The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-07-24
Olympic Race, Which Ameri-
can Won. Declared Void.
Other Nations Protest Against Unfat'
Deal at Hands Of Biitishers--Offi-
cisI Said American Fouled.
THE OTHERS CLAIM NO FOUL

DC games, net Only between the
Americans and officials of the ANA
teur Athletic association. but be /.
tween tho athletes of other nations
and the same ofhclals. eliminated In
an occurrence which. threatened to
wreck the inter-Olympic meetings.
The trouble was over the final heat
IN the 400 meter fiat race for which
J. c. Carpenter. Of Cornell Univer-
ssty; J " Taylor. OF the disclaimer
lean Athletic club: w c. Robbins. OF
Cambridge. Mass. and Lieutenant
wyndham SHalswe,le, OF the United
Kingdom, qualified.
Race Declared Void.
With the exception of Taylor. the
men got on quickly on the firing OF
the pistol and Robbins sprlnted in
front. taking The poe from Carpen-
ter, who was just behind. with Halls
wel'e trailing along beside him
u looked like anybody's race as
they approached the last turn. the
three leaders being punched. The
spurt for the final hundred yards WIS
just begun when suddenly one OF the
officials rushed onto the track. the
tape across the finish was torn down
and the :aee declared void. Il Was
hard for time to understand what
had occurred. but the Official an
nounced that Carpenter had fouled
Halswel.e az the turn.
No Sign of n Foul.
Every cody close 10 this spot had
noticed that the : three men had
swerved toward the outside OF the
track as they came around the bend
at terrific pace, but there we're mol
signs 81 a deliberate fou. visible to
those In the press stands An up
roar followed such as seldom or
never was Witnessed on the athletic
field. The officials OF the Amateur
Athletic association ran along the
edges Of the track shouting foul
and appeared even more excited than
the runners. who with the exception
Of Taylor, continued the race to the
finish.
Carpenter First.
Carpenter passed the post ~first |
Robbins second. Ha.swelle third !
Yaylor. who was a considerable dis
tance In the rear. was dragged on
the track by one pf the excited on |
cials. who shouted that there was no
race. The American contingent set
up yell OF delight as their man had
apparently captured the race which
had been predicted for the Brltlsher
while the vast audience hlilng the
other stands sat silent. no; knowing
the cause OF the excitement In the
arena
Britishcrs Cheer Wildly.
Then the announcer made brief
statement through megaphone
that the race had been declared void.
but no reason was given. Still not
knowing why. great British cheer
broke out and continued for several
minutes--the men who could not
understand the incident crying foul"
louder than those sitting opposite the
spot where the alleged foul was said
10 have taken place. anS who. seeing
Halesweile taking wide turn |
thought Il mistaken Judgment. as
he had lots of room to pass Carpen-
ter on either side.
Made Remarkable Time.
The uproar continued nearly half
an hour aud As the people poured |
out OF the stands arguments were
taken up in the aisles and gateways !,
and the race Is still subject OF BIT
ter wrangling everywhere Matthew
r. Halpln. manager of the American
team. who was IN the arena. imme-
diately entered protest claiming
the race for Carpenter. who had
done the distance according 20 I'M
Official watches in the remarkable |
time of AZ 2-5 seconds, some watches
making II even Jess.
Declared mo Race"
A committee meeting of the ANA
teur Athletic association. details of
which have not been made public.
was called. and - judges who rem
Adered the decision and Halswelle
we're called to state their case.
Neither any member OF the American
committee nor any one of the three
Antiitdu TunucIss nOWtNtfs was
called on to make a statement. and
the committee decided mo race"
and ordered II to be run over again
Saturday and declaring Carpenter
disqualified.
Ordered Not To Run.
When they heard the decision the
American committee ordered the
men not TO run on Saturday. James
II. Sullivan. American commissioner
to the games. in a statement. pointed
ont that Carpenter had Ha,sewelle
beaten at the 800 yards. aud declared
that the Britisher was "all Inn long
before the runners reached the pole.
He also called attention to the inter-
ference by the association In this,
and that they. instead OF the referee.
made the announcement that the
race was void He cited number of
unsportsmanlIke incidents on the
part of the Britishers.
Others Protest. ,
America is not alone In her pro-
testations against, unfair treatment.
Sweden has withdrew a@oA her
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