastered that
several city officials congratulated
us. In former years they threatened
dent which illustrates the complete
reversal OF conditions was the return
of two umbrellas to the Office, articles
that excited fans left behind.
Race Saved to Fans.
Had the race not been conducted
properly it would have marked the
in New York We proved that the
good people are. interested in the
event and it is now a fixture as long
as Madison Square Garden stands.
These are the records that we had in
mind before the race and after hav-
ing established them we feel salts
fed. We established them and much
of the credit goes to William Well
man, the manager of the Garden,
for he conceived the scheme that made
their accomplishment possible. How
ever, in searching for the source of
our success, Police Commissioner Ar
thur Woods, of New York must not be
overlooed. He did what no other
man who has held the office for years
would do. He said he believed that
the people Of New York liked the
race and wanted the race and that
they should have protection and they
got it. Mr.. Woods did not want his
name or his part in the subduing of
the underworld mentioned, but Il can
not let him get by without mention.
Hardest Race Ever.
The race speaks for itself There is
no doubt about it's success. Every
one is talking about it and they will
talk about it until the next race is
run. It was race all the way and
there never was a time when 1t re-
solved itself into the embarrassing
grind that has brought ridicule in the
past. 1t was hard race, the hard
est ever run in the Garden or any,
where else for that matter. But as
hard as it was the riders were not
unduly punished or injured. saw
Goullet, Lawson, Mcnamara, Egg,
Moran and Fogler after the race and
they looked as good as they did the
night the race was started. They
were bright, had good color and ap-
peared as though they had just been
training for a hard race.
Grenda Hardest Hit.
Grenda was the most fatigued of
all the riders who finished. I saw
him at the Hoffman House an hour
after the finish and he was in pretty
bad shape. He could not talk and he
was putting like a porpoise. He
surely must have gained in the last
two days of the race. figured it was
that attack of appendicitis that eff
fected his condition.
Lawson's Showing Revelation.
The showing of Iver Lawson was
a revelation. / was roofing for Law.
son and Drobach and would like to
have seen them the winners. am
glad to see Lawson a high class rider
again. There never was any doubt
about his class---it was merely a mat
ter of condition with him. AS a tao
tician he has it on Kramer by fifty
per cent. and had he not gone off a
trifie Saturday morning he would have
been the winner. Drobach did not
surprise me. knew he would be good
in an hour finish. He is a front rider
and made the mistake of riding from
the rear in the first four finishes.
That was bad judgment and possibly
cost the team the race.
Jimmy Moran at Fault.
McNamara and Moran were the
logical winners Of the race. and they