The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-06
VIEWS on rHn WnErrMnN.
n Committee's Report on the Charges
Against Chairman wait.

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After many months Of Investigation " into
tho charges made against A. d. Wait. the 8 9
Chairman OF the L. A. W. Racing Board In this
State. the committee made n report which
practically admits that 1t has been baked. The
official explanation is as follows:
while the Chairman OF the State Division
Racing Board was appointed by the Chief Con-
sui Of the New York state division. all sane
lions were granted by him as a member OF tho
National Racing Board, and all reports made
by him we're made TO the Chairman OF the Ma
tional Racing Board. The Investigating Com
mittee found also that the racing rules def
nitely stated the distance Of ten miles as the
limit OF conflict governing sanctions. and that
all questions not provided for by the rules
we're left to the judgment Of the Chairman OF
the State Board. Hence charges made against
the Chairman. ofthe state Racing Board should
be brought before the Chairman OF the Ma
A minority. report. not made public. was de-
liiyered to the Executive Committee OF the
had been learned from. the Investigation to
condemn the action OF Chairman Wait In
South Brookiyn on the same date as the State
meet at Berkeley Oval. 1t was this, action on
the, part o., Mr.. Wait tina, made all the trouble
and caused the Harlem Wheelmen to withdraw.
The Executive Committee Of the New York
resolution p~ledging the aid and support OF the
division to the Collins bill prohibiting %contln-
uous six-day races in New York State. limiting
athletic endurance contests to forty-eight
hours. and making IL a misdemeanor to violate
the provisions of the bill.
Tonight at Madison Square Garden atwenty-
four-hour race will be decided. The men will
ride until 10 O'Clock tomorrow night without
resting. The men who are eligible to start are:
Frederick Michel. Teddy Hale. James w. Nawn.
Burns w. Pierce, Frank Albert. Frank Waller, Charles
w. Miller. Louis Gimm, Earl d. Stevens. John Law
son, Oscar Aaronson, Oscar Julius, G. W. Ashinger,
Henri Pilkington, W. II. Hicks. Jr. Charles Turville,
Alfred 8. Ellrich, J. W. Chapman apd Tom Bsrnaby.
NOTES.
The Keystone Wheelmen have taken possession of
the new clubhouse. ~ East Third street. At the an
nual meeting the following officers were elected:
Fred J. Doerner, President; william Brickel. Vice
President: Charles f. scholz. Recording Secretary;
garty. Treasurer; Jacob Biuman, Sergennt-at-Arms:
George c. DittmAr. Assistant Selgeant.at-Arms;
Charles +. Langan, Captain; Louis II. Hauscr. First
Lieutenant: Jacob Baunan. Second Lieutenant:
George G. Dittmar, Color Bearer: Charles Rehe,
BuEler; Henry Boon, Surgeon.
The Orange wheelmen have elected the following
officers: President, George II. Bremen: Vice .Presi-
dent, John Liner; Recording Secretary, Walter
Donohne; Financial Secretary, Eugene Connolly:
nett: Sergeaut.at-Arms. James Cooper; Captain.
Thomas Coffee; Lieutenant, William Cooper; Bugler,
Fred Koehler.
A match has been made between Michael De Vries
of the Hamilton Wheelmen and Charles ChIisty of
X. NJ. A.. The distance will be one mile. The race
will take place the first clear night neIt week on the
Hudson County Boulevard.