The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-16
TRYING 70 MAKE PEACE
Fourth Regiment Athletes Re-
arrange the Entries for
Their Games.

The Board of Governors Of the Fourth
Regiment Athletic Association met on
Saturday evening to act upon a protest
from ~CompanysB concerning the placing
of their men in the fifty yard dash.
Only two men were engaged in the
herculean task which involved making
contracts. paying bills. receiving and ar
ranging entries and publishing the pro-
grarnme. These two overworked officials.
Lieutenant Benjamin n Private Will
Nam ~Schoonover. not only find their la
bors unappreciated, but themselves ac-
cused of unfairness.
Every ..non-com' and private in the
ranks has implicit confidence IN these men
and refuses TO believe that Company A
would stoop to ..hxing'' the heats, as it
is accused of doing.
AS told exclusively in 1.-The Jersey City
News of Saturday evening, the trouble
grew out of the placing in heats of the
fifteen entries for the fifty yard dash
for members of the Fourth Regiment
A. A. The entries from Company B were
so numerous that four members from
that company were introduced into the
first heat. They were Messrs. William
Brister, Howard Williams, Alex. White
and Mansfield. Against them was to run
a solitary member of Company A. Mans
field was expected to win, having been
elected into the company together with
w. eClicker at the last meeting especially
for these contests. Both are speedy
sprinters from the Lafayette's Kings
Sons.
B men feared their second string con-
sisting of Brister. Williams and White
would be completely shut out. They,
therefore entered a protest through Lieu
tenant Christie, with the result that q
meeting of the Board of Governors was
held Saturday evening.
1t became evident tina the Regimentai
officers, who are also members OF the
Board of Governors, had been entertained
with a narrowing tale of woe from Conn.,
pany b. Lieutenant John T.. Pringle, OF
the Gun Detachment, was especially hard
on the committee. He is a recognized au-
thorfty in this athletic association. be-
cause he was a member OF the defunct
Greenville Athletic Club some dozen years
exScitabie officer of Company D. who re-
Gently resigned and re-enlisted with Cap
tain Thomas B.. oNeill Of that mpan
White asked that the names be drawn
out of a hat and placed in that sequence
in three separate heats.
the result thar four men lined up in the
first heat once again with an A man
against them, There was q slight change
in the identity of the men. Harry j..
Clicker instead of Mansfield, Edmund g.
Carter instead of Willie Brister, Fred w.
Stevens instead of Howard Williams,
and William A. Whyte, all of 3 Com
pany, will now run against William j.
Schoonover of A. This saves Brister and
Mansfield for the second heat and Will
liams for the third, thus. giving B an
opportunity to pack the final with men
from their
Members of the regiment smile now
when anyone asks about the cover of
the programme. .Adjutant, Frank Cole;
at the last meeting of the Board Of
Governors. moved to have the portraits
of the four officers grouped in the centre
of the front cover. Mr.. Cole is himself
the secretary of the Athletic Association,
and while the Governors realized what
an added to that cover the
handsome young secretary's face would
be they voted against DIT in a large ma
jority.
Messrs. Moore and Schoonover struck
a balance on Saturday evening in the
finances attendant on the games. They
found that after all expenses were paid
they must rely on the admissions to sup
ply about a hundred dollars. As there
are already sold sufficient box seats and
admission tickets to cover twice that
amount. the committee now considers
itself safe. Lieutenant Moore said at the
completion of the balancing operations.
Now. | dom care if it rains pitchforks
on Wednesday night"
There will be dancing after the games.
The same. orchestra that spurs the fee
ing feet of the athletes will accompany |
tho Jopoorc olcn