Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
PICKS NJ NAMARA
AS LONG-LOST son
Pathetic Appeal iron ireland
Shows How Six-Day News
Travelled.
REGGIE MAY RIDE ABROAD

Across the seas IS heard the echo
a mothers Wail-a mother with So
lost TO her after coming to this COT i
try to seek his fortune. eiraspine
every straw in her despair. this IN
fortunate mother, having read Of the
big six-day race in New York in Viii 4 /
one Of the riders Was Mcnamara
and she is a Mcnamara, too-aI- /
dressed the following Letter 70 fha
Secretary Of the six=Day R.ce, New
York:
Tuy Cottage. Grosshaven. Dec. 4. III. i
Dear Sif-Would you kindly let ms
know the Christian name and address
Of the Mcnamara who vas in the six
day cycle race last week. as my bav
went 10 America some seven years
ago and did not write home for tbs
past four years.
We are after inquiring every where
and got no account Of him. irnag
Inc that must be him. as be was fond
Of cycling
We are in terrible way here about
I him not writing 50 please let maI
know Is soon as possible. and ebliger|
yours sincerely.
MRS. B. MCNAMARA
There was an addressed and - np-z]
w tlff4DHsN 4AiaaH4s1I- i IL SHIT ~
| English stamp Of one-penny dennni
nation and the address Is: Try Cot
tage, Grosshayen. County Cork Irs-l
land
IT Isn't Reggie.
A representative of the Cycle gae-j
ing Association showed the letter -
Reggie Mcnamara. the rider thsI
! anxious mother fees so sure IS he1
Tf.NT l4-f4
with a smile of mingled sympa4
and amusement stated that his rng-iis77
had lived in New South Wales all he7.1
life and had never even seen Ireland.
Il am sorry for the dear lady said
Mcnamara. but ] shall try to HEIDI
her to find her sob, and | believe that
/ may he successful In every city inI
which I have raced since coming tai
America one or more McNamafa 81
have come to the training quarters to|
chat with me and in the future ! shaIfI
always inquire as to where they con1eI
/ from and the name Of their parent s Il
If the New York six-day race Is re-
/ sponsible for finding the son OF Mrs.
| B. MacNamara- of Crosshaven, Eoun-I
/ ty Cork. Ireland, then there will be one|
good thing that can be credited 10 f1eI
race.
Mcnamara Going to Europe.
Mcnamara, who, with Eddie Rcotl
as partner, finished third in the RED
cent New York six-day race, is not]
4 booked for any six-day races IN Ell 4
rope this winter. 1t has been rePorf-|
ed that he was TO ride In the ParfsI
race, but this is erroneous BeforeI
the Boston race Floyd MacFariaHd|
figured that the Australian would baI
a great six-day rider and wrote to|
| that effect TO the promoters of tha]
Paris race. MacFarland was to taxed
the six best riders from this coanffy.|
following the New York race, to com1
pete III the Paris race. But McNa-|
mara was not one of the six men sci
lected He did not ride up to expecta-|
lions in either the New York or Bos-)
ten races. The American and Aust
1 tralian riders who are positively lu]
the Paris race are Clark. Root, Fog5
Ter, Goullet, Moran and Grenda-
Moran's shoulder is not strong enou
to stand the strain of the race, Bob
! Walthour may be substitute
hour may make the rae
with foreigner. in the event :
ran being fit and a starter but
will not be one of the riders p
the race by Mcfarland.
May Get Into Six-Day Grind
Mcnamara is trying to get IN tn
Berlin and Brussels six-day races, ba&|
has not had a reply to his communal
cations with the promoters of thess
grinds. However. Mcnamara is TO saif
on the liner George Washington tor
morrow morning and take a chance
on getting in the Paris race. This
boat will get the Australian in Paris
twenty -four hours before the tart OF
the race. which is a very sh.
in which to make arrangement
/ six-day battle