The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-25

him and he felt certain from their gail that they were about run out, Ht therefore increased his speed and be- fore he got through the scrubbs he i had overtaken the South African and had made considerable gain on Do, rando,
 The times taken at the finish show how well Hayes succeeded in making up the distance, for despite the assist ance given the Italian, the American 1T the mile and half distance from tho scrubbs to the stadium, decreased tho Italians lead from about six minutes to less than minute, and he was strong while his opponent was com. pletely undoue.
 Forshaw, the second American tc finish, was but four seconds and ( fraction behind Eefferon, and was walking about tonight as fresh as evel and suffering no i'll effects from tho race. He, of all the men who finished probably has clearer idea of what happened than any one else.
 Among other things he said: "First of all, the Americans owe their vic. tory to Mike" Murphy Gold Yale tralner), who got us in splendid con. dition, l have been in seven long races. but never entered one in bet. ter condition than l was to-day. It Is question whether public opinion will ever support another Marathon race here. Dorando's con. dition when he finished and the con. dition of many of the contests in to. days event lead people to think 1t k worse than prlzeightng or bullHght. ing.
 The American athletes are sending to Italy theiir congratulations on Do. rando's magnificent fight for victory Happiness returned to the American camp tonight and the officials, ath. letes and everybody in any way con. nevted with the team are celebrating the great victory won by Hayes. They have forgotten all the troubles of the past two weeks in this moment oI triumph.
 Wasn't 1t great" said Manager Halpin. who continued: "We not only won the big race of the Olympic games, but also got third, fourth ant ninth places, and, what Is more. oui Indian beat the much lauded Cana. dian Indian Longboat Well, We ear forget what has gone before, although We will always feel that we have beer unfairly treated" '
 | Ill L.. were tame compared with the Mar athon, although they added to the vic tories of the American team of ath letes. In the pole vault, A. c. Gil bert of Yale, and E. T. Cook of Cor nell, tied for first place with 12 fee 2 Inches and the gold and silver med als go to America, while C. S. Jacobs University of Chicago, tied with Son derstrom of Sweden, and Archibald o Canada, for third, with vault of | feet 9 Inches. America also captured the heats in the no metre hurdle rae, insurng all the places In the final O that even which will be run to-mor row. The Americans also won thei heat in the l,600 metres relay race defeating the teams of the United Kingdom and Canada, and will run il the final against Hungary and Ger many.
 Sweden captured all three prizes Il the high diving; the United Kingdom won the 200 metres team swimminl race and the catch-as-ca -catch-can ligh to 147 pounds wrestling The Graeco Roman heavyweight wrestling wen to Hungary; the sabre and Epee in dividual fencing was won by Fusch O Hungary and the fencing of Epee in | dividual competition by Albert 0 France.
 At the governments banquet to tn foreign visitors and the council of tn Olympiad held tonight at the Grafto galleries. 1t was announced by IAr, Desborough, chairman of the counci that Queen Alexandra has expressed desire to present cup to Dorando a a mark of her appreciation for hi fine performance. This was greeted with cheers, as also was Lord Desbor ough's high tribute to the Italian run | ner.
 Lewis Harcourt presided and a mum ber of diplomats and high governmen officials attended. Sir Edward Grey the secretary for foreign affairs, i toasting the king, referred to his ma jesty's strong interest in national an International sports and said had been possible, the ministers out c sympathy with the Olympic game would have prorogued parliament be fore they began.
 The members of the American tear will scatter all over Europe after tn conclusion of the games tomorrow. Tn The Irish American team will visit Ire land on August 1 and will then go fror there to Scandinavia. They will at tend the meetings at Stockholm, Norr koping, and Malm and may go {, France before their return home Thi team is made up of Robertson, Porter Cohn, J. P. Sullivan, Bromllow, Talbot Horr, Cloughen, Kelley and Hayes Sheridan and Flanagan also will vsi Ireland and Cartmell, Taylor and Shep Ipard will attend the meet at Glasgow on August 1.
 Another big American team will g, to Paris. This will include: Rector sherman, Cartmell Ligntbody, Pilgrim Trube, Eieele, Gifn, Burroughs, Gid ney, Irons, Cooke, Carpenter, Hamilton Hillman, Smithson and probably Gar rels, Ramey, Merriam and Gilbert. Pil Is compelled to return home next week Trainer Mike Murphy will accompan,