Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-24
400 METRE RACE
Commissioner Sullivan Geis an ADswer 10 Bis Pr0iesi- Race
 Must Be Run Over
CARPENTER IS SCORED

London, July 24.-James E.. Sul- ivan, the American commissioner to the Olympic games, has received the following letter from the secretary of the Amateur Athletic association in reply to the American protest against the decision given yesterday in the 400 metre race, which was declared void on the allegation that J. c. Car penter, Cornell university, had fouled Halswelle, the English runner. "I have the honor to inform you that the judges have considered the running of the 400 metres race, and after taking the, full evidence of the umpires, together with what they themselves say, they declare that the race is void and that it shall be run tomorrow, Saturday, at noon, with out J. c. Carpenter, he being disqualf- fed. In order to avoid any further difficulty the judges order that the course be stringed, and they have de- cided further that the matter of Car penter's running be reported to the Amateur Athletic association" Although the fact that the Ameri- cans will not run this race again is known to everybody here, it has not yet been published in London.
 London, July 24.-One of the best morning programmes since the opening of the Olympic games, cou- pied with brilliantly fine weather, brought big crowd to the stadium early to-day.
 The first event was the pole vault The refusal of the officials to allow the American vaulters to dig hole for their pole has been strongly ob- jected to, but the officials adhered to their decision and the Americans went in handicapped by having to jump with a spiked pole, an instru- ment to which they are not used.
 Then came four heats in the semi finals of the 110 metre Q20.2 yards) hurdle race. The first heat was carried of by A. B. Shaw, Dart mouth university, who defeated Hussey, Walters and Greetings. three United Kingdom runners, and covered the distance in the splendid time of 15 3-5 seconds, only one fifth of second over the Olympic record.
 F. C.. Smithson, Multnoham, Ore, A haf fx. ka heat, which he won in 15 2-5 sec onds. equalling the Olympic record Knyvett. United Kingdom, was third in this heat.
 The first section of the pole vault was won by A. c. Gilbert, Yale uni versity, who cleared 12 feet. Archi- bald, Canada, was second, with Il feet inches. Clark s. Jacobs, Uni versity of Chicago, cleared II feet inches.
 In the third heat of the swimming team race Hungary swan over. In the fourth heat of the 110 metre hurdles, J. c. Garrels. Chicago A. A., won easily. Time 16 1-5 sec onds. This assures all the places in the finals to America. The other two heats of the 110 metres hurdles were put of until this afternoon.
 In the catch-as-catch-can light weight to 147 pounds, wrestling John H. Krug. jr., National Turn verien, Newark N. l., won the first bout by defeating Hoy, United King dom, on points, but he lost his Lout in the second round to Wood, United Kingdom.
 The first heat of 1,600 metre Q.74S.S yards) relay race was won by Hungary. The Hungariens de- feated the Swedes. Time 3 minutes 33 2-5 seconds.
 The third heat of the no metre hurdles was won by w. NJ. Rand, Harvard university; time Is 4-5 sec onds.
 Australia beat Hungary in the first lap of the swimming team race. 200 metres. four men to each team.
 In the second heat the American team, composed of C. NJ. Daniels, New York A. C.; Harry J. Hebner, Illinois A. C.: l.. Budd Goodwin, \. Y. A. C., and l.. G. Rich. Brookline Swimming club. was beaten by the United Kingdom team. The finish was a close one.
 The final in the Graeco- Roman heavyweight wrestling match was won by Weisz of Hungary, who de- feated Peproff of Russia.
 The four first finals in the high diving contest were won by Sweden. America was fifth, Gaidsik of Chicago taking this place.
 The foreign competitors. French. Swedish and American. in the pole vaulting had an unpleasant lme. The unruly crowd ''booeG" and tried to balk them. The police had to be called upon in the effort to stop this procedure. but were not successful.