Evening star., 1908-12-21
A. A. j. ATTACKED
BY RED PAMPHLET

| NEW YORK, December 2I.-There have
come over the sea in these festive Christ
mas days two remal ka BILE statements
dealing with the lamentable occurrences
that befoued the Olympic games held in
| the London stadium last July and August.
| They are clearly intended to be a last
word in what has been a very acrid dis
cussion and what all lovers of amateur
sport hoped was buried beenath fits own
storm Of kicks. protests. affidavits, denials
and afT1rmations which filled the athletic
atmosphere for several weeks.
Now all of this mess is dragged once
more to the surface through the medium
of an imposing red-covered pamphlet en-
titled 1.-The Olympic Games of 1905 I'm Lon
don--a Reply to Certain Criticisms" which
is supplemented by characteristic arti-
Gle in London Truth.
The "Reply to Certain Criticisms is
signed by. one Theodore a. Cook. d MEM
ber of the British Olympic council. and
while not actually claiming to be such, it
purports to be the official record Of the
British A. A. A.
The Usual British Reply.
All the questions that were tflreshed
so thoroughly through the columns of the
press are gone over in this siXty-page
pamphlet and IL anything were lacking
IL
of British fair play this document pro-
vides it. Every thing of which the Amer
ican committee complained Is glosseu
over. every protest that was made by
them is printed in emascuated form and
only such portions selected AS can supply
the medium for comment favorable 10
the British side of the controversy
The Irritating and humliating sights
and insults to which the Americans were
subjected from the very day of their ar
rival until their gladstone departure are
ignored completely and not one of the
slurring incidents is considered.
IT was not SO much the miX-ups that
took place on track and field that eXas-
perated the gentlemen comprising the
American committee as II was the per-
sistently contemptuous attitude assumed
toward them from the outset. This was
eXemplified in the most glarfng way by
the failure to provide accommodation on
the stadium grounds for James T.. Sulll-
van. the special representative or the
United States government. which neglect
obliged him to seek a place in the public
seats, far from the contests with which he
was supposed to be closely in touch.
Silent on Flag Insult.
| The reply fails to mention the absence
of an American flag from the decorations,
Ialthough every 6ne horse nation under the
sun was represented by its colors happing
In the m,rky mists OF London. And when
called to this omission was the Stars and
Stripes raised aloftc Not SO as anybody
could see it,. But it was done a. soon as
the stadium was deserted in the late att
ernoon.
The scandal of the Marathon. when
Dorando WAS picked up four times after
falling exhausted to the track and finally
ca rried against the tape by the English
clerk of the course. isenot referred 10 IN
this official reply. Neither is that studied
insult that led to the presentation OF
cup to Dorando before Hayes. the winner
of the race. received his prize And IL
ever an athlete got Nindication II Was
when DorandO sprawled help essly on the
tanbark in Madison Square Garden last
week in the twenty-siXth mile-just as he
had done in London when the ofhcials
tried to rob Hayes of his victory.
Most of the reply is taken up with let
ters of approval for the Bditish commit
tee from the representatives OF countries
other than the United States But the
Britons were not worrying about ue
competitors from Canada Hungary,
Italy o. Cambodia. They wanted to pat
the barpoon into Uncle Sam. as he was
the only formidable competitor. There
fore matters were made pleasant enough
for the other nations.
AS for the article in Truth. here are .
few phrases IL emits when ii gets
warmed up: THE gang that ran the A.
A. t. "impe.tinent insolence.' crafty
Yanks," dirty tick sport bosses,
liars -participled liars and the bosses
Of ttfle a a. t. .'men whose stock IN
trade are lies and insolence."
This all refers to such Elsn as CaSpar
Whitney, James l.. Sullivan, Julian w.
'Curtiss, Joseph B. McCabe of Boston.
DIR. Luther Halsey Guick. Gustavus II.
Kirby. Barlow s. Weeks and Everett c.
Brown OF Chicago, vino formed the
American executive committee.
Whosoever knows any or all OF those
gentlemen cannot but feel that knock
from Labouchers who is a Terrible
Teddy. ii a cockney way. is a 100-ton
boost as far as their standing for pure
athletics. is concerned. Doubters must
now be impressed with the WISDOM that
led tie a. \. L. of America to cut on all
ana teur relations with the British A. A.
A.. which Stands for such methods -
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