Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-25
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special CablegTam to The star
THE STADIUM, LONDON,
July 25.-America today won the
last event of the Olympic meet
ing of Ioo8-the I,6oo-meter relay.
race. With the last of the con-
tests the score for the track and
field championship is: United
States, ia 2-3; England, 90 I-3. {
The Stars and Stripes, which
has been so much in evidence
during the fortnight that the con-
tests lasted, was the last flag to
be officially unfurled at the staff
in the center of the arena, from
which the winning country in
each event has been signaled by
the display of its national emblem.
LONDON. July 25.-Amid the cheers OF
several hundreds of his countrymen. Halls
welIe the English runner, this morning
walked over in the final Of the 400
meter fiat race in the Olympic games.
which was run originally last Thursday
and won by j. c. Carpenter, Cornell Uni
versity. This is the race that was de-
clared void by the judges on the allega-
ton, which has been denied by the Ameri-
cans, that Carpenter fouled Halswelle.
Carpenter was disqualified from compet-
ing again and J. b. Taylor. Irish-Ameri-
can A. c., and w. c. Robbins of Cam
bridge, Mass, withdrew and would not
run today.
Halswelle Disappoints Friends.
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and ran hard in an effort to establish
new Olympic record His performance
was very great disappointment after all
that had been confidently expected. II
was firmly believed that the most talked
of athlete in the stadium, until the Mara
thon racers replaced him in this regard.
would clip at least d traction OF d second
off the record of 40 1-0. Instead it took
HalSwelle a full 80 seconds to cover the
distance. He started hard, but just as i'll
the case of last Thursday, he was all out
when he came to the stretch, after round
ing the turn where all the trouble In the
previous race occurred. A great cheer
went I'D when Halswelle finished. but
much to the surprise Of the spectators IL
was several minutes before flag Was
unfurled and sent to the top of the staff
to denote British victory.
The bluejackets having this work Ill
hand had mislaid their Union Jack and
they had to requisiIion one from the
decorations of the stadium. Halswelle
had done what he believed to be right.
but the experts feel that he fas hardly
justified his predictions that he was able
TO beat Carpenter and Robbins. both OF
whom made better time Thursday than
the English runner made today.
Hop, Step and Jump.
The running hop. step and jump was
the only other event Of the morning.
Ahearne. United Kingdom. with 4s feet
80 inches; Lawson. Norway. AZ feet pa
inches, and Mcdonald. Canada, 46 feet
inches, qualified for the final. Both
Ahearne and Mcdonald improved their
jumps in the final doing, respectively. iS
feet liz inches and 4S feet oh inches
Lawson got third place with IL feet 2a.
inches Bricker. Canada, with 46 feet j
inches, and Platt Adams. N. Y. A. c..
with 46 feet inches were awarded GER
tificates of merit for their jumps.
F. c. Irons, Chicago A c.: Martin ).
Sheridan, Irish-American A. c.; John ].
Brennan Marquette University. Wiscon-
sin; d. r. Sherman. Dartmouth College;
r. Fl. Bellah Stanford University. Cali
fornia. and Frank Mt Pleasant, Carlisle
Indian school. also competed. but their
jumps were behind the leaders and were
consequently not measured.
More American Victories.
The final in the 1.6O0-meter relay race
was won easily by the American team.
The final in the 110-meter hurdle race
was won by F. c. Smithson, Multnomah
A. c.; ]. c. Garrels, Chicago A. A, Sec
ond, and A. b. Shaw, Dartmouth Col
lege third Time. 15 seconds, which is
the worlds record. Smithson came in
two yards in front of Garrels.
England Wins Swim.
The final in the 1.50O-meter swim was
won by Taylor. United Kingdom: Bat
tersby United Kingdom, was second. and
Beaurepaire, Australia was third. Bat
tersby, who was a close second. con-
tinued to the mile post in an effort to
make a new record He covered the
distance in "a minutes 33 seconds.
which Is 8 3-5 seconds better than the
previous record.