The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-25
"CROSS-COUNTRT COURT.
jersey City Athletes Pun
ished for Kicking
Sporting Notes.

Two Jersey City athletes have been dis
ciplined. The offenders are star runners
of the Wayne Athletic Club, who have
worn the colors of the Prospect Harriers
in the big cross country runs, and have
always contriyed TO get q place. Dolan
in fact finished first in one of the run
when he had only a small time allow
ance.
It was at the run of the Suburban Har-
riers two weeks ago that the breach oc-
Cured. Flaherty finished a medal win
ner, he and Dolan thought, and were
astonlshed when they were disqualified,
as it was charged they had
started too soon. The two Jerseymen
were indignant, they had before been de-
priyed of honors in a somewhat similar
way II they kicked and kicked hard
against what they regarded as an unjust
decision. In fact, they went SO far IN
their wrath as to charge that they were
being robbed. They made it quite inter
esting for the officers of the games at the
tim The officers retalinted and
made it intensely interesting for the two
fleet runners last night at the meeting of
the National Cross Country Association
in New York.
The delegates present were:-Benjamin
G. Williams, New York Athlstic Club;
Will Frank, Suburban Harriers; Charles
q. Hughes, Manhattan Athletic Club; I.
Avery Coilett and Harry Denise, Subur-
ban Harriers; Walter NJ. Christie. Titan
Athletic Club; Charles J. Harvey, Star
Athletic Club; j. Fl. Mellor, Prospect
barriers; r. Friedheim, Pastime Ath-
letic Club, and A. M. Sweet and Ernest
Hjertberg, New Jersey Athletic Club.
The Columbia Athletic Club, Of Wash
ington, and the Athletic Club of the
Scnuylkin Navy were represented by
proxy.
The Executive Committee sat at the
court to hear the charges lodged by the
Games Committee of the Suburban
Harriers against the Wayne's crack rum
ners. The field officers at the games
testified against the accused.
Dolan, when called, very frankly adj
mitted that he had shown temper and
that the authority of the officers al games
must be respected.
Flaherty is a fighter from way back.
He did not recede II peg from the position
takeps at the conclusion OF the games. He
commended that he had honestly won the
medal and should have received it; that
he was protesting against a gross in
justice. His attitude on the stand vas
sufficient to have convicted him of the
charge, which was questioning the
the authority of officers at games.
The counsellors and advocates who
made arguments were Messrs. Calletr.
Hughes, Frank Harry and Meller. The
last named made an earnest plea, and
said that il the men were to be punished,
that they be repremanded, or if sus-
pended, that the suspension do not go in
to effect until after the race on Saturday,
as it would cripple the Prospect Harriers'
team on the very eve of the race.
The following compromise resolution
was adopted
Resolved-That G. j. Flaherty be sus-
pended for six months from the date of
fhfr M cntftN1 ord that HIM TAJnr1 INo
repremanded and requested to forward a
written apology to the Games Committee
OF the Suburban Harriers before Satur-
day noon, falling in which he is to stand
suspended until such apology is forth
coming.
adoption, said the bulldozing of officials
by athletes should be stopped, else in a
short time competitive amateur athletic
events would degenerate into farces.
Secretary Frank thought Dolan should
receive the same severe punishment as
his clubmate. President Williams said
that athletes must be taught to obey the
laws Of the National Cross Country AS
sociatjon Of America. The punishment
would have u saIuUary effecb in deterring
others from breaking the rules.
One of the members of the Prospect
Harriers alleged that the action was
taken to weaken the team of that club
and help the New Jersey Ath1 tic Club
win the victory.
The suspensions will debar the two
athletes from participating in any games
under the auspices of not only the Cross
Country Association but the Amateur
Athletic Union. AS far as Flaherty is
concerned he is suspended for the season,
us the sentence will not expire until
October "a, when the athletic games win
be over except the cross country running.
This city now has three athletes under
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weight boxer is on the list of those sus-
pended.