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Show I OFFICIALS OF OLYMPIAD DISQUALIFY AMERICAN Trainer Michael Murphy Says Judges Are Too Inexperienced In-experienced to Pass on the Many Technicalities Technicali-ties Which Come Up Every Day. Standing of Olympic Teams Score in all events: Points Won. Points Won. United States 100 Finland 23 0 , 71 France 19 Sweden 71 . South Africa 11 Great Britain 53 Denmark 11 Germany 26 Norway 10 Points won in track and field score: Points Won. Points Won. United States 62 Sweden 6 Finland 19 Canada 5 Great Britain 10 Greece '. 3 By Michael J. Murphy (Trainer of American Olympic Team.) O TOCKHOLM, July 12. Splendid indeed was today's showing .V made by the United States in the Olympic games. Yet in jus-tice jus-tice to America I emphatically declare myself that our country coun-try suffered unjustly through the action of the Swedish officials in disqualifying Donald A. Young after he had fairly huaten Brauu of Germany in a semi-final heat of the 400 meter run. il do not wish this to be Interpreted as r "belch" from a sore loser nor In any manner as an insinuation against the integrity in-tegrity of tho Swedish officials Involved, The fault lies in the fact tliat this country coun-try is too green or inexperienced in the game to deal with all tho technicalities and delicate situations which arise in competitions of such world-wide moment. There was absolutely no reason for tho disqualification. Young drew the pole, with Braun next to him. The German kept pace with the Boston man, but before be-fore they reached tho 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. bccaimo of his sudden sprint, far too slight a margin to Justify the German In attempting to take the Inside position without committing commit-ting a foul The Olympic rules emphatically state that Braun had no right to bear in toward to-ward his adversary's right of way unless he was a full stride In advance. Now a full stride, by the most liberal calculation, calcula-tion, Is certainly eight feet, not two feet. In apitc of tho fact that Braun was little better than abreast of Young, he jumped over In front of the American. Young, as a matter of self-protection had either to stop running or be pushed off the track unless ho wished to collide with his competitor- lie did the only thing that he could reasonably have been expected to do under the circumstances, ho merely put out his hand straight in front of him. The fact that tho German lunged into that hand should have exonerated Young. Had Braun been a full Htridc In advance, how could ho have possibly touched the American's nrm? Naturally Braun was pushed off slightly, slight-ly, but I doubt If the Interference wan a bit more annoying to him than It proved to our man. After this incident the two men kept their regular positions and the American showed bin .superiority over the German by winning decisively. It was not the loss of tho brat that annoyed me flo much as the disqualification. Certainly Cer-tainly tho official." picked the wrong man. Ira N Davenport of Chicago might have finished second to Young had he cared to make the effort. It Is too bad that he did not do his level best under the circumstances. For hod ho beaten Braun the heat would have had to be run over. But as It Is, Braun is not worrying me greatly. Really I cannot see where he has a chance in the final. Any one of our men Is likely to win It. I was not at all surprised In the result of the 110-meter hurdle, because Fred W Kelly, the Callfornlan. has been coming com-ing wonderfully all week. A week ago Nicholson would have beaten him, but the latter had Improved as he should. Kelly surely had the race won before Nicholson fell. Kelly has a great career before him. for this 1b his first year. Talpale. the Finn, beat us fairly In tho discus throw. Ills world's record heave of US feet, 15 Inches Justified his vlc-torv vlc-torv over our men, Byrd and Duncan. Talpale was wonderfully consistent. I understand he is even better with tho two-handed event, and If this la so, he phniilrl win II also. I Albert L. Gutterson of Vermont proved himself the greatest broad Jumper in the world. He was so much better than any competitor that everyone seemed genuinely genu-inely sorry ho did not create a new world's record. Our men worked harder than was nec-PHaary nec-PHaary to beat out Finland In tha 3000 meters team race. The Finns at best were a. one-man array. The morn I seo i Hans Kohlemalnen run tho more mar-1 vcIoub does ho appear to mc. Both Sweden Swe-den and England expect to win the final of thlfl 3000 meters team race, but I think they underestimate the United States. America Wins Again. Two more clean cut