Connecticut western news., 1908-07-30

shaking legs would hardly support his tired body. and his mind was mud dled so that he faltered about the di- rection he should take. although the path lay clear before him.
 Urged on, he reeled down the path until he fell in a heap and lay like one dead. He was assisted to his feet, only to fall again and again. until he was half dragged, half carried across the line in an unconscious condition.
 At first he was proclaimed victor by the officials, but the American protest against him, because of the assistance rendered to him in the Stadium. was needed, and the race was awarded to Hayes.
 The other events in the Stadium were tame as compared with the Mar athon, although they added to the victories of the American team of ath- letes. In the pole vault A. c. Gilbert of Yale and E. T. Cooke of Cornell tied for first place with 12 feet ? inches, and the gold and silver medals go to America, while c. S. Jacobs of the University of Chicago tied with o1 S"cucu dIu AINhlDdlo of Canada for third with vault of II feet 9 inches. America also cap- tured all the heats in the no meter hurdle race, insuring all the places in the final of that event, which will be run today. The Americans also won their heat in the 1900 meter relay race, defeating the teams of the United Kingdom and Canada, and will run in the final against Hungary and Ger many.
 Sweden captured all three prizes in the high diving The United Kingdom won the POO meter team swimming race and the catch-as-catch-can light to 147 pounds wrestling The Greco Roman heavyweight wrestling went to Hungary. The saber and epee indi- vidual fencing was won by Fusch of Hungary and the fencing epee indi- vidual competition by Albert of France.
 J. c. Carpenter, the Cornell univer- sity fiier, carried Old Glory under the wire ahead of all competitors in the final heat of the 400 meter run. The speedy son of Uncle Sam covered the distance in the great time of 4T 4-5 sec onds, smashing the former Olympic record of IS 2-5 seconds made by Lieu tenant Wyndham Halswelle of the Edinburgh Harriers and London Ath- letic club in the second semifinal heat. w. S. Robbins of the Cambridgeport gymnasium, Cambridge, Mass, was second, only a stride behind Carpenter. Halswelle, the former record holder, was third and John Taylor, the negro runner of the Irish-American Athletic club and the University of Pennsyl- vania, would have been fourth if he had been allowed to finish
 That was the correct order of finish as vouched for by H. H. Baxter of the New York Athletic club, who has had many years experience in athletics and whose reputation as a good, clean sportsman is known and respected in every country of the globe. The Brit ish officials, however, declared the race void and disqualified Carpenter, alleg- ing he had fouled Halswelle by fore ing him to run wide and elbowing him. The action of the officials cost America eight points.
 The other events of the games seem unimportant compared with the erup- tion over the 400 meter race. The POO meter sprint was splendid contest. Kerr, the Canadian, won, as was an ticipated, but the Americans, Cloughen and Cartmell, gave him a fierce strug- gle, the three finishing almost togeth- CT. Kerr received a great ovation.
 The standing high jump was almost exclusively an American event. Ray Ewry, New York Athletic club, won in the final, topping the bar at feet 2 inches. The Greek competitor, Tsiclitaras, was an inch below him, tieing with J. A. Biller of the Brook lyn Central T. M. c. A. Holmes gain ed certificate of merit for a jump of l five feet.