The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-04
COMMITTEE NOW TO
CONSIDER EVIDENCE
DOOling Fails to File Brief for
kiviat and Smith in Time
Allotted Him.
RULING DUE IN FEW DAYS

John T. Dooling had until yesterday to
hle a brief on behalf of Abel X. Kiviat
and Harry j. Smith In the application
for q modification of the sentence which
cancelled their cards rs amateur ath-
letes. When the appeal from the deci-
sion Of the registration committee of the
Metropolitan Association came up before
the special committee appointed by the
a. A. U. about a month ago Mr.. Dooling
cut his argument short on the question
IS to whether the men had asked tor
excessive expense money to compete IN
gsmes At Schenectady last September.
The counse for the athletes pointe !
out Mt that time that there were
cases In which men had offended SINH
larry and had escaped punishment. lie
contended that the penalty Of permanent
suspension was too gr.a, and received
permission to present q brief by Jam
uary 3 dealing only with the desirability
OF a reduction of the penalty and tn
right of the A. A. l.. governors to SAM.
tiop such a change In the sentence i'm
posed by the Metropolitan Associations
committee.
Gustavus T. Kirby. chairman of the
A. A. L. committee. was at his Office
all yesterday. but Mr.. Dooling did nor
appear to submit the promised brie..
All that remains to be done in the case
now Is for the special committee To maze
It's report to the board of governors
and for the board to rule on that report
The committee has fifteen days in which
10 hle It's report, but Mr.. Kirby said last
night that Mr.. Turner and Mr.. Babb
probably would come on on Saturday or
Sunday and that the repor, would 10
dled Immediately thereafter.
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While the registration committee still
holds IRE in giving George ". Gouiding
a clean bill " health. promoters OF
ane In this city are making arrange
ments to give n good reception to the
champion walker when he completes here.
AZ the Save-A-Hone meet in the seven
ty-irst Regiment Armory on J%anuar, 20
care has been taken to eliminate tho
ooances of intec ference that would berall
n scratch man if an unw .cldy field
started. Goulding will walk a mile on
that occasion. and the field will he
limited u ten % the best men In the
district. 80 that the champion will have
rood material to pull him along for AN
Indoor mark II he is tit 20 make one.
The task of selecting The competitors
vas left to Handicap'cr O~ber;ubcssing,
who yesterday the following
list: Fiddle REM, Mohawk \. G.: Dick
nemer. unattached Frank and william
Plant, Long Island A.. &. I. \. Maioney.
Bronx Church House J. I'eirnan and
Fred Eeiser, New Yo;k \. e.; W. j.
Rolker. Irish American y. e. j. L. Gold
etein. Pastime y. G.. and \. Jensen.
Mohawk A.. {.
At the Millro-e 4. \. games on Jan
nary 2s the. distance of the walk will be
two miles. to comply wi;i the request
OF Gouid.ng. who. desires TO try for "A
record at that distance. In his event
the handicap limit vii! be 80 seconds. so
that II will be useless for any but the
best of the local pedestrians 10 enter.
Dick Clifford. champion IL fen years ago,
Will make an attempt to come back in
this race. and among others already en-
tered are \. Noellmeke. William Plant.
]. Pearman and w. j. Rplker.
A cable was received IN this city yes
terday that the annual Powhe-hsn
Marathon ut Edinburgh had been won
by the Scotch professional. McCrea. who
repeated his victory of a year ago. Hans
Holner. the American runner. fnisNaI
second. but no mention was made OF the
position in which Willie itolehmainen
finished. The distance was fifteen miles
and the time | hour II minutes 80
seconds.
~ UB udS VI '"'h SP'iN - w '''N'l
next Saturday when the Eastern indoor
in~terscholastic championships viii he
held in the Thirteenth Regiment Armois
under the auspices Of 1t. Jr'lr'e col
lege. Among the schools which have
entered teams are Tome. Merctrshu q.
Hamilton institute. .Adelphi. Poly Pep
and practically MI of the local high
schools. The trials will be contested
in the afternoon and the finals at risht.
There will be four open events at night.
engaging the best OF the local talent.