The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-20
FITZPATRICK TO BE
DROPPED BY BADGERS
Wisconsin Students Hold Grad.
uate Manager Responsible
for Mistakes.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
MADISON, Wis, Feb. 19.-Because
he has not developed champion track
athletic teams for the University OF
wisconsin and because the financial
affairs of the Badger athletic associa-
ton have not prospered, Graduate Man
ager Charles Fl. Fitzpatrick will be re-
leased at the end Of his contract period
in June.
He is now the subject of a campaign
among the students for the election OF
members of the board Of directors OF
the athletic association who will pledge
themselves to retire the manager.
The annual election Of the members
OF the directors of the student athletic
association will be held week from
Saturday and the issue in the election
campaign IS the graduate manager. 1t
Is charged that he has made a poor
coach OF the track teams of Wisconsin.
never having won championship in
all the years he has been here; that he
has made bad financial manager, hav-
ing run the association into debt for
TWO notes Of $1,000 each, and this con-
dltlon prevailing at the close of the
IootpalI season and before the heavy
VI tic year u6NGlODGQ. at a
Tune When the association ought TO he
out OF debt and have plenty Of money
on hand for the track crew and base
pail department.; that he has offended
the alumni of the university who were
accustomed to literally support the
crew; that he has employed favorites
ana lncompetents in his department
s'iiu mas Id1led 10 keep complete and
satisfactory set of accounts
Probably never before has CO da+ar
mined a campaign been made in the
annual election. The friends of the
manager are becoming aroused and will
tomorrow begin to make a canvass OF
the students In favor Of the election OF
set or directors who will be favorable
20 MI; fitzpatrick. The opposition is
neaded by Robert G. Stevenson. former
captain OF the crew, present vice presi-
GENT or the athletic association and one
OF the most popular students.
Other prominent opponents to the
manager are Allyn C. Abbott. last fall
captain OF the football team; James
Mcfarland, student manager of the
IootDall team, and George r. Keachie.
assistant to the graduate manager
The latter two are candidates for the
place of Mr.. Fitzpatrick. 1t pays a
| salary of $1,000 a year and other IA
VOrs.
The friends Of Manager KilpatrIck
say the manager was not to blame for
the financial failure of the football
| season; that Coach Curtis, who failed
| to develop winning team, was to
blame; that Manager Fitzpatrick has
never had the material to make a
champion track team, and that the
strictness of the faculty has operated
| against the plans Of the manager.
One Of the serious errors charged
| against Manager Fitzpatrick is that he
promised great football game to the
alumni Of Milwaukee, who had for
years generously made financial con-
| trlbutions to the university crew, and
! that he failed to deliver the Cream
| City game as promised. The game
| promised was the Thanksgiving day
contest with Minnesota. Manager. XII
patrick, Notwithstanding his promise
| OF the game to Milwaukee and the de-
| c1ded preference of the Minnesota
/ management for Milwaukee, kept the
game at Madison. Thereupon the Mil
waukee alumni became Indifferent and
! now refuse to support the university
crew. In consequence the Wisconsin
oarsmen will probably not represent
the West this year in the regatta on
! the Hudson river.