Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-15


and Goullet were not sprinting well.
They did their best Walthour viii
ride at the Velodrome in the world S
middle-distance championship, with
tandem and triplet pace. and some of
the nice things now being said about
him will help to swell the crowd when
the race comes off. Walthour would
beat Goullet, Rutt and Grenda in a
tandem paced race. Mcnamara Is as
good as anybody behind tandems.
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A fan from Asbury Park suggests a
race and has the following to say
]. p. NJ.
have a bright idea. Like many
other Velodrome patrons. propose to
assist in the management of the cy-
cling track. l am about to suggest a
race. After seeing the results of the
ten-mile tandem paced race between
Clark, Fogler and Spears, think
Fogler should be given a chance to
prove that he can defeat Clark, as he
claims, and to make such a match
more interesting. we ought to put
Goullet in.
Goullet has won two ten-mile paced
races this season, beating Clark in
one of them Now Clark seems to be
riding better. He made a good show
ing in the fifty-mile race. Clark
wants to beat Goullet and Fogler
wants to show that he can win from
Clark. These circumstances should
make the race interesting, and it
would be if we can frame up some
scheme to keep Goullet and Fogler
from favoring each other.
The ten-mile tandem paced race for
next Sunday will be good, know, but
l want to have my suggestion staged
next Wednesday, In all probability,
General mcfarland has the program
all fixed up for Wednesday, but don't
you think that if you call his atten-
ton especially to this outburst OF
mine he will change things around so
as to get the ten-mile race in.
l am one of the unfortunates who
can only get to the track for the mid
week events. and then I come all the
way from Asbury Park. This should
carry some weight with Mac" L
should think, and, besides, in all the
wednesday events this season l have
seen tandem machines in action only
once, and never a tandem paced race.
Now, ]. P. N, don't suggest that l
apply for managership of the Velo-
drome, for this is only my first
offense. f. A. W.
The mid-week fans should be given
a tandem paced race, and MacFar-
land should give the suggestion his
attention.
An admirer of Young Gradwell puts
him at the head of the local light
weights He says:
]. P. NJ:
In a letter published in your column
"Sportius' says that the foremost
boxers in the lightweight class are
lMcVeigh, Lewis, Boonton and Donley.
am sorry to say that do not agree
with him in his selection. I disagree
with him because he does not include
Young Gradwell who is the best
lightweight around these parts. To
nv knowledge Gradwell has never
met Lewis, Boonton or Donley, but
he did meet McVeigh at Browns
Gymnasium, New York. a short time
ago, and he defeated the Down Neck
boy.
On July "a Gradwell, accompanied
by about seventy-five rooters in a
motor truck, journeyed to Browns
Club, at Far Rockaway, where he
gave Phil Bloom, who is rated as one
of the best lightweights in the coun-
try, neat lacing in ten rounds. This
is only one instance where this clever
has met and defeated
some of the best men In the country.
The way l would rate these boys Is
as follows: Gradwell, McVeigh, Lewis,
Boonton and Donley.
Thanking you in advance for pub
fishing this letter, l remain.
AN ADMIRER OF YOUNG GRAD
WE'LL.
Gradwell undoubtedly should be
elassed along with McVeigh. Boon
ton, Lewis and Donley. but he didn't
beat McVeigh, as you say. In fact,
McVeigh defeated Gradwell, and this
opinion prevailed among about 80 per
cent. of the fans. When you make a
statement be sure you are right. Don't
say that one fighter defeated another
fighter when the outcome was just
the opposite You'll never win any
battles that way.
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A Lewis admirer says Banty beat
McVeigh, and suggests another fight
at ten rounds. The letter.
]. P. N:
There is a number of wise Ikes'
around town still talking about the
Lewis McVeigh fight, saying how
McVeigh polished off Banty, and in
justice to Lewis | wish to state the
following:
was a spectator at the Lewis-Mc-
Weigh fight at Troxler's and still say
Banty ought to have received the de-
cisicn, or, at worst, a draw There
may be many fight fans who will
uphold McVeigh and say he won, and
the way / doped out this four round
affair is this: Should boxing be given
the preference over fighting? My
personal opinion is that fighting
should be given the preference and
Lewis did all the lighting, and you
know it takes two men to fight.
Lewis did all the fighting that night
and especially in the second round,
in which Banty nearly had McVeigh
out with right crosses. and in all