The San Francisco call., 1908-07-18

No competitor shall wear pr
shoes with any projecting nails, tips.'
springs at points, hollows, or projec-
tions of any kind
The Americans in wearing ordinary
shoes, naturally believed that the team
representing the United Kingdom would
do the same Their disappointment
therefore was all the greater when,
upon the Liverpool police appearing. it
was noticed that they were wearing
heavy shoes, so heavy in fact that it
was with great effort that they could
lift their feet from the ground. The
boots were enormous calf affairs that
could not oy any stretch of imagina-
tion, be called ordinary shoes. Heavy
boots are worn in the British navy,
but these were greatly exceeded in
weight by the footgear of the Liver
pool athletes, which, In addition. had
steel rims around the heels.
Matthew Halpin, the manager of the
American team, Immediately entered
protest to the games manager, but he
was told the shoes were those ordi-
narily worn by Liverpool police. At
first Halpin made up his mind TO take
the team off the field without attempt
ing to pull, but finally decided to go
on with the first pull in order to show
how unfairly the Americans were being
treated.
The decision was a wise one. for the
spectators in the stands near by could
see that as soon as the United King
dom team put their weight down the
heels of their shoes cut through the
turf and gave them a hold that was
almost impossible to break
The Americans made no effort and
were promptly pulled across the line.
AND THEN INSULTED
American team would not continue un-
til the rule was adhered to, and, his
protest being ignored. all the men
marched off the grounds, one official
proclaiming through a megaphone that
the Americans retired because they
have had enough of it,
The facts in the case were reported
to the American commission, and James
+. Sullivan, the American commits
sloner. preferred formal protest to
the British Olympic association, which
turned it over to the officials of the
Amateur athletic association. AS these
officials already had decided in favor
of their own team, the protest. of
course, was not allowed.
An American team is being organ
lied to take part in two days sports
at Paris to be held July 81 and Au-
gust /.
The frequent downpours this morn
ing kept even the most hardy away,
and when the archery contests began
there We're scarcely any persons in the
stands.
oddly enough, the highest scores in
both the ladies' and gentlemen's
archery contests were made by the
members of the same family. W. Dodd
scored 403 points, and his daughter,
Miss Dodd, 34S points. X. B. Richard
son, the only American entered, scored
fifth place in the gentlemens round,
with 344.
The afternoon opened with the final
heat of the 10 mile walk, in which G..
E. Larner Of England established a
new record of 1 hour Is minutes 81 is
seconds.
EASY FOR CHICAGOAN
In the seminal fancy diving compe-
tition George W. Gadiazk of the Chi
cago athletic association won his heat
by handsome margin. He scored S5.6
while Zurner of Germany was second
with S2.S. Seven heats of the 5000
meter bicycle race, which also reaches
the final stage tomorrow, occupied
the circle track for nearly an hour.
Spengen and Van Drake Stein of Hol-
land; Marecha, Aurey and Schilles of
France. and Jones and Kingsbury of
the United Kingdom qualifying. Cam
European riders a little too much for
them
The three lap team pursuit race went
TO the British riders. adding still an
other to the United Kingdoms list
of victories
As was expected, c. w. Daniels Of
the New York athletic club won his
heat in the first round of the 100 meter
swim, his time being 1905 4-5. The heat
winners in this contest included H. j.
Hepner of the Illinois athletic club
and L. G. Rich. Brooklyn swimming
club.
The Americans met disappointment
in the $500 meter steeplechase, J. d.
Lightbody of the University of Chi
cago losing his heat to Swell. United
Kingdom. Lightbody's defeat was not
surprising, as he recently slipped and
threw out his knee cap. but he ran the
pluckiest kind of a race
WINS IN sTEEPLECHASE
]. L. Eisele of the New York ath-
letic club, who most nearly approached
the form of the English distance men,
won his heat in the steeplechase in
11:13 3-5. Galbraith OF Canada and
Robertson, Russell and Holiday Of the
United Kingdom all qualified for the
final.
Germany scored her first win this
afternoon, Wnen BreDerSleln came IN
first in the 100 meter back stroke swim.
The wins now stand:
United Kingdom, %; America, s.;
Sweden, 5; Norway. q Canada, Ger
many. France. Belgium and Italy 1
each.
The score in the track and field
events, counting for 1rsts. for sec
onds and / for thirds, Is:
America, 81; United Kingdom, 20;
Sweden. II; Greece, Norway. each;
Canada, Australia, 1Seach.