The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-07-23
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TUG OF WAR TEAM VIOLATES
RULES OF THE CONTEST IN
OLYMPIC GAMES.
Wears steeI.Rimmed Shoes-Amerl.
cans Retire After Making Protest
That Is Not Allowed-Results In
the Other Events.

versy has arisen between the Ameri.
can athletes and the British Olympic
association. The Americans chief
cause of complaint is the arbitrary
manner in which their protest against
"the flagrantly unfair method of con-
Quoting the tugof-war," was dis
missed. Every unprejudiced spectator
present at Fridays meeting was con-
vinced that the Americans we're justi-
fed in refusing to go on with that
event.
The United Kingdom had three
teams entered in the tug-of-war. made
up of the police of the city of London,
Liverpool and the metropolitan forces.
The drawings brought the American
and Liverpool teams into the arena
first. The American team complied
with the rule which says:
mo competitor shall wear prepared
boots or shoes or boots or shoes with
any projecting nails, tips. spigs,
points. hollows or projections OF any
kind"
Wear steel-Rlmmed Shoes.
The Liverpool police appeared in
enormous shoes which had steel rims
around the heels. The Americans
pulled. under protest and making lit.
tie effort. and then filed a formal pro-
test, which was ignored.
In the semi-final in the fancy div
ing competition. George w. Gaidzik of
the Chicago Athletic association won
his heat by a handsome margin. He
scored S5.6, while Ztrner of Germany
was second with S2.S.
AS was expected. G. M. Daniels of
the New York Athletic club won his
heat In the first round OF the 100.
meter swim, his time. 1905 40, be.
ing several seconds below that of the
winner of another heat. The heat
winners in this contest included H. ].
Hepner Of the Illinois Athletic club
and l.. G.. Rich, Brookline Swimming
club.
Sheridan and Rose Win.
London. July 17.-Thursday was
Americas day in the Olympic sports
at the stadium. both events which
l reached the finals, throwing the dis
Gus, free style, and putting the shot,
being carried off by Martin j. Sheridan
of the Irish-American Athletic club,
and Ralph Rose of the Olympic club,
San Francisco, respectively.
The United Kingdom captured the
third final, the 400.meter swimming
event, in which H. Taylor added to the
score of his country by beating Beaure-
paire, the Australian crack, and Scheff
of Austria.
Cycle Race Flasco.
The final also was reached in the
] ,OOO-meter cycle race, but this proved
such fiasco through the attempts of
four of the participants, Schilles of
France and Jones, Kingsbury and
Johnson of England, to force each 9th.
er to take the pace that the judges de-
clared the event off. II not being fin
Ished within the time limit.
Italy got her first gold medal in the
team gymnastic competition, receiving
the greatest number of points against
a great array OF competitors.
II was miserably wet and cold all
until after the last event had
been decided. The stands and course
we're deserted and later in the after
noon the running track resembled a
canal.
England Wins Two Medals.
London, July 16.-The gold medals
went to Great Britain, France and
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Of Wednesdays events at the Olympic
games. Great Britain was a double
and France and Sweden each |
secured one first.
United States had to be satisfied |
with one silver medal, symbolic OF sec
ond place in the three-mile race, but |
he American representation In the
various events was small. I'd.
There were four finals assigned to |
he day and OF these England won the |
,60-yard cycling race and the three |
nile team race, thus bringing the |
lumber of gold medals accredited to |
Great Britain to date up to four, as |
with two standing to the
,redit Of the United States The only |
inal In which the latter country par
icipated was the three-mile team
ace and the American team finished
IN easy second,
France captured, her gold medal for
victory in the 2.0OO-meter tandem
'ycle race, and Sweden for Jennings
'ecord2breaking Javelin throw Of l7S
eet TN inches, which topped the best
previous throw by more than three
eet. 4s.