The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-20
Why Holy Cross Did
Not ltun.
SIDE
College Mems Statements
Are Not Contradicted.

I1Oiy CIOSS dllleleS were Ildu yeSlGI-
day when they thought of the forfeit
of the team race to Columbia College
but they were not half as hot as they
were Saturday evening Yhen they de-
scended to the dreSingrooms in
the Mechanics building. The ia
BILE at which they donned their
running suits was but a few feet dis
tant from that in use by the wearers of
the blue and white from New York.
There were several hot passages and
at one time it looked as if there would
be mixup between Worcester men
and Columbia College athletes. The
cause of that was a remark by a Wor-
cester boy who evidently sympathized
with Holy Cross although he has no
connection with the college. In passing
the relay squad from Columbia all of
whom were DOMINIC their street attire
except Mosenthal he made a flippant
remark concerning the victory of. Col
ulnbia. Mosenthal started after him
and had blood in his eye. He even took
hold of the youngster but several gath
cred around and a fracas was ayerted.
Wherever the blame lies Mosenthal
and Johnny Mack, the well known
sprinter who is training Columbia ath-
letes, should be compelled to shoulder
none of it. They were hot for a race
with Holy Cross and felt more blue
than the suits of the relay team at the
hollow victory. Mosenthal asked the
remainder of the team to run and Mack
suggested several times that he would
rather see his men defeated than win
SUCH victory. Neither had the choice,
however and the other runners kept
dressing
It was an unfortunate condition of
afalrs, but with all the evidence that
mas yet been introduced Holy Cross has
apparently the better end of the con-
troversy. The managers OF the Holy
cross end make positive statements
which if true, would give them the
right to run Moynihan. The statements
are not denied by the management of
the games neither does the manage
ment of the games make any state
ments to controvert those of HOLY
Cross. Columbia might be justified in
refusing to race Holy Cross with Nov
nihan If the statements of HOLY Cross
were controverted but standing as thew
did the only positive statements in the
1lspute IL was not sportsmanlike for
Columbia to claim the prizes
The cause of the trouble was told
in The Spy yesterday. The guess an
other paper made was original, but
wasn't anything like the truth. On the
program, the Holy Cross team was
c. j. Conway, e. O'Connor, c. j. O'Con-
nor and j. F. Sullivan. When they
went on the track Moynihan was one
OF the four. Columbia raised a protest
on the ground that Moynihan was not
entered 1t was sustained and Holy
Cross was told Moynihan could not
run; The Holy Gross team decided 10
forfeit the race to Columbia,
Manager Murphy Of Holy Cross when
asked concerning the entry of his team.
said; Il did not send any names to
John Graham. He sent me a letter
asking me if Holy Cross would race
Columbia l replied that we would
That is all that was said regarding the
entries. I don't know how the names
came on the program
John Graham was seen by The Spy
man. Did you receive any names from
Holy Cross management? was asked
him.
81 must have was the answer that
Graham gave.
That's not what asked you; did
you get names?" persisted The Spy
man.
All I can say in regard to the mat
ter" replied Mr. Graham, lis that /
must have got the names. If [ didn't
how could 1 have placed names on
the program? 1 intend to look over
my correspondence, and will ascertain
if Holy Cross sent me names or if it
simply sent an entry. If I do not
find any names and am mistaken, l
will acknowledge the error and take
| the blame on my shoulders"
Mr.. Graham said lie could not make
the examination until today or tomor-
row.
Worcester men who sympathized
with the position that Holy Cross took,
thought their stand was the more Sc
| cure by omissions on the program.
! There was no attempt to follow the
program as strictly in other cases. The
New York interscholastic team and
| Boston College We're down for races
against other teams, and not a name
| appeared on the program under the
! heading. One of the relay teams
/ brought only three men to the start
| ing point, and one of its men was al
| lowed to run the first and fourth
| relays.
| The names of Jere Moynihan and
| Maxey Long were on everybody's lips,
| as it was thought they would be the
| contestants on the last and most i'm
! portant relay. Worcester men We're
off in their reckoning, however, as
! Trainer Mack intended to run Long
| first. On account of their names being
mentioned together, a feeling sprung
up which was heightened when the
men got together in the dressing room
Moynihan looking up at Long, remarked
| that it was q grand victory for the
| Columbia College men. Long was net
| tied by the remark and said something
| decidedly sharp to the little fellow. He
replied with a shot fully as pointed
and Long put in a little mere sting into
his next remark. Several surged in be-
tween the disputants and each went
to his own crowd TO dress for the
! street.