Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
MORRISSEY WI7HDRAWS FROM RACE
 AND THEN RECONS|DERS DECISION

Gloucester, Mass. Oct. 24-(By the A. PO-The competition for the fish ing vessels championship of the north Atlantic wrecked on the rocks of con- froversv. was apparently saved for a racing decision tonight. The skipper and crew of the Gloucesterman, Henry Ford, at a meeting tonight decided to go back to their boat, take out the ballast put aboard today for fishing and try to beat the Bluenose again and win officially a second race nec- essary for possession of the interna- tional cup.
 H. R. Silver, of Halifax, N. &, chairman of the board of trustees of the cup gave assurances that the tech nical violation of the rules involved in the ballast loading would be over looked
 The GIoucesterman Henry Ford, had definitely withdrawn from the racing for the International fishing schooner championship of the North At antic earlier in the day. Cap. tain Clayton Morrissey, asserting that his boat and his men had already won the two races from the Canadian champion Bluenose necessary for the possession of the title trophy put pig Iron ballast aboard preparatory to go- ing fishing.
 By his act in putting ballast aboard Captain Morrissey, under the condi- tions of the deed of gift, automatical- ly eliminated his vessel from the se- ries. The deed of gift provision reads: No ballast shall be taken off or put on the competing vessels during. the series.7 A further sentence provides that if any ballast is shifted there may be remeasurement but com rnittee members said this was no shift ng, 1t was an addition.
 Captain George F. Peoples of Glou- cester chairman of the race sub-com- mittee, asserting that the internation- al committee itself had authority in the matter. added that it would seem to him that Morrissey was now def lnitely out of it.
 Captain Morrissey in this act of withdrawal relinquished claim not on- ly to the cup but to at least $2,O00 and possibly SS,O00 of prize money. These sums. respectively were the losers and winners shares.
 Tt has cost me and my men enough already so that the matter of a few thousand dollars does not count against 6he principle involved Cap tain Morrissey said when questioned as to the probably disposition of the purse.
 On the deck of the Henry Ford while experimenting the storage of the iron and rock ballast Morrissey ia1Sed race with his first cousin, Cap ain Henry J. Larkin. skipper of the Mayflower, They had an agreement to meet after the series If Morrissey was he winner. The Ford's skipper said today that he wanted to go fishing as tn In- ries on the dock and saying that he wanted to get them aboard and to work again. but that if Larkin insist sd there might be a race with the May flower only.
 The Mayflower, sailing over the course covered by the racing .schoon- er yesterday, showed a speed on the first two legs so far surpassing that If the Henry Ford and the Bluenose that there was no question of her su- rremaey under the prevailing condi lions.
 The racing had been postponed to- day on the representation that Cap tain Morrissey was sick. Aboard his boat this morning supervising the work of converting her again from a racing schooner to a working vessel he was sick but sick mostly of com mittees and yachting rules and thi. and that and the other thing which spoiled the sport that we set out on
 1t was the assertion that if the Hen ry Ford won again yeserday they would consider the cup was their. and would race no more that the mer of the Ford abandoned their mutin7 and jumped aboard again yesterday he said.
 The international committee per sisting in this attitude of denying u the victory we won Saturday by call ing it no contest because they go their signals mixed up does not hell things and only shows we have noth ing to gain by going further.