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.HALSWELLE Wins
EMPTY VICTORY
RUNS ALONE OVER 4oo-METER
COURSE IN THE STADIUM
AT LONDON.
RECORD NOT REDUCED
BY ENGLISH RUNNER
Time Made is Distinct Disappoint-
ment to His Admirers, Who Had
Expected Him to Show Remark
able Speed.

London. July 27.-Amid the cheers
of several hundreds of his countrymen.
Halswelle. the English runner. Satur-
day walked over" in the final of the
400-meter fiat race in the Olympic
games, which was run originally last
Thursday and won by ]. c. Carpenter,
Cornell university. This is the race
that was declared void by the judges
on the allegation, which has been de-
MED by the Americans, that Carpenter
fouled Halswelle. Carpenter was dis
qualified from competing again and
]. B. Taylor, Irish-American A. c., and
w. c. Robbins of Cambridge, Mass,
withdrew and would not run again.
Halswelle didn't really walk; he ran.
and ran hard, in an effort to establish
new Olympic record. His perform
ance was very great disappointment
after all that had been confidently ex-
pected. 1t was firmly believed that
the most talked-of athlete in the sta
dunn, until the Marathon racers re-
placed him in this regard, would clip
at least fraction of second off the
record of 40 1-5. Instead. it took Halls
welle full SO seconds to cover the
distance. He started hard, but just as
In the case of last Thursday, he was
all out when he came to the stretch
after rounding the turn where all the
trouble in the previous race occurred.
A great cheer went up when Halswelle
finished, but much to the surprise Of
| the spectators it was several minutes
before flag was unfurled and sent to
| the top of the staff to denote a British
victory. The bluejackets having this
work in hand had mislaid their union
jack and they had to requisitjon one
from the decorations of the stadium
Halswelle had done what he believed
to be right, but the experts feel that
he has hardly justified his predictions
that he was able to beat Carpenter
| and Robbins, both of whom made bet
ter time on Thursday than the English
runner made Saturday
Only One Other Event.
The running hop. step and jump was
the only other event of the morning
Ahearne, United Kingdom, with 48
feet 81 inches; Lawson, Norway, At
feet 2A inches, and Mcdonald, Cana
da. 46 feet 4 inches, qualified for the
final. Both Ahearne and Mcdonald
improved their jumps in the final, do
ing respectively 4S feet liz inches
and 4S feet and 5A inches. Lawson
got third place with AZ feet 2A inches.
Bricker, Canada. with 46 feet 8 inches,
and Platt Adams, New York A. c.,
with 46 feet 2 inches. We're awarded
certificates Of merit for their jumps.
F. c. Irons, Chicago A. A.: Martin
j. Sheridan, Irish-American A. c.;
Jonn j. Brennan, Marquette university.
Wisconsin; D. R. Sherman, Dartmouth
college; S. H. Bellah, Stanford uni
versity. California, and Frank Mt.
Pleasant, Carlisle Indian school, also
competed, but their jumps were be-
hind the leaders and were consequent.
ly not measured.
Queen Witnesses Events,
Queen Alexandra reached the sta
dunn at four o'clock, accompanied by
several other members of the royal
family. AS soon as the queen had
taken her seat the American runners,
A. B. Shaw, H. c. Smithson, w. M.
Rand and j. C. Garrels, were called
out for the final in the 110.meter hur.
die race. At the conclusion of this
event, which was won by Smithson,
the American, German and Hungarian
teams lined up for the final in the
1.6OO-meter team race. This event
also went to America
When this last race was over the
band struck up See the Conquering
Hero Comes as the winners of the
first prizes emerged from their dress.
Ing rooms and started to march across
the arena to receive their medals from
the hands of Queen Alexandra. Her
majesty was attended by Lord Des,
borough and other members of the
international Olympic committee and
British Olympic council.
After receiving their medals the
winners were given their diplomas
and a sprig of oak from Windsor for.
est was handed to each man. These
branches, together with the union
jack in which. they were wrapped,
were sent by King Edward.