Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-15
Courtney on the Oarsmen.s Boycott.

Courtney on the Oarsmen's Boycott.
WHAT He HAS TO SAY ABOUT TIE PRESCRIPTION
AGAINST HIh-BK SAYS TEE OTHER oAEsNfS ARE
ENGAGED IN HIPPoDaoxISG-HR EXPLAINS MS
DEPARTURE FRoN OAK PoINr-A RKNAkKABLs
BILL OF EXPESSkS.
10 stated In yesterday STAR, Courtney claims
that The attempt OF his brother oarEmsn 70 boycott
hin VIII not hurt him In the least In speaking
upon the subject with STAR reporter he said: III
there Is an open regatta they can't say who shall
TO" ami Vino snail not They can keep cut OF Is
themselves II they want TO. The promoters OF the
regatta know who they want to participate. They
want the oarSInen Who Will attract the spectators
and Increase their interest Now. here ID letter
that was received from the secretary Of the regatta
association at Calais, Ne, Offering to pay the ex-
pepSes OF my hacker and M self If viii appear
q eaitlonihg secrecy. so that thc other earsmen
may Dot KNOW OF the offer. That shows whether
am wanted Ut a regatta or not As TOR q match
race, don't care TO row any Of them, but am WILL
Ing "a, , TO put up the money for race at am eme
wins 10 take The sta es Every race that has been
rcwed this year has been nippodrome. Not dol
lar has been At Staae-that know"
TIE BIGGEST sKIS GAME OF Tux SEASON.
'But 10 go back to the Oak Point fiaSco, which
you say led to the agreement, how about that?"
asked The STAR
well that was the biggest skin game of the
season i made the mistake OF having agreed TO
take part in II. 1 have been very severely criti-
cised for my failure to row. Went down to Oak
Point TO do so much work, and TO be paid for 1t.
Gtn't intend TO go out on the water to row Ross
Tor nothing; neither would any other professional
otrsindI2
'.liOw was II worked?- asked the reporter
''fhe agreement was that Ross and should each
receive ole-hlrd OF the profits from the gate re-
ceiptS on decoration day, and P1lkington and Nege
the other third. The tickets were TO be counted In
the evening by us all. They were never counted
that way. They took In twelve Vi thirteen thou
sand do.idrs-more money by lar than they ever eX-
prcted ] don't know that they received that
n,lc, but at three O'Clock 1t Is known that the re-
ceirts were seven or eight thousand dollars When
i made my Claim for my share Twas told that there
were no profits; tnat the expenses were SO heavy
that nothing was left. My goodness: with you
could see that biiI or expenses. reporter OT the
World was down TOR $50 and the captain or that
police precinct Tor $50, and eveTyth imaginable.
The FACE, you remember, Was postponed until the
next Sal UT lay ON a. count of unsuitable water. I
complained OF uatair treatment. and said that II
there Was no money Tor lne would go back TO
training the Cornell crew. Tor which was being
well laEi. They begged me 10 stay, els the SKIN
game would Dr. exposed. / said / would row
Renamed at OAK Point until halfpast four o'clock
th' ncXt saturday, and, seeing 10 prospects OF Oh
tanning Get, took my departure There was a
Regularly Concucted scheme 10 SKID me.
NO MONEY; NO RowEY."
"A gentleman who resided at the hotel told me OF
The pan they had fixed up, and his advice was
Charley, no money: no rowey.' He knew OF their
Intentions We'll get Charley Courtney down
here. they said. TO make the thing draw, and we
ana if he don t. all tight He VIII go away and no.
bCdy VIII believe what he says, for We will work
the New York papers 10 suit ourselves 1t was
Other papers home In my SAFE which would aston
Ii TIC public, and IL they keep on badgering me
Will make them public"
The Fiasman Sent to Jail.
RESULT OF THE I>vEsTIGA!IoS INTO THE BALTI-
MORE & OHIO coLLIsIoS-FLAGMAN SULLIVAN Reid
GUILTY OF CRIAINiL CARELESSN -eTHE "Y' RE-
GARDED AZ DANGEROUS TO LIFE, sc.
The cOroners inquiry into the railroad accident
at the on the Baltimore Ohio railroad Saturday
night was continued yerIeriay after The STARS re-
port closed Patrick Mcdonald, stone cutter, testt-
fed that he Was present and saw Kane, the flag
man at Delaware avenue. from whom Sullivan
should take his signal. show a red light towards
the Martinsburg train. Henry HenseI fagnan at
the corner Of LIST ard streets. testified to having
received white signal from Sullivan. He said the
Martlnshurg train was coming In at moderate
rate Of speed Bryan Heay testified TO hearing
sullivan hilloong TO the trains. James Byrne
testified that red light was displayed By Nolan at
the bridge. William F. Healy testified that sulli-
van sent him to the corner OF LIST and streets to
SEE what signal there was on the bridge. and wit
hes ca.l-d back red The Baltimore train was
testified 10 hearing Sullivan ask boy to get the
signal lroIa the bridge, saying that he could not
MAKE ouJ ytat = 1ools signals. meaning kaneh
train, teatiItd that The train running about 10
miles an hour Eh the accident occurred. He .lw
the signal lights at the street crossings and they
were all white He knew OF no rule governing the
rate OF speed for trains
The jury. aIter half an hours elaboration, re-
"FrOm the evidence adduced we are of the opinion
that the collision was caused by culpable neglect
and criminal careleSsness on tie part OF John Sui
livan, a ta,man III Tie employ OF the railway CON-
panr in not displaying the proper signal to the IL
coming train On the Metropolitan branch OF said
Railway.
I'VE further find that the said incoming train
was running ut dangerous speed within the city
limit and that the aforesaid Is also dangerous to