The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-24
ALEMON FOR
 AMERICANS Olympic Games Prove a
 Farce. CARPENTER IS DISQUALIFIED Wins Race Fair, But Englishmen
 Shout sFoul." uafortunste Disputes culminates ye.- serdsy in an Occurrence which Threatened to Wreck the
 Inter-OIympic Meetings.
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CARPENTER IS DISQUALIFIED

London, July 2s.--The unfortunate series of disputes which has arisen since the opening of the Olympic games. not only between the Ameri- cans and the offcials of the Amateur Athletic Association. but between the athletics of other nations and the same officials. eliminated this afternoon in an occurrence which threatened to wreck the Inter-oiympic meetings.
 The trouble was over the final heat of the 400 metres fiat race for which l.. C.. Carpenter Cornell Univeraity; J. B. Taylor, Irish-American Athletic Club: W. c. Robbins, Cambridge. Mass. and Lieut.. Wyndham Halsewelie. Unit ed Kingdom. qualified. With the ex- ception of Taylor. the men got off quickly on the firing of the pistol and Robbins sprinted in front. taking the pole from Carpenter, who was just be- hind with Halseweile trailing beside him. It looked like anybody's race as they appeared at the last turn the three leaders being punched. Their squirt for the anaI hundred yards was just begun when suddenly one of the offf- eials rushed onto the track. the red tape across the finish was torn down and the race was declared void. It was hard for a time to understand what had occurred, but the officials pronouncement was that Carpenter had fouied Haiseweile atAthe turn. Eyery- body close to this spot had noticed that the three men had swerved to- ward the outside of the track as they came around the bend at a terrific paces but there were no signs of deliberate foul visible to thoss in the press stands. ss
 sshoutea sFOul."
 An uproar followed such as seldom or never was witnessed on an athletic field. Oficials of the Amateur Ath- letlc Association, with whom the arena. has been filled since the opening of the ganess ran along the edges of the track shouting "Fontsg and appeared even more excited than the runners, who. with the exception ef Tayloxs conTi i. tanued khe race esto 2fhe finish Car
 s sns hss, tssrd hsst ESes1ss Tssisa wso was esn4zd6fsplA dfeSaues In the rear. was drAKgAd of the track by ofie sof tho excited offictaia who shouted all the while that 1t was no race.
 The American contingent sent up yell ok delight, as 4heir man had ap- pafenfly captured the race Which had been predicted for the Britfshers while the vast audience filling the other stands sat silent not knowing the cause Of the excitement in the arena
 Then the announcer made the brief statement through q negaphone that the race had been declared void, but 10 reason was given. still not know ing why, a great British cheer broke out and continued for several n1inutes. men who could not under any circufs1- stances have seen the incident crying foul. louder than those sitting oppo- site the spot whert the alleged foul was said to have taken place. and when seeing Halswelle taking a wide turn thought 1t mistake in judg- ment. as he had lots of room to pass Carpenter on either side.
 The uproar continued for nearly half an hour and as the people poured out of the stands the arguments were taken up in the aisies and gateways by excited thousands and the race Is stlii the subject of the bitterest wrang- ling everywhere.s .A
 Matthew P. Halpin, the manager of the American race, who was in the arena, immediately entered protest claiming the race for Carpenter, who had done the distance according to un- ofIcial. watches in the remarkable time of 4S 2,5 seconds. some watches naak- ing it even. less -..-.. .t..,e.,-
 A committee meeting. of the Anna teur Athletic Association, the details of which have not been made public, was called and the judges who render ed the decisions and Halseweiie were called to state their case. Neither any member of an American committee or any one of the three American rum ners, howtver. was called on to make any statement and the committee after upward of two hours consideration, rendered the following decision:
 Carpenter Disqualified.
 ss ..The tudgts declare the race void ana order the same to be run over again on Saturday at noon. Carpenter is disqualified" .,.
 When they heard the decision me
 
 ,, ssed d resolution ordering the men not fo run on Saturday. James F. snilfvan the American commissioner to the games and Barrow s. Weeks, "a Mac Cabe, Gustavus T. keroy Everett e. Brown and Alonzo Stagg' -roambArs of the American committee, = sat in a room in their hotel this aItet- noon the most disgusted lot or Anerl- csna ever gathered together In Eng .and cornn1issioner Sullivan was tho snokesnen and the others upheld what
 .ST .et us in the first place" said Mr. e.,,iltvan Hdiscuss the arrangement or inc track. 1t was unfair, especially 10 Tavlor and apparently the arransihs was done by man who did not want all the contestants to get a Ialr staEs. .E'. Tayior's position caused nm to sN' awav wards which he could never re-.
 Now for the race; Carpenter at the crack of the pistol took the lead and did the only thing he could do, ana Wln, s1a that was to take all the running out If salgowelle in the first three hun dred yards. As a result. he gave the Spectators the fastest three hundred yards Aver seen on the Stadium. The 220 yards he covered In twenty-three seconds, and at 300 yards he had Halse- welle out. Carpenter had the pole but he did not run close to 1t. He ran well out at the nrst bend and coming to the second bend. leading to the straight away. he ran wide. as he had perfect right to do.
 'EEalsswelle, instead of taking ad- vantage of the chance and cutting Into the post, remained in his old position. At that point, probably ii0 yards from home, Carpenter turned his head to see who was there and then swinging up the stretch. gave the English public a 110-yards that they had not seen