The Washington times., 1903-05-23
I. N. c. A. ATHLETES WILL
BOYCOTT THE BIG EVENT
Refuse to Enter Because of
Prof. Beckett's Stand.
DEMAND REINSTATEMENT
Incensed at Action of Dominic in Sus-
pending Men Who Took Part in
Tome Institute Meet.
DEMAND REINSTATEMENT

One week from today, Decoration Day
the annual outdoor athletic meet of the
Young Mems Christian Association will
be held at Van Ness Park. Seventeenth
ard Q Streets northwest. The outlook
for Y. M c. A talent in the carnival
is as dark as a night in Egypt.
a week or two ago, all of the Y. NJ. c.
a. athletes. of which there are many
were bubbling over with enthusiasm over
the meet. For the past week there has
been no interest to speak of manifested
IL the coming event, and Profs. Rideout
and Beckett, who are arranging the
event, are knitting their brows, gnash
ing their teeth and in other ways evinc-
ing their displeasure at recent happen
ings in the Washington athletic world.
Entries Are Scarce.
The entries for the meet closed We'd
nesday. 1t is said by those who know
whereof they speak that there are not
a half a dozen senior Y. NJ. C. a. men
entered in the events on the card. Prof
Beckett gave the boys another chance"
last evening, and the difficulties were
talked over It is not known whether
the prof" was swamped with entries,
hut it is a safe bet that he was not. Ac-
cording to the rumor committee, which
has been working overtime since it's
members learned of some of Prof. Beck
cts correspondence, there viii not be
a dozen Y NJ. c. A. men in the meet,
because Of the action taken by Mr..
Beckett last week.
On Saturday of last week the Jacob
Tome Institute gave its annual outdoor
athletic meet, at Port Deposit, Nd. 1t
was an interschoIastic affair. open to the
students of the various schools. acade-
mics. and preparatory institutions, and
as a matter of fact the Young Mems
Christian Association athletes were in
eligible to compete.
Swept All Before Them.
young man, who is a member of the
association and attends the Emerson In
stitute. endeavored to get together a re-
lay team at the institute and compete in
the Tome meet. He failed TO make gooei
at the Institute, and consequently sought
other men at the association. Several
Of the crack athletes of the association
, were talked 20 in regard to the matter
and as a result of the conferences and
c. Uses, Gill, Loughran, Graham, VIII
| Orme, Schultz, and several other Y NJ.
| C. A. men went to Port Deposit and
! competed in the meet, under the name
of Emerson Institute. There were lots
of good men from other places. but these
| boys won the relay, one of them got a
prize in the 22O-yard dash. while still
another was decorated because of his ex-
! cellent shot-putting.
Tome people were none the wiser and
never would have been, had it not been
for some loose-jawed lad. who got wind
of the deal and put Prof Beckett
next" The matter was one which the
| Emerson and Tome people should have
been allowed to settle as best they could.
Instead of keeping hands off, Prof
Beckett wrote TO Physical Instructor
! Sensner, of the Emerson Institute and
| informed the Emerson man of the whole
deal Mr.. Sensner promptly took III
the matter on information received
which at best is a tri1e shaky. and came
out in the columns of local newspaper
and denied that any of the outlaws
been connected with Emerson.
Professor Goes Further.
Not yet fully satisfied, Prof. Beck
EFT wrote the officials of the Amateur
Athletic Association and informed then
of the situation. The A. A. U. people
have not as yet seen fit to answer the
communication, but Prof Beckett ha!
suspended the men who competed a
Port Deposit, and the majority of Y
NJ. c. a. athletes of any standing o.
ability have refused to enter the Y. N
C. A. meet unless the men are rein
stated.
All Of the men sent in their entries
for the various events next Saturday
but Prof Beckett refused to allow then
TO enter. A sort OF sympathetic stTik.
is on, and the members of the Y. M. G
A are all anxious to see just what Prof
Beckett can do at the meet without ath
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