The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-13

] do not wish this to be Interpreted as
''belch'' from a sore loser nor in any
manner as an insnua ton against the in
tegrity Of the Swedish officials involved,
The fault lies In the fact that this coun-
try is too green or Inexperienced In the
game to deal with all the technicalities
and delicate situations which arise in
competitions OF such world wide moment.
There was absolutely no reason for the
disqualification. Young drew the pole,
kept pace with the Boston man, but be-
fore they reached the first turn Braun
evidently decided to sprint up and grab
the more favorable position on the swing.
The two reached the turn With Braun
possibly two feet in the lead because OF
his sudden sprint, far too slight margin
10 justify the German In attempting TO
take the inside position without commit
ting n foul
The Olympic rules emphatically state
that Braun had no right to bear in to-
ward his adversary's right of way unless
he was a full stride In advance. Now
full stride, by the most liberal calcula-
ton, is certainly eight feet, not two feet
In spite OF the fact that Braun was little
better than abreast OF Young. ne jumped
over in front of the American Young.
as a matter OF self-protection had either
10 stop running or be pushed on the track
unless he wished to collide with his com
petitor. He did the only thing that he
could reasonably have been expected to
do under the circumstances: he merely
him.
The fact that the German lunged into
that hand should have eXonerated Young
Had Braun been full stride In advance.
how could he have possibly touched the
Americans arm?
Naturally Braun was pushed off slight
", but ] doubt II the interference was a
bit more annoying to him than II proved
20 our man. After this incident the two
men kept their regular positions and the
American showed his superiority over the
Iz.l T..
not the loss of the heat that annoyed me
SO much as the disqualification. Ger
tainly the officials picked the wrong man.
Ira N Davenport OF Chicago might
cared to make the effort. 1t Is too bad
that he did not do his level best under
the circumstances. For had he beaten
Braun the heat would have had TO be
run over But as II Is. Braun is not
worrying me greatly Really cannot see
where ne has a chance in the final. Any
one Of our men is likely to win II.
! was not AT all surprised in the result
OF the 1i0-meter hurdle. because Fred
w Kelly. the Californian. has been COM
ing wonderfully all week. week age
Nicholson would have beaten him, but
the latter had improved as he should
Kelly surely had the race won before
Nicholson fell. Kelly has great career
before him. for this is his first year.
Taipsle, the Finn, beat us fairly In thu
discus throw. His worlds record heayt
OF 1is feet. y inches justified his vic
tory over our men, byFO anu Duilcdf'
Taipale was wonderfully consistent
understand he is even better with tn
two handed event. and if this Is sos n
should win II also.
Albert l.. Gutterson Of Vermont prove
himself the greatest broad jumper in tn
world. He was so much better than an.
competitor that everyone seemed genu
inely sorry he did not create a neS
worlds record
Our men worked harder than was nee
essary 10 beat out Finland In the 300
meters team race. The Firms at bes
were a one-man array The more j Sc
Hans Kohlemainen run the more mar
veIous does he appear to me. Both Swe
den and England expect to win the fina
of this 1000 meters team race, but
think they underestimate the Unite
States.
America Wins Again.
Two more clean cut events were wo
by Uncle Sam ss a result Of todays ac
tivitIes. The 1l0-meter hurdle was
clean sweep for US. Fred W. Kelly OF th
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