The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-15
AND SMITH
GRILLED BY A. A. U.
Strong Evidence introduced in
Inquiry Into Stars ANA
s;nr Status.
JUSTICE WEEKS CHEERED

S,rong evidence was presented at the
meeting Of the rcgistration committee OF
the Metropolitan Association OF the
4. A. L. last night against Abel X.
n Wat and Harry j. Smith. who were
brought before the committee for an in
v~estigation ~ to their amateur status.
There was n weak link in the evidence
caused lay the absence Of Roscoe G.
Campbell of Troy. 10 whom the athletes
were alleged TO have written demanding
excessive expense money 10 appear at "A
set Of games held In Schenectady on
September ~ last. An adjournment was
taken until October %. when 1t Is hoped
that Campbell will be present.
The meeting was held In the clubhouse
OF the American Express Employees AS
ISOLATION az 81 Madison avenue, and
most of the long session was taken up
with the efforts OF the counsel for the
accused athletes to prevent the admission
Of evidence. John r booking and Mur-
ray Hubert represented the men and
they laid down the law until the MEM
hers of the committee were quaking.
Justice Bartow :. Weeks sat back OF
Chairman Mathews and prompted him
ON nnes,ions 10 ask IN. witnesses This
s brought out frequent objections on the
part OF the defending counsel. who OBJ
jected to this unprecedented action on
the part OF Justice Weeks. who In chair
man OF the law committee OF the asso-
riation. After one bitter attack Justice
Weeks said that he was there In the In
terest Of purity in athletics and when
that could not be maintained he was
willing TO quit the A. A. u This
brought forth the ohly applause OF me
night ana the justice was not heckled
much ai'er"aru'
shl!'n case came UP WSt ana 'helr
was 4 iohs "ransIe "heh the nrs' aueS-
Y non put was IN relation 10 a CONVERSE
3 on about expenses in l9l2. Dooling OBJ
4 1eGted on the ground that the ihNestlga-
ton related 10 an otence supposed 10
d have been committed IN l'io' IN a"-
irlce or his counsel ne refused 10 an
e"er AT hrst, out la'et a"h''te" SUE"
a conversation. ON beng SHOWN a let
ter referring to that time he salu INA
ne was not sure thdt Tue sisha'uFe wHe
his. lie refused TO ldehtir! announcer
paper on the ground that II had nothing
20 do win the charges Inc letter re-
carding the 1872 incident contained a
paragraph IN relation TO snppiyihg GER
tain athletes Tor games 10 ne held up
state. smith was supposed 10 nave
written "kivIat Is %. Is, Sneppard IL IN
Massachusetts ana can get Jim oNoh'
nor to go up for his rare.
The most damaging evidence asa'ne'
smith was a letter daten Sep'einper ~
I 1915. written TO X [. tamppei! III
relation To the games OF the Eastern Ne"
York Athletic Lea2ue, scneduied lot
Schenectady ON september ~ ne eN,
planned mat the managers OF .he roau
run nf the Paterson hpeniho No0a hao
offered MIN . spt'laIlN NaIuap'e pr,~e "
oonflet" there "l "" Same "a'e' anu 'nr',
asked what the SSHthcCtanH ptopIe ""u'u
do In the matter OF expenses After n,S
Signature were TWO printed iIneS WIN
The words; 1T VIII nave 10 ne ~
bucks Smith denied that the printed
words were In the letter wheh II" sent
Il. ana Campbell was not present TO con-
tradict his testimony,
kviat was questioned hrst about ms
being In Troy on September IS. lie al
mitted he saw Campbell in the post Of
y nee on that visit, hut denied that he had
Amy conversation with him about a let
Ter he had written. His visit there, he
said. was made because Of the news
paper clippings about the threatened in
yestigation. As a matter of fact the
lame Of Kiviat had not been connected
with the case at that time and il was
not until last Monday hat the names of
the alleged w~rongdoers were made pub
lie.
In answer to questions Kiviat denied
tina he had enclosed "A typewritten slip
IN a letter TO Campbell some time be-
tween August 90 and September 3, which
read II will run in the ~ree-uuart
mile race in Schenectady hut must have
.75 for expenses"
Iottcr was nlnced I'm evidence from,
(ssCamnbell dated October II which stated
tha, tho t~bree-ouar,er mile race had been
arranged among Kiyiat Taber and Mere
dith. that Kiyia, had written saving that
he wanted s75 for eypenses and that
me race was dropp.d becaus. OF tn.
mig demands Of Klviat. Campbell stated
ma, ne VIC unable 70 find the sllp vii II
the demand for money on IL but tlat
he would make further search for II
kiyiat also was taken back to 1912
md vhe, asked II he received s25 or
ANYTHING more than his Legitimate. ex-
renscs for connecting I'm the games Of
Comu,nv n second Regiment al Troy
on February %. 1912. replled. Il don't
know" He said that ne received only
Ah,s legal expenses for conne,ing a, the
games OF the LADY of Mount Carmel AZ
Troy in Senterher 1872 Eiviat denied
that he had told the MANAGER of RE ad.
Avance ma-.thon on staten Island that
~ nc did not get the order 10 SUNNY m.
prIzcs he wound see that the event aid
not receive a sanction.
j. l.. Eaton the Commissioner for IN.
up.State district. said that nrior Ia Sen.
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