New-York tribune., 1910-12-24
ONE YEAR FOR OLDFELDPUT1ER A LIVELY ISSUE
Not in Jail. but Under the Ban of
Auto Body.
LAST CASE TOO FLAGRANT
Promotion of Unsanctioned
Meeting at Los Angeles Cause
for Further Suspension.

Tor Further suspension.
| Once more Barney OIdfield, the daring
| automobile driver, has incurred the dis
/ pleasure of the contest board of the Amert
can Automobile Association and has been
| punished again. This time the suspension
| is for definite tirne-a period of twelve
months to and including January 1. 1872
| This suspension, as the former ones, In
cludes his cars, and prevents him from en-
gaging in the sport of automobile racing
as promoter, owner. entrant or driver.
! This action has been taken by the con-
test board because OIdfieId sought relief
! from his former indefinite suspension in
the courts and because he organized and
! promoted an unsanctioned automobile race
meeting in Los Angeles on December IL
The ban of suspension also includes all
| contestants at that meeting, and IN some
| cases this suspension lays for two years
against them.
The officials are suspended also. and may
not take part in any sanctioned meeting
for year; and to make the matter abso-
IuteIy binding and final the action of the
board will be reported to the international
authorities, so that the men against whom
the suspension is operative may not race
on foreign tracks which are affiliated with
the American Automobile Association
This action was taken at a meeting or
the contest board, held at the national
headquarters OF the association, at No 4S'
Fifth avenue on Tuesday, December %
Robert P Hooper. president Of the AIneri-
can Automobile Association. was present.
and these members of the contest BOARD
T. A. Wright. Joseph H Wood, David Bee
croft and s. NJ. Butler, chairman T. r.
HoIIander and Alfred Reeves acted as the
advisory committee The text OF the reso-
luton follows:
Whereas. Barney Oldfeld was on Oc-
tober 49, 1910 disqualified and SuSpeiiuSu ~
this board for an lndennlls peIioGp IA
fiagrant violations Of the rules at READ
Whereas. said OIdfield has since that
date and while under suspension attempt
81 TO deuy the Jurisdiction OF the contest
board oy an appeal TO the courts Tor IN,
junctive relief and the courts nave ruIso
that they have no power 10 disturb Ine
decisions of a sport-governing body and
Whereas said Oldfeld did, IN the city OF
Los Angeles Cal, on December II, IslO'
organize and promote. with the assistance
ard cooperation of Leslie Henry and an
organization known as the Pac1nc Coast
Motor Racing Association, and others, an
Ilnsanctioned automobile race meeting on
the Ascot Park track In said city and gave
wide publicity TO such unsanctloned meet
ing; ,or,-
sion of Barney Oldheld either as pro-
moter owner, entrant or driver. hereto
fore indefinite. be now made dennlte I9I q
period of twelve months 10 and lhcIuuiiS
January I, 1872, and
N is further ordered that the 2o6-horse-
power Benz. the Prince Henry Benz. lhe
Vanderbilt Darracq and six-cylinder Knox
cars which entered for and competed IN
the Ascot Park meeting are likewise diS-
qualified for the same period
It is further ordered that the SUSPENSION
of + Alex Sloane OIdheId's manager, here
tofore indefinite. who also participated In
the Ascot Park unsanctioned meeting, now
be made definite for a like period of twelve
months to and including January l. 1872
1t is further ordered that Leslie Henry. OF
Los Angeles. and the Pacific coast A0I9r 0I3
field of the said Ascot Park unsancIloned
meeting, are hereby disqualified and sus-
pended for q period OF ys Twelve months 10
# is further ordered that the Ascot Park
track is hereby disqualified and rendered
ineligible 20 De licensed by the contest
board for the holding of sanctioned auto
mobile events for a period OF twelve months
10 and including JanuarT /. 1917
II is further ordered that George H Clark,
registered a. A A racing driver No 39l
driving a six-cylinder Knox car in said
unsa nctiCned meeting at Ascot Park under
the alias assumed name of e z Martin
said George H. Clark is hereby disqualified
and suspended for period OF TWO years 10
and including January /. 1913. and MS regis
n is further ordered that z. Roger
Stearns, registered A. A A racing driver
No. 10S. having participated in the said AS
cot Park unsanctioned meeting as driver
and official is hereby disqualified and sus-
rended for a period of twelve months. and
his registration card is hereby revoked
+ s further ordered that Ben Kerscher
A A A racing driver No. "a,
having driven in the said Ascot Park un-
sanctioned meeting, is hereby disqualified
and suspended for a period of twelve
months. and his registration card is hereoy
revoked
drivers and the cars with which they en-
tered or connected in the Ascot Park un-
sa ancrioned meeting are. under Rule % OF
and suspended until January I. 1912: ]. p
XittIe and Louis Arms Cutting 3ol. Will
ams, LIS Angeles agent OF IPetreD; Henry
y. W H Faust CWinton 81. Henry Butley
lPope-Toledo. 19O5l. Z. H Betchel CParry).
and Coudit, Los Angeles agent OF tStaver-
II is further ordered that the following.
who acted as officials at the said Ascot !
qualified and susne1ded from participation
in suy sanctioned meeting for period OF
twelve months 20 and including January
l. 1872: Charles F. Stamps, l. p Melius. !
w Gray.
Resolved. That In accordance with Rule
Il of the 1910 contest rules OF the trner1- /
this disqualification and suspension OF
Barney Old6eId his Benz. Knox and Dav- ,
raCo cars be forwarded to the Autonocile /
r,Iuh of Auleri~a, the American representa- /
tive of the International Association OF
Recognized Automobile Clubs. for trans !
initial TO the International body. in Paris, /
ro he NV tharn PROMULGATED 70 the respec-
i've autonohT~ governing bodies In every /
part o. the world
At the same meeting J. z. Sheldon was |
5usrended for a year for competing in an |
meeting at Norfolk. Va, on |
December l. and s. The following drivers /
AZ the same meeting were likewise sus- /
pended: Louis s. Hallowell tAmericanl:
-oburn Motor Company. Bryant. driver |
Flanders); George Edwards Maxwell and |
Edward Allan