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Show jSffii PIATT IMS SOLD HiSjeOPHIES Several Affiants Aver That Famous Jumper Has Become Be-come Professional. NEW YORK, Dee. 30. The New York Evening Mall publishes today two affi- ' davits which charge that Piatt. Adams, champion amateur athlete and all-around jumper, has pledged and received money for some of hie prizes won at amateur meets. Under the rules of the Amateur Athletic union this, If true, would change Adamas's status to that of a professional. The charges against Adams would make his. case somev, hat similar to that of James Thorpe, who, after he had been proved a professional, was forced to return re-turn hl8 Olympic prizes. In Its story, the Evening Mail calls upon Adams to produce al! the medals and trophies he has won since his connection with the New York Athletic club. In one of the affidavits, T. I. Glynn swears that on January P, mi4. Adams sold him (Glynn) one of his prizes, a gold ring with a small diamond in it. For this Glynn Eays he paid During the fall of 1912 and up to March, 1014, Glynn further swears he frequently accompanied Adams to a downtown jeweler, where, in his presence, the jeweler "would accept Adamas's prizes, whioh I understood were to bo credited to Adams's account." Others Make Charges. Peter Lawrence Schenck, In the second affidavit, assert a that he bought a ring from Adams which, Adams said, was a first prize. Schenck further states that Adams had in his (Schenek's.) piace of business at various times numbers of medals and cups, which he said he was going to take to a certain Jeweler. A third affidavit by Max Thelmer, an employee in the office where Adams is ! employed, is to the effect tiiat Adams told the signer that he had a case of prizes which he wanted to sell, and related re-lated some instances where ho had disposed dis-posed of prizes to advantage. At the headquarters of the Amateur Athletic union lt was said that notiiing was known as to the charges except what was printed today. In 1912 Adams and his brother Ben were members of the American team which was sent to Sweden to compete in the Olympic games. T.ast year's records show that Adams holds the record for the standing high jump of 5 feet 4 inches. F. W. Rubien, secretary-treasurer of the Amateur Athletic union, said today that the affidavits had been brought to his attention and that he would issue the instructions necessary to bring about an investigation by the registration committee. com-mittee. Adams Denies Charge. Piatt Adams, at his home tn Newark, N. J., denied the charges contained in the affidavits. "As far as any charges go that I have sold any of my prizes." he said, "they are entirely without foundation. I have every one of my prizes in my possession and can and will produce them if called upon. I hope that the Amateur Athletic union will take the matter up and call upon me to produce them, for I will be able to prove my case. I never sold my prizes to any jeweler and no jeweler has a thing to prove that I did."' Adams said be sold a number of rings, hot that they were rings purchased with his own money and hot won in competition. |