events were won H by Uncle Sam as a result of today's ae- H tlvitles. The 110-meter hurdle wn a H clean sweep for us. Fred W. Kelly of the j University of South California was not thoroughly extended to win. with Wendell B and Hawkins close up to him. H Albert I Guttoraon of the University of Vermont, in annexing the running broad jump, sot up a new Olympic record. His wonderful leap of 21 feet 11 inches fell shy by a scant three-quarters of an Inch of matching the amateur world's championship cham-pionship established by the Britisher. P. J, O'Connor, in liiOl. Tho previous best Olympic record was 24 feet Gl inches, Lhown by the American, Irons, In tho .ondon games of 100S. In addition to all this tho United States ilnlshcd second and third in the discus, fifth In tho modern pentathlon and won places In many of the heats In other events, tho finals of which are to be decided de-cided later. The outcome of the discus, however, was a keen disappointment to most of the American team, who thought it would be a walkover for Duncan, but Talpale. tho stocky Finn, won. In tho termination of the modern pentathlon pen-tathlon army officers ran a cross country coun-try race of -1000 meters (nearly two and one-half miles). The contestants were all clad in regulation uniform and presented pre-sented a most striking picture as they lined up In front of tho royal boxes to be sent away at Intervals of a minute. Tho contestants ran a third of a lap around tho track and then disappeared through the entrance. Of the twenty-two twenty-two starters ten were Swedes, threo British, the same number Russians, two each of French and Danes, ono Austrian and our own Lieutenant George S, Pntton, .Ir. He took tho regulation sprinter's start and undoubtedly took too much out of himself. He appeared well spent when he re-entered tho stadium and though ho had a lead of fifty yards over Asbrlnk of Sweden ho could not keep it. In tho last fifty yards Patten stopped almost to a walk as the Swede brushed by, and when the American finished he dropped in a faint. The winners of the modern pentathlon aro reckoned according to tho lowest number of points made by them In the whole five evonts. The first in each event Is credited with one, tho second with two, tho third with threo and so on. Thero wan some doubt ns to the winners of the event in tho pentathlon until the threo Swedish flags announced to the local patriots that country's unqualified un-qualified success. , Olympic Summaries. HO-rnetor hurdles (final) Fred W. Kelly, university of Southern California, first; James Wendell. N, Y. A. C, second; sec-ond; Martin W, Hawkins, Multnomah A. C. third. Time, lo.ls. Running long Jump (final) Albert L. Gutterson, University of Vermont, first. 7 meters 60 centimeters (24 feet 11 inches); C. D. Brlcker, Canada, second, 7 meters 21 centlmetera; G. Aberg, Sweden, Swe-den, third, 7 meters IS centimeters. Discus throwing, best hand (final) A. R. Talpale. Finland, first, 15 meters 21 centimeters; R. L. Byrd. Adrian college, second. 42 meters 32 centimeters; James H. Duncan, New York City, unattached, third, 32 meters 2 centimeters. Modem pentathlon, duel shooting, swimming 300 metoro, fencing, riding, cross country running 4000 meters Lallle Hook, Sweden, first, 27 points: Asbrlnk. Sweden, second, 2S points; Do Lave, Sweden, third, 30 points; Gronhagen. Sweden, fourth, 35 points; lieutenant SfSF0.. S- ,Patton, Jr., United States, Vith. 41 points; Strammo, Sweden, sixth, 42 points. 400-meter flat race, (semi-finals) First heat. Chart en D. Rcld. Path. Syracuse university, first; J. Dahllnl. Sweden, second; sec-ond; Clarenco S. Edmundson. Seattle A. C third. Tlmo, 48.7s. Second heat Edward F. Tlndberg, Chl-0(150 Chl-0(150 ArAv Dr! Linblom, Sweden, second; C. It. Lellng, France, third. Time. Third heat James E. Meredith, Mcr-cersburg Mcr-cersburg A. C, nrst; Mclvln W. Sheppard, L A: AV-r" sccnd; J. Pcderaen, Norway, third. Time, 48s. " Fourth heat Hans Braun, Germany, first, Donald B. Young. Boston A. A., disqualified; Ira N. Davenport. University of Chicago, third. Time. 49.1h. Team nice. 3000 motors First hrat. United States, first: Finland, second. Second heat. Germany, first; Sweden, bcc- (Contlnued on FoUowing Pago.) OLYMPIAD OFFICIALS DISQUALIFY flMERICAH (Continued Prom Preceding Page.) ond. Third heat. Great Britain, walkover, walk-over, unopposed. 100-meter swimming, women (final) Fannlo Durack, Australia, first; Wllhol-mLna Wllhol-mLna Wyllcl, Australia, second. Jennie Fletcher, Great Britain, third. Time. lm. 27s. 400-meter swimming, breast stroke (final) Bothe. Great Britain, first; Hen-nlng, Hen-nlng, Sweden, second: Courtman, Great Britain, third. Time, 6m 20s. |