Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-21

While Floyd A. MacFarland ma
failed in his efforts to secure a sane
ton to conduct the worlds cycling
championships at the Weiodrome. il
this city. he is going to give the fam
a bigger and better program of race
/ than tire worlds championships cal
for Mac" viii hang up in prizes
/ $4,000, which is about three times a,
much msoney as he would be called
upon to give the riders if he hao
/ secured the worlds championships
MaeFarland arranged his worlds
/ cycling Derby meet long ago. at .
! time when the worlds championships
were to be held i'm Copenhagen. But
i the war came on and the bike race;
were declared off. and now Newark
stands alone in the field. Mac,
/ however, was anxious to get the Off
/ eial sanction for the worlds cham
pionships when the Copenhagen meet
was called off, but. after cabling sew
eral times his friend Charley Dods-
worth, wrote him that there wasn't
chance, as it would be necessary
to secure, the sanction of every MEM
Der of the entire committee. and that
such thing was impossible at this
time.
G
The series of derby races arranged
/ by MacFsrland should be the great
est ever contested in the world. The
prize-money is big. We have the best
riders over here and the style of
| races is sure to prove interesting
The first meeting of the carnival will
be held next Wednesday night. and
the racing viii last over a period of
five meets. The big race will be the
Sprint cycle Derby, with $500 first.
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The judges at the Yelodrome are
happy mortals these days, for they
have "another fellow doing their
work. The automatic picker is on
the job regularly now, and on
+ Wednesday night the picker" was a
great relief to the judges. In the big
race of the night. the Bill Bailey
/ Stakes. Alfred Goullet and Walter
/ Rutt went over the line so close to-
gether that it was almost impossi-
BILE to say who had won. Ordinarily
it might have been declared a dead
heat. but not so when the picker" is
around. Close as the men finished,
the "automat showed plainly that
Goullet had won by a hairs breadth.
Rutt will never believe it, but it IS
/ so. nevertheless. In the accompany
ing Illustration is.shown just how the
finish was registered on the tape.
Goullet is right on the line, while
daylight shows between the tape and
/ Rutts wheel. However. to get the
exact distance that Goullet beat Rutt
this space will have to be increased
ninety times, for the mode of regis
tration is just ninety to one.
Another close finish came in the
final heat of the tandem paced
match, in which the starters were
Moretti. Goullet and Rutt, Kramer
having withdrawn owing to an acct
dent to his bicycle Goullet was fig
ured in the finish. but this time MIR.
Picker gave the race to Moretti. To
the observers it looked as if Goullet
had won, because Goullet was gain
ing with every stride. It was tho
same in the Goullet-Rutt finish, in
which Rutt was coming like the wind
+ from behind However, in both cases
/ the winner was given the verdict,
which is just what the machine was
put in for. The judges are honest
and do their best. but they are only
i human, and must necessarily make
mistakes, although Vic Hess mod
estly confesses that he can select
the right man every time. Moretti
thought he had won the race, and
i Goullet felt sure that he had finished
first. When the "automat" showed
Moretti a winner, Gouuet said he was
satisfied
The Boston Braves are right on top
of the New York Giants and from now
on to the finish it will be question Of
gameness. The Braves have been 60
ing so well that it is only natural to
look for a break in their form, while
the Giants have been going rather
poorly Of late and are surely due for a
bracer. Boston has a tremendous
task ahead Of her, and it will require
all the urging Of the energetic George
stallings to keep the boys on their
toes. New York has a team Of sea-
soned players, who have been through
the mill before. The Giants are used
to these attacks from the rear and
they have stood them off time and
time again. This year and last year
and the year before, at one stage OF
another in the pennant race. one club
or another would climb up on the
Giants, only to be thrown back,
beaten after a short fight. The Braves