New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
TRIUMPH FOR AMERICA
Continued from first page.

Amateur Athletic Association have announced
that they propose to bring the complaint re-
garding Carpenters alleged foul formally 10 the
attention of the Amateur Athletic Union OF
America and the officials of the Amateur Atm
letic Union have resolved to make strong re-
ply Hence. acrimonious correspondence Is
likely TO stir up further feeling, and probably
drag the dispute.
BRITISH PUBLIC SHOWS PREJUDICE.
Despite the conservatism of the press. the
English public shows fierce prejudice against
American athletics which II probably will cher
ish for years TO come.
The Italians feel that they have been treated
unfairly by the award of the Marathon race to
the American. Hayes, and they will always be-
leve that there possibility that Dorando
would have reached the winning post first alone
if he had not been dragged to his feet and
pushed along by the excited track officials al
though practically every one who saw his strug-
giles believes that it would have been utterly
impossible for him rise after his last collapse
and that probably he could not have continued
after his second fall. They also feel that it was
unchivalrous and ungenerous in the Americans
to claim what the Italians can technical VIC
tory under the circumstances.
The games leave minor heartburnings with the
representatives of other nations. and, altogether
while an athletic success, as means of pro-
deplorable failure
In a cable message to President Roosevelt
James E Sullivan. the American commissioner
10 the games, says:
In the athletic section of the Olympic games
/ of 1908 the American representatives won the
/ championship in track and field athletics. Inc
! Americans won fifteen out of a possible twenty
seven frsts scoring more frsts than the athletes
of the rest of the world On the basis Of five
points for first. three for second and one one for
third, the American score Is ia Id: that OF
| Great Britain and Ireland being 90 1-3.
Mr. Sullivan. in speaking this evening for the
| American committee. said:
The Olympic games have not improved the
| friendly relations of America and England from
! an athletic standpoint. The governing bodies
| will be apart in the future. 1t is pity that the
Amateur Athletic Association had control of the
games. 1t should not have been necessary for
! America to have to be protesting and pro-
! testing and put in position where letters were
/ necessary every day. 1t looked as though the
officials of the Amateur Athletic Association
| wanted control everything themselves and
! fidence. They were working under the old Gus
! toms and thought those the best.
SULLIVAN MAKES CRITICISMS
In the first place the programme was badly
arranged. Instead OF concluding one event the
officials took up another race. This prevented
men from taking part in more than one race.
! They should have gone through the heats, the
semi-fnals and the final of race before
starting the heats of another race Then all
! those competent enter could have started As
matter of fact. it entirely too big a
| proposition for the handling it, and they
/ would not look anywhere for help.
| / shall forget long live the
during the 900 metres race. The public had been
! in1amed against the Americans, and the judges,
| taking signal from the field,
/ threw up their hands broke the tape and called
/ the race eff before they knew what had hap
Pened Il is ridiculous for them TO say that that
| yards away. If Carpenter had fouled Halswelle
! the judges should have allowed him to finish
and then. If the man al the corner declared
foul, Carpenter could have been disqualified and
! the should have been given TO the second
! man who was Robbins Mind you, l am not
admitting any foul.
Look now differently they acted yesterday.
Although the officials themselves had broken the
most important rule governing the Marathon
| race by helping Dorando. the tape was not
broken and the Italian was allowed TO finish
! porando should have been taken from the track
! and the tape left for Hayes the actual winner,
/ TO break Plucky man as Dorando is. Hayes
was the winner under all the rules of racing.
/ II was inhun7an TO drive that man around the
track in the condition he in, and it was
unfair TO Hayes, who was robbed of the honor
! of breasting the tape.
Then despite that everybody said that the
| Italian had been disqualified by the action of
the officials the judges ordered the Italian flag
/ TO be hosted and the Stars and Stripes placed
| under it AS the breach Of the rules was so
palpafie we did not protest until that done.
! believing, as every in the Stadium did,
| that the judges would award the race TO Hayes
/ The Italian flag was hoisted simply 70 put us IN
/ the unfortunate position Of having 10 protest
PRAISE FOR LORD DESBOROUGH.
l hould like TO say here that we have not
word of complaint to make against Lcrd Des
borough. Busy he was, he showed ap-
probation of the effort America had made to
| send a team here and he did everything possible
! to make US comfortable He is the right type
of sportsman of whom there are plenty in
England, but they have not been in that arena.
II is not generally known, but had TO have
| one official put off the for coaching the
| English competitors. II that who
| assisted Dorando. We should have been
compelled take such drastic measures, bHt
| as the Amateur Athletic Association would not
/ tect our men Indeed were so badly treated
! that If IL had not been for Lord Desborough
/ the American team would have been taken away
( from the Stadium early In the week When il
was announced that the Indian. Longboat would
ne allowed and that the pole yaulters
/ would not be allowed to dig a hole for the
uole the committee seriously considered retiring
1 ms 10 remain. and he had been courteous that
we could not refuse
AS a matter of fact of the officials
wanted rs to retire before the sprints were con-
! cluded and the Marathon started. We had not
/ said much about our Marathon men, but we
/ felt they were going 10 do great things. The
! Fnrlishmen were not afraid of the Cana
. dtans who had been talked of much. bit
I they had heard OF Morrissey and his tesrl-
4 mates and knew that there was little chance OF
( their own men winning with the Americana in
the contest.
So far as / personally concerned this is
| the last international meeting I shall recon-
| mend the Americans 10 take part in until as
| sured that every country competing shall have
say In he cement. that sha II