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YANKEE Athletes
PROTEST BR|T0NS
AMERICANS RAISE A HOWL ON
TUGoF-WAR oPPoNENTs'
SPIKED FOOTWEAR.
QUIT CONTEST AND
APPEAL TO JUDGES
United Kingdom Athletes Are Alleged
Offenders In Struggle = United
States Swimmers Score Victories
In the Swimming Events.

athletes are thoroughly disguised with
the treatment accorded them by the
ofllcials of the Olympic games.
The secrecy with which the draw
ings for the track events were made
snd the result Of this system, whereby
the best American runners were put in
the same heats, was bad enough, they
say, but now the unfairness in, the tug
of-war Friday between an American
and United Kingdom team, in which
the officials allowed the United King
dom team to compete with prepared
shoes, contrary to all the rules, has
disheartened the American contestants.
James q. Sullivan, American commits
sioner to the games, has entered Wig
orous protest, and 1t is hoped that in
the interest OF the success of future
Olympiads the higher officials will do
something to stop the unfairness with
which the Americans allege the Of
ecials of the Amateur Athletic associar
ton, who are conducting the games,
are treating their visitors.
81 Pole Vaulters Are Abashed.
The Amateur Athletic association
has refused also to allow the pole vaul-
tiers to dig hole for their poles, al
though the Americans claim this has
been the practice at all previous re-
Hivafs OF the Olympic games.
The great event of the early after
noon was the final In the ten-mile
walk. In this event G. E. Larner,
United Kingdom, broke the record by
doing nine miles in / hour, minutes,
81 As seconds and ten miles in hour,
is minutes. 81 2-5 seconds. The latter
record is nearly two minutes inside
the previous amateur record for this
distance. E. j. Webb, United King
dom, who was second, cut of seven
Reconds from the same record. The
rest of the field was outclassed. Spen-
Ger, United Kingdom, finished a bad
third. England thus adds another win
to her score for all the Olympic games
and nine points to her score in the
contest with America for supremacy
in field sports.
American Lose; Then Protest.
America protested the tug-of-war
soon after Greece and Germany with
drew from this contest and the first
pull was between the American team
and the second team of the United
Kingdom. The protest was made on
tbs ground that the United Kingdom
team, contrary to the regulations,
wore prepared shoes. The American
team lost the first pull
The American team had two more
pulls, the conditions being the best
two out of three, but in view of the
cause for their protest they decided
to retire. The American team was
composed of w. G. Burroughs, Chicago
"A. A.; A. K. Dearborn, New York A.
g.: John j. Flanagan, Irish-American
A. c., NJ. ]. MeGrath, New York A. c.;
Ralph Rose, Olympic A. c., San Fran
cisco; Lee ]. Talbot, Irish-American
A. c.; w. w. Coe. Jr., Boston A. A.,
and M. F. Horr, Irish-American A. c..
The English team, who are members
of the Liverpool police force, wore an
1mmense shoe which could not under
any circumstances be used for ordin-
airy purposes. In addition to this every
man had the heels OF his shoes in
cased in steel which sank into the turf.
Americans Victors in Swim.
London, July &c M. Daniels,
New York A. c., was an easy winner
in the NTH heat of the 10O-meter swim.
Daniels time was / minute, 5 As Sec
onds.
The sixth heat of the 1e0-meter
swim was won by Harry ]. Hebner,
Illinois A. c., in / minute, IL seconds.
The ninth heat of the 10O-meter swim
was won by L. G. Rich, Brookline
Swimming club, in / minute, IA 3-5
seconds. The second heat in the 100
meter swim was won by Scheff, Aus
kria in minute, IL 4-5 seconds. C. D.
Trubenbach, New York A. c., was
fourth and did not qualify for the final.
tThe fourth heat Of this swim was won
by Julin, Sweden, in 1 minute and IL
seconds. Robert B. Foster, Chicago
"A. A., was fourth and did not qualify
for the final The fourth heat of the
6.000-meter cycle race was won by
Draekenstein. Holland, in 8 minutes,
AZ 40 seconds. G. G. Cameron, Irish
American A. c., was second, but did
not qualify for the final The final
Of the 100-meter back stroke swim was
won by Bieberstein, Germany, in 1
minute, "a 3-5 seconds: Dane, Dem
mark. was second, and Haresnape,
United Kingdom, was third.
OIL Well Still Burns.
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