The record-union., 1897-05-25
CAPITOL CITY'S POSITION.
True Facts Concerning the Relay Race
Contention.
Why the Sacramentans Demand to
be Informed of the
Charges.

The Stockton independent" says:
1.-THE Capital City Wheelmen appear
to be worrying considerable over the
protest entered by the S. r. c., grow
ing out of the annual road race They
have asked for information and have
the nerve to request the local club to
furnish them with complete details.
They forget that it is not a school boy
affair, but can rest assured that all of
the events bearing on the case will be
placed before them at the hearing in
the strongest possible manner AS far
as the assertion made that 1.-The home
club could whistle for the trophy If 1t
did not see fit to forward all informa-
ton at hand goes it might be well to
remind the G. G. w. boys that the S. r.
c. will donate it to them or let them re-
tain ii if they are so adverse to giving
it up after losing it,
Concerning the above, members of
the Executive Committee of the G. G..
w. make this contention, and submit
that it is neither evading inquiry nor
seeking to retain that which is not
rightfully the clubs. The road race
was run April 25th. The Capital City
Wheelmen, already in possession of the
trophy won.
Soon after the Stockton Road Club
filed a protest alleging:
F'irst-The packet was not carried
throughout the race.
Second-Some of the c. C. W. riders
accepted pacemakers.
Third Some of the trailers We're
started sooner than the thirty seconds
required.
The trophy rules provide that any is
sue concerning the race shall be decid-
ed by an arbitration jury, one from
each club, they to choose a fifth.
The Capital City Wheelmen had
seven relay riders, seven trailers and
about thirty judges, timers, flag UNI
pires and other official witnesses in the
several relays. On receiving the pro-
test the c. c. w. replied in effect:
please give us details, what riders and
trailers violated the rules, and on what
relays, that we may plead to your pro-
test and if we find the facts as you al
lege we will plead guilty. If not, we
viii join issue and go 70 trial.
To this the Stockton Road Club re-
piled: I'VE cannot give you what you
ask until the trial. We have named
as our Judge"
Thereupon the c. G. w. replied at
length, serving a copy upon each club.
in effect as follows: I'VE will not name
our juryman until we plead. We can
not plead until you specify. We will
not bring to the trial (Which would
have to be held at Stockton, probably
all our judges, timers, flag umpires,
riders trailers and relay witnesses un-
til we have such specification as
will enable us to know against
what to defend, and who Of
all these witnesses will be needed.
We object to sweeping, fishing and un-
specified charges If you have cause
for putting US on trial, you know the
facts and can give us such statement
of them as will enable US to plead and
come to trial. Until you do this we de-
cline to name a juror The club nor
the committee has ever said whistle
for the trophy; that is pure fiction.
This action members of the G. G. w.
Executive Committee submit is fair,
reasonable, unevasive and simple hon.
esty The club, they say, desires the
public to understand its position clear
ly, and say that it submits in common
fairness that its position is sound. 1t
objects warmly to the Stockton Road
Club degrading and smirching a gem
tlemanly sport, heretofore kept clean
and honorably conducted, by standing
behind such statements as appear in
the Stockton press.
1t is held by members OF the G. c. w.
that it is not unlikely. such is the feeling
of honest Indignation, that the c. c. w.
will decline to again enter the trophy
lists with the Stockton Road Club un-
til it withdraws its charges. or gives
the c. c. w. opportunity to plead to
the charges. The c.. c. w. members
say also, that their club in this un-
happy and ungentlemanly contention,
which much resembles pettifoggery on
the part of the S. r. c., distinctly ex-
cepts the Terminal City Wheelmen and
the Stockton Athletic Association, both
of which in all dealings with the c. c.
w have been honorable, gentlemanly
and cOurt pOuS