The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-08-05
SOME ONE TOLD FIBS.
The Report Of the. Cahill
Committee Wayne
Athletes.

NEWS has charged, that Secretary Sulli-
van was the man who caused all the
trouble and succeeded in having the
champion suspended. Mr. Sullivan has
been perniciously active in his game of
freeze out, but he has been called aud his
game OF bluff is at an end. The report
proves what has been claimed by the
NEWS that the autocratic Sullivan is a
dangerous man to retain in the import
ant office of Secretary, and if the Anna
teur Athletic Union desires to advance
the interests Of athletics Truthful Jeems
will be retired, Il with him should go
several disturpers and mischief-makers
who have been in the clique which
managed the union, in their own
way. A strong opposition has been
formed to make an effort to Dust him at
the meeting to be held in Washington
next month. He is aware of the fact and
boldly declared, in the columns Of the
alleged sporting paper which he controls.
that the Union was organized for the ex-
elusive benefit OF himself, to give him a
lucrative Office and establish him as boss
of athletics in this country. He admit
ted that the smaller clubs could defeat
his reelection, but if they did he
threatened to have a few wealthy.
clubs withdraw and form another
union which would crush out of exist
ence the existing union. This clearly in
dicates the character of the man who
must rule or ruin; in fact he is doing
both now. He lives in this city and it is
doubtful If any. Of the local clubs
in the Union will send a dele
gate who will vote tor him. All
would have gladly supported him had he
attended TO his clerical duties and not
assumed the role OF boss. 1t was FORUM
ate that the union selected as chairman
of the Investigating Committee such a
prominent fraction of athletics as William
B. Curtis. He is an honest man free from
bias, and he enjoys, and is entitled to the
confidence of athletes. He has been
active and CONSPICUOUS in the sports for
many years, and has a clear record. How
in face of his report the Board of Man
ayers rushed to the whitewash
pot is a mystery. They could
properly have gone d step further and
charged some one with INDUCING in ma
licious f%alsehoods to accomplish his OBJ
ject in forcing Champion Cahill out of
The amateur fold. Mr.. Curtis has made
q thorough investigation. He has per-
sonally ~interrogated Cahill and others
who, it was alleged, had been paid for
their services by athletic associations and
he communicated with all who were
accused of knowing that Cahiu had re-
ceived money or had heard from reliable
sources that Such compensation had been
received by the accused champion. In all,
he saw or heard from thirty-eight wit
uesses. One allegation was he had re-
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he met Robinson. 1t was clearly proven
that he was given a watch which his
father now wears. 1t was charged that
he received $40 for sparring at the New
York A. c.. This was denied by him, and
several others who We're charged
with having been paid a SINH
lar sum-. Another count was that
after sparring with Kelly at
the entertainment of the Jersey City
A. G., he and Larkins met and boxed and
were each paid $40 by Mr.. Edward Soper.
Mr., Soper denied this and said tina Cahiu
was so used up in his meeting with Kelly
that he (Soper) went home with him.
Another allegation was that Cahill owned
a fighting dog. This silly charge the
committee did not investigate. Tn other
allegation was that 3; G. Williams,
while in q conyiyial mood, had
intimated that he had rewarded Cahin in
n substantial way for sparring before the
New York A. G. Messrs. Livingston and
Mclean of the Staten Island A. G. stated
that Williams had said that he had not
paid Cahill a cent u could not swear
that he had not given him orders for
clothes which Cahill might have OK
changed for cash. This of course is
vague and indefinite and not good evid-
epce. 1t was clearly demonstrated that
Williams was jolly when he uttered it.
In his report Mr.. Curtis said
civilians does not remember the CONVEX
sation but does not deny it. 1t has been
his habit in the matter to make obscure
and easily misunderstood statements
purposely to perpleX n mislead imper-
tinent questioners, and he also, when in a
convivial crowd. makes many assertions
which would not stand the cold analysis
of calmer moments"
The refusal of Williams to appear be-
fore the committee is explained in the re-
port as follows
Mr.. Williams refused to come before
4 - sp fNuarn1 cnEes(no he
neither Mr.. Harder nor myself has had
anv trouble in arranging personal inter-
views with him. He thinks that certain
past and present members of the Board
of Managers of the A. A. U. have treated
him unjustly and discorteously in connec-
ton with the boxing championship meet
ing, and he also thinks Mr. Downing has
violated the confidence of a private con-
yersation. For these reasons he seems dis
posed to annoy and perplex rather than to
assist you and your committee. The
real meaning and .pert1nence OF verbal
statements are much modified by the cir
cumstances under which they were made,
and also by the tone and manner of The
sneaker. Several of the statements
credited to MIR. Williams in the report of
your former committee, though no doubt
correctly quoted, sound differently when
explained by Williams. and when con
nected with the circumstances and in
cidents which elected their utterance.
The willingness of Cahill to respond
whenever summoned was referred to.
The report deals this straight out from
the shoulder at Boss Sullivan.
AT the last meeting of the Board it was
stated tina in the New York A. G. club
house, during the autumn OF 1889, B. @.
Williams stuffed TO J.. Z. Sullivan, in the
hearing of w. G. Schuyler, that Williams
had paid P. Cahill S28 for boxing at the
entertainment of the New York A. G.
The action taken forth by the Board in
this regard is set forth III the following
resolution
Resolved, That the matter be referred
back to the committee, and that the New
York Athletic Club be requested to use
their influence, and if they have the pow
er, TO crmpel B. G. Williams to come be-
fore the committee and submit to be ex-
amined in tho Cahill case.
%Copies of the resolution were submitted
to Messrs. Schuyler and Williams, and
resulted in the following answers:-
Mr.. Williams writes as follows
.Referring to the matter of a CONVERSE
tion in the N. Y. A. G. house, when w.
G. Schuyler and j. +. Sullivan were pres
emit. I am made to say that l paid Mr.. p.
Cahill S28. This is, TO the best of my
memory, utterly untrue. He must have
COMPOUNDED names and me with some
M. Schuyler made the following re
III am in receipt of your letter Of the
01st instant. together with enclosure