Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-18
TRACKS WERE HEAVY.
Heavy Rains In London Interfere
 With Olympic Games.

mend0uS uOWHpOuI VI iaAh oNo the night, and dull and sunless sky threatening another wet day are what officials and competitors found on their arrival at the stadium thls | morning for the continuation or the Olympic games.
 A varied programme had been ar ranged to bring out the people Tor the first Saturday of the meet. ine morning again given over to archefs and fencing, but for the afternoooh the most attractive events are scned- uled in the hope of drawing a crowd. These include the final in the 3,20o | metre steeplechase, the final in the l 200 metre breast stroke swimming match, the throwing of the discus .'as at Athens" and the finals in the fancy diving, the 5000 metre cycle race, the tug of war, the lO0 kllio- metre cycle race, and the five mile | flat race.
 It is doubtful whether E. P. Carr, Xavier A. A., who with F. G. Bellars, New York A. C., has qualified for this last named event will be able to run as he was unfortunate enough to turn his ankle in yesterdays steeplechase.
 This is the third accident to an American runner. J. L. Eisele, New York A. C., is still suffering pain from the loss of a toenail, and J. D. Lightboy, University of Chicago finds difficulty in sprinting on account or an iniury to his kneecap
 The protest of the Americans is not
 the cry of a losing aggregation, for
 they are still two points ahead Of
 Great Britain in the games, and be-
 sides, other of the competitors, includ-
 ing Canada and France, are not satis-
 fled with the manner in which the
 events of the Olympiad are being en-
 gineered.
 The Americans have other causes Of
 complaint. but their chief objection is
 to the arbitrary way in which their
 protest against ''the fiagrantly unfair
 method of conducting the tug of war;
 was dismissed.
 Daniels outelasses Field.
 As was expected, C. NJ. Daniels of
 the New York Athletic club won his
 heat in the first round of the 100 me- ter swim, his time, 1;05 4-5, being sev'
 eral seconds below that of the winner
 of any other heat
 The Americans met disappointment in the 3.200 meter steeplechase, J. D Lightbody of the University of Chica , go losing his heat to Sewell, United , Kingdom. Under the circumstances however, Lightbody's defeat was not surprising He recently slipped or the stairs of hotel at Brighton ant threw out his kneecap.
 J. L. Eisele of the New York Ath letic club, who most nearly approaches the form of the English distance men won his heat in the steeplechase ir
 11:13 3-5, while Galbraith of Canada and Robertson, Russell and Hollada! of the United Kingdom all qualified for the final, one of the big events O today. Germany scored her first win wheI Bieberstein came in first in the 10 7 meter back. stroke swim, followed ? closely by Dane of Denmark ant Haresnape of the United Kingdom. The wins now stand: United King dom, 22; America, s; Sweden, 5; Nor way, 2: Canada, Germany, France Belgium and Italy, each.
 The score in the track and fielt
 events counting five for firsts, thre'
 for seconds and one for thirds. is
 United Kingdom 20; America, 3l Sweden. II: Greece and Norway, 2 each; Canada and Australia, each.
 Briton a Good Walker. , The one event of real importanc, i that was carried to a successful con i clusion was the ten mile walk. whicl I was won by c. E. Larner of the Unit b ed Kingdom. Incidentally Mir. Larne !. broke the amateur record for thi :. event. covering the ten miles in hou 15 minutes 57 2-5 seconds.
 The United Kingdom had thre ! teams entered in the tug of war. mad , up of the police of the city of London Liverpool and the metropolitan forces , The drawings brought the American . ard Liverpool teams into the arenl | first. The Americans all wore or n dinary street shoes, complying witl @ the rule, which says:
 l No competitor shall wear prepares Q boots or shoes or boots or shoes witt ]. any projecting nails. tips, sprigs
 points. hollows or projections of an. ]. kind No competitor shall make an. : hole in the ground with his feet or fl ! any other way before the start" . The Americans naturally believes
 that the team representing the Unite
 Kingdom would wear ordinary shoes
 particularly as the rule under whicl n the contest was being conducted wa ' made by the British association. Incl
 disappointment therefore was all tn
 greater when upon the Liverpool DO
 lice appearing it was noticed that the. r were wearing enormous shoes. s 2 heavy in fact that it was with grea i. effort they could lift their feet iron Q the ground. The shoes. or boots. wer :. enormous calfskin affairs. that coult { not hy any strength of imagination h 5 called ordinary shoes. Tn additio !. they had steel rims around the heels To