Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-09-27 | Page 7 | M'farland Apples for Buffalo Sanction

HTARLAND APPLIES FOR BUFFALO SANCTION " . i NEWARK. Sept. j7.-Hoyd MarFar-land MarFar-land haa applied to th S. C. A. for a sanction for a aix-day race to be held In Buffalo. The race will be an eight-hour eight-hour day affair and will begin on Monday. Mon-day. November II. Th houra of racing will be from :Je to 11:10. A lain number num-ber of riders now competing at the velodrome velo-drome will take part In the Buffalo grind. Borne of the riders are auggestlng that nx( year 1 no American cnampionsnip should )a dxlded by counting; tha points In all the races ipen e.'mtch siTalrs and the handlrapa. Thla would bring; about, some of the hors argue., tha all around rhampln. If such a condttfefi exlftled the bai'k markers who are now making su-h feeble efforts to gl up the hanlif.ps would ba riding their brains out to m-re points at the finish. Jt would make bettor bet-tor wing all around. If oInt counted In all the races for the championship this year Alfred !oul-1ft !oul-1ft t wot ild walk off with tho American title. The Australian hut allocked 1M points so far, and the nevt man to him Is Frank Kisnwr. with 1:2 Jf- rglar Is! third, with llr and Clarke ts fmirth. with lot. If the new ytm In dei-ldlng lha Amerlt-an rhsmplonajhip Is put -tn vogue perhsna It will le arranged to give a money prise Instead of a medal lo the winner. The n-w method would not niet with the approval of Kramer, ('lurbe and a few of the other peit)ri, but It would rnnke bttr racing and would be appraclaied by the public, wlilrh pays the toll and should la considered.