| Show CHAPMAN S HrS THROUGH WITH ITH CYCLING 1 I Former ormer Salt Lake Promoter o Found That He W Was s 1 Merely a Tool NEW YORK March 11 John John M. M Chapman the former manager of ot the Newark 1 has lias S given out a astory astory story to the effect that he is through with cycle racing The Tho announcement caused a mild mUd flurry among the devotees of the sport as Chapman was figured tobe tobe to tobe be a a. teal ul l live livo member of tho the promoters for this coming ac season on Last season NUOn Chapman was bou bought ht out b by Frank Mihlon of the tho Cycle Ccle Racing Beo association Chapman bein being supposed to tobe tobe tobe be a half halt owner with Mihlon in inthe inthe the tho various arion ventures owned by that tbt association which controlled N. N C. C A A. A franchises anti and tracks in Newark Now New NewHaven Haven JIa Philadelphia Boston and Provi dence t At tho the time that Chapman was bought off b by Mihlon the tho latter r w wa wathen wu n then negotiating with the backer of or th tho outlaw movement last year In Inglis Jis M. M of Newark After Chapman Charman was M out of the Cycle CYd Racing association he hc decided to to toKO xo KO it alone alona In the race racO promoting business and hied bled himself to Baltimore and Wash Wash- ington lIe ITc applied for fur sanctions for tor th these e cities but his hi request was tabled until tile the annual meeting of the N. N C C. C. C A A. A to be bo heM held In tn New ew York In April When th the Now York Cork six day race was wat on Chapman came arne from Atlanta Ga 10 makes hl home for th the purpose o of or finding out how he hc stood with the powers poes that the bo ho Chapman ver very I sensIbly d decided that erecting tracks In Baltimore and Washington Washington Wash Wash- In ington ton without sanctions was U a risky business BO so h he called the deal dral off ocr Jat Later r. r Chapmann came eano to New York and slid had badu n it conference with William Wellman the manager of or the Brighton Beach Deah motor motor- drome diome and Madl on Square Garden Tie TC gist of or the conference was thit Chapman was to take over the tile Brighton Beach track and reconstruct it Into a 1 combination combination tion bicycle au and 1 motorcycle track With th that t went the management of or the M Madison Maui Madi l- l son Mn Square Garden 11 six flay tare race for a n term terni of or three par jear years The Madison harden Garden people further agreed to erect a II track for Chapman at ut nn any place the tile latter chose This agreement however hot r. r was not put Iut In writing Last week Clapman caine Coune to the conclusion con von elusion that ho was b being used cd by th tins the Garden people to pull some SOnIC of their chestnuts out of ot the thc fire f specifically to tob b he held as a R club over ocr tho ho head of or Up Up- against whom the Garden management management man man- had hl filed 1 a suit stilt for tile the balance of tho the rent real of tho the Garden for tor the lat t six day race paid S when ho lie signed t tic tle lease for the bl big race and has haR not yet et paid the balance balanca of which the management de declares hue Ix Is due for tho the use mice of the building for tor tho the long grind 1 Determining that thal ho hI was wall being u used td oni only for tor these purposes and that no real arrangement could be he entered Into with the tIle Garden m management ement a as his hla backers backer Chapman threw up ra tie lo lothing thin thing thin and announced I his retirement from r tho the field of ot bicycle racing Chapman had bad a n number of ot prominent cyclists signed for the tho coming season ealon among them being Geor George e Wiley tho American paced champion Pete Percy Lawrence Lawrence Law Law- rence Ernie PYe and Worth Mitten Had Chapman d decided to run he would 1 have havo had to run outlaw and he probably realized tho the futility utility of doing doln anything I like that It Is he hardly believed that t Chapman will keep out of th the sport which he has been connected with so fiO long Jong and he ma may bob up ain again In a short hort time If I he lie dots does keep to his hi word and reth retires cycle ccle racing will mil lose a a good booster boaster |
