The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
AMERICANS
 DISGUSTED Unfair Treatment at Olympic Games. ATHLETES ARE DISHEARTENED Vigorous Protests Made, But All
 Are Disallowed.
 - when Americans Perceived How the Resulstions Were Bsins Ignored In Tas ef War They Maae
 No Effort.

VerSy mas arisen between the Amert- can athletes and the British olympic rooms at the Stadium have been turned Into camp of discomfort and there are other competitors including the Cana dians and Frenchmen who are none too satisfied with the way the events of the ffth olympiad are being carried out
 Americas chief cause of complaint Is the arbitrary manner in which their protest against "the nagrantly unfair method of conducting the tug of war" was dismissed.
 The United Kingdom had three teams entered in the tug of war made up of the police Of the city of London. Liver pool and the Metropolitan forces. When the Liverpool police appeared 1t was noticed that they were wearing enor- nous shoes, so heavy In fact, that 1t was with great effort they could lift their feet from the ground. The shoes, or boots. were enormous calf affairs that could not by any stretch of imag- nation be called ordinary shoes. Heavy boots are worn in the British navy. but these were greatly exceeded n weight by the footgear of the Liver pool athletes which in addition had steel rims around the heels.
 Matthew F. Halpin, the manager of the American team when he saw the shoes, immediately entered a protest to the game officials. but he was tcld that the shoes were those ordinarily worn ey Llyefpool policemen Mir Halpin decided, to so on with the first pull, In order tos show how unfairly the Amer jeans were being treated.
 Made No Enort.
 Ehe decision was a wise one, for the spectators in the stands nearby could see that as soon as the United King oom team put their weighe-iown, the nf hnf~ ~ls turf and gave them a hold that it was almost impossible to break. The Amer jeans made no effort. Rose. the anchor man. nat syen winding tie rope around ais b01x e9d were pronlptfy pulled @cross ne iine. Manager Halpin then 4nneuncea that the American team wonld not continue unless the rrs1a ygas adhered sto. and his protest being Ig. noreo. the men marched or the around an omciai proeiaiming through a meg 4pnone that the Americans retired 'she. cause they have had enough of it."
 James P. Sullivan. the American eommlssioner, preferred formal pro- tese 70 the British Olympic Association, who turned It over to the oficials of the Amateur Athletic. Association. z As snese oHctalH already had decided m favor of gtl1efr own team. 4ha protest oe course was not allowed.
 tne members of the American enyn. nlttees the American athletes ana ev. srypooY connected with the team are snoIougnly disgusted and almost dis heartened. but they are going to ess, It out to the end. s'
 The whole trouble" said an Enc lish sportsman tonight 9ariseu +hrc,.sss,. the Olympic Associations havinr ssi st signed the management of the vsrlon- spoL!s 70 the omcfals of the local as- seII@tiohs. Inese associations natur naA twm members of the United Kingdom tsasn. with whom they have been asgociated Tor years It would have baa, rsr better had the officials of the oIvm,fc Association at least managed the gts,. alum sports themselves. for with a few men such as Lord Desborough in charge. there would never have been any question of fairness in the final declstoH under any circumstances.
 An, American team is being organized to take part in two days sports at Pa rfs to be held July 3i and August i.
 The incident of the tug of war some what mafred the pleasure of todavsn sports The weather this mornins kept even the most hardy away ana when the archery contests commenced there was scarcely person in the stands.
 oddly enough. the highest scores in both the ladies and gentlemen's arch- SAS COhtcstS WCtS Audue Dy the mem bers of the same family. W. Tod scored 40S points and his daughter, Miss Tod. 34s points. J. B. Richard son, the only American entered secured fifth place in the gentIeman's round with 344.
 England Scores Again
 The afternoon opened with the final heat of the ten miles walk in which tS. B. Larner of England, established a new record of one hour, IS minutes, ST Is seconds. and the United King dom added another point to her wins and nine to her scores in field and track events. One needed a dozen pairs of eyes to keep track of what was go- osuiy in every part of the arena, while che semi-fi final fancy divfng competition was attracting much attention at the swimming tank. Tn the latter event George W. Gaidzik of the Chicago Ath- letic Association. won his heat by a handsome margin. He scored S5.6, while Burner. of Germany. was sec- ond with s2.s. On today's form Gaid- zik should capture the final tomorrow.
 Germany scored her. first win this afternoon when Bieberbtein came in first if the 100 metres back stroke swimi.
 The wins now stand: United King dom, 22; America. 8; Sweden, 5; Nor way. g. Canada, Germany. France, Bel eiun and Italy one each.
 The score in the track and field events, counting five for hrsts. three for seconds and one for thirds is:
 United Kingdom, 2s; America, sf; Sweden. II; Greece. Norway, each; Canada, Australia. each
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