The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-30
.OLYMP|CS WILL
KEEP THE RELAY
RACE TROPHY
So Ruled by Associ-
ated Clubs.
A REMARKABLE MEETING
THE AGNES, BAY CITYs AND EN-
CINALS RETIRE.
THE AGNES, BAY CITYs AND EN-
CINALS RETIRE.
The Protest of the First Named Not
Allowed and It's Representa-
tives Declare the Club
Will Withdraw.

At the meeting of the California Asso-
ciated Cycling Clubs held last night In
the Parrot building the protest filed by
the AGNES against the Olympic Club
| Wheelmen, charging that the latter ac-
cepted pacing in the last annual hundred
mile relay race and was not, therefore,
entitled to the cup was not sustained
The vote declaring that the protest was
null and void was 20 to 2. The Acme, Bay
City and Encinal clubs did not vote but
retired just before the vote was taken.
The meeting, which lasted nearly four
hours, was one continual round of I'M
pleasant personalities that at times
threatened to develop into personal al
tercations. Chairman Nippert was al
most powerless to preserve order.
w. H. L. Hynes of the Acme Club. who
attempted the prosecution against the
Olympics, and c. A. Adams of the latter
club, who appeared in it's Defense en-
gagged in number of tits. without re-
gard to either their language or insinu-
terized by the bitterest feeling and the
lack of courtesy upon the part of the
members of the various clubs who were
opposed to each other upon the question
of the protest The Acme and Encnal
club members declared that their clubs
would withdraw from the California AS
ISOLATED Cycling Clubs.
AS soon as the meeting was called to
order the trouble began. E. +. Fahrbach
president of the Bay City Club, was pres
ent as the proxy of F. H: Kerrgan, the
Hynes endeavored to have his certificate
of proxy thrown out upon technical
grounds In this they failed, and also in
the case of the Reliance Clubs. delegates
This matter alone consumed two hours.
Finally Hynes got down to the work
Of examining hi his witnesses Harry NJ
Oakland and NJ. C. Rambo of San Fran
cisco testified to seeing Bozio of the
olympic Club taking pace on the eighth
relay. Adams in his examination
or these witnesses attempted to impeach
their testimony and to prove that the
other e. clubs were also taking pace,
Of Hynes and Adams, E. B. Jerome of the
Reliance Club moved that the protest be
declared declared witt without grounds and that the
He made this motion before the Acme
Club had gotten in half of it's evidence,
In fact before the case had been given a
and said that, Jerome's motion was out
of order for the reason that the investi-
cation Of the protest had not been COM
Jerome took an appeal. On the vote the
Acme. Bay City and Encinal clubs voted
together, while the other clubs Of the
motion was held to be in order by large
majority.
This showed what the vote would be
on the motion itself and Hynes seeing
that his case was lost, got up and de-
nounced the Olympic Clubs abortive use
OF, its majority as "damnable." and
Adams replied that, the Olympics Were
having a turn at the bat, for they had
known what it was in their time to be up
against smajority.
The chair at this juncture was power
less to stop the exchange of nasty per-
sonalities Hynes, Hill and Fahrbach,
with the members of the Acme, Bay City
and Encinal clubs, left the meeting prior
to the taking Of the vote, first having ex-
pressed their opinion Of the tactics adopt
ed by the majority.
When the vote was cast the chairman
and Adams voted against 1t, and it must
be said in favor of Adams that he was in
favor Of allowing the Acme Club to finish
it's investigation.
Jerome, In addressing the chair prior to
the taking OF the vote, declared with a
repulsive oath that the California Asso-
ciated Cycling Clubs was going to =