The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-18
TIRE.
O'BRIEN AGAIN HANDICAPPED.
Lively Session 1t Meeting Of Athletes Of
Metropolitan Association.

The Metropolitan Associa ton of the A. A. L.
annual convention took place at the st. Bar
tholomew A. c. rooms last night and IL proved
to be the liveliest session in years. a primary
cause being a four coTnered fight for the
position Of Handicapped. II was also by far
the biggest meeting In the history Of the
organization. for nowadays Its notifications
include Pennsylvania, New York. New Jersey
and part Of Connecticut. During the year
twenty-three new clubs were admitted, and
this speaks well for the growth Of amateur
sport. James T.. Sullivan, president. aC-
cupied the chair. Thirty-hve clubs failed
TO pay their annual dues and consequently
were not represented at the meeting. After
n period OF three months their membership
will cease altogether.
The most interesting feature Of the con-
clave was the election of handicapped. which
carries with it a salary of about 81 900 "A year.
The four cand dates in the field caused some
lively campaigning for the last few weeks.
They were 7. +. O'Brien. Warren A.. C., who
has had the job for several years; J. p. Boyle.
Pastime A. C.: A. G. Harvey, 81. Bartholomew
A. c., and f.. HjPrtberg. a professional trainer.
After n cross fire of oratory op the merits
and faults Of the candidates, a ballot was
taken and in the FIRST round the count was
O'Brien. 70, BOYLE, is: H%jertberg. 10; Harvey.
2. Harvey then withdrew. leaving O'Brien,
Boyle and HjertberG to run again. and the
vote the second time was O'Brien, 10; Boyle.
10; Hjertberg, II.
As a majority was necessary another
WTBTTien' 20: BOYLE. IS. Hiertbers. ii. The
fourth round was unsuccessful, but O'Brien
and Boyle tied with Y each in the nth. on
the eighth ba lot O'Brien won, the count
being: O'Brien. 20. Boyle. is: HjertberG. ;.
The report. OF the secretary treasurer
showed that the association was in a sound
state financially. There is a sum OF :75a.os
TO It's credit in the bank, There was a loss
of $1,000 on the whole years TRANSACTION;
t 3Se'T re@istr 1%is ef fund had NOT been heard
| penditure was s4I2.9O for the lawsuit with
the Irish A. A. c. over the Castleman-Joyce
Injunction case.
A. A. L. nat ional body occupied considerable
time. and the. names with their votes we're;
James T.. Sullivan. ~; Barlow s. Weeks, -.
Fred W. Ruben. 40: John T.. Dooling. ~: II.
Ob%ertubbesing. 2s, and George W. OTton. 40.
The report Of the registration committee
showed that 5,736 athletes reg stered during
the year, and these at % cents apiece added TO
the receipts for sanctions left the profit of the
m at the handsome figure Of 81, 3S3. 70.
There was a bit of a tin over the sum Of si03
not accounted for in the report and IL was
finally referred 10 the finance committee.
There was n profit of sos from the wrestling
championship The junior and senior track
and field championships were given by the
Pastime A {. and New York \. e., respec-
The cross country championship resulted in
a loss of Sl56.5O.
Folowlng are bnH ne" DoaTu Oh EovernorSs'
Mloihl;ear". J. 'Wollmsn.. g. y, Goding' J steii,
f.. n. Madigan. 4. Pepis, II Riehl. r. n.
yollman, l.. McCrossin, }. Y. ,Hepron, Capt,
4. Sorenson. ,: Wor,man, J. W. Stnmpf.
c. II. Warner. +, q. FullGraff. II. T. .McGill.
". J. Gilman. T. J. Hughes. NJ. Merritt.
q. Hoffman, J. Nule. J. W. Strauch. G. Erick-
sen, W. q, Weissenb bach 4; J. Dargap, }. e,
Snll c y Gart Rr, Ii J. !. G Glgl5Gk IT. T. W +. R NeSl1s,
II. l.. Hillman. Jr.. c. J. Lang. T. F. O'Brien,
J. e, Mulligan. J. 5. Dooling. W. Mitchell and
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