The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-11-26


q dopted in toto, with necessary change
! ia names. and 10 the credit OF the
outlaws" be it said that they were even
J more strict than the older body in wiz.
. ing out professionalism. enforcing regis
tration and seeing that every record was
made absolutely according TO the rules
The only distinction was that delegates
were not sent TO THO. annual A 4. L.
meeting IL New York.
Many Meets Held.
I Meets were advertised and held. and
the most pretentIous and valuable BFiz-
/ es ever offered for competition in Bal
tfYncre were hung for the winners In
i the OUTLAW meets. In order to max.
a showing and impress people with the
1 fact that they we're the real thing, the
H. n A. promoters began to urge ev-
erybody they could find 10 take an IN
teresf in athletics. The result was they
got surprising number of entries. in
Guiding some from Washington, and a
number of the. best men in this section
| first donned the spiked shoe or took 10
the weights and jumps because they
were prompted by recaicitrant and war
Ike friends IL the association who were
leaving no stone unturned in their ef-
forts to hand something to opposition
athletic clubs. This was no sudden fash
Of energy, destined soon to fade away
as the labor and worry OF holding meets
lbegan TO be appreciated. but the steady
purpose Of men who had a set goal
| to attain--and they attained it without
a single murmur at the expense or trou-
BILE
The excessive activity OF the out
Jaws" reacted on the clubs which re-
NAMED loyal 70 the A A. L. The 3. A
c.. St. Leo's Gymnasium, and Fifth
Regiment set about keeping the pace,
and the regulars held meet for meet
with their rivals. each side trying 10
ciaIly well represented at these sane
toned meets, and carried off prizes.
Brought Fairgrounds.
For three years this profitable strife
continued and the healthy and progress
sive spirit instiIled then has continued
in force unto the present One very
important result OF the war was the
stimulus which It gave the development
of public Fairgrounds and the holding
of municipal athletic games IN Balti-
mere. The late John H. Blackjack. who
first projected and obtained public ath-
letic fields for Baltimore. was an out
| law" and was heartily supported by the
belligereDt disscnters. who saw in the
enterprise a chance TO advance the IN
! terests OF the NJ a. A. The regulars
couldn't Ssand for seeing this plum slip
away from them and also took a hand.
with the consequence that through the
united aid of the two factions the
grounds were obtained ana today are a
boon to thousands OF children and young
men and women.
Seeing that the outlaws" were not
Gus the A A L took counsel with it
self, for the movement contained a
nucleus around which gxrms of discon-
tent in New England. the Middle West.
and elsewhere might cluster. ard signi-
fed that II was willing to extend the
olive branch by removing the DEGREES Of
suspension against the NJ. A A mem
! hers and dividing the Atlantic Associa-
ton as had first been requested. This
: was not a bad move. as more than once
there had been correspondence between
the Southerners and factions in other
) jurisdictions. which were chatting under
T the politics Of the A A T.. and il is no
Impossible TO conceive that at some tins
there might have been a general rebel
e lion which might have produced athletic
e cordingly applied for reinstatement
] which was granted, and Philadelphia
: was severed from Baltimore.
Poetic Justice
Thus ended a revolt. which. while ii
] did not spread over any great terri
tory. was completely successful in every
. way. Kelly, who had been one of the
Y men in Philadelphia most disliked by
, the NJ. A. A. was forced out of promi-
e hence in athletics a year or so ago,
I and now the sanetimonious Mcmillan,
= the champion oficeseeker and manipula-
e tor of paper clubs. the man whose pleas
e of injured innocence IN 1899 were real
e fearful who was even won't TO tel
what he had done for the pastimes of
c the youth OF the country, who thought
T. Ii wouldn't be right for anybody but
: himself to have a say in the Atlantic
n | Association. has been red and his
h association territory divided between
n that of the South Atlantic and Metro
n poIitan Associations, because-it is an
s nounced for public consumption-he and
t his CLIQUE OF self-perpetuating officials
8 refused TO take cOgnizanee or fagrani
$ case of ringing at the last national ANA
e teur boxing tournament.
= II Is perhaps poetic justice that Barlow
: 6 Weeks. the man who championed the
o cause Of the Middle Atlantic Assoeia-
ton. and was not susceptible 10 thG
Meas Of Mcmillan for Justification
should be the man who moved that the
= Atlantic Association. that sacred. not
= to-be-disturbed institution. should be ex
peIled from the A A T.
IS