The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-08-11

1t appears doubtful if a real honest
and truly record COlud have been
made by Paddock while here, accord
ing to c.. A. Puck, a member of the
board of directors of the Maui Athle-
tic Club and who was generally in
charge of the exhibition last April.
In the letter to Maui sanction was
given for an exhibition by the
Hawaiian A A. L.. Puck declared.
when interviewed yesterday morning.
but more than an exhibition was
wanted. Action was then taken by
the Maui Athletic Club, a body or
ganized for the primary purpose of
regulating A. A. L. affairs on Maui,
and a request was sem to Dad Cen
ter, President of the Hawaiian body
for sanction to conduct a regular
meet. In the letter it was asked that
quick action be taken by the Hawai-
ian body as time for preparation was
snort. Whether or not the letter re
ceived any attention or was wholly
ignored is not known here, but no
further advices were received from
Honolulu.
1t was limited indirectly at a meet
ing of the directors of the Hawaiian
A. A. U. in Honolulu on Monday
night that Paddock had laid himself
a prey to disqualification in his eXhi-
billions on the Islands "other than
Oahu by competing with men that
were not registered A. A. U. athletes,
according to a report published in the
Honolulu Advertiser. Since that re
port however, the Advertiser has re
tracted the statement and declared
thn Mani moot nlpl TInurnNror tn
clear the matter up it may be pointed
out that the men to run against Pad
dock on Maui were Dick P%enhallow
Teddie Hair, and Guy Goodness. A
glance at the A. A. L.. roll will find
that these men were registered at the
time of the meet.
Any question that may have arisen
in that regard was thought to have
been eliminated by barring Joe Silva
from competition on the ground that
his amatuer standing was placed in
jeopardy by his tryout by a Pacific
Coast league ball team on the main
land earlier in the year.
Southern Body Inquiries
The Southern Pacific A. A. u, in a
letter to the Hawaiian body, has ask
ed for the records made by Paddock
while in Hawaii, and the local body
has replied to the effect that there
are none. At the meeting of the
board of directors of the Hawaiian
A. A. T.. on Monday night it was de-
cided to uphold the report of the
record committee and instruct the
secretary to write to Robert Weaver,
President of the Southern Association
a letter explaining that Paddock did
not make any world records while
here, and furthermore, did a lot of
things that if brought to light might
result in his disqualification as an
amatuer athlete, according to Asso-
ciated Press dispatches to this paper.
Weavers letter in part reads.
1T was unanimously recommended
by u board of governors that we
request your association to send in
to the national records committee the
records made by Charles Paddock
during his visit to Hawaii, as we be-
leive after going into the matter, that
Paddocks records are entitled to re
cognition.
OF course these records would be
sent in as noteworthy performances
only.
Il have only heard Paddock side of
the story and | would like to hear
from you regarding same, but if all
the rules have been strictly adhered
TO, | see no reason in the world why
Paddock should not be given credit
for his remarkable performances and
he is much disappointed at having
his records turned down"
In regard to the claims made by
Paddock for records here, the Homo