Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

track the longer is his route to the line.
Halsewelle was behind Carpenter. In
stead Of Halsewelle trying to get the in
side. or better position. he followed Car
penter out. and the official at the turn
said there was a contact. AS matter
of fact Halsewelle was all in. and he
didn't know what he was doing at that
stage of the race for Carpenter had run
him off his feet. Now, allowing that there
was foul at the turn. the officials had
no right. according to their own rules. to
declare it no race disqualfy Carpenter.
and then order the race to be run over.
Stole the Race.
Without the slightest hesitation l say
that this race was deliberately taken
away from us. Why. their influential
newspapers a day before the contest told
how their representatives could not be
beaten and the race was as good as won.
They further called attention to the
American competitors in this event. using
such language that left little to the imag
nation. intimating plainly that they
would try some trick or underhand meth
Cd If they got the opportunity. Carpenter
simply surprised everybody and was en-
titled to the race.
After what / saw I'm two weeks at the
stadium l never again want an English
athletic officials definition of an amateu
Why, they do not understand their own
rules. Some Of their technical decisions.
which should have been based on old and
established principles, were the result of
overnight conferences between themselves.
without regard to how the rules We're laid
down.
81 believe that the colleges and private
schools i'm England conduct their sports
on a sound amateur basis but the gov
eminent of amateur sports outside of this
element in England is joke. You hear
continually talk of bOOkmakerS and their
actions concerning this and that amateur
athletic event. They were willing to &C
cept the entry of the Canadian Indian
I.ongboat when We long ago discredited
him and declared him a professional.
They have time and again commended We
were afraid of I.OngbOat but we showed
them in the Marathon how muh we were
afraid of his ability as a runner. We are
q fraid of his methods as an amateur
"A general denunciatior OF the whole
affair is unsatisfactory and uncOnvincing,
but I am willing to take this matter up
on other lines. To show and prove that
the Amateur Athletic Association of Great
Britain is no fit body to conduct and fos-
ter amateur athletics in Great Britain /
am willing to openly debate the question
of amateur sport as it was exemplified
b. the Amateur Athletic Association off,
Gals at Shepherds Bush with any one the
British people name
Noisy Welcome.
1t was 10 o'clock. one hour after the
scheduled time. when the tug c. p. Ray
mOnd. with a merry party Of Suilivan's
friends. left the Battery landing amid the
playing of the band on board and the
footing of whistles by passing boats. All
the way down the harbor the long strips
Of muslin on both sides of the tug with
the inscription Welcome, United States
Commissioner J. Z. Sullivan" was the
signal for a salute by a number of steam
ers. At Quarantine capt. Bennett went
ashore to seek information about the ar
rival of the Cedric. WHICH Was announc.,I
as being due at Quarantine at 1 O'clock
and at her dock at the foot of 18th street
an hour later.
When the Cedric was amidships of the
tug. the passengers on the big ocean
steamer and those on the tug became
wildly excited. The whistles on both YES
sells gave the salute. with the little quar-
antine steamer running in between doing
likewise. When Commissioner Sullivan
was espied in a corner of the hurricane
deck, with an American flag outspread in
front of him, those on the tug waved flags
and small shields, while Mr.. Sullivan
waved his hat in response. Not far from
him was Charley Harvey while on the
deck below was Manager Matthew Halpin
who also received a cordial greeting. Only
Commissioner Sullivan was taken aboard
the tug, Messrs. Harvey and Halpin stay