New-York tribune., 1922-11-21


angeles A. A. It was emphasized
they are to be brought TO the attent
for further investigation.
This simply means that the marks
OF the "Human Man of War" have
Joined the bonus issue, for the incom-
ing committee will not be appointed
until next month and will not meet
until year from the date Of appoint
ffent. The action came after a word
battle which for while threatened to
disrupt the body which controls ANA
teur athletics.
The other important business trans
acted by the convention wRs the side
stepping Of the proposal 20 embrace
athletics for women. The registration
committee could not agree upon any
recommendations and when the matter
vss brought UP on the floor It was
voted TO refer the matter 90 the in
coming board of governors. with au-
thcrity to act. Thus, IL may be that
a decision will be rendered at an early
date.
Lou Goldsmith. of the Middle Allan
tic Association, chairman of the rec
ord committee, carried che battle to
paddock's supporters. The Southern
Pacific Association offered affidavits
and documents galore to prove that
Paddock had established five new
worlds records and equaled two others
on that hot July afternoon at Santa
Barbara, California, but Mr.. Gold
smith and his committeeman couldn't
see IL that way, and Mr.. Goldsmith
eot right up In meeting and said SO,
MIR. Goldsmith Explains
In explaining why he could not SEQ
il Mr. Goldsmith said:
"It is claimed that Paddock in the
one race was timed in 0:07 3-5 for
seventy-fve yards and o:o7 4-5 for
eighty yards, thus running the inter
mediate FIVE yards in one-fifth of a
second, which is physical iInpossi-
bility, as ne would be able to run 100
yards in 0:04. Also, three timers
caught Paddock in 0:07 3-5 for seventy
five yards, while for eighty yards two
timers caught him in 0:o7 As, while
the third timer caught him in 0:07 3-5,
this latter timer getting the same time
ut eighty yards as the others got at
seventy-ive yards. It doesn't seem
right"
It doesn't. Yet there were the
sworn statements Of Bob Weaver. pres
ident og the Southern Pacific Associ-
alton, and host of supposedly efficient
officials And there was Mr. Andrews,
representing the Southern Pacific As
soclation and Paddock. Mr.. Andrews
came all the way from Los Angeles for
the express purpose OF upholding the
honor of the Southern Pacific Associ-
alton, and he made q good job Of it
after long struggle with Mr.. Gold
smith.
One of Mr.. Andrews's trick cards
vas telegram from Mr. Weaver, which
he read to the convention. The tele-
.yram follows:
Read in the morning papers that
P-.ddock's records rejected. Protest is
hereby entered. Records are o. X. If
rot passed our association must con-
slider 1t an affront to it's honesty. Will
light to finish"
Finally, Colonel Bowie, Of the Mid
die Atlantic Association, solved the
problem by suggesting that the matter
be referred to the incoming record
committee for further consideration.
This move came just when 1t appeared
that the records would be thrown out Of
The window, and as it is always easier
70 pass the buck, all hands agreed, and
Pres ident Prout performed the famous
pigeonhole stunt.
No sooner was one fight over than
another started. DR.. William Burdick,
Of Baltimore, took the floor. He is
chairman of the committee on women's
athletics. He explained that his COM
mittee had been unable to reach a
decision and would make no recon-
mendations az to whether the A.. A. u.
adopt athletics for women, and invited
vhe convention to settle the affair as
they saw At.
Then followed speeches for and
against, several of the orators wax.
ing eloquent in behalf of the ladies',
and others, stating outright that they
believed the association would be bet
Ter of II 1t did not undertake to run
its business on the coed plan. All
efforts to bring the problem TO an i'm
mediate head failed, and then when
the delegates began to get restless,
thinking o1 the musical comedy they
we're to see later in the evening, some
once more underwent the process of
being passed
1t was decided that the matter was
90 important to dismiss, and mas
much as it would require much moro
time TO come to q decision, it was
voted that the incoming board of gov
ernors should take it up for further
consideration.
Argument on Women's Sports
Then followed another argument as
o whether the board would have au-
thority to approve or disapprove of
the association adopting women s
sports, and Mr.. Prout, who so ably con-
ducted from the chair, ruled that the
board was empowered to act, and at
once. This board will be appointed to-
day, and it is likely that they will take
UP the matter before the meeting con-
yenes.
As YVES expected, the suspension of
Joie Ray, of the Illinois A. c., who
with Joe and Frank Loomis, of the
Chicago A. A., was let down until De-
cember 81 next, was sustained by the
association. The Loomis brothers are
out of competition, but Ray, the great
est of Americans middle-distance run
ners, will have to forward the regis
tration committee 500 (same being ex-
cess expenses charged local clubs} or
be forever banned from amateur COM
petition.
Colonel Washington Bowie, a pic
iuresque figure from Maryland, led the
fight for clemency in the case of Ray
He said: There was no intentional
wrongdoing on the part OF the COM
petitor, in fact, it would appear that
he has been more sinned against than
SHINING. / believe that the clubs @hieh
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