The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-24
AMERICANS GET
BAD TREATMENT
OLYMPIC 400 METRE RACE,
WHICH AMERICAN WON, IS
DECLARED VOID.
OTHER NATIONSPROTEST
Against Unfair Deal at Hands Of
Britishcrs-Ohcia Said Ameri-
can Foued Englishman--
Others Claim No Foul.

London, July 20. The unfortunate
series of disputes which has arisen
since the opening of the Olympic
games not only between the Ameri-
cans and officials of the Amateur
Athletic association. but between tie
athlets of other nations and the same
officials, eliminated this afternoon IN
an occurrence which threatened to
wreck the inter-Olympic meetings.
Tho trouble was over the final heat
in the 100 metre fiat race for which
!. c Carpenter, of Cornell University,
j. B Taylor. of the lrishAmerican
Athletic club. w. c. Robbins. of Cam
bridge, Mass, aud Lieut. Wyndham
Halswelle, of the United Kingdom
qualified.
Race Declared Void.
With the exception of Taylor. the
men got eff quickly on the firing ri
the pistol and Robbins spriuted in
front taking the pole from Carpenter
who was just behind. with Halswelle
trailing along beside him.
II looked like anybody's race a7I
they approached the last turn, tho
three leaders being buncheds The
squirt for the final hundred yards was
just begun when suddenly one Of the
officials rushed onto the track, the
tape across the finish was torn down
and mthe race declared void It was
hard for a tie to understand what
had occurred, but the official an
nornced that Carpenter had fouled
IlalSwelle NJ the turn.
No Sinn of Foul.
Everybody close to this spot hal
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 deliberate foul visible To
those In the press stands, An upr0ar
followed such as seldom or never was
Witnessed on an athletic field, The
officials of theAmateur Athlete asso-
citation ran along the edges of the
track shouting foul and appeared
even more excited than the runners,
who with the exception of Taylor,
Continued the race to the finish.
Carpenter First.
Carpenter passed the post first,
Robbins second, Halswelle third. Tay-
lor, who was a considerable distance
in the rear, was dragged off the track
by one of the excited officials, who
shouted that there was no race. The
American contingent set up yell Of
delight as their man had apparently
captured the race which had been
predicted for the Britisher while the
vast audience filing the other stands
sat silent, not knowing the cause CT
the excitement in the arena.
Britishers Cheer Wildly
Then the announcer made brief |
statement through megaphone that |
the race had been declared void. but |
no reason was given. Still not know
ing why, a great British cheer broke |
out and continued for several mil |
utes-the men who could not under |
stand the incidert crying foul" |
louder than those sitting oppc site the |
spot where the alleged foul was said |
to have taken place. and who, seeing |
Halswelle taking wide turn |
thought il mistaken Judgment as he |
had lots of room to pass Carpenter |
oil either side.
Made Remarkable Time.
The uproar continued nearly half |
an hour and as the people poured out |
Of the stands arguments were taken |
M in the aisles and gateways and the |
race * still subject of bitter wrang. |
ling everywhere. Matthew F. Hapin, |
manager of the American team. who |
was in the arena, Immediately entered |
a protest claiming the race for Car |
penter, who had done the distance &C
cordiDg to unofficial watches in the |
remarkable time of As 2-5 seconds, |
some watches making it even less.
Decided mo Race"
A committee meeting of the ANA
tour Athletic association, details. of
which have not been made public,
was called, and the judges who re1
dered the decision and Ha'swelle |
we're called to state their case. Nei-
ther any member of the American
committee nor any one of the thre,
American runners. however, was
called on to make a statement. and I
tire committee decided mo race" and |
ordered it to he run over again Sat
urday aud declaring Carpenter dis
qualified.
Ordered Not TO Run.
When they heard the decision the
American committee ordered the men
not to run on Saturday. James r.
sullivan. American commissioner to
the games. in a statement tonight,
pointed out that Carpenter had
Halswelle beaten at the 300 yards,
and declared that the Britisher was
"alk inn long before the runners
reaehed the pole He also called at