The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17
He WILL REPORT OFFICIALLY.
COL. BROOXs TO WAIT on THE
TEAM CAPTAIN.

Vice Captain of the Sen Critters Re-
turned Last NIght-eeI. Brooks,
Capt. Williamson and Capt. Pos
tell VIII Meet This Morning to Go
over the Matter Until After His
Official Report to the Team Cap
tain, Col. Brooks Declined to Talk.
Savannnhians Are Anxious to
Know why the Protest Was Made
and the Fate II Met-COI. Brooks
Says No Team Won as Many Prizes
as Georgia.
Col. Jordan F. Brooks, vice captain of
the Sea Girt team OF Georgia. was among
the passengers who arrived from New
York last night on the steamship City Of
birmingham. Capt. j. c. Postell, a mem
Der of the team. and one of the best known
of the Georgia rilemen, was also among
them They will meet Capt. w w. Will
hanson, captain of the Sea Critters from
Georgia, this morning to report on the
contests.
It was expected that Col. Brooks would
have the story Of the protest in the Hilton
Trophy contest to make public. When he
was seen al his home last night he had
nothing TO say, however, save that he de-
sired to report to Capt. Williamson, who,
as team captain, according to the eo-ealled
ethics of military regulations, etiquette
and custom, is entitled to the information
before any one else.
The meeting of the three officers will be
held this morning. Col. Brooks is anxious
10 hold 1t as speedily as possible He de-
sires that the public should know of oc-
currences al Sea Grit, knowing the inter-
est that was felt in the contests and the
success of the Georgians, and wants to
be relieved Of the responsibility he feels
20 his superior in the Sea Girt team so
that he may give his views on matters
that have aroused the greatest interest
and made SaVannahians anxious to have
the vice captain return 10 let them know
Just how il was that a protest was en-
tered In the Hilton trophy match and the
grounds the Georgians had for their ac-
ton.
Many Of savannah's leading business
men and many of the friends of the mill
cary subscribed to the fund to send The
contestants on to take part in the matches
at Sea Girt, and 10 them Col. Brooks
thinks it Is due that report should be
made. Since the members of the team
"A
TO see statement as to the official action
of the team, just why the protest was
made, the course 1t took, its fate before
the committee, the feeling engender-
ed by the unpleasantness, the
probability of Georgia again TAX
Ing part in the contests ana
sundTy other matters. Several who shot
on the team were not sufficiently convers-
ant with the facts to give a comprehensive
history of these things, and, more
over, had no desire to talk until the vice
captain had returned. 1t was their wish to
nave anything given out from official
sources, view In which Capt. Williamson
concurred. He advised that nothing be said
until the report of the vice captain should
have been received.
Col Brooks knew nothing of any Ill
Keeling that may have been developed by
the protest that was entered In the Hilton
trophy match. He left Sea Glrt Immediate
~ after the conclusion of the contests, but
capt Postell Lieut.. Wilson and Capt. Cor
don Harrison remained over for two or
three days. 1t is reported that they were
accorded The most friendly treatment and
that the Jerseymen seemed 10 feel no mai
Ice on account of The claim of unfairness
tnal was entered by the Georgians
When the justice of the protest OF the
Georgians the causes leading up to it. the
action Of Gen. Spencer and other matters
retreabed behind his belief of military OBJ
servance, declining to answer until after
his report could be made. Other Sea Grit
ers who have returned, however are ready
TO swear they were right in making the
protest. They adhere most positively 10
the claim that the markers in the pits
showed bullseyes for the Jerseymep when
bullseyes were not being made.
About one thing, however, Col Brooks
didenot hesitate to talk. though he did not
have the figures and records with him
that would show just what the Georgians
had accomplished. That was the undoubt-
ed fact that there was not team from
any state that approached the number of
first prizes that were won by Georgia.
Though the greatest team matches were
won by other teams, the two did not go to
one, New Jersey winning the Hilton
Trophy and the District of Columbia win
ming the Soldier of Marathon. 1t would
have required both of these prizes to fall
TO one team for the winner TO approach
the record made by Georgia. Many of the
team matches and individual contests
were won by the Southern marksmen