Show I H Pd C A DOES NOT WANT ANOTHER I I MUDDLE LIKE ONE AT The November Issue ue of the cycling Review a monthly mon paper closely al allied allied lied to the Ute K N C A contains an ed editorial editorial reviewing the squabble that ended the ason at and I lining up with Chairman Kelsey of the theN th N C A board of control That the theN theN N K C A will draw up rules to avoid if possible a recurrence of the Vales burg muddle which will be remembered remembered remembered as ascertains ascertain of the friends of Jackie Clarke Clar and the enemies of Champion K that Kelsey favored I Kramer in the ruling ruB on en the last championship race racela is seen by the ed editorial edItorIal which follows fOllow At the track on October 3 I the professional N K C A cham championships were re concluded and Kramer by his hie victory victor secured the necessary percentage e of points palate to again win the coveted honor In the last laet race of ot the series he had practically a walk walkover walkover walkover over owing to the withdrawal of 01 Clarke the Australian sprinter acting under instructions from his manager McFarland refused to ride because the referee upon the protest of Kramer Cramer ordered the race to be run in qualifying heats heath semifinals and final as u prescribed by National Cy Cr Cycling cling association rul The race was Wall a fivemile event and the management at the instigation of the Clarke contingent had pro the event to be run practically as a fivemile open Others Refuse The refusal of ot several other riders rider to participate In the heats gave cave color to the report that a strong combination combination tion had ben made to defeat Kramer br by killing him oft off in a big bl field of riders There c e uld be possibly no other reasonable excuse the heat method of elimination being a per perfectly perfectly perfectly fair one to all concerned The fact of the matter is Chairman Kel decision was so SWIft it broke the combination to pieces and there was no time to frame up an Ii other that would wOold prove available un der the heat beat system before the race was Wall called The upshot of o the affair has ban been the development ef of a cam campaign camI campaign I of mud slinging on the part of the injured innocents who aided by several oracles oracle of cy c cycling cling with axes to grind have Inaugurate Inaugurated a campaign for the official head bead Sling Mud Irresponsible statements which at times degenerate into IAto personal attacks are at best but a weapon with which to assail the integrity of a racing of ot I who for the past eighteen years ba h has borne a reputation for fairness and honorable dealing The present chairman Is however the veteran of many a II hard fought battle and apparently apparently apparently enjoys the artillery fire tire of mal malcontents ma malcontents contents In his hili direction He has haa no apologies to make for his bis ruling and in fact tact sporting men de demand demand mand wand none of him The board of ot con has haa sustained him by a unanimous unanimous mou vote and adopted a more stringent stringent gent cent rule making makin it mandatory for tor entrants to ride in races unless ex excused excused cu ed by the referee under heavy pen penalties penalties penalties A further revision of the pres pre present present ent rules so eo as to bring them up to the present resent requirement of the game also 1 I also in progress and a repetition of the recent trouble will be a remote possibility in the future |