Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-22

board be erected, or a stand, with JUS
two arms running up from bas2 ant
a crosspiece connecting the two arms
at the top. Then run steel wires oil
cables from sidearm to sidearm, witt
hooks to hang numbers on. I1aV'
square black number pieces With tht
numbers printed in white. AS soon as
the judges o. K. is given, hang The
numbers one below the other in order
of finish. The frame above the base
should be on a pivot, so that after
two sides of the track spectators have
| had a chance to note the numbers II
| can be turned so that the other two
sides may see the result. With the
numbers painted on both sides Of The
| plates, the grandstand and back
stretch patrons could be notified u
| the winners first; then swing II
/ around and notify the Mum avenue
end and the other end. Mr.. Prunty
could work the board, and I'm sure
| better results would be obtained. Per-
sonally didn't get a single announce
ment last Sunday.
About teaming. Considering the
difficulty of proving teaming and all
| the fuss we have about it every sea-
son. might 1t not be good idea To
cut out the prohibition of it? L re-
| member an article in one OF the
papers which stated that Floyd Mac
Farland introduced the teaming plan,
and that it so made for good racing
that one of the big wigs in the game
said, in effect:
IF this racing is due to teaming,
let's have more of it.
With a veto on teaming, any man
who wins a race Is at any time IlaDie
to disqualification, even IL he ism I
guilty. The accusing finger can be
pointed at any man who gets out of
the bunch near the finish to make
bid for the race. Someone follows
him and rides him down and wins.
Half the time the judges, referee,
writers or spectators don't know
whether the riders were friendly or
not.
More can be said but what's the
use? Cut out the teamlng veto. Rutt
said he didn't team; so did Clark.
Rutt said he followed and watched
Grenda, as he figured Grenda the only
man he had to beat at the finish Isee
STAR. This is absurd on the face of
it. Goullet and Clark must surely
be figured as men to beat" besides
Grenda. Rutt knows that.
Hoping scoreboard idea gets con-
sideration, DOUBLE L.
The idea of erecting a result board
at the Velodrome has been discussed,
but nothing has ever been done in
the matter. The plan is an excellent
one, and the board could be built on
top of the judges stand. Now that
you have brought the matter up, the
promoters will likely give it their at
tention. AS to teaming, the method
was stopped because Champion
Frank Kramer was winning all the
bike races. Kramer, naturally, al
ways secured the next best man to
him, and therefore victory was only
a matter of effort. Today, things
sare much different and it is worth dis
GUESSING. No one will deny that Clark
was pulled" by Cavanagh, but
whether there was an agreement
that is another thing. 1t is known
fact that Cavanagh tried to do bust
ness with several other riders in the
race and the fact that he pulled"
Clark seems like very strong circum-
marked before, legal teaming was
stopped simply TO stop Kramer. Floyd
MacFarland was the father of team
ing, and after watching Mac" and
Stevens. his chum, perform, Chairman
Mott, of the old L. A. W., remarked:
well, if that's teaming, let us have
some more of it." Mr.. Mott said it
was the best racing he had ever seen
-. 10. h. 70 Of DC oil ha
team whenever they get chance,
but nearly every one of them is
honest enough to admit it, Next to
George Cameron, Clark, it is safe to
the game last year, yet he has been
painted as having been ION his own
| all season and absolutely pure. Only
two meets have been held so far this
evidence of having teamed in one of
the races. If this is to continue,
| teaming should be legalized, and then
| it will be up to each man to get a
train of his own. OF course, the
little fellows" in the game may not
| like 1t, but it will be fair in any event.
J As to Rutt having only Grenda to
| beat in the five-mile, that is the way
Rutt himself figured it, The big
/ German" had beaten Goullet and
Clark in Doth heats of the match
race, and he had beaten them the
| week before in the Overture Prize
| Grenda's riding had been the best
! in Rutt's opinion, especially in a
hard race, as witness Grenda's vic
tory in the handicap on the opening
day. OF course, Goullet and Clark
were considered, but Rutt believed
that Grenda was the man he had tc
beat, but the "Old Hoss" was a little
tired after a hard afternoons work
and perhaps he wasn't quite there ir
the race in question. Both your sug-
gestions merit attention. Let II.
have a score board, and let us hav,
teaming, now that real competition
has been provided for Kramer, anC
that teaming, it is admitted on al
sides, cannot be stopped.
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Some of the boys who failed to VIII
tickets in the Evening Stars Base
bah Contest" make their complain
in the following letter:
J. P. N:
We, the undersigned boys, as con
slant readers of the Evening Sta
and particularly your "Sportin,
Topics" wish to differ with your Tex
perts" in regard to the baseball con
test just ended. We wish 1t under
, stood as patrons of your newspape
that we are not by any means har,
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