The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-10
SIMPLE As 1T WAS COLOSSAL.
Associated Press Reporters Dad Not
Know Defender From VaIkyrfe.

Associated Press Reporters Dad Not
Know Defender From vnIkyrfe.
Buffalo. n. Y, Sept s.-The Enquirer
this afternoon says: THE tight between
the United Press, of which the En-
quirer is a member, and the so-called As
ISOLATED Press. is of little interest to the
general public. ( people are misled by
newspaper dispatches, 1t is the papers
printing them who are blamed by the
readers and which suffer for errors for
which their editors or reporters are not
responsible.
The Chicago Associated Press, which
sends ITS service to the Express, CONNER
cial and News of this city. made a mis-
take in the dispatches describing Satur-
days yacht race. which is about as ri
diculous an error as it IS often The mis-
fortune of a newspaper TO publish. The
mistake was as simple IL was colos-
sal. The Chicago Associated Press re-
porters evidently could not tell the diff
ference between the Defender and the
Valkyri.
This is the charitable view Of
the mistake which led anxious
thousands to believe the De-
fender hopelessly beaten. The other
view is that the Associated Press tug got
lost in the mist and the reporters sent
in fake dispatches. The United Press
representatives We're correct, even to
minute detail. and the finish of the race
was cabled to England before the be-
lated Chicago Associated Press reporters
discovered their blunder ana got the cor
rect position of the yachts as they cross
ed the line.
Kingston. Ont, Sept. 9.-The mislead-
ing bulletins regarding the yacht race,
issued by the Chicago Associated Press
on Saturday, are severely commented up
on After the United Press had announc-
ed the result of the race, and that the
Defender had won, the Chicago concern
continued issuing bulletins to the effect
that the Valkyrie was ahead.
: London, Sept. 9.--The papers taking the
Chicago Associated Press reports here
are dlsgusted with the fake reports of the
yacht race supplied by that association
on Saturday. A large number of sport
representations had indused to believe the
race to be a Nalkyrie victory are very
much incensed over the outrageous ex~
hibition of stupidity.
Baltimore, Nd, Sept 9.-The World this
afternoon prints the following in its edl-
torial columns: Those who depended
upon the Associated Press to give them
correct account Ol the progress u tIte
yacht race got left. The fellow who was
betting on Defender must have sighed
many times when he read about his favor
lite being behind. The Associated Press
told great things about how it had pre-
pared to make a record and it did for
never in the history of inaccuracy was
such astounding feats performed.
on the other hand, those who followed
the fortune of the boats through the serv-
ice of the United Press were kept faith
fully informed of the status of the race.
The World receives the full press dis
patches of the United Press and Satur-
day, as well as at all other times, its
reports proved not only to be accurate,
but rapid. Read the World if you want
the first and best news of the world,
From all over the country comes the
same story. The Associated Press was
so badly beaten that it can say nothing. "