The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24

- ~f-f@~a1A1 anu +nEW&uHDETE. ;. Tt is no surprise to me-" he said,
 Tn view of the statements that Hall sewelIe had been pocketed at Athens and that today.s race would be watch ga by the people. It Is fair to assume. therefore,. that the audience was ready to denounce an American victory in the foo metres race and that the officials were influenced by this fact :" Carienter Describes Race. Carpenter, bright and quiet young American. who does not look as though he scould do- the trick. and who, his teammates say. would be the last one to resort to fouling to win medals. thus described the race:
 As we approached the last bend, Robbins had the pole and was leading by a yard. II made my effort there and certainly ran wide. as I have done. every time have been on the track. Halseweile had lots of room to pass me on either side.
 'It Is ridiculous to talk of a team boring. or pocketing as good man as Halsewelle in a quarter mile race No team could do 1t. We had nothing of the kind in view: we just raced him off his feet and he could not stand the pace." sts t.i 'fe ef
 All the men agree that Trainer Mi chael Murphy called the runners to- gether before the start of the race and
 
 had to. beat and how careful they had to be op account of statements in the papers. that the Americans would try unfair play. cautioned them to be fair above all things and to run their hard est They all say they were doing this and nothing more.
 F. Leroy Holmes. of Chicago, also had an unpleasant experience with the spectators this Afternoon. He was giving a zplendid exhibition In the standing high jump, when, without any cause whatever the spectators com menced to aboo." This got so bad that the referee had to call out that if the would be postponed. This threat serv- ed to bring quiet. although Holmes had been made very uncomfortable. This and other signs of i'll feeling toward the Americana has not escaped the notice of continental visitors. the French correspondents who have been followinu the sports particularly con" demning the way in which the Amer. jeans have been treated and after tho 400 metres race and the Holmes in- cident. they with others of their coun- trymen took up the arguments in be- half of the Americans.
 America Is not alone in her protest- ations against unfair treatment. Swed- eu has withdrawn all her men from the Graeco- Roman wrestling contest on the ground that one of her representa- tives was unfairly deprived Of bout yesterday. ssss
 whatever may be the fact in the un- fortunate episode. both the English and the Americans firmly believe that their men are absolutely right and the others wholly wrong. and the result Is likely to be extremely damaging to Anglo-American atheltics for years to come. ses'Nt' es
 Ideutenant fzaiseweile Is a gentle
 man of the highest standing. and an oficer of a popular regiment, which counts for much with his countrymen,
 who. are certain that he would not knowingly profit by an unfair ruling In his own favor.
 Americans Unpopular. It is an undentable fact that Amer | ican athletes. have not been popular in England, since the famous Cornell row. ing episode. The public mind has been charged with the belief that Amert. can amateurs are tainted with profes' sionalism and thiss suspicion has been vastly increased by charges of the sort reproduced from American magazines. The Americans have been conscious | of the atmosphere of suspicion sur | rounding them and have done their ut | most to win victories so cleanly that no one could grumble
 The other events of the day seem l unimportant compared with the erup tion over the 400 meters race. The
 900 meters sprint was s splendid con
 test. Kerr, the Canadian, won, as was l anticipated, hut the Americans, Clough- | on and Cartmell, gave him . fierce struggle, the three finishing almost to- | gether. Kerr received. an ovation. The | Americans applauded him as enthusias. | tically as his own people did. The standing high jump was almost | exclusively an American event. Bay | Ewry, New York Athletic Club. won iD the tinal. topping the bar at feet I 3 inches. rt Y
 The Greek competitor, Tsiclitaras | was an inch below him, tying with
 J. A. Ballter. of the Brooklyn Central
 Young Men.s Christian Association. Holmes gained a certificate of merit for l 6 jump of feet.,ii sc4
 osKel1ey. of the United Kingdom.
 won the final in the catch-as-catch-can
 wrestling heavy weight over 1s1 honors in fencing and the Hungarian
 The American heat winners in tho | 110 meters hurdles were J. c. Garrells. Chicago Athletic Association; William l M. Rand. Havard; F. H. Snithon, l MuItonimah. Oregon Athletic Club; L. | w. Howe, Yale, and A. B. Shaw. Dart
 mouth. The United Kingdom took | seven heats in this event and Belgium | and Norway. one each.
 Sir Thomas Upton has invited the American athletes and officials to make
 cruise on the Erin next week. 
 MRS. A. PARKER DEAD.