The Washington herald., 1908-08-09

I whose home is in Arkansas. and who is q
| holder Of a Rhodes scholarship at OK
/ ford, England. talked Of the conduct OF
/ Englshmen toward Americans in Eng
/ land recently In the light Of the heavy
complaint that is at present being made
/ anent the treatment given American ath-
| letes at the Olympic games IN London.
young Keiths statement viii prove not
I Uninteresting-
= an attached to Exeter College. Ok
/ ford said the tall young pitcher. 1t is
| the third college, in point Of age. in the
/ university. II which there are twenty-one
I colleges. all told 1 have been told that
Americans were net popular at Exeter.
have not found this TO be a fact
I went 10 Oxford knowing nothing oF
I England OF Of EngIishmen. their habits.
/ preJudices- manners. or customs. I fancy
I that 1 was q very green young man. But
/ / found a civil welcome everywhere
/ was not wOrshiped because happened 70
/ be an American. but I was accorded
Z cordial and gentle treatment By every
one
! knew nothing Of their clubs. societies.
I sports. &c But when I showed some
I slight aptitude for Rugby football I made
my college team al once. and got the most
courteous sort OF treatment
English Feel Superiority.
"Of course. noticed that EngIishmen
feel that England IS the greatest nation
I in the world Indeed. they coouy accept
{ # as an established fact which they do
not expect any one 20 dispute You know
! that Americans have q pretty good opinion
D f--
attitude OF 8r. EngIishman irks YOU un-
. less you remember that he does not know
/ Il all. and overlook his insular ignorance
with a smile StiH, I believe Englsshmel
who come 10 America find that We brag
a bit ourselves 50 I fancy rhat Amer
leans IN England are better Of than Eng
lishmen in America, so far as that gcss.
Personally. I have found the English
good sportsmen among each other ar col
lege- I9 be sure my experience IS totally
confined 70 college life
1t is all q mere matter Of u=-s1-aT5r--
Some Of the Rhodes scholars cu-r oxford
Z claiming discrimination against Ausr5-
cans One Of them left Queens CoIe-e
q short time ago. gave up his scholarship
ana went home alleging unfair treatment
found il quite otherwise All the col
lege heads seemed to think a lot OF the
.
The Olympic SquabbIe.
As for the Olympic games and the
sGUabble there. I rather take il that our
fellows were looking for all they could
get as wei as the English We entered
as individuals. not as a team 80 We
had no kick coming when We were drawn
In heats against each other. But We
kicked al it and accused the English of
unfair dealing Then. when We were ac-
cused Of -teauilg- against EaIsveIIe u
ths 4l0-meter race We were quick 20
claim that We entered as individuals. not
as a team You see, one claim vi-lates
/ the other
"TnGuestionably. the English officials
+ lost their heads in the all-ue-e- race
They had no right 10 break the tape on
an alleged foul They had 10 rsEEr 10
declare i no race because Carpenter
might have foUied HalSweIIe. What Car
peuIer old affected Robbins. who ran sec
ond. not at all Il the referee had reg--
la-iy heard the case or seen the foul and
I disqualified Carpenter and placed Robbins
first. We could not kick such a proceed
ing would be legal even # wrong But
no court on earth would affirm a deci-
sion which took second place from Rob
bins because Carpenter fcUled HaIsweIIe-
This decision has been MADE before. ard
always reversed by higher authority n
athletics If Robbins brought suit for
second prize lt there was any second
price. III wager the English courts
would award il 60 him
EnRlf~hmeB CuIPabIe.
80 in making this absurd decision the
EngIshman acted without legal or other
warrant II would be legal 20 GisquaIify
Carpenter. but Il was not legal 20 declare
IL no race and take second horors
away from Robbins This is the weak
point in the British decision Il cannot
be excused
Upon the whole 1 ind the English
men all right We beat them at athletics
because We 80 al athletics zs We do ar
work. while they go at Il as they do al
afternoon tea IN a lazy. Iackadaisicai.
careless sort Of way. They take things
easy and Ioaf and laze and daw6Ie. while
we get in and hustle
They are poorly developed. Their BOYS
mostly all take part in some sort Of ath-
ietics. and they are al home IN them
They DO things naturally and prettiIy.
but not extraordinarily well They have
10 idea Of hard training They are bet
Ter Oarsnen than We are. because they
have the best rowing water in the world
and are always at the sport II suits
their country and their temperament.
whereas it suits neither our temperament
nor our country
Must Accept Their Customs
1t is nice country. and the man
who IS civil and ulannerIy can get along
there finely He must not try 90 impose
his habits or likes or methods or Gus
toms on them. but must accept theirs.
Which I think. the wisdom Of all ages
SAYS YOU should do. There IS no hard
feeling against Americans. but If an
American goes there boasting and brag-
ging and looking for trouble he'll get IL
l have seen some Americans who were
very Overbearing IN England and who
were always making Odious comparisons
IF an EnElishman were 20 speak dis
para gingly OF my country I should deem
him a very ill-bred man and should resent
his remarks. II / spoke dispa-aEingly
of his country 1 should expect that he
would resent il. too, and think me very
iil-bred also. SO do not speak disparag-
inCly Of England or Enclishmen. and
expect that they viii not speak OF nv
country and my people save with the
same regard and respect with which
I speak Of them Therefore I get along
famously and am quite happy at OK
ford
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