Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-27


day morning walked over in the final
of the 4OO-metre (437,2 yards) fiat race
in the Olympic games which was run
originally last Thursday and won by
j. c. Carpenter, Cornell University,
but declared void by the judges on the
allegation. which has been denied by
the Americans, that Carpenter fouled
HalSwelle. Carpenter was disqualified
for competing again and j. f. Taylor,
Irish American A. G.. and w. G. Rob
ms of Cambridge. Mass, Withdrew
and would not run today.
Iiaiswcllc didn't really walk; he act
ually ran hard in an effort to establish
now olympic record. His perform
ance was a very great disappointment
to his friends. II was firmly believed
that the most talked of athlete in the
Stadium. until the Marathon racers
replaced him in this regard, would
clip at least Il fraction of a second off
the record of 40 Is,
The running hop, step and jump was
the only other event OF the morning.
Ahearn. United Kingdom, with As feet
81 inches: Lawson, Norway, AZ feet
81 inches and Mcdonald Canada, 40
feet 4 inches, qualified for the final doA
ing respectively AS feet u inches, ana
Al feet 81 inches Lawson was thlrd
with AZ feet ~ inches, Brycker, Can
ada with 46 feet 3 inches, and Platt
Adams, New York A G. with As feet
9 inches we're awarded certificates of
merit for their jump.
Several Americans, including r. Z.
Irons, Chicago A. A., Martin J. Sheri-
A k
Sherman, Dartmouth University, com
peted but their jumps were behind the
leaders and were not measured.
Dorando, the Italian runner who was
assisted to the tape in the finish OF
the Marathon race and who mas quite
recovered from the strain OF MS aWluf
effort, desired to lodge protest
against the giving of this race to John
J. Hayes, Irish American a. G.. on the
ground that he had been inter1ered
with by the officials of the course ana
that if he had been left alone he could
have finished without assistance Ills
protest, however, would have come
too late for consideration and he there
fore did not enter it.
John j. Hayes the Marathon winner
visited the House of Commons Satur-
day. He was introduced to number
of members who congratulated him,
There was fairly large attendance
at the Stadium Saturday afternoon to
witness the concluding contest OF the
Olympic games. and the distribution
of prizes The silver mcdalists took
their tokens from the Duchess of Rut-
land The winners of the bronze me-
daIs were given their prizes by Cath
crime, Duchess of Westminster, while
the diplomas of merits and the COM
memorative medals were presented by
Lady Desborough.
Porro, italy, won the lightweight
Gracco-Eoman wrestling; orloff, Rus
STA. second, and Linden, Finland, third
The midleweight of the Gracco-Eo-
man wrestling was won by Martens
sen, Sweden, with Anderson. Sweden,
second, and Anderson, Denmark, third.
The final in the 11o-metrc G2u,2
yards) hurdle race, was won by f. {.
Smithson Multnomah, Oregon A. G.,
j. G. GarrclS. Chicago A. A., was sec
ond and A. Il. shaw, Dartmouth Uni
verSity. was third. Smithson time
was Is seconds. which is the worlds
1
of Garrels
The final in the 1900 metre relay race
was won easily by the American team.
AS the prizes were being distributed
the band played nation folk songs
The Americans were the only ones to
wear their track uniforms. They were
naturally i'm a large majority. having
carried off most of the prizes. George
Y. Bonhag. Irish-American A. G., re-
ceived a great cheer when he was
handed four medals and four diplo-
mas.
Commemorative medals We're given
to everybody who took part in the
games Prizes were distributed not
only for games at the stadium but al
so for the events held previously else
where. The American rflemcn who
were victorious at Bisclcy appeared In
natty khaki uniforms. with american
shields on their breasts The ceremony
was carried out quickly and well but In
order to keep the audience amused en-
hibitions Of high diving and water polo |
We're given at the same time
''-"'' south Africa the winner OIL
the 10O-metre dash, was the first man
= 4t,-.,c Sutu medal at the hands |
of Her Majesty. He was followed by |
Kerr, Canada, the winner of the 200 |
metres event and Halswelle. United |
Kingdom, the victor in the 400 metre |
race. Th~r came Melvin w. Sheppard |
Irish American A. C.. for the medals |
won in the 500 and 1500-mctrc events |
ana c. J. Bacon. Irish American A. c., |
the winner of the 4o0-metre hurdle |
race, and Russell, United Kingdom, |
the winner of the 5000 metre steepie- |
chase Then came the winners of the |
walking races, with John j. Hayes, |
Irish American A. c.. who won the |
Marathon race, just behind. Hayes |
received great applause. Next was
Ray c. F;wry, New York a. c., who |
got medals for the standing broad and |
the high Jumps. +. c. Irons, Chicago
A. A., got his medal for the running
broad jump. Ahearns. United King
dom. came in here for his medal, He
was the only man to interrupt the
Americans, who continued the process
sion with John j. Flanagan, Irish
american 4. c., and Ralph Rose. Olym-
pic Club. San Francisco, who won the