The Washington herald., 1913-03-28
"A. A. j. IS WRONG,
SAYS GALLAGHER
Noted Olympic Runner to
Take Up Case with the
Amateur Union.
NO PADDED ACCOUNTS
Marathoner Is Confident that Trouble
will Be Settled at
Once.
NO PADDED ACCOUNTS
By G. w. SWAN.

Johnny Gallagher. that sturdy little
Marathon runner, who finished seventh
in the Olympic feature. and who has
been running under the Blue and Gray
of Georgetown University, 10 confident
that he will shortly be exonerated by
the A. A. u. on the charges now pre-
ferred against him.
II don't see how the A. A. u. can sus-
pend me-" said Gallagher. Il did moth
ing more than the other fellows are do
ing, and at that I did nothing wrong.
The A A. U. is wrong in even consider
ing the charges. i did not run in the
Philadelphia Marathon. as / wanted my
expenses from Tuesday until Saturday.
when the race was held. as had already
entered a meet in New York for that
week, and did not want to make two
trips North. II the Philadelphia pro-
moter had understood me there would
not have been a word said. He thought
wanted my expenses for the one day.
the same as for the five. but was
wrong"
Gallagher 10 one of the most popular
athletes Of Georgetown today, and has
been a star performer on the track team,
running anchor man on the relay and
also doing . little work in the mile
event.
Y NJ. c. A. for all members of the fed
Grafton, and q lively session is promised
President Shurtleff, Of the federation.
desires every member of the federation
to be present tonight. as matters OF i'm
portance are to be taken up.
The federation will send a resolution
to the different clubs holding meets and
runs to ascertain why the federation ath-
letes were barred. The. members Of the
federation are simon-pure athletes, and
as such are entitled to enter the various
events open to residents of the District
This discrimination against the local
boys, who are not professionals, has
aroused the ire of the members OF the
different clubs, and at the meeting to-
night many Of the most prominent OF the
local athletes will be asked 10 give their
views on the matter. The meeting will
be called to order promptly at o'clock
by President Harry Shurtleff.
The Gallaudet College baseball team
will open its season with St. Johns Col
lege team tomorrow morning at Annap-
oils. The Buff and Blue aggregation
will go into the game minus a regular
twirIer of experience. and for that rea-
son a win over the fast Annapolis aggre-
cation is not looked for. Capt Kendall
will work either Marshall, Moore, or
Rasmussen on the mound. while he will
do the backstopping. In the practice
game with Technical High School yes
terday, the Kendall Greeners showed up
rather poorly, not a man on the team
doing any hitting against high school
pitchers. and the team as . whole looked
bad.
Tomorrow. in the game against st.
Johns, Hiemark Will be used on first
base. Hiemark is a catcher of no mean
ability. and should develop into a cork
Ing good first sacker with a little expe-
rience.
against the Annapolis collegians tomor-
row morning: Foltz. third base; Rock
well. shortstop; Hiemark. first base:
Trueke. second base; Kendall, catcher;
Ellington. right field; Jacobson, center
field: Hladik. left field; Moore, Mar
shall, Lapides, or Rasmussen, pitcher.
The game will start promptly at 1880
o'clock. and the team will witness the
Georgetown-Navy game IN the after
noon.
Tech made a better showing yesterday
than any time this season. While the
teamwork was lacking, owing to the
cold wind which breezed across the dia-'
mond. the lads from the Seventh Street
institution handled the ball better. Few
bonehead, plays were made and as a
result they defeated Gallaudet.
The work Of Precise at first was the
feature Of the game. Precise handled
five chances in classy style, while at
the willow he was the demon slugger.
A brilliant future Is predicted for Pro-
cise by his many friends II he sticks to
baseball.