The Washington herald., 1915-12-07
Turns down THE
CARROLL PROTEST
Chairman Cebb Of Champion
ship Committee Refuses to
Run Race Over.
NOW UP TO BURDICK
By JOHN A. DUGAN.

II is the same old story, for the local
amateur athletes who affiliate with the
South Atlantic branch of the A. A. u
No matter what grounds local CLUB
or athlete will have for protest the Of
ficials, composed almost entirely OF Balti-
more men. will not even pay any atten-
ton to a protest registered from TINS
vicinity. let alone give a clear ana iair
hearing on the same.
Reasons for the above statement comes
because of the treatment handed the
Carroll Institute track team In reference
to their protest of the South Atlantlc
championship cross-country run, held In
Baltimore OIL Thanksgiving day. In this
protest to the A A. u officials. whlcn
was registered Immediately after the
race, because of the shortness OF the
course, the championship committee was
asked to hold up the medals and team
trophy until an investigation.
How much investigation was held viii
never be known but 1t is known that
Carroll has good grounds for protest
and the on-handed way with which the
South Atlantic officials are treating the
local clubmen will never gain friends
here for them. This is not the hrst pro-
test that local clubs and athletes nave
made, only to find them side-stepped or
laid on the table for future reference.
Municipal Athletic Games Association. OF
baltimore City, was chairman OF the
championship committee for this race and
his verdict on the protest which was
handed down yesterday and which may
be considered officially does not give any
reason for not sustaining Carrolls pro-
test.
The protest will now go to DR.. William
Burdick of the registration committee,
and what action he will take Is not
known.
The A. A. L. rules call for distance
OF six to six and one-half miles for
cross-country championship. and the dis
tance in this run was little under four
miles In reference to the protest OF the
Carroll athletes. Chairman Gebbs put the
blame up to Mike Lynch. a local athlete.
who was a member of this committee.
and at the same time asserts that the
distance must have been short. The rec
ord time of Joe Geiger. of Baltimore. who
won the race. was twenty-thre minutes.
and this time would break all previous
worlds marks by a few minutes for this
distance.
Carroll was beaten out of the team
trophy in this event by four points. and
as II has been explained before. that
three runners were holding back for q
longer distance 1t is now uD to DR..
Burdick TO give the CHOW ana W nlte q
square deal. as they stand ready to run
the championship over.
The following letter explains the off,
handed way in which the Baltimore Of
fetal has viewed the protest of the local
clubmen. who have stuck faithfully to
the A. A. L. during the past ten years:
Capt. Heafey.
Carroll Institute:
Dear Sir: In reply to your protest
would say the course. place. time and
distance was left to the committee. Mr..
NJ Lynch was one of us and II he
thought anything was going wrong he
should have come over to Baltimore and
gone over the course.
Il went over the course with pede-
meter and 1t registered six miles. But
at the race. when Geiger finished in
about twenty-three minutes. I knew then
the distance was short. but 1t is the
best We can do.
II the team trophy was won by Car
roll Institute 1 don't think they would
come to me and ask to have same run
over again.
The last cross country championship
race was not full distance and was not
cross country. and / am sorry about this
protest but l will not hold the race
over again.
Very truly yours,
G. II. GEBB.