The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
Prizes Are Awarded
 To VictOrS M OIynlpidd


 his last collapse and that probably 10
 could have not kept on after his sec
 ond fall. They also feel that 1t was
 unehivalous and ungenerous in tho
 Americans to claim what the Italians
 call technical victory, under the cir cumstances. The Olympiad leaves minor heart burnings with the representatives of other nations, and altogether, while an athletic success, as means of pro noting international friendships 1t has
 been deplorable failure.
 In cablegram sent to President Roosevelt, James E. Sullivan, the Anne ican commissioner to the games said;
 "In the athletic section of the
 Olympic games of 1908, the American. representatives won the championship
 In track and field athletics. The Amer jeans won 15 out of a possible 27 hrsts. l scoring more firsts than the athletes of the entire world. On the basis of i've points for firsts, three for second ant one for third, the American score 114h; that of. Great Britain and Ire- jand being 66 1-3.'
 SuIivan's Views. Mr. Sullivan, in speaking this even | ing for the American committee, said: "The Olympic games have not inn 1 proved the friendly relations of Amerl- ] ca and England from an athletic stand | point The governing bodies will be i apart in the future. It is a pity that the Amateur Athletic association has 1 control of the games. It should not have been necessary for America to be 1 protesting and protesting and put in d 1 position where protests were necessary i every day. It looks as though the Of 1 fcials of the Amateur Athletic asso- ciation wanted to control everything themselves and would not take other countries into their confidence. They were working under the old customs and thought those the pest.
 Tn the first place. the programme l was badly arranged Instead of con-
 cludlng one event, the officials took up 1 another race. This prevented men fro m ] taking part in more than one race. l They should have gone through the i heats, the semi finals and the final of
 one race before starting the heats O l another race. Then all those compe tent to enter could have started. As l matter of fact, it was entirely too 1 big a proposition for the men handling
 1t and they would not look anywhere i for help.
 Ridiculous Act.
 l q shall never forget during my life
 the scene during the 400 meters race l The public had been inflamed against | the Americans and the judges, taking
 signal from some man on the fiel l threw up their hands, broke the taps 1 and called the race off, before they
 knew what had happened. It is
 ridiculous for them to say that they
 could see what happened 100 yards 1 away. If Carpenter had fouled Hals' welle the judges should have allowed l him to finish and then, if the man at
 the corner declared a foul, Carpenter
 could have been disqualified and th- race mould have been given to the sec a
 ond man, who was Robbins. Mind yo1l , l am not admitting any foul. 1 Look how fndecently they acted yes ] terday, although the officials themselves had broken the most important rule gov
 erning the Marathon race, by helping the 1 Italian runner. 4-E "Dorando should have been taken from
 the track and the tape left for Hayes, I the actual winner, to break Plucky man l as Dorando is, Hayes was the winner | under all the rules of racing. It was in- 1 human to drive the man around the l track in the condition he was in, and 1 it was unfair to Hayes, who was robbed
 of the honor of breaking the tape.
 "Then despite that everybody said that l the Italian had been disqualified by the action of the officials, the judges or 1 dered tlie{ Italian flag to be iloisted and | the stars and stripes placed under 1t.
 As the breach of the rules was so pal 1 pable, we did not protest until that was ! done, believing as every man in the sta- i dium did that the judges would award
 the race to Hayes. The Italian flag was 1 hoisted simply to put us in the unfortu-
 nate position of having to protest. Desborough a Fair Man.
 q should like to say here that we l have not a word of complaint to make l against Lord Desborough. Busy man as
 he was, he showed appreciation of the 1 effort America has made to send a team here, and he did everything possible to
 make us comfortable. He is the right l type of sportsman, of whom there are , plenty in England, but they have not | been in that arena.
 "It is not generally known, but we l had to have one official put off the area , for coaching the English competitors. It i was that man who assisted Dorando. 1 We should not have been compelled to ] take such drastic measures but the | Amateur Athletic association would not | take the step we had to do it ourselves l to protect our men. Indeed, we were 1 so badly treated that if it had not been ! for Lord Desborough the American team
 would have been taken away from the !! stadium early in, the week.
 1 In conclusion Commissioner Sullivan [ said that America should be proud of i her team, but in showering honors on | the victorious Americans must not for ! get the man who, although he never 1 figured in wins, trained and watched the ] competitors, and without whose assist | ance the men could not have done what | they did.
 The American committee has decided I to present a medal to Dorando, on which will be inscribed the flags of the United | States and Italy. and Marathon figure. | It will be sent through the American
 ambassador at Rome
 i L. O. McGrann of Lancaster Pa., one { of the exhibitors at the International 1 Horse Show, has headed the list of the
 subscription with s165.
 List of Winners.
 | The following is a list of the winners of the Olympic events held in the stadium,
 beginning July 13:
 The American winners are given first,
 the United Kingdom second, and all others in third group.
 Marathon race, 26 miles, 3S5 yards, won
 by John J. Hayes, Irish American Athletic club. Time, 2:55:1S. Hefferon, South Africa, second; Joseph Forshaw, Mis- souri A. C., third; A. Roy Welton, Y M. c. A., Lawrence, Mass. fourth; Wood,
 Canada fifth; Simpson, Canada, sixth; Lawson, Canada, seventh Svanberg,
 Sweden, eighth Tewanina, Carlisle h.
 dian school, ninth.
 Dorando of Italy finished first in2:54:46,
 but was disqualified for having received i assistance when he tainted away before