The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-24
TEsEfMONY sHERPARD.
witnesses, state IfiaN y ah.AmeriCan A. o.
Athlete DidNOtCS4be Professionally.

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witnesses State T1iay i ah.AmeriCan A.. O.
Athlete MD RH1ete Professionally.
The members Of thu tesistration committee
OF the Metropolitan Association Of the ANA
teur Athletic Union met last night at the
TO consider the oase OF Melvin Sheppard,
Irish-Amerioan A. c., charged with acts OF
professionalism by Robert Hallen, q pro-
fesslonal runner, The acts alleged to have
been committed were In running In tho one
and three mile races at the professional games
Of the Caledonian Club at Washington Park,
Maspeth. L. l., on Labor Day. 1904, and In rum
ming in the one and two mile races at the
games Of the Clan-na-Gael In Philadelphia on
July 4. 1905.
Sheppard wes put on the stand first and
questioned by John steLl, one Of the mem
bers Of the. committee, Sheppard produced
Rfldavits from Walter Tewksbury. formerly
of the University Of PehhsylvRnia: Horace
W. Simpson, Earl Maxwell and Louis w.
Ries, all Of Philadelphia, tending to clear
hin OF the charges. Sheppard depoSed that
he was supposed to compete In an amateur
cot Of games In Maspeth on Labor Day.
These games were postponed and Sheppard
said that he returned at once to Philadelphia.
Therefore he was not even in the park In
which the games were conducted that day.
p, Carney. sporiing editor Of the Sgnday
dsdr cry m,S Of r. Tre n e. ian, hhis iett ssl s same shH n
Philadelphia was won by W A. Paul q Tfen-
ton. whom he kpeEfe2d that SECOND plaSe
E Ina ah aS F9 tSe nance nSeG Of e jerry Ssw M hShrai SGmR TSe
two mile race was won by Isaac Ely ofTrenton,
q negro. with. Paul second, Hallen alleged
placed IN the NO mile. Carney said, that
Sheppard was not there at Philadelphia, as
far as he knew.
sporting promoter in Philadelphia. testifytng
that he had known Sheppard for many years.
that ne never had seen him compete In any
u3Herman \. Hoide, formerly of the pastlme
A., c. was put on the stand to testify as to
NNh nsassS o. ssm mot shhs S1gs xa had 4 run s1m 3: sas
there. He said that no was sure had shep;;
Pard been there he could have Tecoen lied
who was returned as the winner. OF that race,
wore a White shirt in hat race. with a large
initial letter Of the perpetrators. seh9ol, IN
said hut the win1er Of the mile run wore no
Jake Webber, a, professional rubber em-
ploYed by the Irlsh;Amerioan A.. G. and the
T TSs si,d TO nave Kes appeaTe a. to oat teseify tm as
sent word. however. that he was afraid 70
come. he, sent word through Walter +.
GF%Sy Fiat the b Psst1Te up g. H Haill Eho III teri;
said that Weber approached him and asked
how he ought to testify. wjertberg said
that he would have nothing to say to him
and said that Weber made up the rest Of
the story out Of whole cloth.
The registration committee Ia made up of
Michael J. Flynn. Star. A.. G.: John p. Boyle.
P z st 4. T TS and J 2 o sSseIi, TG IN Y bs1aI:
capper, was said 10 have been at Maspeth
the day that Sheppard was said to have run:
ALVIN Smith" and asked Hallen who he was.
Halien then said that 1t was the Philadelphia
schoolboy. Neither Steii nor O'Brien could
be very sure just whom they saw at the meet
and could not remember what the. winner
looked like next day. Decision in the case
will be rendered tomorrow afternoon at 4
o'clock at the Wyandot club.