The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-22
Advanced BY
A. M. Curtis
FOR ROAD RECORD
Casey's Application il
Hands of c. R. Officials.

The Curtis-Casey road record contro-
versy is no nearer a settlement than
ever. In fact, with each succeeding day,
there are new developments that make
the situation more involved. 1t looks
as though the officials of the Century
Road Cycle Club would have a hard
task on their hands il they undertake
an extended investigation into all the
charges that have been made.
At present however, the performance
Of James ]. Casey of this city is the
only one in which the Century Road
Club is interesting itself. This is for the
reason that Curtis, the Meriden wheel
man. has not as yet made any applica-
ton for the record. He has sent on no
vouchers and so far Secretary A. W.
Pease of the Century Club has not
heard a word from him since seen at
the dressing room at the Crawford
House. last Monday.
Casey, on the othe hand, has forward
ed his documents and evidence to Sec
rotary A. w. Pease in Boston who will
in turn forward them to headquarters
in Cleveland and some time in the fu-
ture-perhaps in a week, perhaps in
month-the officers win announce their
disposition of Casey's application BY
virtue of priority of filing, CaSey's re-
cord will be acted upon first, and if it
is allowed the Worcester man is sure of
the title for time whatever attitude
the officials may assume towards Cur
It's.
Stories have also been circulated that
Casey received assistance over the billy
roads of Spencer. There have been no
affadavits made to that effect, however.
and Casey's friends do not believe that
charges of so serious a nature can be
truthfully made concerning the Vernon
Cycle Club man.
When asked by a representative of
The Spy what he had to say about the
allegations, Casey simply laughed 1t
was the sort of a laugh that would dis
pei doubt.
II do not consider that / have been
placed on the defensive as yet by any
manner of MEANS" said Casey. Never
theless there are just a few points in
those stories that show the folly of the
whole thing.
THE motorman of the car who has
made a sworn statement that he saw
my rival Curtis helped up the HILL as
serts that l was rendered material as
sistance Granting for the sake of the
argument that / was pulled up every
inch of the hill, how would that motor
man be able to see me? Every record
shows that l pulled into Spencer ten or
fifteen minutes behind Curtis If that
motorman followed along with Curtis,
then how could he see me and observe
my riding a distance of three miles in
the rear?
If ! can get one man, I think I can
find five hundred, who will tell you or
anybody else that I walked UP those
Spencer hills. I footed it up Summer
hill, stopped in drug store and got
some soda. Then / walked a distance
up the other hill There were plenty Of
people following along with me- on foot
and awheel, as / went through Spen-
Ger. I guess if had been doing crooked
work, the people would KAYE known it
before now.
There is just one other thing that 1
might say in this connection. I was told
as I rode through Warren, that my ad-
Versary was not a minute ahead of me,
and one of my pacemakers as we We're
going over the top of one hill said he
saw the Curtis party on the crest of
the next. Now how could Curtis gain
over Is minutes on me between Warren
and Spencer had he not had assistance?
Or conversely, had l been aided, would
have lost Is minutes?"
Secretary Pease has as yet heard
nothing from Curtis He has of course
received the affadavits sent in by
Casey regarding the alleged unfair tao
tics of Curtis, but they win receive no
consideration nor be officially recog-
nized until Curtis shows some inclina-
ton to secure the record Secretary
Pease says that possibly Curtis does not
intend to ask that his record be recog-
nized by the Century Road Club