The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-08
AUTO RACERS ARE
 AFTER TIE MONEY
Settlement Could Not Ee Made
 Last Night
POLICE HAVE THE FUNDS
Manager of Races Could Not Be Lo- cated and One of Contestants Almost Had a Fight
 Last Night.

Participants in the automobile meet yesterday afternoon found themselves shy of the expense money, which they all lege was due them for coming to Blr- mingham, and they were making things rather exciting last night in search of Fred Staley, manager of the meet.
 The amount of money estimated to have been netted from the sale of the tickets is about s3OOO The entire sale of the tickets and the taking of tickets at the various entrances was in charge of the Police Relief association, and all money taken in is still in the possession of the officers.
 Fred Staley made contract with the association to give the meet under their auspices and allow them 30 per cent of the gross receipts. Under this arrange ment the association will receive at least S15OO Out of his 50 per cent Staley was to bear all the expenses of the meet paying for the use of the fair grounds and the varied expense connected with thes bringing of the different professional automoblists and motorcyclists to Bir- mingham to participate in the different contests.
 After the finish of the meet the diff ferent entrants thought of their expense money and went in search of Staley, but the latter couldn't be found. They were still searching the town for him at an early hour this morning, but without re- suit. In the meantime the money is re- posing quietly in the custody of the police.
 A W. Griener, the Chicago entrant, who is classed as a millionaire. was the cause of much excitement around police headquarters. During the afternoon Sta ley had given him an order on MT. Loveman of Loveman, Joseph x Loeb for the gold medal offered by that firm in the flve-mile district championship. Griener, it is said, was to deliver the medal to Staley, but he couldn't find the latter.
 J. Moncref of Birmingham then caused Grieners arrest. acting for Tilford Cow ell of Montgomery, who had won the medal. Griener declined to turn over the medal and Detectives Cole and Dish eroon escorted him from his room at the Hotel Hilman to police headquar- ters.
 The matter was then taken up with MT Loveman over the telephone. Grie- her wanted to hold the medal until he saw Staley and had settlement. Mon crief wanted him to turn the medal over to him for Cowell. The officers then put it up to Mr. Loveman as to whether he wanted Griener held or not when Griener refused to turn over the medal. This Mr. Loveman did not wish to be done and finally settled the matter in a way by promising to give another medal to Cowell and allowing Griener to keep the one he had. Grener was then re- leased.
 Griener and Moncrief had hot words in the chiefs office and it looked for a few minutes as if the two men would come to blows
 Most of the entrants were so fixed financially that the non-receipt of their expense money did not embarrass them greatly. Some of them, though found ny Jones, the Chattanooga motorcyclst, especially finding himself in a financial hole.
 If the men were to remain in Bir- mingham today matters could have been arranged satisfactorily, but they are due to leave here at 6:10 o'clock this morn ing, and from present prospects will leave very empty-handed