Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-24
Manager MacFarIand to Stage
Biggest Event Ever Held in
America at Local Track.
NOTABLE FIELD TO START
Entrants viii include Kramer,
GouIIet, HourIier, Rutt, Wiley,
Didier and Carmen.

Manager Floyd A. MacFarland. of
the Cycle Racing Association, an
nounced this morning plans for the
biggest cycling meet ever held IN
America, and one that will surpass
the worlds championships. The
worlds Championship will be held in
Copenhagen, Denmark, on August O.
8 and o. and MacFarland believes
that the proposed big meet here will
overshadow the Copenhagen meet and
will be the real worlds Championship
The proposed monster meet win be
called the worlds cycling derby and
international championship, and 1t
will be staged August 26 and 80 and
September 2, 6 and z There will be
three derby races, which will COR
respond with the championship races
at the championship meet at Copen-
hagen. There will be a short dis
tance sprint championship for pro-
fessionalss sprint championship for
amateurs. a middle distance cham-
pionship for professionals and a tan-
dem derby for professionals. The.
prize money for the meeting VIII
total $4,000 In addition to the big
derby races there will be sprint and
paced races on each day of the meet
! for amateurs and professionals.
4 AT the time of this monster meet
i there will be in this city the greatest
array of cycling talent ever gotten
1 together for one meet in the world,
and that is why MacFarland claims
THAT the real worlds championship
win be held in Newark instead of
Copenhagen, 7a=FFig E sfsess ssgs
worlds Stars to Start. -. ~.
Among the professionals there will
4 be Walter Rutt, the present, cham
4pion of the world; Frank Kramer,
& who has held the American Champion,
ship for thirteen years, won, the
worlds championship in 1912, and
who is rated the world over as the
greatest cyelist Of the day; Leon
Hourlier, who has won the champion
ship of France and the Grand Prize
of Paris this year, will be here and
there will be All Goullet Jackie,
Clark, Cesar Moretti, Alfred Grenda.-
Frank Cavanagh, Bob Spears. Joe
Fogler and all of the professionals
who have been competing at the Velo-'
drome this season. These riders will
compete In the short distance cham
pionship and the tandem champion
ship.
In the middle-distance champion,
ship there will be George Wiley, the
American champion: Leon, Didier, the
great French paced rider, who is
making strong bid for the Yankee
title this season: Bobby Walthour, q
former worlds champion;i Clarence
Carmen, lthealeader in the american
championship; Worth Mitten, Percy
Lawrence Jimmy Moran and possi-s
bly, Elmer Collins, a former Ameri-
can champion. ...l.,t
Foreign Amateur Stars May Compete.
In. the amateur champi pionship there
.wiH be all of the amateur riders now
compelling in the amateur races at
the Velodrome, and probably the best
amateur In Europe. MacFarland,s Is,
negotiating at the present time. with,
Bellivier, the crack French amateur
rider, who won the Grand Prize of
Paris, and also Ormston, the best of
the English simon pures. And there
is every reason to believe that one
or both of these riders will COM
pete in the derby meet. When Gen
eral MaeF'arland attempts to get any
particular riders he generally suc-sl
ceeds. =
mcfarland intends to have. enough
talent sIfllSs DIX IleEI.i alOt HlakE IL
beyond a doubt the biggest meet in
the world and Justify him in calling
~ the real championship Of the world.
With the riders who are hers cow
and the addition of Hourlier he is
perfectly safe in calling the derfyathe
worlds championship, but he expects
to secure one or, two more Drofes-
sional sprinters and has been nego-l
tiating with two of the best known
riders in Europe for some time.
Rivals Copenhagen Meet. Ee
No Championship meet can be real
championship without Frank Kramer
as a competitor Kramer has lde-
feated all Of the European, riders,
and having Kramer in the derby iaeet
gives that meet the edge on the title
meet at Copenhagen. And with Rutt
and Hourlier in the competition with
Kramer the Copenhagen meet rather
sinks into insignif1cance. Last year,
Rutt was inyincibles in Europe, W.irl-
ming the championship and the Hrandi
Prize Of Paris against the best riders
in Europe and this year Hourlier
Is the premier rider of the Continent.
The two best riders in the worlds
Championship are Thorwald Ellegaard
and Gabriel sPonlain, and they were
both beaten " fdouriter an the 'ILahu 'ILu
Prize of Paris, the Grand Prize Rev
onge and sfte race called the Grand
Prize fof Favorites, which WAS run
lust aprfor to the Grand Prize of
PaEfs. " aiag oss ,s5J4a siofs asgt Z
Entry Blanks Issued
Entry blanks for the big meet will
BE issued today, and while they Will
not be instrumental In securing any
more professional talent sof note the.
big prizes in the amateur races will
probably attrack amateur riders from
Boston. New Haven, Philadelphia,
Buffalo and cToronto.5 cA91i g2Iua