The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-13
TEAM MANAGERS TALK.
Tell Their Opinions of the Failure
To Contest


To Contest.
/ To the Editor of The Herald:
In a recent letter from Mr.. Nelson
/ Dickerman Of the managing committee
] Of the university team to Mr.. Kirkham,
! manager of the Academy Athletic as
| ISOLATION, occurs the following state
ment
4 presume it is fully understood this
contest will be between regularly
| registered students of the respective
| schools from which the teams are
| sent"
Our academy came to Salt Lake in
| good faith, prepared to act on this
condition and presented a list Of their
/ contestants cOuntersigned by the
| registrar of the institution as being
| bona fide students. When the Universe
ty Of Utah presented its list, which was
not done till a late hour, there ap-
| peared the names Of two students
| from Cedar City. Naturally the
academy students were surprised at so
barefaced a piece OF trickery and OBJ
| jected to these men.
The argument that they were stu
dents Of the university, by virtue of
being enrolled IN the branch normal
at Cedar City, WIS regarded as a
mere subteTfuge, and as betraying a
desperate state OF things on the u. Of
Z. side.
The academy has branch institutions
in Beaver, NeTnal, Ephraim, Arizona
and Mexico. Would the u. of Z. have
tolerated a selection from all these
schools, under the condition named in
their letter? As a matter Of fact these
very men recently had a contest with
the Beaver branch of the academy and
were defeated. The VictOrs OF that
school might have been included in the
academy list, had the academy con-
sented to any such double dealing; but
we came here to put up a fair and
square contest, according to the terms
Of the agreement.
When the L, of q. committee there
fore declared that unless the Cedar
men We're not permitted to enter the
contest would be declared off the
academy could not, as a matter of
honor, do otherwise than withdraw
We withdrew because we regard the
holding up Of a principle Of honor
greater than any victory we might
have gained through trucking to un-
fair methods. Respectfully,
O. A. KIRKHAM
Manager 3. Y. Academy Athletic AS
sociation.
Nelson Dickerman, manager OF the
following statement regarding the mis-
understanding with the Provo team.
He said: Every member CT our team
deeply regrets the occurrences which
led up to an annulment of our contest
with the Provo team. All of the trouble
arose over their objection to our enter
ing Milne and Foster of the Cedar CITY
branch of our school We thought we
were entirely correct in holding out
that these men, as members of a
branch institution. had a right to enter
our team. We argued with the Provo
boys from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. and Of
fered to enter Milne and Foster under
protest and leave the matter 10 an
arbitration committee or the courts for
a decision after the contest. But they
were obdurate and even turned down
our offer to hold out Milne and Foster
if they would hold ont their second
men in the fifty and 100 yard dashes
and standing broad jump. Even after
they had left the grounds, after the
mixup which we much regret, I an
pointed Professor Hagar and Harry
Raherfs 2 committee to request them