Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-26

| very not Inc 1ldulS are ledQinB b4
a single point, with the Braves their
closest contender. st. Louis is third
not far away, and Chicago is fourth,
well within striking distance. Specu-
race is decidedly brisk. Opinion
favors the Giants as winners. The
betting is to that New York
doesn't win the pennant, 9 to that
Boston doesn't win. sh to that st.
! Louis doesn't win, and to that Chi
cago doesn't win. This is some per-
centage book, of course. but you can
not hope to secure much better prices
the way the clubs are playing.
O.
Peter Rau. president of the Bay
View wheelmen, said today that the
club was getting ready to conduct
boxing bouts during the winter. He
said that contests would be held twice
month. and that he expected to be
able to hold bouts of six rounds dura-
ton. There will be a meeting of the
Wheelmen tomorrow night to decide
on the boxing issue. It is expected
that favorable action will be taken.
The clubhouse will accommodate
about 800 persons, and the boxing
should be a success under the auspices
Of the cyclists. Basketball, as usual,
will be a prominent sport at the
wheelmen's clubhouse during the
coming season.
Rochester furnishes us with the
sensational golfer of the year His
name is Walter C. Hagen and he is
only twenty-five years of age. This
year, over the Midlothian links near
Chicago, Hagen won the open cham
pionship. defeating the best amateur
and professional golfers in this coun-
try. His card was 900 for 70 holes
He made the round the first day in
142 and his score the second day was
14S. He did well last year in the open
tourney at Brookline, which was won
by Francis ouimet, the sensational
amateur. Hagen will likely be seen
in more matches around here, now
that he has established his class.
The Worlds Cycle Derby gets under
way tonight at the velodrome. and
we are sure to see some very excellent
racing during these championship
meets. The heats of the sprint title
rana orc ~ ha rim 4anigb+ hue tt,a
real interest will centre in the out
come of the ten-mile championship for
the professionals. Besides the in
creased prize money offered in these
championship races. the winners are
to receive medals of intrinsic value |
The Worlds Cycling Derby meets are |
the creation of MaGager mcfarland, |
and the bike fans have much to thank |
derful success as the manager of the !
Velodrome this year, and he expects
to crown his season of glory with the
races to be held during the next few
weeks.
The ten-mile championship tonight |
should produce a rare old struggle. |
Champion Kramer is dead set on
winning it. and the fact that there |
is a medal for the winner will make |
Clark ride the best he knows how.
Jackie is anxious to get back in tie |
good graees of the fans, and a vic |
tory in such an important race as
the one tonight would give him a |
healthy lift. He has trained hard, I |
am told, for these championship |
races, and he looked to be in good |
shape Sunday. His legs were very i
good, but his judgment was poor. If |
he hopes to win tonight he will have |
to be in front at least a lap and a |
half from home. Those who wait for
the backstretch will be beaten surely,
unless, of course, everything is in
their favor With Clark it should he
his business to get out in front. He
will probably win il he rides accord
ing to Hoyle.
Hans Ohrt, brother of Ernest Ohrt,
is said to be the best amateur cyclist
in California. His home is in San
Francisco, where he is racing at pres
ent, and he is winning nearly every
race on the card. A newspaper clip
ping from Hans shows where the
young man won three races in one
day-two handicaps and a scratch af-
fair. The boy did some racing in
Salt Lake City, but went back to the
coast when the sport closed at the
Lake. He was contemplating trip
East, but he evidently realized that
the game was pretty stiff around here
and decided to wander where the
going was easier. Ohrt is said to be
the makings of a great rider, and he
will lil4ly be brought on here next
season by General Floyd A. Mac
Farland.
o
Talking about amateurs. MacFar-
land was anxious to secure one or two
good boys from Europe to compete at
the Velodrome during the big cycling
championships. He made liberal Of
fers to Ormston, the Englishman, and
to Belliyier, the Frenchman, but they
were not in a position to accept.
mcfarland is securing the country
now for amateurs, and he is going to
put on an intercity teams race with
such handsome inducements that
teams from Boston, New Haven.
Philadelphia, Buffalo and Toronto
have promised to enter. The amateur
field as it is is pretty classy, but a
real contender from the outside would