The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-02
EVIDENCE AGAINST
GOULDING OFFERED
parr, Presents Documents to
Registration Committee
\hout Professionalism.
CHARGES OFFENCES HERE

Whether or not charges OF profession
.,,sm Will be preferred against George
II ,;oulding OF Canada. the worlds
champion walker. will depend on a pre-.
,ninary investigation that will be con-
du.tcd hy the registration committee OF
Inc Metropolitan Association OF the A.
l. That committee met last night
q, the clubrooms OF the American iIx-
nress Company Employees Association.
a. Madison avenue. but refused abso-
uiely TO give any particulars OF the
,Cence> against the amateur laws that
the Canadian champion. is alleged TO
have committed.
william n. Parry. an old time walker
Ard a Judge of the game, some time ago
announced that he was aware OF certain
trsnsgressions of Goulding, and he was
asked To- appear before the committee to
back up his statements. Parry appeared
last light. made his charges In person
and handed over documentary evidence
10 the committee. The one great point
In favor of the champion walker was
that. after taking nearly "A month 10
gather his ammunition. Parry was un-
able 10 present data that were sufficiently
convincing for the purposes OF formal
charges.
II was understood that there was more
than one count against the walker. and
that all referred to competitions In the
metropolitan district. Also that no fault
was found with his appearances In the
games OF the New York A.. e. and
Twen,y-third Regiment a. A.. Most of
Coulding's races in this city have been
under the auspices Of these organizations
Last winter. however, Goulding COM
pe,ej at the games of the Diocesan
Union In Brooklyn, and rumor had II
that Parry took an active part in the
appearance Of the great walker at those
games.
Parry appeared before the committee
early in the session. but the committee
waited until all the routine business had
been disposed OF before celebrating as
10 whether there was sufficient evidence
on which 10 base charges. The mystery
that has surrounded the case was on
,inucd after the committee had sifted
the communications which the walking
judge submitted.
THE formal statement issued after the
meeting was 10 the effect that the COM
mittce had received certain evidence
from William II. Parry which II deemed
worthy of Investigation and until this
Investigation had been conducted did not
!eel at liberty to discuss the charges.
In reply 10 questions Chairman
Mathews stated that the charges had
been submitted by Mr.. Parry and that In
case these were borne out Oh investiss-
ton the formal charges will be filed in
Pdrrys name and served on Goulding.
VINO viii he asked to answer them.
Auother question elected the response
ttat he alleged offences were supposed
20 have been committed in the metropoli-
tan district. hut when asked point blank
Z HN..n .At-..A = - IL
games the chairman refused 60 answer
one way or The other.
Ia case the matter proceeds so far
IS Ming of regular charges II is prob
sblo that Goulding will he allowed To-
answer by ffidavit IL he prefers that
method to "A journey to New Yori.,
There Was a very general feeling, how
ever, that the establishment o. "a case
agalust the Canadian would he "A din,
t4lt matter. After the meeting broke
Ip members Of the committee said that
there would be no delay in the prose.
cuiion Of the case and that In ell prob,
ability the charges would he made OF
tho matter dropped within the next few
DAYS.
John u. Hell, who gained a place OF
The winning Junior c~ross-countr cham.
plonship team of the New York A. G
and was protested by the Mohawk A
" 'N@ W. s'N''t 'iA NiNC IiildI ~
suited in the bringing In of another
Young athelete who will have To explain
his competition under an assumed name
The charge against Bell was that he had
induced a man named Ma II. Reich al
the MornlnSside \. &. to compete for
The Brooklyn A.. A. team under an as,
suned name in the games of the Atlas
\. G of kearny. n. j., on September
last Bell at the time was a membe,
of me BROOKLYN A. A., but. thong there
was some evidence to show that Reici
competed as charged, no proof wa.
brought forward to show that He'll hac
ANYTHING TO do with Il.
I. j. Harry. the young mar who rar
IN the Pennant n. &. novice race las
sunday under tho name OF NJ. Oelrich
appeared Before the committee and ad
mltted that his name was Harry an,
not oolrich, a fact that Chairman Ma
'h'wS had discovered by examining hi
nat band on the day OF the run. Hi
card was cancelled and Oelrich. VIII,
Tailed 10 answer the summons Of tn
Committee, was suspended.
William Mccarthy, who had been sus
pended for a period of two years 70
failing 20 fulhl his obligations to tn
Long Island a G.. was reinstated OF
VI" word OF Chairman Mathe VIZ that III
ciub mad cancelled the obligation,
W AyIcsworth admitted that he hai
competed for the Pcnnant a. e. in III
novice rlu last Sunday although regis
tered from the Morningside 4. G.. Iii
tA.u-' WAS that he boxed only for tn
Noru'rgslde \. e. and thought that d!
no, affect his running career. lie wa
l' ~, hut will rave to compete una'
lifcl for a year before becoming elig
De POO wear the Pennant colors.
Thr .omnittcc appeared satisfied tina
u kcr0. a member Of the Salem-cre'
cert g. IS winning team at the :
Nf', Dad run ON Thanksgiving Da.
w nlj - registered athlete at the tim,
Il. team prize in that event therefor
v. .r awarded to the st. Joseph
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