The Washington herald., 1908-07-27

New York. July 25.-The cabied reports
from London on the unfair treatment Of
the American team Of athletes was the
general topic discussed at clubs and
other sporting centers here to-day
The consensus OF opinion seemed To
be that there was cause for complaint,
especially In connection with the go
meter run and the Marathon race. The
other tlns over the pole vault and tug-of-
war were considered trivial as the trou-
ble hinged on a technically OF the OIym-
pic rules.
Among the athletes II was admitted
that there was quite a breach between
American and English athletic bodies
which would take some time TO heal. and
IN The future American athletes would
not be so anxious 70 seek for glory on
English soil
with some Of the athletes. particularly
those Who have competed in England. al
the cabled matter IS not taken seriously.
but quite a lot Of attention IS given 70
the reported interviews Of James E. Sui
Ivan, the American commissioner ap-
pointed by President Roosevelt Sullivan,
with his long experience, knows athletics
thoroughly, and IL was the opinion that
he was fair when he said that the best
way out Of the 410-meter run row was %
declare IL 10 race and order II rerun-
Il that were done, Sullivan said, the
Americans were willing 10 Run the Mara
thon race over again
An ex-English champion and member ot
the New York Athletic Club, when asked
1 for his opinion. said
want to Win at Any Cost.
7 have no doubt what Sullivan says ls
[ true when he states the English wanted
% beat America al any cost They don't
want anybody 70 20 over from here and
+ win and. for that matter. they don't
want 70 be beaten by anybody else. no
more than America They were keen on
winning This Oiympiad- for II was held
on their own soil
Then there was some stlded bitter
/ feeling toward America. caused by the
fact that we have been growing since
Isas about The supremacy Of our athletes
and OF having won 81 Athens il 1856
Paris in 800 St Louis il 1894 and again
AZ Athens n 1916. Il IS a grand thing %
wiz. but IL Is stiH EranGer % win without
Dragging OF course. You cannot keep
the yellow press from splutJering. and It
. IS the worst OF all
About the booinE over the Marathon
race don't pay much heed one or TWO
roughs may do that. and for their actions
ycu must not condemn an entire nation.
I rememRr competing in the English
athletic championship az Stamford Bridge
some years when a fellow from the sh-li-
Ing section shouted 70 an English Cppo-
ue1t OF mine. Go e and beat the bloody
Yank- Kill the bleede--- I knew thai Ils
shouter belonged 70 the unwasEed bT.-
I gade. therefore the remark did not rils
ne fc- a moment. nor did I leave TIE
field with the idea that all E1gIshne1
were unfair
1t VIII be twenty years. perhaps. OF
more before the Olympiad VIII see Eng
land again. and ali this row viii have
dsed away. for a totally new generation
viii be there Still. there should be some
alteration in the Olympic rules where
they are faulty. a nan should be al,o7ei
70 dig a hole for his pole. and the heats
Of the sprilts should be arranged with
the different uatio0aiities and not shut
fed and drawn out Of a hat
Vow as 10 this tug OF war. I th.ns
there Is no cause for q kick ct all The
olympic rules say that the men shall
I pull IN their street shoes"