New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
NEW OLYMPIC DISPUTES
BRITISH CHARGE FOUL.
American Winner Disqualified :
S7cedes Withdrasc Wrestlers.

,.-,,.as which have arisen since the opening of
~ OLYMPIC games. not only between the Ameri-
oo,s and the officials of the Amateur Athletic
,sociatson but between the athletes of other
,o,ions and the same officials. eliminated this
ae.e-noon in an occurrence which threatened to
wreck the Olympic games
The trouble was over the final heat of the 400
,es-e fat race, for which J. c. Carpenter, OF
cornell University; J. B. Taylor. Of the Irish
.-nerican Athletic Club: w. O. Robbins. OF
-an,hridge Mass, and Lieutenant Wyndham
palsueIIe United Kingdom. qualified.
with the exception of Taylor, the men got Off
.sctlv on the firing of the pistol and Robbins
sn-inted in front. taking the pole from Carpen-
,e- who was just behind. with Halswelle trail
.ng along beside him
1t looked like anybody's race as they ap-'
n-oached the last turn. the three leaders being
ny,cbed Their spurt for the final hundred
Yards was just begun. when suddenly number
of officials rushed TO the track, the tape across
the finish was torn down and the race was de-
clared void. II was hard for time 10 under
stand what had occurred, but the official pro-
nouncement was that Carpenter had fouled
fIalswelle at the turn - Every one close to this
spot haa noticed that the three men had swerved
toward the outside Of the track they came
s-ound the bend at a terrific pace but there
we're no signs Of a deliberate foul visible to
those in the press stands
GREAT UPRoAR IN STADIUM.
An uproar followed such as seldom or never
was witnessed on athletic field Officials of
the Amateur Athletic Association, with whom
me arena has been filed since the opening Of
,be games ran along the edges OF the track,
shouting Foul" and appeared even more ex-
cited than the runners, who, with the exception
of TAYLOR continued the TO the finish, Car
renter passing the post first, Robbins second
and Halswelle third Taylor, who was a con-
siderable distance in the rear, was dragged off
the track by one Of the excited officials. who
shouted all the while that if was no race.
The American contingent set up a yell of
delight as their man had apparently captured
the race which had been predicted for the Brit
,sher. while the vast audience filling the other
stands sat silent, not knowing the cause Of the
excitement in the arena
Then the announcer made the brief statement
through q megaphone that the race had been
declared void, but no. reason was given. The up
roar continued for nearly half hour. and,
the people poured out Of the stands, the argu-
neuts were taken up in the aisles and gateways
ty excited thousands, and the race is still the
subject Of the bitterest wranging everywhere.
EALPIN MAKES FORMAL PROTEST.
Matthew the Ifle1lldSSI
can team, who was in the arena Immediately
entered a protest, claiming the race for Car
penter, who had done the distance. according
10 unofficial watches. in the remarkable time of
4S% seconds, some watches making it even less
This time, had Il been official. would have
equalled the Olympic record
A 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
10 state their case. Neither any member OF the
American committee nor any one OF the three
American runners, however, was called on to
make anv statement and the committee. after
more than two hours consideration, rendered
the following decision:
.'The Judges decide the race void, and order
the same TO be run over again on Saturday at
noon. Carpenter is disqualified"
When they heard the decision the members OF
the American committee met and passed a
resolution, ordering the men not to run on Sat-
urday.
James z. Sullivan. the American commissioner
70 the games; Barlow S Weeks. ]. B. Maccabe.
Gustavus T Kirby Everett c. Brown and
Alonzo A Stagg, members of the American COM
nittee sat in a room in their hotel this even
ing the most disgusted lot of Americans ever
gathered together in England. Commissioner
Sullivan was the spokesman. and the others up
held what he said This is his statement:
Let US in the first place discuss the arrange
nent Of the track. II was unfair, especially 10
Taylor and apparently the arranging was Done
by q man who did not want all the contestants
10 get fair start. Taylor's position caused him
70 give away yards which he could never regain
SULLIVAN DESCRIBES THE RACE.
Now for the race Carpenter at the crack Of
The pistol took the lead and did the only thing
ne could 90 and win, and that was 70 take al
The running out OF Halswelle in the hrst three
hundred Yards. As a result. he gave the spec
iators the fastest three hundred yards ever seen
on the Stadium. The 220 yards he covered IN
zs seconds, and at 500 yards he had HalsWeiie
out Carpenter had The pole but he olo not
run close TO il He ran well out at the tirst
bend, and. coming 70 the second bend, Leading
70 the straightaway, he ran wide, as he had a
perfect right to do.
Easwelle instead Of taking advantage Of this
eaance ana cutting TO the post, remained IN ms
Old position. At that point, probably ITO yards
non home. Carpenter turned his head TO SOC
Who was there and then, swinging up the
Stretch, gave the English public ITO yards
they had rot seen equalled this week. Haisweiie
was all ou1 before the stretch was reached. ard
america had found in Carpenter a wonder at
TINS distance.
Never In my life. and have been attending
athletic meetings for thirty-one years. have L
Witnessed scene that struck me as being so
nnsportsraanlike and unfair as that In which
the officials participated When Carpenter
elarted 10 leave HalgWelle behind the Of1cla1s
NtAeo Foul in unison, ana raised ther tlailos
end hats. while the announcer ran around also
yelling Foul" Furthermore, they did the
4ortEmanlfke act of running up the track in
y endeavor 70 stop Carpenter coming through,
eno deliberately and meanly broke the tape so
A1 not to give him that honor.
QUESTION OF AUTHORITY RAISED.
They practically declared Il no race without
authority There was only man In the arena
VINO has authority to do that and he was tho
Referee. The referee did not do so. but lot
of lzl rs2n a
and No race" and il was their decision that