Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-10
ATHLETES
-, =. MAY BE PUNISHED

NEW YORK, February 1O.-"Amateur
runners are getting as foxy as prize
fighters in taking care of their precious
athletic regulations, said an A. A. L.
veteran at the Irish Clubs games Sat
urday night. -. ~.
This comment was called forth by the
failure of Harry Hillman to toe the mark
in the 6O0-yard special scratch race, in
which event he would have had to test
his speed and courage against Taylor. the
wonderful negro of the University OF
Pennsylvania.
To hundreds of the spectators at the
garden Saturday night this was the main
attraction. The race was spoiled by Hill
man staying out of the contest. and these
people were in consequence swindled out
of their money.
A. A. u. Has Power
The A. a. L. already has law to pro-
tect the public that pays the freight"
and Hillman is likely to be suspended II
he cannot show good reason for staying
out of the race. The friends of Hillman
say an injured knee prevented him from
running If that is the case he should
have Informed the Irish Club in time to
notify the public. Hiilman's friends are
saying that he has been suffering from
water on the knee, yet last night Co
lumbia University sent out notice tina
Hillman would meet Taylor and probably
Eli Parsons of Yale at Columbia's great
carnival next Saturday night.
If Hillman was really unable to run last
Saturday and then finds himself in con-
ditiOn next Saturday it will be one of the
quickest recoveries from water on the
knee on record. Should the A. A. L. pun
!sh Hillman. the negro. too, should be
made to suffer. for he did practically the
same thing two weeks ago at the games
Of the Pastime Athletic Club, also held
in the garden. On that occasion Hillman
got on his mark for a 60O-yard special
race. but the negro refused to come out
of the dressing room. Taylor's only ex-
cuse was that he had been jostled to
such an extent by the white boys in the
quarter-mil handicap that he was in no
humor to compete. and did not on the ad-
vice of his trainer. Mike Murphy.
Fear Each Other.
In athletic circles there is no desire to
see Hillman or Taylor punished. but the
feeling is growing that they have dead
~ fear of each other. Last winter Hill
man defeated Taylor by inches in one
Of the most heart-breaking races ever
seen on the board floor. Heady work
won for Hillman then. He shot past
layIOT tHe last Jap ana JUST lo!IS
enough to win. Columbia will make
strenuous efforts to get the men together
for a 6OG-yard contest and in order to
make the race as fair as possible the
entry will be limited to three men. Par
sons. who holds the 600-yard record. has
been invited to be the third man in the
race.
Pennsylvania new phenomenon. Paul,
who holds the interschoaStic record Of
AS for mile, will make his bow TO
New York in Columbia's games next Sat
urday night. The wonder is said to have
been beating the intercollegiate champion.
Haskins. in practice. and Trainer Muir
ply will depend upon him to win the
Martinique trophy next Saturday. Paul
will get Il big reputation if he heads j. p.
Sullivan of the Irish-American A. &. at
the finish.
Members of the Irish Club says the Sis
pension of Melvin Sheppard proved costly
to them last Saturday. They claim his
enforced retirement cost them the relay
race with the Boston y. a.
James T.. Sullivan, the president of the
Amateur Athletic Union. says the Irish
Clubs meet drew the biggest crowd and
was the most successful ever held indoors
in the history of the sport.
Belars again proved that he is the best
distance gunner We now have by cap
turing the ive-mile event at the Irish
meet This youngster may do wonders
for America in London next summer. The
veteran Eddie Carr also ran nice race
in this event.