Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03

Boston is to have q new bicycle
track, and from present indications 1t
will be one of the best in the world.
1t will be the largest in this country,
and Il will seat more than 10000 per-
sons. In size, 1t will be five laps to
the mile, and 1t will be so constructed
that motorcycle races. motor paced
races and sprint races may be con-
Quoted with the very best results.
Boston is almost as good as Newark
as a bike centre, and it is said that
it would even surpass this city If as
fine a place to race and as good a
card of races were given the Boston
fans This may be so, for the attend
ance at the Revere Beach track this
year has been tremendous. and the
track there has been entirely too
small to accommodate the crowds. On
several occasions the fans have torn
down the fences, and odd Nat" But
Ter, the manager and part owner, has
had his own troubles maintaining or
der. However, Butler is to have new
and larger quarters, and it is claimed
that "Old Nat" will pack in 10000
crowds with as much ease as he now
packs 10000 crowds in 5000 space.
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The new track at Boston is to be
built at the suggestion of Floyd A.
MacFarland, the live wire" of the
cycling game. Mac" has been coax
ing Messrs. Million and Uppercu all
season to build a big combination
track at the Hub, and he finally made
1t so strong that the men with the
money told him to go ahead AS a
result, Million and MacFarland are
spending the day in Boston, and 1t is
likely that before night the contract
will be given out for the construction
of the new track. The location has
already been secured and there is an
option to buy attached. Manager
Butler will, of course. be in just as
strong in the new track as he is in
the present track. He is half owner
now and it will cost him about $4,000
to keep up his end. "Old Honest
Nat" as they call Butler in Boston, is
game enough to go along with the
proposition. for he knows best of all
that he will get his money back in the
end.
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The new track at Boston, it is said,
will cost in the neighborheod of $780,
900, and it will be built close to the
present site. In fact, it may include
the grounds of the present track.
declares that Boston will
stand for a seating capacity of 10000,
and be doubts even if that kind of
an Enclosure will be large enough.
With the new track at Boston more
pace followers will be in demand, |
and motorcyclsts will also be en-
gagged. This will put the Cycle Rae
ing Association in pretty good shape,
and it will be we'll able to withstand
the threatened attacks that are to
be made on it. Pace followers and
motorcyclists will get all the work
they want. with engagements at Bos-
ten, Brighton Beach and Philadel-
phia, and it may be that one more
big track in another big city will be
built by the local bike promoters be-
fore the present year is out.
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Boston promises to be one great
bike town. The new track, with a
seating capacity of 10000, will stir
up interest there, and then there is
talk of holding a full-hour six-day
race in the Hub this winter. Besides,
are being made to hold
sprint races in the Boston arena from
the day the racing season closes at
Revere Beach until the opening of
the big six-day race in New York.
Thus, it looks as if cycling was in
for a wonderful revival in the next
few months or so.
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mcfarland is ever on the Job. No
sooner had Million and Uppercu given
him the o. K. in regard to building
a new combination track in Boston
than he got right on the wire and
began to do business by cable with a
number of foreign riders. Mac is
particularly anxious to secure either
Verri or Poledri for the benefit of the
italian patronage, and he has cabled
both of these men for their terms for
the remainder of this season and for
next season as well. Then, too, Mac
Farland has sent cables to Bill
Bailey. the English pro, who attracted
so much attention during his stay
here last year. and Mac" has also
made propositions to four of the best
amateurs in Europe. He would like
to have Pirrella, who won the Italian
championship recently, to come over