Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-28

race. why could they do It? Because
| they were races Of real honesty and en-
| durance and people crowded in to see the
| best man win, as they always did, and
would today in this cycle game, If 1t were
| run on honest lines. What term honest
| lines is for the promoter to announce the
| race open for entries to race from II :OJ
Monday morning to 16 o'clock Saturday
night, for teams of two men to ride for las
hours for purses of given amount, and
| the rider that rides the most laps in this
week to be awarded the first prize. Why
| should not such riders as KOpsky, Han
| sen, Cory and many others of light cali
Der be on equal footing of a sprinter in
| such an event?
1 tell you, readers, If the public knew
| the race was on those lines and IL there
! was no stalIing and taking you could not
put them In the building. Why, the score
would be continually changing and 1t
would be an absolute uncertainty to pick
the winners. Any team could come from
miles behind and overhaul the leaders be-
cause of their superior endurance and
pluck. and the excitement of such hap
penning, Just imagineIoh, well, what's
the use / know l am right. There never
was sport or anything else that would
not endure on honest lines longer than 1t
would by other methods. John Wetmore
and myself tried to convince Powers and
Kennedy years ago that this was the true
way to conduct the race, but they thought
otherwise. 1t must be kept tie score by
any means, in order to get the public, and
Time will tell, however, and we will see
who is right. Yes, the time will come
when good men Of the six-day game, such
as Cory and Walker, will not be kept
out of the race because they went to some
other city to make living and were told
they were not wanted and were not per-
mitted to ride in the Boston and New
York races last winter. Those are things
l fight against and will continue to do
until / help to right them. Thanks,
j. r. N. JAY EATON.
The trouble is, the bike game is get
ting too big for the men now In con-
troll. MacFarland built 1t up, and
others are not equal to the situation.
1t is too big a sport for little men to
handle, and the fact will eventually
come to light.
This is praise indeed for the Alley
Boys soccer team:
East Newark, Sept 27.
J. p. N:
What do you think OF the Alley
Boys, eh? 1 guess they aren't there.
1t just goes to show that the junior
footballers with the same experience
as the Alley Boys have are just as
good as the senior, and better. When
you come to think that soccer is an
English game, and only introduced
into this country some few years
back, it shows what we "idiotic
Yankees" can do.
The Alley Boys are composed of
native-born Americans. With the ex-
ception OF Otto Meyer, we could very
we'll call them the ALLIES Boys" 1
think they can beat any team In the
league today. They have good goal
keeper in Tintle, and two good backs
In Mulvey and "Wildman" Coogan.
The best halfbacks in the league are
Costello, Mcmahon and JEFF Reynolds.
Watch this boy ''Henny" Costello. I'll
bet any amount of dough that he will
be considered the best halfback in
the country in two years time. He's
there with the kick, uses his head, and
has no yellow streak. The forwards
can hold their own with any In the
league. Watch what they do to the
Scots when they meet.
Hoping you will put the above in
your Sport Topics of the Hour" I am,
ONE OF THE /. A. JRS.
The playing of the Alley Boys is the