Arizona republican., 1908-07-17

before the trophy for the champion ship in all sports can be awarded. If this method of counting points is ad- mitted by the British Olympic associa- ton, England will win the trophy, for there are few countries taking part in these sports outside the stadium The American athletic team, which is devoting it's attention to events with in the stadium however, is not accept ing this interpretation. James E. Sul- livan, president of the A. A. U., and United States commissioner to the Olympic games, said to the Associated Press tonight: We came here as we went to Paris and Athens, with a field team, making a fight for field events, and caring nothing for the other sports.
 We asked that the championship tro- phy be put up for field sports separ-
 ately, but our request was not acted on. So we simply take the score in field events, counting first, five points; second, three points, and third, one point, and figure out the American score on this basis"
 Under the American system, the score as it stands tonight is:
 American, throwing the hammer &, team race 3, discus 9, putting the shot 6, the 150O meter race 3; total 31.
 The United Kingdom, team race ,, putting the shot 3, the 15OO meter race 4, the 300 meter walk 8; to- tai 20. Sweden ,, Greece 8, Canada l, Australia l, Norway l.
 Commissioner Sullivan received a reply to a letter which he sent to Lord Desborough. chairman of the British Olympic Association. protest ing against certain rules governing the contests, and referring to other matters in connection with the games In 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 reme- died. He then takes up the com plaint of Americans regarding the conduct of the sports. The question of the pole vault is referred to the A. A. A, which decided not to allow the Americans to dig a hole for the pole, but acceded to their request to have the 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 that had already been made in the various heats could not be altered, although this had not been asked for. The Athletic Association, he said, had invited the American committee to have man in the arena during the progress of the events in which America was interested, and Halpin, the American manager, had been ap- pointed to that position.
 After reading Lord DesborOugh's letter, Sullivan replied that if the drawings were already made the Americans would like to see them before the day on which tine events were to be contested, a privilege which has heretofore not been ac- corded.
 In addition to the discus throwing, weight putting, the 400 meter swim and the 1000 meter cycle race, number of preliminaries in other events were pulled off today. These included the second heat of the 100 kilOmeters cycle race. two heats of the ten mile walk, two heats of the second round of the 200 meters breast stroke swim. the fifth heat of fancy diving. in which H. c. GrOte of the Missouri A c. got second; seven heats of the 100 meter back stroke swimming. in which A. NJ. Goessling of the Missouri A. C., the only Amer ican entered, was beaten in the sixth heat.
 It was cold all day, the rain falling heavily from early morning until af- ter the last event had been decided. and officials who had to be in the field were dripping with water all day long and the whole scene was about as cheerless as could
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