Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-26
which it will probably cherish for years

to come.
The Italians feel that they have been
treated unfairly by the awarding of the
Marathon race to the American. Hayes.
and they will always believe that there
was q possibility that Dorando would
have reached the winning post first
alone II he had not been dragged to his
feet and pushed along by the excited
track off1cials, although practically every
one who saw his struggles believe that 1t
would have been utterly Impossible TOT
i him to have arisen after his last collapse,
and that probably he could not have kept
Z on after his second fall. They also feel
! that 1t was unchivalrous and ungenerous
! in the Americans to claim what the ltal-
fans call a technical victory under the
circumstances.
The Olympiad leaves minor heart burn
/ ings with the representatives Of other ma
tons. and. altogether. while an athletic
success. as q means Of promoting inter-
national friendships 1t has been de-
plorable failure.
Sullivan Cables the President.
In a cablegram sent to President Roose-
welt James e. Sullivan. the American
commissioner to the games. says:
I'm the athletic section of the Olympic
games Of 1908 the American representa-
tives won the championship in track and
! field athletics. The Americans won fif-
teen out OF a possible twenty-seven firsts.
the entire world. On the basis of five
/ points three for second and one for third.
the American score is 114l2 that of Great
/ Britain and Ireland being 66ls: Sweden.
! 12k; Canada, II; South Africa and
! Greece. a tie at 8: Norway. 5; Germany.
4: Italy. 8: France and Hungary. tie at
| 21a: Australia and Finland, tie at l. The
| United States won Is firsts. Q seconds and
6 thirds: Great Britain. firsts. seconds
and 3 thirds: Sweden, f1rsts. no seconds
and 21 thirds: South Africa. first. L sec
ond and no third: Canada. 1 first. second
and thirds: Germany, no firsts, 1 sec
| ond and l third: Italy, no first. second.
no third: Australia. no first, no second, !
third; Hungary, no first, no second. ]
/ third
/ Sullivans Bitter Criticism.
Mr.. Sullivan. in speaking this evening
for the American committee, said:
THE Olympic games have not improved
the friendly relations of America and
England from an athletic standpoint
The governing bodies will be apart in the
future. 1t is a pity that the Amateur
Athletic Association had control of the
games. 1t should not have been neces-
sary for America to have to be protest
ing and put in position where letters
were necessary every day. 1t looked as
1etic Association wanted to control every
thing themselves and would not take
other countries into their confidence.
They were working under the old Gus
toms and thought those the best.
In the first place. the program was
badly arranged. Instead of concluding
one event. the officials took up another
race. This prevented men from taking
have gone through the heats, the semi
finals and the final of one race before
starting the heats Of another race Then
an those competent to enter could have
tirely too big a proposition for the men
where for help.
A Ridiculous Claim.
Il never shall forget as long az I live
the scene during the 400-meter race. The
public has been infiamed against the
Americans. and the judges. taking a sig
nal from some man on the field, threw
up their hands, broke the tape and called
the race OF before they knew what had
happened. 1t is ridiculous for them to
say that they could see what happened
100 yards away. If Carpenter had fouled
Halswelle the Judges should have allowed
him to finish. and then II the man at the
corner declared foul Carpenter could
have been disqualified. and the race should
have been given to the second man. who
was Robbins. Mind you. am not ad-
uniting any foul.
Look how differently they acted yes
terday. Although the oficials themselves
had broken the most important rule gov
rando the tape was not broken, and the
Italian was allowed to finish Dorando
should have been taken from the track
and the tape left for Hayes. the actual
winner, to break. P1ucky man as Do
rando Is, Hayes was the winner under all
the rules Of racing. 1t was inhuman to
drive that man around the track In the
condition he was in. and 1t was unfair
to Hayes, who was robbed OF the nOnor
of breasting the tape.
Forced to Protest.
Then despite what everybody said.
that the Italian had been disqualified by
the action of the officials. the judges
ordered the italian flag to be hoisted and
the Stars and Stripes placed under 1t.
As the breach OF the rules was so pal
pable, we did not protest until that
stadium did. that the judges would
award the race to Hayes. The italian
/ nag was hoisted simply to put us In the
unfortunate position of having to protest
not a word Of complaint to make against
Lord Desborough. Busy man as he was
he showed appreciation of the effort
America had made to send team here.
us comfortable. He Is the right type Of
sportsman, of whom there are plenty In
England: but they have not been in that
arena.
Americans Badly Treated.
1T is not generally known. but we
had to have one Official put of the
arena for coaching the English competi-
tors. 1t was that man who assisted
Dorando. We should not have been
compelled to take such drastic measures,
but as the Amateur Athletic Association
would not take the step we had to do
1t ourselves to protect our men. Indeed
We were 80 badly treated that. II it had
not been for Lord Desborough. the Amer
lean team would have been taken away
from the stadium early in the week.
When 1t was announced that the Indian
Longboat, would be allowed to run and
that the pole vaulters would not be
allowed to dig hole for the pole, the
committee seriously considered retiring
from the contests. but Lord Desborough
urged us to remain and he had been
so courteous we could not refuse.
LAS a matter OF fact, some Of the Off
Gals wanted US to retire before the sprints
were concluded and the Marathon started
We had not said much about our Mara
thon men, but We felt they were going
TO do great things. The Englishmen were
not afraid even Of the Canadians who
had been talked OF SO much. but they
had heard of Morrissey and his team
mates and knew that there was little
chance of their own men winning with
the Americans in the contest.
Sullivan Disguised.