Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-17

ing nothing for the other sports. We
asked that the championship trophy
be put up for the field sports separate
ly, but this request was not acted on.
So we simply will take the score in the
field events, counting first, five points;
second, three points, and third, one
point, and figure cut the American
score on this basis"
Under the American system the score
as 1t stands tonight is as follows:
misunderstanding hammer, 8; team
race, g. discus, 0; putting the shot, g.;
1900 meter race. 8; total, 81.
United Kingdom-Team race, 5; put
ting the shot, 8; 1900 meter race, 4; 300
meter walk, s. total, 20.
Sweden 5, Greece 8, Canada l, Aus
tralia l. Norway 1.
Commissioner Sullivan has received
a reply to the letter which he sent to
Lord Desborough, chairman of the
British Olympic association, protesting
against certain of the rules governing
the contests and referring to other
matters in connection with the games
In his reply Lord Desborough opens
with an apology to the Americans for
the failure to use a single American
flag in the decoration of the stadium on
the opening day. The omission to do
so, he says, has since been remedied
He then takes up the complaint of the
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sports. The question of the pole vault
was referred to the A. A. A, which de-
cided not to allow all the Americans to
dig a hole for the pole, but acceded to
the request to have pits filled with sand
for landing on.
With regard to the question of heat
drawings, Lord Desborough pointed
out in his letter that the drawing al
ready had been made in the various
heats and could not be altered, al
though this had not been asked for.
The athletic association, he said, has
invited to have the American commit
tee to have man in the arena during
the progress of events in which Amer
lea was interested, and Mr.. Halpin, the
American manager, had been appoint
ed to this position.
After reading Lord Desborough's let
ter Commissioner Sullivan replied that
If the drawings were already made the
Americans would like to see them be-
fore the day on which the events were
to be contested, privilege which here
tofore had not been accorded.
In addition to the discus throwing.
the weight pulling, the 400 meter swim
and the 1000 meter cycle race, a num-
Der of preliminaries in other events
were pulled off today. These inclued
the second heat of the 100 kilometers
cycle race; two heats of the ten-mile
walk; two heats in the second round of
the 200 meters breast stroke swim;
the fifth heat of the fancy diving, in
which H. G. Grote of the Missouri
Athletic club got second, and seven
heats of the 100 meter back stroke
swimming, in which A. M. Goessling
of the Missouri Athletic club, the only
American entered, was beaten in the
sixth heat.
1t was cold all day, the rain falling
heavily from early morning until after
the last event had been decided. The
competitors and officials who had to
be in the field were dripping with water
all day long, and the whole scene was
about as cherries as could be mag
ined. The stands and course were
deserted and later in the afternoon the
running track resembled canal. For
tunately there were no running races
on the program. All the gymnastic
displays which were the features of
the previous days had to be put off and
even the band did not make it's ap-
pearance to help dispel the gloom.
No official announcement is obtain
able as to how the British Olympic
association is going to decide the Olym-
pic championship, but the system
adopted by the London sporting papers
in arriving at the respective positions
of the various contests has been gen.
orally accepted.