New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-02
IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS.
FACTS FOR AMATEURS AND PROBES
SIGNALS
n1-FFEY A sPRINTING MARvEL-AMHERsT
REPLIES TO CHARGES NOTES
AND COMMENTS.

While most of the college athletes who COM
oatad in the championships on Saturday went
hack TO their colleges on Saturday night, quite
a number remained in this city over yesterday.
The remarkable success of the meet par
ticularly gratifying, and surprise was expressed
ri the rather small attendance at Berkeley Oval.
The performance of little Duffey. the sprinter,
who covered one hundred yards in 9 So seconds.
WAS discussed wherever sportsmen met. Those
who have watched Duffey in his races in the last
two years We're not surprised when he lowered
the record. When the good work Of Schick be-
came known experts hoped that the Harvard
man would prove TO be fast enough TO compel
the Georgetown sprinter to extend himself to
the limit something few sprinters have been
able TO do. There is no serious question about
the record, for the timers, all four OF them, are
experienced men in that line Of work G. G.
Hughes who has timed athletic meets for
twenty years. made the time go seconds, but
as the other three made it one-fifth of a second
slower the ma jority counted. Princeton has two
fine athletes in De Witt and Horton. 1t is the
opinion of the experts that Horton Will further
increase the figures in the pole vault, While
De Witt is looked on as one of the few men III
his country who has a chance TO lower the
'ecords made by Flanagan: F; G. Beck. OF Yale,
aad little trouble in lowering his own record IN
the shot put and his friends say that he Will
do even better.
Regarding the troubles between Williams,
Wesleyan and Amherst. G. D. Olds, w S Sy-
nington and P c. Phillips. a committee from
Amherst say:
As to "disregardng the honesty Of purpose
of the Williams and Wesleyan representatives.
il is clear that, even if Amherst College had
been guilty-Hhch ii certainly was not-cr
Rotating the provisions of Article 3 1t would
AVE -'disregarded'' by such action the au-
thority and not the honesty Of purpose OF the
members of the reference committee 1t Is 1ur-
Their charged in these resolutions that by con-
tinung TO play Mr.. Kane in montague games
Amherst violated the provisions Of Article L,
which merely defines professionalism. To TINS
we would reply: % BY the wording of Article
5 the committee of reference had no Jurlsdlc-
ton over non-league games: CO after careful
consideration Of the case of Kane the eligibility
committee of Amherst College voted april 2S)
that the evidence was not sufficient to debar
him, and 81 after considering the new evil
dence submitted to the committee Of reference
al Springfield the Amherst eligibility committee
reaffirmed its decision. We take this oppor-
tunity to say that much of the evidence sub
mitted to the reference committee at Spring
field is fatty contradicted not only by written
statements OF third parties, but also by Kane
himself. in whose character and truthfulness
the committee and college have implicit con-
fdence. And, further, the vote Of the Amherst
undergraduates to withdraw from the league
was not due solely to the action of the
rnittee Of reference, but to a long series of
events of which this the elimination. Their
first impulse withdraw at once. but the
opinion finally prevailed that to fulfil their obi
cations by playing out the season was the only
honorable course
The Kings County Tennis Club has arranged
the following programme for its tournament:
Mems singles preliminary roundl-A. B. Patt vs. L.
Jahan DR. W. Frazer VS. wyle Grant, Robert lie Roy
J. T. Mcmahon S. H Westfall H l. Westfal.
Anderson. T. B. Hasne e. II. Kyle H. W. Warden