Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1908 — SIX ATHLETES PUT ON SUSPENDED LIST [ARTICLE]

SIX ATHLETES PUT ON SUSPENDED LIST

Ruling Against Champions Who Won Honors In London. New York, Dec. 29. —The registration. corqmlttee of the Amateur Athletic union has suspended six prominent athletes. They are: Melvin W. Sheppard, Charles Bacon, Harry F. Porter and George V. Bonhag of the. Irish-American A\hl®Uc dub; F. Q. Bellars, New York Athletic club, and J. J. Lee, formerly of the Boston Athletic association, but now unattached. The charge against th? men was professionalism, the allegations being that they accepted or asked for exorbitant expense allowances. Five of the men won honors at the Olympic meet in Ixtndon. Upholds Anti-Tipping Ordinance. Los Angeles, Cal, pec. 29.—That the dissemination of tips on horse racing may be prevented by municipal legislation is the gist of an opinion handed down by Superior Judje Jamison in the case of Sylvester Saal, who was prose 1 cuted on a charge bf circulating a San Francisco newspaper in which a racing "form chart” was printed. > Two World’s Records Smashed. Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 29.—Two new world’s records were made at Santa Anita Park. Chapultepec carried 112 pounds and ran six furlongs in 1:11 flat. Lady Irma, a two-year-old, carrying elghty-five pounds, ran five and one-half furlongs In 1:04 4-5. . Fifty-Two Pound Jockey Wins. Oakland, Cal., Dec. 29.—Robert Harrington, a fifty-two pound boy, at Emeryville won on Em and Em, a 30 to 1 shot, owned by James Coffey, his employer. The midget rode hard all the way and landed the outsider in front in a drive.