Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-06

! bicycle track and he plans to give the
! fans big run for their money. He
| was always q fighter, yet he was al
ways popular. Now he is out to
please the patrons of the Velodrome,
and the fans will not be slow to give
him, credit. He has a number of
novel races in preparation, and he is
| going to give the spectators and the
riders all that is coming to them.
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/ Friends of Edward Bedford, the an
nouncer, have taken it upon Them
selves to urge his reinstatement at
the Newark Velodrome. The follow
Ing letter is a sample:
j. Z. Norton, Sporting Editor,
! Newark Evening Star,
Newark, n. j.
| Dear Sir-We learn with deep re-
| greet of the removal of Edward Bed
| ford, the former announcer at the
| Velodrome, and of his supersedure by
| a New York official
While we are not fully acquainted
| with all of the details which brought
about his dismissal. we feel sure that
| his previous good record, his pleasing
| personality and his wealth of popu-
| larity attained during the many years
of service should be sufficient to war
! rant a reconsideration of the hasty
| action taken by the Cycle Racing As
| ISOLATION.
| AS an outward sign OF the stead
! fast belief in Mr.. Bedford's qualiflca-
lions and as a precedent to the cycling
| fans, we have prepared a petition
signed by nearly three hundred OF
our interested members, which mas
been forwarded to Mr.. Million, as
president of the Cycling Racing AS
ISOLATION, requesting their considera-
| ton with a view of reinstatement.
Trusting that greater weight may
| be brought to bear on our effort by
| similar requests from the numerous
other organizations, We beg TO re-
| main, yours in sport,
THE EDISON CLUB,
Athletic Committee.
Mr.. Million says he has received
the petition, but that he will not be
able to Ameet with its request. He
nouncing at the Velodrome and that
Mr.. Bedford will not be re-engaged.
O.
Unless he is given thirty per cent.
of the gross receipts for his share of
the battle, Banty Lewis declares he
will not fight Irish Mahon at Bill
Browns Gym in New York on Tues
day, April IA. This will be very dis
appointing news to the army of local
fans, who were anXiously waiting to
see these boys clash. But the fight
is likely to come off anyway. for Tom
| Messenger, manager of Mahon, says
he will endeavor to induce Jack Nc
Carthy, the matchmaker at Browns.
to meet Lewis's demands. When the
Lewis Mahon bout was first suggest
| ed Mccarthy offered Banty only I'M
| per cent, the same amount he re-
ceiyed when he fought Kid Boonton.
Lewis couldn't see that sum and Nc
Carthy finally raised the ante to %
! per cent, Lewis's asking price. Now
| Banty says he wants 80 per cent. and
gives the reason that he is a much
better drawing card than Mahon and
| That's the way the matter stands, but
| Manager Messenger says he thinks
everything will be O. X. for the bout
| in II day or two.
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The fight is strictly up to Lewis.
Mahon is very anxious to go into
the ring with Banty, and Match
maker Mccarthy stands ready to
stage the bout. If Lewis doesn't want
to fight that is his business That he
demands 80 per cent. for his end of
the purse is also up to him. His
declaration that he must get more
money than Mahon or he wouldn't
fight is not u sporting attitude at
all. 1t is within Lewis's province to
name his own price, but as to what
| his opponent receives, that is none
of his business. Banty is worth all
he can get, so is Mahon, but IT
isn't up to one or the other to say
what one or the other shall receive.
However, we will leave the fighters
to themselves to get together. Lewis
will likely be offered the 80 per cent.
but It is said that Matchmaker Me-
Carthy is rather peeved over the way
Lewis has acted.
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Patsy Kline trained hard for more
than ten days preparing for a bout
with Willie Jones over in Brooklyn
last Saturday night, but when Kline
got there he found he wasn't going
to box Jones. but young man named
Stanley Roberts, whom, it was said
hailed from Wales, Well, wherever
he came from he didn't stay long, for
the bold Patsy soaked him with one
of his noted left-hand hooks in the
very first round and Roberts was put
out of the running. Kline, it is said
worked faithfully for the Jones bout
and was in tip-top condition. He is
again making a bid for honors in the
ring and Is planning to keep busy
The time is not far off when Kline
will be called upon to defend himself
against several boys in his class; that
is. if he can make LIZ pounds, Irish