Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-03

| brought honor and fame to the cit
by their ability on the diamond.
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Our friend Jersey City has beer
IGNORED as our opponent for "Flag
Day" That was very kind of Presi-
dent Ebbets. for the Skeeters are en-
titled to a helping hand. Jersey City
will, as usual. give US a hard battle
but the Shelters are not likely to
spoil. the day by beating us. 1t is q
poor baseball year at best, but the
Newark fans should turn out in large
numbers on Flag Day"
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| 1t is said that more money will
be lost in baseball this year than
the magnates can hope to make in
the next three years. George Stall
! ings. manager of the Boston Braves,
! declares the regulars are losing
Loco a day, and the Feds must be
losing at least two thirds as much.
/
big one in any event, but too much
winter gossip and the invasion of the
outlaws just about crimped the
whole works. Who take big chances
in sporting affairs are gamesters in
deed. Baseball is about the best in
vestment there is, yet all the profits
of three years or more are to be lost
in this one bad season.
G
| When Floyd A. MacFarland, the
general manager of the Cycle Racing
Association, staged the Grand Prize
of Newark at the Velodrome, it is
doubtful if even the very wise MAC"
dreamed that he would produce such
excitement over the result Of the big
race. Here it is only up to the semi
finals tonight and the fans are argu-
ing their heads off over the probable
outcome. Frank Kramer. the Amer
| lean champion, is naturally the favor
tie for the race, but the "Old Reli-
able" will have to be at his best and
he will have to have none the worst
of the breaks if he hopes to own the
thousand dollar check that will go to
the winner. The Importance OF the
race and the value of the race are
sure to put the men who gain the
final on their mettle, and it is good
betting that every one of the men
who will face the starter in the semi
finals tonight are worrying already
over the outcome.
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The final heat of the Grand Prize,
of course, will be a grand struggle,
/ but the semi-final heats tonight are
about as tough propositions as bike
fans have discussed in manys the
day. OF the nine men who will start,
! four of them are considered to have
about an equal chance of qualifying.
! For instance, it is expected that Wal
ter Rutt will emerge a winner in his
heat over Frank Cavanagh and Bob
Spears. This may not come to pass,
for although Rutt is the best rider
| in his heat he will not be able to
take much the worst of it at sprint
inG time and win. In Cavanagh he
has a fellow who is likely to do any
thing. The Gave Man" rides like q
champion one day. and he doesn't
exist at all on another day. You
never can tell about Cavanagh
Spears is showing great improvement
in nerve as well as speed. He comes
down the stretch very fast in the fna
strides and he is likely to beat any.
body if the pace is not too fast il
the early stages. Rutt hasn't a cincf
by any means, but he will probably
win on his superior intelligence.
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1t is generally admitted tina
Kramer is not himself, but it hal
ever been the case that "Old Steve
has always made good whenever any
thing big has been put up to him
The Grand Prize of Newark is tn,
biggest race ever attempted in thi
country, and Kramer, very naturally
would like to win it. To get in TIL
final he will have some task. It i
positive certainty that the cham
pion will not do any teaming. H
will be strictly on his own, and tina
will leave the Foxy Joe" Fogler VIII,
is some business man. an oppor
tunity to be friendly" if he care
to, with Alfred Grenda. who is no
to be despised when it comes dow
to racing. A bad angle for Krame
will lose him the heat as sure as fate
The champion is not good enough a
present to come from third position
and beat Fogler and Grenda, so i
will behoove him to split these me-
up in the final lap or so. With al
even break, Kramer should win. blu
he will have to ride some to defea
"Old Hoss' Grenda.
o
Opinion is very much divided o
the outcome of the heat in whic
Jackie Clark and Alfred Goullet wi
meet. Clark, on his good form lately
seems to be favored, but Goullet him
self is very confident that he wi
win. The third man in this heat, Pet
! Drobach, hasn't q chance in tn
world, but he may figure that he
entitled to a piece of the prize none
j by keeping out Of somebody's way {
getting in somebody's way, TIL