Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-26

athletic association wanted to control
everything. They were working I'M
der the old customs and thought
those the best.
In the first place, the program was
badly arranged. Instead of conclud
ing one event, the officials took up
another race. This prevented men
from taking part Ia more than one
race. They should hav gone through
the heats, the svmi-tinais and tho
final OF one race before starting thu
heats oil another ace. Then all
those competent to enter could have
started. As a matter OF fact 1t was
entirely too big a proposition for
the men handling It and they would
not look anywhere for hclp.
Il never shah forget as long as /
live the scene during the 4UU motors
race. The public had been in1amvd
against the Americans and the judges
taking a signal from some men ON the
field, threw up their hands. broke
the tape and called the race OFT be
fore they knew what had happened.
It is ridiculous for them tu say that
they could see what happened 100
yards away. If Carpenter mad ioulcd
nslsWeli the Judges should have al
lowed him To finish and then, If the
man at the coroner declared a foul,
va lltAltAI Abhlh f'NA+ AA'|NiANiAAAA'
and the race should haV been given
to the second man, Whu WAS Robbins.
Mind YOU, 1 ann not admitting any
foul.
Look how indecently thoy acted
Yesterday. Although thu officials
themselves had btoken h most i'm
portant rule governing the Marathon
race by helping Dorando, tne tape
was not broken and the ltalian was
allowed TO finish. DoFaud" should
have been taken from the track nad
the tape left for Hayes. the actual
winner, to break. Piucky man as
Dorando is, hayes was the winner un
der all the rules of racing. 1t was
inhuman to drive the mtn around
the track in the condition ilc was IN,
and it was unfair Ior Hayes, who Wds
robbed of the honor of breaking the
tape.
Then despite what evtr5 body said
that the Italian had been disqualified
by the action OF the Officials the
Judges ordered the italian ldl to be
huisted and the stars n stripes
placed under it. As the breach OF the
rules was So %palpable we aid not pro
test until that was donn believing a.
every man m the stadium did that the
judges would award the race 10
rtayes. n Itaiian Nag was hoisted
simply to put us in the unfortunate
position of having to protest
II should like to say here that We
have not a word of complaint 70
make against Lord D~esboroush, Busy !
man as he was he SHOWED apprccia
ton III the EFFORT America hau made
to send a team here and he did every
thing possible to make us comfort.
able. He is the right type OF sports
mar of whom there are plenty IN
England but they have not been IN
that arena.
1T is not generally known but we
had to have one official put OF the
field Tor coaching the English com
petitors. 1t was that man who as
sited Dorando. We shOutt not have
been compelled to take such drastic
measures but as the Amateur a. a.
would not take the steps We had to
do it ourselves to protect uut men. In
deed we were so badly treated that
if it had not been for Lord Dcsbor-
ough the American team would have
been taken away from the stadium
early in the week. When IL was an
nounced that the Indian. Longboat.
would be allowed to run for the pole,
the committee seriously considered
Withdrawing from the contests, but
Lord D%esborough urged Us to re-
mann. ana ne idu bt'll SO tbuI ''u7
we could not refuse
CAS- a matter of fact some of the
officials wanted US to retire before the
sprints were concluded, and the
Marathon started, We had not said
about our Marathon men, but /.
we felt they were going to do great !
The Englishmen were not I
afraid even of the Canadians, who
lad been talked of so much, but they
nad heard OF MorrisseN aud his team J
and knew that there was little !
;hanCe of their own men winning =
the Americans in the contest. -
80 far as ! personally am CON d
,crned, this is the last international r
meeting shall recommend the Amer q
cans to take part in, until that a
very country competing shall have r.
say in the management so That
We shall not hereafter bc placed IN ,
he false position that we have here. /
H.. f.. Porter, of the lrish-Ameri- !
athletic club, winner of the run !
ing high jump, speaking for the
american competitors. said: -
The Americans are continually F,
Jagged and made uncomfortable, The 4,
'fiicials were discourtcous to our y
men and further. by their %encourag-
nsnt of the other men. they tried To i,
,eat us" !!
Dorando, n Italian, VINO made n
uch d brave fight for The Marathon i,
ace. walked briskly around the /
rack and up the steps 90 the royal
tand to receive the gold cup, a pres i,
mt from the queen for his plucky fin a
SIN In the Marathon event. He was :
iven a perfect ovation, the people u
ising in their seats and cheering
i'm for fifteen minute. The Italian
)okcd quite strong and did not y
any signs of tho lrightful or -
through which he went. He was u
scorted around the arena by a mum -
er of his compatriots. one of whom =
ore an Italian flag. Nowhere did he y
aceive greater reception than when ~
e passed the American stand. Hayes =
anne back to receive the Greek il,
'ophy for his Marathon victory. Hc a
as accompanied by his team mates, n
carried off the big trophy on a /.
bile. IT,
The other trophies having been N
resented, the crowd rose up aul
loered Queen Alexandra. who re- ny,
red AS the band played the national 81
lthem. OI
This was the conclusion of the b..
'urth revival Of the olympia. Ia.
YORK TO WELCOME ~
HEROES or ATHLETIC FIELD W
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