Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-01


the velodrome tonight. He is to meet
Joe Fogler in match race. Moretti,
by the way, comes well recommended
and Champion Frank Kramer says
he is man to be feared in match
races In Fogler, Moretti will have a
tough fellow to beat, in that Joe has
more brains than speed and he is
likely to show the Italian trick or
two. Fogler says himself ne is going
to ride a cunning" race and Mr..
Moretti will have to be on the job
to win out.
Moretti has made hig hit since
his arrival here, not only with mis-
own countrymen, but with the riders
and the fans as we'll. He is big.
good-natured fellow and he is full Of
life and fun. II he could only ,alk
English many good story would
come from him. He says ne is in
good shape for his contest with
Fogler tonight and he expects TO win
in straight heats.
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The card tonight is the best ever
carded for night meet at the Velo-
drome. The half-mile pro champion
ship should furnish a few thrills to
the fans, and the four riders that get
into the final may consider them
selves lucky mortals indeed. 1t is
presumed that of all the stars
Kramer and Rutt will surely qualify,
and sprint between the two
champions in a championship race Is
more than worth the while. Kramer
is particularly keen on winning these
championship races, and, while he
was a little off for a couple of days,
he has rounded into great shape. The
man who beats Kramer tonight will
win thea title race, but the man who
beats him will have to have lot of
speed and good part of the racing
luck
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Floyd MacFarland said this morn
ing that the tape could not be
changed this season, as he haa
planned, but he declared that next
season the finishing line would be
probably ten yards, instead of seven
and one-half yards. as at first an
nouneed. from where il is now. This
would bring it at tae first turn and
would give the riders "A .,ood, long
stretch to show their speed. The
plar to shift the tapo was set aside
owing to the fact that It would in
terfere with the sea- reservations for
the season. However, Manager Mac
Farland is going to give TIE fans the
greatest days racing they have ever
seen in the not distant future and
on that occasion the finishing line
will be just before the first turn
is reached. big Mac has told me
few things about the mig card he is
going to put on in August, but he
doesn't want it announced until he
has made the final arrangements.
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As an appetizer of what is to follow
in August, MacFarland has arranged
for thousand-dolla stake for July.
He has named this event the Thou
sand-Dollar Criterion, and the first
money will be $500 All the star
sprinters will take part in the race,
and there will be three men in the
final. but Mac says it will be hard
re- 4 to the final.
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Though baseball is having the
time of its life getting along at all,
the players, it is very evident, are
not doing a thing to improve condi-
tions. While it is their game, and
they are the ones who will suffer in
the long run, the players seem to be
doing their best to make all the trou-
BILE possible. Umpires are defied, riots
are created and jumping and threat
ened jumping to the OUTLAW Fed
eral League are in order. Time will
tell the story The magnates, of
course, will have few moments of
worry. but the ball players of years
from now will pay the penalty of the
! crimes of the ball players of today.
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The story is in circulation that Ty
Cobb is flirting with the Feds, and
his appearance in Buffalo at the same
time as James A. Gilmore, the leader
of the outlaws" looks suspicious.
Maybe Cobb is going to jump, and
perhaps he has a right to. His salary
per six months, it is claimed, is only
$4,000, and he should show his dis
pleasure at this abuse Cobb, by all
means, should go to the Feds, where
he will be treated in a half decent
manner.
Cobb, so the story goes, wants to
get away from Detroit The little
scrape he got into in that city the
other day has made him unpopular
and he doesn't feel comfortable. Wher
excited Cobb's first thought is of a
gun, but he hasn't any record in that
line. His most notable performances
have been on the diamond, where he
plays well in the field and is a hero
at the bat. In order to get away
from Detroit-away from the people
who have honored him with their ap-
plause and their hospitality-away
from the magnates who have abused
him to the extent of thousands OF
dollars during his career in that city
Cobb feels, perhaps, that he mus
go over to the OUTLAWS" 1t is only
a rumor, of course, but there is a lot
of smoke lowering around it.
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