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Show LOCAL BIKE STARS WILL T01H0RLD Lawson and Hehir Are In. eluded in .All Star Bunch; Ellegaard Coming. '. HIWABK, X. A, 'on 96. Th ey el races scheduled for yesterday gt th Newark velodrome war postponed on account of rain. Johnny Ohspman, manager of th local vslodroms, is negotiating ne-gotiating for th appearance of Teor-wald Teor-wald Bilegsard, six times winner of th world's championship, for th bei-sno bei-sno of th eeaeoo, . Ellegaard 's terms are high, but It ia figured that Chapman will met them aad have one of the greatest eyclieta the world has ever sees ia eompeUUoa as an of hia stars. Plan World's Tour. Arrangements have been made for a world's toar for tea of th leading American evelists immediately after the flnieh of the New York aix dav raee ia December. Floyd McFarland, Jackie Clarke, Ivur Lawson. Joe Fogler, Al Ooullet. Paddy O'Bullivaa Hehir, Elmer Collins, Jimmy Morsa, Willie Fenn snd Eddie Boot will lea for Berlin, where the flrst race a th world's toar will take place during Christmas week. The raee will b six-day affair and after the eootast ia th German eapitol thee will b a week of sprint racing. " - From Berlin, the riders will go to RvHnev Anatralia. where thsv Will gags In another six day grind ia February. Feb-ruary. After a fortnight's net the riders will engage la another six-day raee at Melbourne. At tb conclusion f tb Melbourne raee the outdoor ssa-eon ssa-eon will be and th glob girdling evelists will remain until Its close, returning re-turning her about th flrst of May, 1912. to? the season here. This is the biggest trip ever planned for the riders aad they bar been guaraateed a bendsoms sum. . MoTarland in Chart. Signing th rider and Baking all th arrangement hss been placed is the hands ef Floyd McFarland, who nt the Amerieea representative of the Europesn and the' Australian promoters. promot-ers. MrFarlaad baa practically soot ?leted arrangement to take Major avlor, th famous colored rider, t Australia. McFarland was tn ' communication com-munication with Major Taylor vr the telephone yesterday aad the Utter accepted the terms offered. Taylor stated that he would ride here at the close of his Australian engagement and would be a starter ia the world's championships to be held ia Newark aext year. The Australian promoter era vary aaiou to secure Frank Kramer, the American champion, an J hare made him a big offer, but the perlea one is holding out for more money. McFarland McFar-land seems confident that the promoter promot-er will meet Kramer' terms. Bid for Blf Furs, All of the ridsrs should return to this country with fat bank roll, for in the three aix-day races there will be S42.000 hung up. The Berlia rsee is worth tlt.OOO and each of the Australian Aus-tralian races ia worth' 113.000. The "Sydney thousand," aa Auetraliaa classic, is to be revived and thia race ia worth tSOOO. Then, there are many other rich puree to be bung up ia the Australian tour and it ia almost certain cer-tain that the Americana will win the lion's share of these rich purses. The Australian promoter is the J. D. Williams Amusement sompanv and they are incorporated for 41,000,000. August Holcher, who ran the six-day race in Berlia last winter, is the Ku-ropesn Ku-ropesn promoter who will handle the European end of the tour. : The riders are very enthusiastic over the trip and they are all very anxious to have Kramer aign on. The champion cham-pion would naturally prove a big drawing draw-ing card in both Germany and Austra-lia Austra-lia and his appearance would materially material-ly aid the promoter in making the venture a financial aucceaa. If the tour is a sueceee it will probably proba-bly become an annual affair. |