The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
AMERICAS FINE OLYMPIC RECORD  In Spite of Handicaps Yankees
 Triumph REVIEW OF THE EVENTS Great Commentary of Unfairness and Proof That English Are Hardest
 of All Losers-To Do
 Honor to Hayes.
REVIEW OF THE EVENTS
BY MANHATTAN.

Hayesi This hard working New York boy Is surely the hero of the Olympiad and is entitled to the crown. Not con sdered good enough to constitute one of the regular members of the team, this lad. who earns his living in department store, and no one who knows anything ahout 1t doubts that this means hard work. was so confident of his powers that he paid his own expenses and easily beat out the very best distance runners in the world. adding great glory to his name and sending all athletic America into a fury of delight
 her boy who won the Marathon at Athens. What will New York do for her sturdy son with the flying heels?
 That was a great bunch of athletes who upheld the honor of Old Glory in London. No less than 27 of them won points in the track and team events. Mar tin Sheridan for the second time was the leading pcint-getter at an Olympaid. The big policeman was not as clearly the worlds master athlete at London as he was at Athens, however, for Mel Shep- herd ard Hay Ewry were close behind him in point winning.
 The American team made four new world records, in addition to four new Olympic records. That was going some. The poin. winners for America were as fellows:
 Sheridan. Il points-Greek discus throw world's record). first place: free style discus. first place; standing broad jump third place.
 Shepherd. 10 points-15oO-metre run, first place; s00-metre run (world's record), first place.
 Ewry, 10 points-Standing broad jump. first place; standing high jump, first place.
 Hayes. points-Marathon race, first place.
 Flanagan, points-Hammer throw Olympic record), first place.
 Rose. 5 points-shot put first place
 Porter, points-Running high jump Olympic record), first place.
 Irons, points-Running broad jump Olympic record), first place.
 smithson, points-110-metre hurdle (world's record), first place.
 Bacon, points-4Oo-metre hurdles (world's record), first place.
 Shaw, point-110-metre hurdle. third place.
 Horr. points-Discus throw, free style, third place; discus throw, Greek style (world's record), second place.
 Gilbert. points-Pole vault (Olympic record), tied for first place.
 Cook. points-Poe vault (Olympc record), tied for first place.
 McGrath, points-Hammer throw. sec- ond place.
 Giffin. points-Free style discus throw second place.
 Kelly, points-Running broad jump. second place.
 Hillman, points-4O0-meter hurdles second place.
 Rector, points-10o-meter dash, second place.
 Cloughan, 1 point-2oo-meter dash, sec- ond place.
 Eisele, 1% points-2O0-meter steeple- chase, third place. three-mile team race -four mem. second place.
 Bonhag, % point-Three-m team race -four mem, second place.
 Dull, % point-Three-m team race | -four mem, second place. | Cohn, % point-Three- team race -four mem, second place.
 Cartmean, point-2OO-meter dash, third place.
 Forshaw, confederation, third place..
 Bller, points-standng high jump tied for second place
 Jacobs, 1-3 point-Pole vault, tied with two others for third place
 That the Americans were grossly dis criminated against seems beyond doubt. i That they won so decidedly against this { d1scr1mination is matter for gratula- ton. ri l One result of the grossly unfair rulings of the British track officials undoubted- { ly will be radical change in the meth ods of conducting future Olympiads. The | oretically amateur sportsmen are gen. | tlemen who may be depended upon to 1 act with perfect fairness In practice the theory falls down badly. It is cer- tain, therefore. that In future Olympiads the games will be in the hands of an in- ternational committee and the judges VIII be drawn from the various nations 1 Noipctts III InlS way only Will It be possible to avoid a repetition of the scandals which have done much to spoil the London games and which has made the boasted British Fair Play'' a cause of laughter
 i It can safely be said accordingly to an the evidences that the British amateur athletes are the hardest losers in the | world.
 This has only been emphasized at the Olympic games. When American horses, trainers and jockeys were sweeping the British turf, they were either ruled off or things were made so unpleasant for them that they voluntarily retired. When American oarsmen show signs of winning Tn Great Britain they are either barred or so discriminated against they cannot win ana when other foreign oarsmen win the britisn refuse to play any more. Wit ness the Belgian crew and the Grand Challenge Cup COTTON STATES LEAGUE