New Britain herald., 1915-10-25
ATHLETES DID NOT
 GET SQUARE DEAL
Counsel for Kiyiat and Smith
 Makes the Allegations

NeW 1Ork, OCI. 1o.--A StatenaeH
 was issued at the Irish American A. c
 last night purporting to be the view
 of the counsel of Abel R. Kiviat ant
 Harry J., Smith, whose registration
 cards as amateur athletes were can
 celled last Thursday by the regstra
 ton committee of the Metropolitan as
 sociation of the A. A. U. A point was
 made of the alleged prejudging of the case by Justice Barlow $. Weeks, who
 acted as legal adviser of tho committee Z. and Frederick w. Rubien president ol
 the Metropolitan association. These
 officials, it is said, demanded that both < kiviat and Smith be advised to turn < in their resignation cards. The coun- sel for the athletes state that when M Judge Weeks was asked what interest Phe had in the matter he answered that he 'knew that both boys were guilty
 and that if the registration committee
 dared to exonerate them he would at
 once retire from athletics
 After further emphasizing the idea that Justice Weeks dominated the
 committee. the statement continued: :
 Nobody then understood or had the slightest reason to believe that it was anything more than a mere investiga- tion, and that if any charges were to be made in the future these boys w6uld be given an ample opportunity to answer them and to defend them selves. We charge, therefore, that the registration committee has been gull ty of the grossest bad faith in acting as it did in cancelling the registration cards of the accused without prefer ring any charges against thcm."
 Particular exception is taken to the continuance of the investigation on the second day, when John T. Dooling, one of the counsel for the athletes was unable to be present and the reg istration committee was notified of the circumstances. In regard to the. "yel- low ticket that Kiviat is alleged to have sent to Campbell, the statement continues: !"Campbell testified that the yellow ticket" was not enclosed in one of the letters which rkiviat had sent him, but that it was in a separate envelope and that it had mysteriously disappeared, he knew not where. It was not until Ihe had taken his seat among the Amused crowd of spectators and Whatever conscience he has began to prick him that in moment of re- moxse he Jumped up and shoutcd If you want to know the truth about this miserable affair, I'll tell yon;- my wifo 1 burned the slip It is not the first | time that d man tried to hide his guilt | behind the petticoats of woman, Mrs Campbell, according to her hus band, was in a hotel near by. Way was she not called to add another dash | of comedy to that amusing little dra- pnasknown as The Mystery of the Yel- low Ticket'?" ..... ..... It is contended that in the interest | of fair play counsel for the defence l should have been allowed to cross-ex- amine Campbell but by the closing of l the investigation they were deprived | |pf the right to show that his story was l R fake. The statement also points out | Ehat counsel was unable to get the l Statements of witnesses in Troy that l |Campbell had told them tha. he knew l hothing about this matter and that it | Fwas all newspaper talk" If this were l shown, would the registration board l still believe Campbell in preference to | E<iviat? ''This is the first time in the his &ory of amateur athletics that the &hairnlan of the law committee has &een Sfit to intrude himself in a pro- &eeding before the registration com
 hittee Are the public to infer from That fact, are the delegates who elect Rd them to believe that the members *pf this committee are so ignorant or No incompetent that they are unable #o perform their duties, to conduct an Investigation? Why did not the chair Imam of the law committee appear in *he Platt Adams case when one of his &lubmates was up before the registra- ion committee on similar charges? &Vas it because Adams belonged to the New York Athletic club and not to the Irish American Athletic club?
 .'Nor did we ever hear of the presi- 8lent of the Metropolitan association Interesting himself to such an extent in matter of this kind. Why did he No up to Albany? Was he afraid that Matthews and his associates would
 ail to perform their supposed duty? How amateur athletics misses a man like the late James F. Sullivan was hever more apparent than at the pres- &ent moment -
 .IWhen we view this situation as Whole we are firmly convinced that
  End that it is our duty to proceed fur liner and see that they get it. What Future course we will pursue will de- pend upon the result of our delibera-
 ions"
 M It was stated last night that the case would be appealed to the board of managers of the Metropolitan assoc:a #ion as soon as counsel had time to \repare the necessary papers.
 TIGERS AND CORNELL l