The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-17
WEIGHT EVENTS
GO TO AMERICA

LONDON, July tG.-rhis was Ameri-
cas- day In the Olympic sports at the
stadium, both big events which reached
the finals, throwing the discus, free
gtylc, and putting the shot. being
carried Off by Martin ]. Sheridan, Of
the 1risll-American Athletic Club, and
Ralph Rose, OF the olympic Club San
francisco, respectively. The United
Kingdom captured the third final. the
4OO-metre swimming event,Si In which
il. Taylor, added to the score OF HIS
country by beating Beanrepalre, tie
Australian crack. and Schcff, OF Au-
atria.
The final also was reached In 1000
metre cycle race, but this proved sHuLn
n fiasco, through the attempts OF four
OF the artcipants-Schilles OF
France, and Jones. Kingsbury ana
johnson, of Englund--to force each
other to take thctpace. that tho judges
declared the event off, In not being
finished within tho time limit.
Italy got her first gold medal TO-
ton, receiving the greatest number OF
points against q great army Of COM
petItors.
No official announcement Ia obtain
able as to how the British Olympic
Association Is going to decide the
olympic championship, but the system
adopted by the London sporting pypers
In arriving at the respective positions
OF the various countries has been gem
orally accepted. This system awards
one point for each win. ignoring sec
onds and thirds. and includes all
sports carried out under the auspices
OF the association, whether within the
Stadium or outside OF It. Following
this method OF counting points, the
countries would be placed In this
order:
Points Won.
United Kingdom, 20; United States. 8;
Sweden. 81; Norway. 2: and Canada.
France, Belgium and Italy, each.
The United Kingdoms 20 points. ac-
cording to this computation, are made
up as follows: Mems doubles and sim
giles and ladies singles. In both the
lawn tennis and covered court tennis
competitions: pole competitions; singles
and doubles at racquet; individual rifle
competitions; individual miniature rifle
competition atsdisappearing target; In
dividunl miniature rifle competition at
moving target; team and individual
competitions;g miniature rifles at or
binary targets: team competition
at clay birds. and the follow
ing wins in the Stadium: $500
metres walk 20-kilometres cycle race.
three-mile team race, 6s0-yards cycle
race. and 4oo-metres swim.
The United States score is made up
OF the following wins: rifle team com
petition: revolver team competition: In
dividual double shot at running deer:
Jay Gould's victory In court tennis
competitions; throwing the hammer:
1.5o0-metres flat race; throwing the
discus and putting the weight.
The Swedish points We're scored by
wins In the team and individual COM
petition shoot at running deer and
throwing the javelin: Norway, the
team and Individual rifle shooting at
3oo-metres: Canada.the individual COM
petition at clay birds: France. the
2.000-kilometres tandem cycle race;
Belgium. the Individual revolver COM
petition. and Italy. team gymnastic
competition.
Games Long Continued.
As the summer section OF the games
will continue until October 18th. and
will include yachting. the Olympic re-
Satta, and figure skating, and as there
will be winter section TO include
Rugby and association football, hockey,
lacrosse and boxing, 1t will be the end
OF the year before the trophy for the
championship in all. sports can be
awarded. II this method of counting
points Is followed by the British Olym-
pic Association. England Will win the
trophy. for there are few countries
taking part In the sports outside the
Stadium.
The American athletic team. which
Is devoting its attention to events
within the Stadium, however. Is not
accepting this Interpretation. James
sullivan, president of the Amateur
Athletic Union, and United States com
missioner to the Olympic games. said
to the Associated Press tonight:
We came here as we went to Paris
and Athens. with field team, and arc
making fight In the field events. car
ing nothing for the other sports. We
asked that the championship trophy be
put up for the field sports separately.
but this request was not acceded to.
So we Will simply take the score in
the field events. counting first, five
points; second. three points. and third
one point, and figure out the American
score on this basis"
America Leads.
Under the American system the
score as 1t stands to- night Is as fol-
lows: is
America the hammer, 81:
q Sed's4 4dSc, % , ulSCuS, u, putting the
shot, 6: 1500-metre race, S. Total, 81.
United Kingdom-Tcam race, o; put
ting the shot. 3; 1.5oo-metre race. Il;
3.500-metre walk. s. Total, 20.
Sweden. s: Greece 81; Canada. /; Aus
tralia, \: Norway. !.
Commissioner Sullivan has received
n reply to the letter which he sent to
Lord Desborough, chairman Of the Brit
4 ish Olympic Association, protesting
against certain of the rules governing
the contests and referring to other
matters In connection with the games.
In his reply Lord Desborough opens
With an apology to the Americans for
the failure to use a single American
flag In the decoration OF the stadium
on tho opening day. The omission to
do SO, he says, has since been remedied
lie then takes UP. tho complaints of
tho Americans regarding the conduct
Of the sports. The question Of the
pole vault was referred to the Amateur
Athletic Association, which decided NOT
to allow the Americans to dig hole
for the pole but acceded to the request
ii to have pits filled with sand for lal,d-