The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-24
AMERICANS ENTER
 FORMAL PROTEST Will Not Stand for Disqualified tion of Carpenter and Order Countrymen to Keep Out
 of Race To morrow.
SERIOUS BREAK FEARED
Howe and Smithson Take Their Heats in IIurdlcs--Swodcn in Disgust Withdraws Wrcstlcrs from
 the Contests.

| series of disputes which has arisen since the opening of the Olympic games, not only between the Ameri- cans and the officials of the Amateur Athletic association, but between the athletes of other nations and the same officials, eliminated this after noon in an occurrence which threat- enod to wreck the inter-Olymplc meetings.
 The trouble was over the final heat of the 400 metres flat race, for which J. c. Carpenter Cornell university; J. B. Taylor, lrsh-American Athletic club; w, c. Robbins. Cambridge, Mass, and Lieutenant Wyndham Halswelle. United Kingdom. qualified. With the exception 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 behind, with Halswelle trall- ing along beside him. It looked like anybody's race as they approached the last turn, the three leaders being punched. Their spurt for the final hundred yards was just begun, when suddenly a number of officials rushed onto the track. the tape across the finish was torn down and the race was declared void. It was hard for a time to understand what had oc- cured but the official pronouncement was that Carpenter had fouled IIals- welle at the turn. Everybody close to this spot had not noticed that the three men had swerved toward the outside of the track as they came around the bend at terrific pace. but there were no signs of a dellber- ate foul visible to those in the press stands.
 An uproar followed such as seldom or never was witnessed on an athletic field. officials of the Amateur Athle- tic association with whom the arena has been filled since the opening of the games, ran along the edge of the track shouting Foul" and appeared even more excited than the runners who, with the exception of Taylor, cen tinued the race 10 the finish. Carpenter passing the post first. Robbins second and Halswelle third. Taylor, who was q considerable distance in the rear, was dragged off the track by one of the excited officials, wto shouted all the while that 1t wac no race.
 The American contingent set up a yell of delight as their man had ap- parently captured the race which had been predicted for the Britlsher, while the vast audience filling the other stands sat silent not knowing the cause of the excitement in the arena.
 Then the announcement was made through a megaphone that the race had been declared void, but no reason was given. Still not knowing why, a great British cheer broke out and con tinued for several minutes.
 The uproar continued for nearly half an hour and as the people poured out of the stands the arguments were talk en up in the alsles and gateways by excited thousande, and the race is still the subject of the bitterest wrang- ling everywhere
 Matthew P Halpin, the manager of the American team, who was In the arena immediately entered protest claiming the race for Carpenter who had done the distance according to un- official watches, in the remarkable time of AS 2-5 seconds, some watches making it even less.
 \ committee meeting of the Amateur Athletic association, the details of which have not been made public, was called, and the judges who rendered the decision and Halswelle were called to state their case. Neither any mem Der of the American committee nor any one of the three American runners, ' however was called on to make any statement, and tho committee after up- wards of two hours consideration, rem dered the following decision:
 "The judges decide the race void and order the same to be run over again on Saturday at noon Carpenter is dis qualified"
 When they heard the decision the members of the American committee met and passed a resolution, ordering the men not to run on Saturday, James F. Sullivan, the American commissioner to the games, and Bar tow s, Weeks, j. B, McCabe, Gustavus ' T. Kirby, Everett C. Brown, and Alonzo Stagg, members of the Ameri- can committee, sat in room in their hotel, this evening, the most disgusted lot of Americans ever gathered togeth- CT in England Commissioner Sullivan was the spokesman and the others up- held what he said.
 Mir. Sullivan said Carpenter at the , crack of the pistol, took the lead and did the only thing he could do and win, and that was to take all the run ming out of Halswele in the first three hundred yards. As result, he gave the spectators the fastest three hun dred yards ever seen on the stadium. The 220 yards he covered in 22 seconds and at 300 yards he had Halswellc out Carpenter had the pole, but he did not run close to it, He ran well out at the first bend and coming to the second bend, leading to the straightaWay he ran wide, as he had a perfect right to do.
 Never in my life, and I have been attending athletic meetings for thirty one years, have 1 witnessed a scene tht struck mo as being 50 unsports- manliko and unfair as that in which the officials participated When Car penter started to leave Halswelle be- hind the officials cried "Foul' in uni son and raised their hanls and hats while the announcement ran around also yelling foul Furthermore, they did the unsportsmanlike act of running up the track In an endeavor to stop Carpenter coming through and deliberately and meanly broke the