Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-22
RICHARDS, or CORNELL.
STAR ATHLETE, BARRED

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OF the EVENING LEpGER this morning: Il
had written to Alma w. Richards OF
Cornell. and agreed TO pay his expenses
from June - to IS (while the a. a. t.
win permit only three days expcnses).
did not know the a. A. q. rules and wan
willing to pay Richards expenses II they
were reasonable.
Richards was extravaEant 70 the ex-
tent that he spent $3.50 during his stay
here, and I feel that he imposed heavily
on the association. He received con
siderahly more for expenses than he was
entitled to, and that ls why / brought
the matter to the attention Of the proper
authorities
Richards wanted 10 attend the y NJ
G. A. convention at Eagles Mere. Pa, and
wanted his expenses TO that place. AS
the fare was about equal to that TO
Ithaca. agreed to pay his way to that
| place.
There were some items OF expenses in
his account which he submitted TO me
| that felt were not fair. For example,
ho put up at the Rlttenhouse at SO per
day and he usually ate large quantities
| of food for he asked as high as s265
for his meals during his stay at the
| Rlttenhouse.
After l had paid Richards the money
khe demanded on the day he left Phila-
| delphla, I was astonished to learn that
he had not paid the bill at the Ritten-
house. though the expense money I had
given him had been for that purpose.
That was another point that hurt. and
was determined more than ever to have
bis case investigated, II was not the
amount OF money that caused tho trouble
because I believe he should have asked
reasonable expenses.
horn and refused 10 take part In the
open competition In the running high
jump, though he had agreed 70 do this
for the Hale & Kilburn Association. He
did make one trial in the broad jump.
Later in the afternoon, when ] kicked
about his lack OF competition. he entered
into an exhibition with one OF our local
athletes.
IF he had competed In the events in
which he had agreed to, and for
which he had been brought on here. all
would have been we'll. AS 1t hap
pened. others OF my committee were in-
censed at what they thought a high
handed bit Of business. He acted nasty
with 1t. and that made matters worse.
Upon looking into the matter furtherf
continued Mr. OConnor, "the committte
of the Hale g. Kilburn Association de-
clded to open the case with the Middle
Atlantic Association officials.
Here Is what Mr. Richards expendi-
lures amounted TO, and the dates on
which entry was made:
June 81 sent him a check TO ithaca
amounting to $40, to cover train fare to
this city.
June i1-Richards blew into town and
1 paid for his breakfast amounting to
65 cents. also paid his trolley fare,
10 cents.
June l2-Ho was met by an a. A. y.
official and his taxi fare uptown. 81. was
paid personally paid him $, as he
wanted to SO to Wilmington. Del.
June 14-He asked for sss for incl
| dentaIs and was given that amount
''Then discovered the Rlttenhouse bill
| had not been paid amounting to 1913,
which brought the grand total TO $3.50
! "RIchards had entertained a friend at
| dinner at the Rittenhouse but paid the
! SCI 65 himself when he found the Hale
| {. Kilburn officials we're angry over his
| actions"
The indefinite suspension Of Richards
! means that unless he can clear himself
| I'm a very short time he viii be inellsibla
10 compete In the Central Association
chsmplonships for the Illinois Athletic
club OF Chicago, under whose coiors he
Will compete during the summer monfhE.
II will likewise mean that the Cornell
alI-around star athlete will be ineligibie
10 compete In the Harvard Stadium try
outs when athletes Of the Eastern sec
tion will contest for the privilege Of
being sent 10 the Panama-Pacirc Expo
sitlon championships.
After the Registration Committee of
this district had decided last night to sus-
mend the athlete. night letters were wired
] 10 the Illinois Athletic Club the Niddls
/ west A. A. u. Association. and the New
england Amateur Athletic Union Asso-
| ciation notifying those bodies Of the sns-
4 pension.
Richards side Of the case will be re-
viewed as soon as word IS received from
| him. only one side oftthe story has been
/ told.