The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-19
Will Enumerate Persons
Who Die After Census

! tcndant on The last meet OF this kim.
held ncsr London, England, IN the
GUNNER OF 1908. As everyone who
follows sports is aware. grave charges
| ot croobedneSs in dealing with tho
great american team were made by
various athletic officials during and
after the time OF the big meet Incl
ccutally. the way the meet was
Ii; ndled was the cause Of a great deal
ot bitterness between this country aud
. eat Britain i'm athletic circles, which
iinally quieted down when the Amer
lean Athletic union endorsed the ac-
tons OF James J Sullivan, then presl-
dent OF the 4. a. L.. by breaking OF
al athletic relations with England.
Tbs action on the part Of the A. a. L.
was the cause of great deal OF crit
iclsm being directed at then President
Sullivan. Many OF the athletes. train
crs and visitors who accompanied the
team 10 England in 1908 gave out in
tervlews on their return in which they
ayerred that Sullivan had made fool
of himself trying To manage every
thing In the great London Olympic
games.
5ritishers Show Partially.
Many sportsmen and athlets who
were on the ground during the time
OF all the trouble said that the action
oil the British officials In debarrlng
sullivan from the fields whore the
events were being neld was the only
thing 10 do under the circumstances.
as had he been allowed on the field
he would probably try TO manage ev-
erything. However true this may be.
1t Is certain that British athletic o1I-
cials were guilty OF partiali.y. giving
their Own athletes every chance In
the world TO win from their American
rivals. Especially was this noticea-
bic in the mile and half mile runs.
According to Mike Murphy. the We
teran coach and trainer of the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania. who accom-
panied the American team to London
as lis trainer, be counted on Halstead
OF Cornell TO win the mile run up to
. The days when the elimination trials
were held. In the half mile. OF course.
Peerless Mel Sheperd OF the New
York lrtsh-Americ8n Athletic club was
booked TO win easily But when the
announcement of how the runners
| would be arranged in the elimination
o. lrlal heat. prior TO the champion
snip hnal was made. II was discovered
that Sheperd and Halstead had been
put In The same heat, both I'm the
mile and half mile, or 1000 and 500
metres (the difference IS slight there
by killing OF one OF Americas best
men. as one Of them would have to win
| necessarily and the other would then
not be eligible To run In the final.
1t was claimed that the allotment
ol the men to the tidal heats was done
by the method commonly In use, thnt
OF drawing numbers from a box con.
! taining the number OF each eutrant
III the particular event. Yet this DIT.
J ting OF two American stars against
each other was noticeable in many of
! the track events. and the coincidence
gag didn't work when the English
men attempted to explain how It hap
! peued
Reports Were Misleading.
About a week before the half mile
was To be run word was received from
England TO the effect that the climate
had weakened Sheperd and that the
! great star was expected To lose. When
the time como to hold tho trial heat
III which Sheperd and Halstead We're
pitted against each other. reports
were received to the effect that
Nike Murphy sent the Two men into
the race not knowing which would be
returned the victor As II happened,
Shep' was right. so there could be
but one conclusion He won from
ltalstead In last time Before the big
meet reports from English training
camps gave the general Impression
that EnGlanaS strongest event was
the half mile. with Just and Fairbouru.
Crawford. These two men. strange to
relate, were not IN the same trial heat
50 they both appeared To run on tho
day oil the finals, II came out later
that the English had hatchcd up 4
pretty scheme 10 klll on the great
American. Sheperd Just. who was adj
Judged the better of the two English
men Was 10 hang back somewhat
while the man with his name parted
IL the middle was TO set Grueling
pace calculated 10 tire Sheperd out
The race went through the first quar-
ter AS planned by the Englishmen
Fairbourn-Crawford was in the lead
setting a terrific. heart breaking pace
Behind him was the gang OF alsC
rams. followed ny Shepherd and then
Just, who was picked to win.
The trouble came when half wa,
! through the last quarter Falrbourn