The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-20
WERE NOT TREATED FAIRLY
ATHLETES PREVENTED
FROM WINNING IN PARIS.
The Handicapping Yesterday Prnctf-
calIy Left Them Ont of the Field-Only
Got One First, Four Seconds and Five
Thirds-The Dny Previous They Took
Four-Fifths o f all the Gnmrs.

Thtrds-The Day Previous They Took
Four-Fifths of all the Games.
Paris, July 19-The manner in which
the American athletes had been sweep
ing the field In the international games
in connection with the Paris exposition,
opened the eyes of the organizers, and
the result was shown to-day In the
handicapping which practically left the
Americans out in the cold. The effect
upon the Americans was demonstrated
by the fact that whereas on the previ-
Gus day they secured four-fifths of the
games. to-day out of nine events they
captured only one first, with four sec
onds and five thirds.
The feature of to-day's programme
was the twenty-five miles Marathon
foot race, the first and second places,
valued at 1900 and $50 francs resrRc-
lively, were the gifts or an American
Silver Manufacturing company The
race trying one under any conditions,
threw an exceptional strain upon the
contestants to-day, owing to the blazing
sun that poured upon their heads
throughout the run, and Of the thirteen
who entered, only seven were able to
finish.
The result was a victory for a
Frenchman. and his comDatriots cele-
brated their first and only win in the
sports with characteristic enthusiasm.
French spectators invaded the track
and carried Theatre Michel around on
their shoulders while the cheers re-
sounded across the grounds. The three
American competitors, to whom the
course was quite new and proved a Sc
we're handicap, Jared badly. Newton
made the best showing, keeping pace
with the leading batch of Frenchmen
until about twenty-miles had been COW
cred. BY this time all the weaklings
had been weeded out Newton, who
had not been feeling we'll for several
days, overcome by the heat and exer-
tion, was now obliged to drop behind.
He struggled on pluckily to the end, but
reached the goal nearly an hour and a
quarter after the winner. BY this time
the spectators imagined that all save
those who had arrived had abandoned
the race, and many went home. New
tons arrival, therefore, passed almost
unnoticed, except by the Americans.
who gave him an encouraging cheer as
he entered the track for the three laps
which formed the conclusion of the
race. This he did walking.
Grant and Macdonald arrived a lit
tie later together. Grant, who was
quite done up, dropped on the grass
after passing the finish line and SEEM
ed to be in a fainting condition. He re-
ceived every attention from the French
and other people, who stood over him.
flaming him. Finally he recovered and
walked to his dressing room, leaning on
the arm of his trainer. Owing either to
a lack of notice or to unfamiiarity
with the language the Americans were
barred from the contest for the pole
vault. The men were all in costume |
and sitting beneath a tree about twen-
ty yards from the point of contest; but I
the French officials called names un- |
known to them, and when they saw the
poe vaulting start they walked over and |
to compete, but they were |
not permitted to take part As the re- |
suit of their being left out they were !
allowed a special scratch event. What |
would have happened had they been al
lowed to enter the regular competition
,an be gathered from a comparison of |
the results there with those in the
scratch event, In the former Kauser,
4 Hungarian. won with metres 95 GEN.
-imetres; Lemming, a Swede was sec
md with 3 metres 40 centimeteres. and
Tonkett was third with metres 30 GEN.
-imetres. Kauser's handicap of forty-
i've centimetres gave him the prize. On
he other hand, in the scratch event
Horton cleared metres As centimetres
md Dvorac 8 metres 40 centimetres.