The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-06-03
SPORTING ITEMS.

The protest made by Michigan against
the amateur status of Maybury and
Cochems 10 picking ur the liveliest kind
of a row in Western college circles. This
Is the second instance this year Of the
Michigan-C Chicago combine against Wis
consin. the former being u boycott of
the varsity baseball team. Northwest
ern has openly taken sides with Wiscon-
SIN and entered vigorous protest against
the combine. The charges against May
bury are merely rehash of former ones
that have been thrown aside as worth
less, and Maybury makes light of the
charges. expressing no fear of being ruled
out II he be given a fair trial. The
bury ran under al assumed name at
Cambridge, ILL.,, in 1888, and again in
1894. Maybury says he never heard of
madison previous to the charges made:
that he did not begin foot racing until
late in the fall Of '03 and was in Mime
sofa in the summers of '03 and "a, and
further that he never ran a race for
port each of these statements. The
charge against Cochems consists of an
unsupported affidavit of Mclean of Mich
igan claiming that he participated in
Menominee, Mich, in the Caledonian
games in 1893 under an assumed name
Mclean further. claims that he is per-
s!ona!ly acquainted with Cochems, which
the Wisconsin man denies, also saying
that Mclean should have made these
charges before this. Cochems is very
indignant over the action of Michigan
and is going to fight the affair to finish
as matter Of principle. He had pre-
viously not intended to participate in the
Chicago meet, but since this affair has
arisen he has decided to train for his
usual events Hhn mil h.,
upon by the executive committee of the
Western Intercollegiate association.
The Amateur Athletic union will stand
by j. II. Maybury. II. e. Fishburn.
VINO is chairman of the registration COM
mlttee Of that body, declared yesterday
that If the Western intercollegiate Ath-
letlc association sustained the charge of
professionalism made against Wiscon-
SINS sprinter the union would Mt once
declare him an amateur in good stand
ing. Mr.. Fishburn went so far as to
gay that in his opinion the trouble over
Maybury and Cochems was the begin
nlhg OF death struggle between the two
ORGANIZATIONS for supremacy and the con-
troll of amateur athletics. 1t would not
association have been engaged in HOSTILE
ties. There was recent fight between
thcm when Prof. Stage refused to pay
registration fees for his athletes who
were to compete in meet at the Univer-
slty of Chicago. On that occasion Michi-
gan and Illinois gave Stagg their sup
port, while Wisconsin stuck by the A.
A. Z.
The Browns recent victories over the
New Yorks has caused "Trustee" Won
der Abe to issue a statement to the eff
feet that if by any hook or crook his
team should finish first $4,000 will be
divided among the players under CON
tract at the close of the season. The gen
erous Vondy could increase that amount
to $17,0OO,OOO. as it would be just as
easy for him to pay this last amount as
it would $1,000. For finishing second,
$4,000 will be distributed among the
players, so on down to seventh position.
where Won der Abe wisely and safely
stops. If the Browns should finish at
the head of the second division, S17OO
will be distributed among the players
GlobeDemocrat.
Hawley and Dwyer OF Cincinnati lead
the big league in winning games. "Cy''
Young of Cleveland is also about perfect
The record IN tO Nav % folJou,r.