The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-13
In the 400 Metre Flat Race at
Stockholm To-da' :.
HE RAN BY REASON OF FOUL
Braun Was Declared Winner OF Heat IN
Semi-Final on Ground That Young,
Amherst Divinity Student, Had
Fouled Him During Exciting Race.

Stockholm, July l3.-Practically al
interest in the Olympic games to-day
centered on the final heat OF the 4oo
metre fat race, in which one non Amer
ican. Hans Braun of Germany, who was
given his heat yesterday afternoon, on
g foul. was pitted against four OF the
best American sprinters, James =. mere
dith of Mercersburg academy, Charies
d. Reidpath of Syracuse university, mar
nd h. Haff of the university OF Michi'
Gan. and Edward I. Lideberg OF the Chi-
cago A. A.
The fouling incident occurred in the
last heat of the semi-finals of the race
Yesterday afternoon, and for time
stirred up small tempest. 1t was al
most a repetition of the clash at the
London Olympic, when the American
Carpenter. was disqualified for fouling
an Englishman in similar sprint. On
this occasion it was collision between
Germany and the United States. An
Amherst divinity student, Donald b.
Young, running under the colors Of the
Boston A. A., finished two yards in the
lead in this race, but was disqualified
and the heat given to his fast Teu-
tonic rival, Braun, who crossed the line
StcOlu. ne iNh INV PHNN
tators to think that the United States
might protest, but the American COM
mittee, while considering the judges de-
cision in error, accepts it Loyalty.
The alleged foul occurred on the first
turn, so yards from the start. The race
was for blood, and there was great rival
ry between the two Americans, Young
and Ira n. Davenport, university OF Chi
cago, and the German, Braun. Young
took the lead oT >she first Jump Then
the German attempted to pass him on
the outside at the turn, and was ell
bowed by Young. The judges made an
attempt to stop Young at the next turn,
but without success.
When the mix.up occurred, Young,
Braun and Swedish contestant We're
punched. Young had the pole, the Swede
was as close as possible behind on the
inside. with Braun on the outside. They
were so close together that they seemed
to rub shoulders. The German sprinted
into the lead and then apparently slowed
up. Young gave him push with his
right arm.
The Amherst boy, who is considered by
all who know him gentleman and a
clean runner, takes the matter much to
heart In explanation he said: Braun
was pushing me back. The only thing
could do was what ] did, or be pushed
into the Swede. If they disqualify me,
they certainly should disqualify Braun"
Braun claimed that he was undoubted-
" fouled. but did not assert that the
foul was intentional.
A curious feature of this incident Is
that while everybody was certain that
Young was disqualified for fouling Braun
it was later reported that the judges
thought that Young had interfered with
the Swede Zerling, and had disqualified
him for such interference. Both Young
and Braun supposed that the disqualifi-
cation was due to interference with
Braun.
Four other events were on the pro.
gram, including the standing high jump
final, the 3,000-metre team race final,
the final of the discus throwing, right
and left, the throws being aggregated.
and part of the Decathlon. The Decath-
lon trials, on which the participants are
compelled to show all-arolind athletic
ability, includes 100-metre fat race, run
ming broad jump. putting weight, best
hand, running high jump, 400metre fiat
race, ll0-metre hurdle race, throwing
discus, best hand, pole jump, throwing
iavelin, best hand, and l,500metre fiat
race. The points are awarded according
to position in each event, the first re-
ceiving one, then all are aggregated, and
the man with the lowest total in the
ten events is declared the winner.