Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-17
MAKE A BIG PROTEST
American Athletes Disguised
With Their Treatment.
UkFAIRNESS Is CHARGED
English Tug of War Team Allowed
to Violate Rules.
NO TROPHY FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Only Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals
Will Be Awarded-News-
papers to Decide.
America Still Leads.

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LONDON. July 1.-THE American ath-
letes are thoroughly disgusted with the
treatment accorded them by the officials
OF the Olympic games. The secrecy with
which the drawings for the track events
were made and the distance of this sys-
TEN whereby the best American runners
were put in the same heats. was bad
enough, they say. but now the unfair
ness in. the tug of war today between
an American and a United Kingdom team.
in which the officials allowed the United
Kingdom team to compete with prepared
shoes, contrary to rules. has disheart-
ened the American contestants. James
E. Sullivan, American commissioner TO the
games. has entered a vigorous protest.
and 1t is hoped that in the interest Of
the success Of future OIympiads the high
er officials will do something to stop the
unfairness with which the Americans al
lege the officials of the Amateur Athletic
Association. who are conducting the
games. are treating their visitors. The
Amateur Athletic Association has re-
fused, also, to allow the pole vaulters
to dig hole for their poles. although
the Americans claim this has been the
pracuce at all previous revivals Of the
Olympic games
The great event of the early afternoon
was the final in the ten-mile walk. In
this event G. e. Larner. United King
dom broke the record by doing ten miles
in 1 hour ID minutes 81 1-5 seconds This
record is nearly two minutes inside the
previous amateur record for this dis
tance. E. ]. Webb. United Kingdom, who
was second. cut off seven seconds from
outolassed. Spencer, United Kingdom, fin
iShed bad third.
England thus adds another win to her
score for all the Olympic games, and
nine points to her score in the contest
with America for supremacy In field
sports.
No Championship Trophy.
The British Olympic Association has
concluded not to decide the championship
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 Shepherds
Bush. The original idea was to offer q
trophy 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 by Jay
Gould. and the rifle matches at Bisley, but
the difficulty of arriving at an equitable
method of allotting the points was SO
great that the idea has been dropped. The
committee worked out several schemes,
but each was open to so many objections
on account of unfairnesS to one nation or
another. and the attempt to reach fair
basis having been found quite impossible.
the British Olympic Association had to
decide reluctantly not to offer rcphies OF
any kind excepting the gold. 81 Yer and
bronze medals in each competition.
Capt W. Jones, assistant secre .ary Of
the association, gave out this lnforma Ion,
which has not yet been announced here.
TIo IL, .l0I1 lit ,fntx. Call.
The newspapers of the different coun-
tries have to decide the matter to their
own satisfaction. America probably more
than any other nation would have cause
for complaint If we attempted TO award a
championship. The distance to the United
States is great and we did not expect the
Americans would have as many entries
as the United Kingdom In some events.
such as pigeon shooting and lawn tennis,
America is not represented Therefore, II
points were awarded for every event the
United Kingdom would have a walkover.'
The Americans competing in the stadium
games are simply going i'm for the cham
pionships in the field events, and they are
counting their points by the American
method five for frSts, three for seconds
and one for thirds.
The Morning Events.
There were only three events on this
mornings program, the individual saber
The first Of the archery contests was the
York round for gentlemen and the second
the national round for ladies. The bad
weather again spoiled the sport, the play
ers being repeatedly driven off the grounds
by the heavy rains.
The attendance today was even smaller
than yesterday. There probably will be a
reduction in the price of admission next
week to induce the Londdhers to fill the
stands.
In the first round of the individual saber
the best performance was
given by Flesch. Aust ala. in the first
section. He scored five points to his OPP
ponent nothing. Thee other sections
were completed.
BY the time the games opened this att
ernoon the weather had cleared uD some
what and there was a better att ndance.
Several events were contested at the same
time. There was something going on In
the part of the arena reserved for field
events.
The men who had qualified 70" :he final
bers of the United Kingdom team. with
the exception CT II. E. Kerr, Austral a,
were on The cinder path, and In the center
of the arena were the javei r W rs
he d in the middle. A nu nber O. Am RI
cans had bean entered for tn latter
event. but none OF them pa ii ipated.
The Tug of War.
In ano her portion Of tie arena tn big
men of Greece. America. Ger ua9y. Swe-
den md the United Ki sdom.. t. as;
namsd having three teams elte.e,. Il
C, agl gated for the tug OF Wa. The
English team, who are enb r. OF tn.
police force. wore imme lse
shoe whicn could not under a ~ circum-
st tances be US d for ordinary purposes. In
adition TO his very man had he heels of
his shoes incas d in steel. which sank
into the turf. while the head Ian had
spikes fastened to his shoes When the
Americans perceived how the regu at ons
were being ignored they made NJ eff Drt.
Rose, the apchorman, did not even wind