Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-10

General Floyd MacFarland has ar
ranged the conditions for the big
thousand dollar Criterion Stakes,
which is to be run at the Velodrome
on July 10, % and g. There will be
eight heats and a repechage heat,
with three men in the final heat, but
in addition Mac has doped out a
sort of double event. This means
that there will be two finals, the win
ners to meet in an individual match,
the best two out of three heats. This
individual race will be arrived at in
novel way. After the three men
have qualified for the final-the Cri-
terion-the other six men who won
their way into the semi-finals will
be divided into two heats, winners in
each to qualify for what is to be
known as the Common, or Consola-
ton. Stakes. The beaten four will
ride a repechage and the winner viii
get into the Common final. The
winner of the Criterion final and the
winner of the Common final will meet
in the best two out of three heats,
but the final in the stake events
proper will be decided in one heat.
This should prove to be great race,
and the winner will be hard mat
ter to pick.
Referee Arthur Ross deserves the
praises of the bike fans for his ac-
tivity Wednesday night, and it is
hoped he will continue to deal out
punishment to the offenders. Foul
riding and careless riding has been
entirely too much in evidence at the
Velodrome. and there is only one way
to stop it. Disqualification will help
some, but the most effective way is to
fine those who transgress the rules
There was considerable sympathy ex-
pressed for Walter Rutt in that he
was sort of a graf" but Rutt himself
declared he would be well satisfied If
the referee would only treat the others
in a similar way 1t was really too
bad that Ross didn't have an oppor-
tunity to start on his crusade with
Champion Kramer as the offender, but
it happened to be Rutt, the next best
man in the game. Ross should OBJ
serve closely and punish severely. and
he will find that his troubles will be
over in a week or so. Heavy fines
will bring the culprits to time, sol
heavy fines should be the slogan of the
referee.
After Referee Ross has made it clear
that he will not stand for any more
foul riding, and the riders have be-
come thoroughly tanned in this respect, |
he would do we'll to go after the
Transfers It may not be so bad if
General Villa Cameron is the engineer |
Of train" once in while, but when
the stars stoop to forming twelve
man combination it is about time to
call out the reserves. In the five-mile
open Wednesday night, one of the
stars, who has been painted as al /
ways having ridden clean races and
"on his own" received $3.50 for his
share There was another combination |
of five men, but Goullet, who finished
third, was strictly riding for himself, |
and Joe Fogler, who did lot of pull |
ing near the close of the race, was
simply giving his services for nothing |
Fogler didn't get a cent, and said af- !
terward he tried to save the race, |
which had been spoiled by stalling
tactics.
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With all his activity, Referee Ross |
overlooked one incident Wednesday |
night After the judges had selected |
Spears as the winner and Kramer |
second in a heat of the half-mile |
championship, Lawson. who came |
very fast in the last few strides, made
his way up in the judges stand to
see for himself how the finish was
registered on the new automatic
picker. The machine didn't happen
to be working, and Lawson had his
trouble for his pains. Lawson's
action should have cost him a ten
spot. He had no business in the
Judges stand. and by going up there
he was giving the officials a slap in
the face.
Hugh Leonard, who was killed up in
New York State yesterday by bolt
OF lightning, was well known in sport
ing circles in Newark. He had been
a wrestler of world wide fame and
he did some boxing in this city in his
earlier days. He was clean-cut fell
low and made many friends in his
travels. He became wrestling in
structor of the New York A. c. years
ago and he was well liked by all the
members. He wrote a book on wrest-
ling which had wide sale, and he
was considered a smart fellow all
around. The Institute Club members
knew him well, and his death was the
subject of much discussion in New
ark last night. The wrestling game
has a bad name, but Hugh Leonard
was always looked upon as a fair
and square man. l saw him wrestle
Jack Hines for six hours without a
fan years ago. That was one match
that was surely on the level.
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The fans who have been throwing
50 much cold water on the Newark
team may have to take back their
cruel words before the season is over.
1t is true that the Tigers do not look
as good today as they did earlier in