Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-18
AMERICAN ATHLETES ARE
THOROUGHLY DISGUISED
Official Rulings of Olympic Committee Reduce
Our Chances of Success in Games
Protests Against Unfair Methods and Seeming Favorsm for
United Kingdom Teams Pass Unheeded-Freak Drawings
Sent Two Best from United States Into Contest
That Meant Absolute Elimination of One-Other
Instances Cited by Commissioner Sullivan

war To-Day between an American and
United Kingdom team, in which the
officials allowed the United Kingdom
team to compete with prepared shoes
contrary to the rules has disheartened
the American contestants.
James e. Sullivan, American conf
missioner to the games, has entered a
vigorous protest and ii Is hoped that
in the interest of the success of future
Olympics, the higher officials will do
something to stop the unfairness with
which the Americans alleged the off,
Gals of the Amateur Athletic associa-
ton, who are conducting the games,
are treating their visitors.
The Amateur Athletic association has
refused to allow the pole vaulters to
dig hole for their poles, although the
Americans claim this has been the
practice at all previous reYivals of
the Olympic games.
The great event Of the early after
noon was the final in the ten-mile
walk. In this event G.. e. Larner of
the United Kingdom broke the record
by doing nine miles in one hour, 7
minutes, "a seconds, and ten miles in
10 minutes 81 2-5 seconds. The latter
record is nearly two minutes inside the
previous amateur record of this dis
lance.
H. ]. Webb, United Kingdom. who
was second, cut off seconds from this
same record. The rest of the field was
outclassed. Spencer, United Kingdom.
finished a bad third.
England thus adds another win to
her score for all the Olympic games.
and nine to her score in the contest
with America for supremacy In field
sports.
The British Olympic association has
concluded net to decide the champion
ship of the nations competing in the
olympic games held in London this
year, and the same decision applies TO
the sports now going on at the stadium
at Shepards Bush.
Intended to Give Trophy
The original idea was to offer a fro.
phy for the country securing the great
est number of points in all games. those
held In the stadium and those PLAYED
at various clubs, such as the tennis at
queens club, which was won nv Tav
Gould, and the rife matches at Bisley
out the dih1culty in arriving at an
equitable method of allotting the noints
was SO great that the matter was
cropped. The committee has worked
OUT several schemes, but each was open
10 so many objections on account Of
unIairness to one nation or another.
ana the attempt to reach a fair basis
having been found quite impossible. Yha
British Olympic association had to de-
eide reluctantly not to offer trophies OF
bronze medals in each competition
Captain w. Jones, assistant secretary
or the association, gave out this in
formation, which has not vet been an
nounced here. He concluded his state
ment as follows:
The newspapers of the different
countries have to decide the matter 10
their satisfaction. America probably
more than any other nation would have
cause Tor complaint If we attempted to
award a championship. The distance
to the United States is great, and we
did not expect the Americans would
nave as many entries as the United
Kingdom. In some events America d
not represented. Therefore, If points
were awarded for every event the
United Kingdom would have a walk
over"
The Americans competing in the sta,
alum games are simply going in for
the championships in the field events,
and they are counting their points by
the American method-five for firsts,
three for seconds and one for thirds.
Three Events
There were only three events on this
mornings program, the individual sa-
Ter competition and two archery con-
| tests. The first of the archery contests
was the York round for gentlemen and
the second the National round for la
dies The bad weather again spoiled
the sport, the players being repeatedly
driven off the grounds by the heavy
rains.
The attendance today was even
smaller than yesterday. There will ba
reduction in the price of admission
next week.
In the first heat of the individual
saber contest the best performance was
given by Fleisch, Australia. He scored
5 points to his opponents o. Three
other sections were completed.
! The first heat of the semi-fnals OF
the 10-meter back stroke swimming
contest was won by Bieberstein, Ger
many, in 1 minute 25 3-5 seconds Dane.
Denmark, was second. In the second
heat Haresnape, United Kingdom. was
| first and Aurick, Germany, second.
Time, 1 minute 2S 1-5 seconds.
America has protested the tug of
war Greece and Germany withdrew
from this contest, and the first pull
was between the American team and
| the second team from the United
Kingdom. The protest was made on
| the ground that the United Kingdom
| team, contrary to the regulations, wore
prepared shoes. The American team
lost the first pull. The American team
had two more pulls. the conditions be
ing the two best out of three, but in
view of the cause for their protest
they decided to retire. The American
team was composed of w. G. Bur-
roughs, Chicago A. A; A. K. Dear
born, N. Y. A. c.; John j. Flanagan.
ish-American A. c.; w. j. McGrath.
N. Y. A. c.; Ralph Rose Olympic
| Athletic club, San Francisco; Lee J.
Talbot. Irish-A rnerican Athletic club;
w. w. Coe Jr., Boston A. A., and M. F.
Herr Irish American A. G.
Wear Big Shoes
| .-.1taI, ao,,7 x1yhn orc ,,,aO,I>o,,r
| of the Liverpool police force, wore an
immense shoe which could not. under
any circumstances, be used for ordi-
nary purposes In addition to this,
every man had the heels of his shoes
| encased in steel, which sank into the
turf, while the head man had spikes
| fastened to his shoes. When the Ameri-
cans perceived how the regulations
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