Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-23
Sensational Announcement by
Olympic Games Officials.
CARPENTER WINS CONTEST
Deprived of the Benefit of His Vic
tory.
AMERICANS HO0T DECISION
Manager Halpin Declares His Men
Will Not Run Again-Kerr
Takes 2OO-Meters.

LONDON, July 23.-A sensation was cre-
ated today when the Olympic games Off
cials decided that the 40O-meter fiat race
In which j. c. Carpenter. Cornell Uni
versity. came in first, was no race This
decision was reached on the ground that
Carpenter had bored Halswelle. the
English runner. Boring is the English
term for 'pocketng.''
w. c. Robbins was second, Halswelle
third. and ]. b. Taylor American
A. c.. fourth.
AS soon as the decision of the officials
was made known the grand stands were
in an uproar. the Englishmen cheering
the announcement and the Americans
hooting. The boring is alleged to have
occurred at the corner coming into the
stretch. To the spectators it seemed
impossible. They could not see how.Car-
penter, who had the post, could avoid
coming out little as the men already
had started to sprint.
Matthew P. Halpn, manager of the
American team declared that the Ameri-
cans would not run the race over.
Kerr Wins 2OO-Meter Run.
The final in the 2OO-meter final race was
won by Kerr, Canada. Cloughen. Irish
American A. c., was second and N. j.
Cartmell. University of Pennsylvania.
was third. Time, % 2-5 seconds. Four
men in this event got away to a splendid
start Kerr quickly showed in the front,
and although Cloughen made a magnif-
cent squirt at the half way and pulled up
inch by inch, he was unable to catch the
nine inches ahead of him. Cartmell was
only a foot behind Cloughen. Hawkins,
United Kingdom, was fourth.
Increasing Interest.
| AS the Olympic games draw toward a
| close interest in them increases and fine
weather, although late in arriving. is now
| favoring the great international contest
for athletic supremacy. Yesterday was to
the meeting what Derby day is to EPSON
racing week, the final Of the 100. meter
sprint in the eyes of the general public be-
| ing considered the most important event
| of the meeting. Those who follow ath-
letics. however. were Just as keenly inter-
ested in the finals of the two races to be
run off today. The first of these was the
200 meters fiat in which Cartmell and
Cloughen, America, ran against Kerr.
Canada and Hawkins, United Kingdom.
The other final was In the 4O0-metef
fiat race, in which Carpenter. Taylor and
Robbins of America met Halswelle. a lieu
tenant in the British army. and described
as the greatest quarter miller the United
Kingdom has had In recent years. In
Robbins. however. the Americans felt
they had a worthy successor to Taylor.
who is hardly UP to his form of four
years ago.
The Americans also figured largely in
the standing high jump with which the
program opened.
Standing High Jump.
Only the semi-finals of the standing high
| hour arrived.
carried off by Tsicklitaras. lanky
Greek, who figured in the previous
jumping events He cleared feet l
inch. Platt Adams. New York A c..
c. Ewry. New York A. c.. equaled the
Greeks jump in the second section. but
he could not improve upon it. j. A.
Biller. Brooklyn Central Y. M. c. A, was
Ewry. He did feet II inches. Martin
]. Sheridan, Irish-American A. c.,
failed at feet Z inches after clearing
feet inches. Henderson, United
Kingdom. and Blystad, Norway. each
beat Sheridan by inches. clearing
feet 8 inches.
The third section was won by F. Leroy
Holmes, Chicago, with feet f. c.
Irons, Chicago A. A. and Gallwitz. Ger
many each made feet 8 inches.
In the fourth section Motto. France.
was first, with feet inches. Lawson
Robertson, Irish-American 4. c., did not
qualify for the final.
The final of the standing high Jump
was won by Ray C. Ewry. New York
A. c.. with feet inches.
Miscellaneous Sports.
The Americans were much interested in
| the sem-final of the high diving contest.
Gaidzik of the American team. with six
Swedes, one Finn. one German and one
Englishman, having come up from the
various heats to this position.
The semi-final of the 1.5OO-meter swim
was on the program for today. and more
important to America the fourteen heats
of the 110-meter hurdles. which is one
of the events the American team expects
to win
The Graeco- Roman wrestling. light
weights up to 147 pounds. and the catch
as-catch-can matches between heavy
weights up to 161 pounds, going on at
mats at either end of the arena, kept the
adherents to that form OF sport enter
tanned all day long. The only American
entered in these events was Lee j. Tall
bott. and he was defeated In the first bout
at catch -as-catch-can by O'Kelly, United
Kingdom.
The final of the chas-catch-can,
heavy weight to 161 pounds, wrestling.
was won by OKelly, United Kingdom.
who defeated Gunderson, Norway.
J. A. Biller. Brooklyn Central Y. NJ c.
A., and Tsilitaras. Greece. tied for sec
ond place in the standing high jump. with
) feet inch. F. Leroy Holmes, Chicago.
was fourth with feet fiat, and will be
given a certificate of merit. Ewry. the
winner. was accorded a great ovation by
| the American spectators.
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