The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-25
ATHLETES DID NOT
HAVE SQUARE DEAL,
COUNSEL DECLARES
Cases Of kiviat and Smith Pre-
judgcd. Charges Long
Statement.
WILL APPEAL DECISION .
WHEN PAPERS ARE READY

A statement was issued at the Irish
American A.. c. last night ~purporting to
be tho views Of the counsel of Abel H.
Kiviat and Harry J. Smith. whose reEis-
tration cards az amateur athletes were
cancelled last Thursday Ivy tn regis
tration committc. OF the metropolitan
Association of the A. A. l. \ point
was made of the alleged ~preiudving OF
the case by Justice BARLOW : Weeks.
who acted rs legal adviser of t,v COM
mi,tee, and Frcdcrick " Ruben. prcsi-
dent of the Metropolitan Association.
These officials. II is said. demanded that
both kivist and Smith hc Advised Ia
turn in their registration cards The
counsel for the athletes state that when
Judge Weeks was asked what interest
he had in tho matter he answered that
he knew that both boys were guilty
and that IL the registration committee
dared to exonerate them he would at
nee retire from athletics
After further emphIsizlng the idea
that Justice Weeks dominated the COM
nittee. the statement continued: No
body then understood or had the slight
est reason to believe tina: It was any
thing more than a mere investigation,
and that IL any charges were 10 he made
In the futur these boys would he given
an ample opportunity TO answer them
and TO defend themselves. We charge,
therefore. that the registration commit
tee has been guilty OF the groSSest bad
faith In acting as it did In Cancc!linI
the registration cards OF the accused
without preferrlny any charges asainst
them"
Particular exception is taken To the
continuance OF the investigation on
the second day. when John r. booling
one Of the counsel for thu athletes. pas
unable TO be present and the registri-
ton committee was notified OF the cir
cunlstauces. In regard to the yellow
ticket" that kiyiat is alleged to have
sent To Campbell. the statement con-
t.nues
"Campbell testified that the yellow
ticket Was not enclosed in one of the
letters which kiy!at had sent him, but
that II WAS In "A separate envelope and
thai II had mysteriously disappeared.
ne knew not where. II was not until
he had taken his seat among the amused
crowd of spectators and whatever con-
science he has began 10 prick him that
in a moment OF rcmoisc he jumped M
and shouted II YOU want To- know
the truth about this miserable affair,
I'll tell YOU my wife burned the slip.
II IL not the first time that Il ma!
tried TO hide his gull, chine the petit
coats Of a woman. Mrs. Campbell. ac-
conding to her husband, vas in IA hotel
BAL by. why was she not called to
add another dash OF comedy to that
amusing little drama known a. The
Mystery of the Yellow Ticket
1t is commended that in the interest
of fair play counsel for the defence
should have been allowed 10 cross-exam
Inc Campbell, but 10y the closing of the
Investigation they were deprived Of the
right TO show that his story was a fake
The statement also points out that c"un
sci WAS unable to get the statements
Of witnesses in Troy that Campbell had
told them that he knew nothing about
this matter aud that Il was all news
paper talk" II this were shown. would
the registration board still believe Camp
bell in preference to Kiviat?
This Is the first time in the history
OF amateur athletics that the chairman
OF the law committee has seen tit To
tntrudo himself in a proceeding befnr,
the registration committee Are the
public to MFR from that fact. are IN,
.. belegutcs vino elected them tn beli-N,
thlt the members of rhis committee are
so ignorant pr 50 incompetent thai they
are unable TO pcr!u IN their duties. t,
conduct an Investigations WHY did no
the chairman Of the law committee APP
pear in the Plat Adams case when one
OF his was up before the regis.
tration committee on similar charges
Was II because Adams belonged TO tn.
New York Athletic club and not to tn,
Irieh American Athletic Club?
"Nor did We ever hear OF the presi,
dent of the Metropolitan Association IN,
teresting himself to such an extent IN =
matter OF this kind. Why did he go VI
to Albany? Was he afraid that Mat
thews and his associates would fail 4
perform their supposed duty How
amateur athletics misses "A man like N,
late James r., sullivan was never NOR,
appa rent than AT the present pmeu
"When W. view this situation as 3
whole We ar. firmly convinced that th.s,
boys have not had a square deal auC
that It H. our duty to proceed furthcl
and see that they get 1t. What futur,
curse We viii pursue VIII depend uIpi
the result of our CELEBRATIONS"
1t was stated last night that the cas-,
would he appealed to the board Of man
ayers Of the metropolitan Association III
soon as ounse had time to prepare IN,
necessary papers.