The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-26
EASY VICTORY FOR
AMERICAN III lHLETES|
United States Wins I'LL l4 Points While Great Britain
and Ireland Only Scored 66 l;3 Points - President
Sullivan Roundly Scores British Amateur Athle.
lz nCAssociation, but Praises LOTdD esbo1Ough.

Queen left the royal box this after
Inoof1 or, az one American puts 1t.
re1srring to Longb9at,s running the
run II fthey thought they could win
Had America failed perhaps the pol
| Icy OF taking n beating without squenl-
ing would have been the better course.
lsbut having come. and seen, and con :
quered, she Is entitled to criticize free
~ and frankly. How we'll she won
\ is Sconcisely told In the following tele-
gram which James z. sullivan, presi-
dent OF the Amateur Athletic Asso-
citation OF the United States. sent Presi-
dent Roosevelt mt Oyster Bay at the
conclusion OF the games this after
noon:
Fifteen Firsts.
"In the athletic eection of the Olym-
| pic games of 1908, representing the
worlds championships in track and
field events. the REPRESENTATIVES OF the
United States won fifteen first prizes
out OF a possible twenty-seven, scoring
more frsts. than the athletes OF the
entire world combined On our basis
ond and one for third, the United
, States scored ia IL points; Great
Britain and ireland. &C 1-3; Sweden,
i124l-2; Canada, H. South Africa and
Greece a tie at 8 /; Norway, 5; Germany,
Al: Italy 81; France and Hungary. a
tie at 2 1-2; Australasia and Find
land, n tie ut /.
THE United States won Is firsts. o
! seconds, 6 thirds: Great Britain, 8 irsts.
seconds and 70 thirds: Sweden. 2
| firsts. no seconds and 1-2 thirds;
South Africa. 4 first; second and no
third Canada. first; second and
8 thirds: Germany. no first, second
and third s I italy. no first. second. no
third. Australasia, no first. no seco14.
third: Hungary, no first. no second,
| 1 third
Americas split in the pole vault. in
| which they took first and second prizes
! and tied third, was the dividing point
| in the games.
This meeting has not made friendly
relations athletically between the
United States and Great Britain. said
President Sullivan this afternoon.
Tribute to Lord Desborough.
But before speaking further OF the
British Amateur Athletic Association
officials, Mr.. Sullivan hastened to pay
a tribute to Lord Desborough, the
chairman of the games committee.
I should be peculiar genius. said
Mr.. Sullivan, referring to Lord Des-
borough. III did not say everything
4
| great courtesy and Kindness, as we'll
as his sportsmanship. Every Ameri-
can thinks the same. We. have nothing
against British sportsmen as typified
4 by Lord Desborough. He Is type OF
4 sportsman that people love all over
| the world. But such men are not to be
found among the officials of the British
EAmateur Athletic Association.
"Just as soon as we arrived Lord
Il rtrS,.
HE could do for all OF us. We knew
The was busy. overworked man. but
The came to see us at once, and all
Through he has gone out OF his way
I to show how he appreciates the eff
forts of.fthe American athletes. am
1 anxious to record In the most sincree
and emphatic way possible our ap-
! preciation and gratitude for all he
13has done
Mr.. Sullivan was equally outspoken
lin referring to the officials OF the
British Amateur Athletic Association.
1 IN whose hands the Olympic council
placed the mana cement and conduct
i OF the track and field games. Said
.The meeting from the beginning
| was mismanaged. It Is we'll known
that the A. "a. "A. people made up their
minds to ignore the United States and
to ignore cur wishes. because they
Thought they had chance to win.
! They made it necessary for the Amerf-
1 cans to keep protesting and writing
Eletters day In and day out They
WANTED to run and control everything
5tin their own way, without consulting
slany one. All the experts in Great
/ Britain admit that the program was
badly arranged. and our objections.
which were supported by Lord Desbor-
Iough. finally prevailed. The heats.
iwere 80 arranged as to shut out Amert-
lean winners. and the arrangements OF
1.-THE heats were not fair-iat all. The
4 program was also. badly and unfairly
arranged In another way. Instead OF
i getting the sprints out o { the way one
I at a time. the heat Were mixed up.
4 For example. the heats In the 100 and
1900 metres races We're 10 mixed up
y that a team had to be split. The best
4 men could not go out for both events.
Twenty Years Behind.
THE fact Is. continued Mr.. sullivan
4 still referring ito the B. a. a. "A. otti-
3I.cials, Tin addition to everything else
l the: meeting was too big a proposition
s|ifor thema9 bigger weight than hey
a knew how to swing and>sthey would
4 Itnot as Ks men who kew for help. 55s
a IT hey are out OF te--twenty years
behind the times. They think that be-
Y cause a thing was the custom TWEEN ty
years agoNit ought5to be now Mind
||BSyou. we wanted all the nations-Find
4 land, Sweden and the rest-to be con-
suited Lord Desborough was anxious
q too, that the others should be consult
4 ed, but the B. a. a. Al: would n,t have
N u t..."' ,ti III q! 5ss M <
Mr.. Sullivan complain ed OF the .un-
n LIAR eatmentS the Americans had re-
n SceiVed at the hands of the press, which
\ had nflamed the pu lie. and king
I iof the $unsp Ike breaking s OF the
& ape In the 4o0-metres run by the
A Judges before any protest had beer
mad and Without consulting any one
I said S \ 81 3s
4 They should have allowed Carpen:
4 ter to- come throug h, then disqual fed
a him If The had committed a foul Con
4 ira their act lon hen with their sac.
Il ton on Marathon day One day they
could see q foul and " break the ia pc
\ the mex day the English oftiotals
| themse Ives carry q man through the
i tape as thous sands saw md as the pub,
4. ltshed pilot ographs show. hey nade
1.-the h1aratho on rae 9 brut al and Sinhumar