The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-16
miscellaneous.
TROUBLE OVER SUNDAY GAMES
AMERICAN CoLLEGIANS REFUS
ED TO CONTEST.
Arrangements Allowing Yankees to
Hold Finals Monday-Frenchmen
Didn't Hold Agreement.

Paris, July 15.-Although deprived of
the services of some of her best ath-
letes, who declined to contest in to-
days events of the worlds amateur
championships in the Boise de BolOgne,
Directing to Sunday competition, Amer
lea won eight out of ten of those re-
corded, gaining five second positions
and four thirds.
One incident caused an unpleasant
jar. The terms of the agreement were
reached with the French officials at a
joint meeting on Wednesday night. At
that time it was certainly understood
by the Americans that the French had
agreed that the field events in which
they had entered, and il was proposed
that the finals should come off today,
would be so arranged that the Ameri-
cans Directing to Sunday competition
could contest alone Monday, and that
the records then made would be count
ed in reaching the final awards. Last
night the French decided that events
set for today must be concluded finally
on the grounds today, but that records
made III the preliminary trials yester-
day would stands
This action was taken, it appears,
on the ground that the other contest
ants objected to such an advantage
given to the Americans. The decision
was not known to the Americans, and
early in the day some OF the contest
ants, among them Bascom Johnson of
the New York Athletic club and
Charles .DvOrack of the University Of
Michigan went to the grounds and
were informed that they could contest
Monday. On being so infor Aed they
went to their rooms. The decision also
operated against Prinstein of Syracuse
university. who was prevented from
competing today by the authorities of
the college.
A protest, signed by all the American
teams, has been presented to A. @.
Spalding. director of sports at the ex-
position. against the change in the
agreed arrangements. However, as the
Americans were so successful, some OF
the bad feeling disappeared. In order
to overcome the feeling caused by
Johson and Dvorack being out of the
pole vault the French officers have
agreed to offer special prize for q
pole vault Thursday.
Kraenzlein of the University of Penn
syIyania. whom Prinstein beat yester-
dav TODAY jumped in the final for the
broad lump and won over Preinstein' S
iump of yesterday by small margin.
Each had three jumps yesterday, but
Kraenzlein had six more today, while
Prinstein. although on the grounds.
could not jump. He entered protest
after the games.
The representatives Of the UnlVer-
sity of Pennsylvania had large share
in today's winnings, and their contest
ing caused some feeling among the
other college men.
Weather conditions today were per-
feet The number of spectators was
much larger than yesterday. and again
the grand stand was largely occupied
bv Americans, who cheered their cham
pions enthusiastically When George
Nv Orten of the University of Penn
svIvania. after seeming to be out of the
lorg steepIechase. made a magnificent
spurt beating an Englishman who
looked a certain winner, the enthusi-
asm was intense.