Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-24

W. N-H NhE h
day at noon Carpenter is d~isquali
6cd.'
When they heard the decision, th'
members Of tho committee Tct and
! passed a resolution Ordering the mel
not 10 run on saturday
James r. sullivan. American com
missioner to the games. and w.. >
Weeks. j y. McCabe G $ Kirby u =
J Brown aud Alonzo stagg members
Of the American committee, sat 10 q
room IN their hotel this evening, the
most Disguised lot Of Americans ever
/ gathered together in England Com
missioner sullivan was the spok"s-
man and the others upheld what he
said.
let az in the first place said Mr..
sullivan. discuss the arrangement OF
thr track Il VAS unfair, and espe-
clnliy 10 Taylor, and apparently the
arranging was done by "A man who ala
not want an the contestants 10 get o
fair start Toylor's position caused
him TO give away yards which he
could never regain.
Nov. for the race, Carpenter al
The crack Of the pistol. took the lead
ana did the only thing he could do
and win n thai was 70 uake az lHe
running out OF Hait"tlI IN uh' nls'
300 yards A. q resnt ne gave me
spectators the Iastesl ihfee huhur'u
yards ever seen III % stau'om' me wv
yards, he covered J." went
seconds. aud al 300 yards he had
HalsWeiI out. Carpenter had the
p"i'' pu' = ~" ~
ne ran Wen out al ~, ui7' ~ Wv
'"H''lB '1 WI m
.u' s""'h''a ",, ~
"' IN 80 af taLtna .tyo,.
ana,aa ana n@,,ttng tnt,
,,arna5 a. hts 40 nnstI,,
a. .a, .,tnt ,nh.hi, ia y.,d, rrnr,
- p.rn.nt,. t,t,sd bfg b,od IA
.h. a.s th,r. and mon sv,ing-
ina mn th. efrpt,b gove Inc English
,,hiir a IN yards ,hev had moi seen
ennsll.d thts venk uolsweu was ali
am beora tbo stretch was reached.
ana America had ound In C|arpontor.
a wondrr at mis- dlstnrce.
"Navar In my NE and have been
ATTENDING athletic meefines for thirty
oue wears. have | Witnessed a scene
tn1l NfTlEK inc Nh DtflnE so u|ilsIlbIiH"
moplike ana unfair as that Ia which
the officials participated.
when Carpenter started to leave
Hnlswell behind, the officials cried
four In unison and raised their hands
and hats while the announcer ran
around also yelling foul Further
more. they ala the unsportsmnnlike
nct Of running mp the track IN an en-
denvor to stop Carpenter coming
through and deliberately and mcHnly
broke the tape SO az not to give him
TINT honor.
"They practically declared II no
race without any authority. There
wna but one mar IN the arena who
had authority to do that and he was
the referee. The referee did not do
40 but a lot Of excited officials ran
about screaming four and no race
and II was their decision that was an
nounced suppose Carpenter and
Robbins had met with an accident.
wo,,ld il sttll be declared no racer II
the ofnclnls conducting the olympic
sports had amy spirit Of good fellow
shin aud had treated our boys and Of
nclnls ns we would have treated them
n tbev had gone to America. II men
vnnid have gone out ana run the race
over agnln. but they have not. The
race was as fair as any race ever run
~ never said Il word whom two
EneIlshmen tried to line NJ In front
of else . I'm "a race last week, nor
when T. akin and Wilson tried to IA
down ,eppard, things which they
glory iy over here and which ttrir
ovyn "a ,ars lnud them for doing.
Ayotp In the sac meters crawford
y.rt a. ia Kan Shrppnrd of to al
INV Ia. his team mate. to win. but
tb,v Ga not do il ana II they had
we w,.Id not have murmurcd, for
thrv l.icve In doing those thiup4
,.y.r i . netions MAJ would be CON
a,,rne, as mean tricks In America.
.rh, formal nnouncemont of the
Am,rL n committed follows.
"yy, hnve decided to protest the
d,.isio, ns nnfntr and because the
,faclol. declared no race without
.,psta, ,tien
IN. American committee further
amman od tonight. that although car
,,nt.r and Robbins would not get the
olyutf. medals they would receive
medal from the American committee
and IA y wauld bee credited with then.
win in America.
com nitte,mnn McCahe said that
ma, d, ,kInr of the tape was done UNI
dor tb. inHu,nc, OF &C., 600 people who