Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-17
Protest Against Conduct OF unit
ed Kingdom Team in the
Tug OF War Match.
THEIR PROTEST ovERRuLED.
Britishers Permitted to Wear
Steel Heels on Their Shoes
Against Rules.
british olympic Association Has Con-
cIuded Not to Decide the Cham
pionship of Nations Competing.

London. July l7.--The American attn
letes are thoroughly Disguised with the
treatment accorded them by the Of
ficials of the Olympic games.
The secrecy with which the draw
ings for the track events We're made
and the result of this system, whereby
the best American runners were put
in the same heat was bad enough, they
say. but now the unfairness in the tug
of war today between an American
and a United Kingdom team, In which
the officials allowed the United King
dom team to compete with prepared
shoes. contrary to all rules, has dis
hcartened the American contestants.
James h. Sullivan. American commits
sioner to the games has entered
vigorous protest, and il is hoped that
in the interest of the success of future
Olympics the higher officials viii do
something to stop the unfairness with
which the Americans alleged the Of
ficlals of the Amateur Athletic associa-
ton who are conducting the games are
Athletic association has refused to al
low the pole vaulters to dig a hole for
their poles, although the Americans
claim this has been the practise at all
previous revivals of the Olympic
games.
The great event of the early after
noon was the final in the iO-mile walk.
4. Il I
Kingdom broke the record by doing
nine milese in hour. minutes. Y sec
onds, and 10 miles in ! hour IL min
utes, 81 % seconds The latter rec
ord is nearly two minutes inside the
previous amateur record for this dis
lance. * j. WEBB. United Kingdom.
who was second, cut off seven seconds
from this same record. The rest of the
field was outclassed Spencer. United
Kingdom, finished bad third
England thus adds another win to her
score for all the Olympic games. and
nine points in her score in the contest
with America for supremacy in field
sports.
The British Olympic association
has concluded not to decide the
championship OF the nations COM
peting in the Olympic games held in
London this year and the same de-
cision applies to the sports now go
ing on at the stadium at Shepards
Bush The original idea was to offer
a trophy for the country securing the
greatest number of points in all games,
those held In the stadium and those
played nj various clubs, such as the
tennis at Queens club, which was won
by Jay Gould, and the rife matches at
Risley but the difficulty OF arriving at
an equitable method of allotting the
points was so great that the matter has
been dropped The committee has
worked out several schemes but each
was open to so many objections on ac-
count of unfairness to one nation or
another and the attempt TO reach
fair basis having been found quite i'm
possible. the British olympic associ-
alton had to decide reluctantly not to
offer trophies of any Kind except for
the gold; and the bronze medals In each
competition.
CAPT. JONES STATEMENT.
Capt. w Jones, assistant secretary of
the association gave. out this informa-
ton, which has not yet been announced
here. he concluded his statement as
follows;
THE newspapers OF the different
countries have to decide the matter 10
their satisfaction, America. probably
more than any other nation would have
cause for complaint In we attempted TO
award championship The distance to
the United States is great aud We did
not expect the Americans would have
as many entries as the United King
dom. In some events America Is not
represented Therefore. n points were
awarded for every event the United
Kingdom would have a walk-over."
The Americans competing In the sta
dunn games are simply going In for
the championships IN the field events,
aud they are counting their points by
the American method. five for firsts,
three for seconds and one for thirds.
AMERICANS PROTEST.
America has protested the tug OF
war. Greece and Germany withdrew
from this contest, and the first pull
was between the American team and
the second team of the United King
The protest was made on the
ground that the United Kingdom team,
contrary to the regulations, wore pre-
pared shoes. Tho American team
lost the first pull
The American team had Two more
pulls, the conditions being the best
two out OF three. but IN view Of thu
cause for their protest. they decided
TO retire.
The American team was composed
Of ". O. Burroughs, Chicago A.;
A, * Dearborn. New York A. O.
John Flanagan. lrish-Amerlcan \.
C.: w j. McGrath, New York A. CT
llalph Rose. olympic \. e. san Fran
cisco; Lee j. Talbot IRISH American
Athletic club W. w. Coe. junior, sos-
ton A. A., and NJ, F. Horn, Irlsh-Am-
erican a. G..
The English team, who are mem
hers OF the Liverpool police force.
\ wore an Immense shoe which could
u not under any circumstances be used
j Tor ordinary purposes In addiupn
20 this. every man had the heels of
bis shoes encased In steel. which sank
nio the turf, while the head man
lac spikes fastened to his shoes. When
he Americans perceived how the
esrlations Wore being ignored, they
nade no effort Rose. the anchor
IAN, did not even wind the rope
II round his body, When the United