Show I ENGLISH USUALLY GOOD SPORTSMEN Wo We 0 shall be unwilling to fully credit the report that hat comes from tho the Ol Olympian games at London to the ho effect that the English are aro treating American competitors unfairly Too strong a 3 partisanship for or the Americans may lead the correspondent correspond nt at nt athe atthe the he games to color his reports In wa way not wholly supported by the facts It Is charged that tho the English wore spikes on ho tho heels of their shoes In tho the war tug and were enabled to yank ank tho the American m team across ho tho line lino very cas easily II That Is an Improbable statement state state- ment I rr If there were spikes certainly a n. protest should hould have ha been made malle before the tho pull began And 4 since they Itlie the they were clearly clearl prohibited certainly I English h could not have persisted in wearing them The story does not look reasonable There are re n a a. good man many other items lems In the tho reports reports re- re ports orts man manifestly intended to prejudice tho the tho American AmerIcan Amerlan AmerI- AmerI can an mind against the En Englishmen In control of ot the he bl big athletic event eventt But nut the they will vIm he bo discounted to o a certain degree in this country Englishmen have ave usually been leen good sportsmen The They havo have been een hard haret fighters In ever every line and have been foremen r men w worthy tho the tho b best t Am American st steel J. J Such Ruch glaring instances of or injustice as these reported are re wholly out of ot character It is to bo be hoped forthe for the good of or tho the Olympian games ames that all countries may take a fair fall and I sportsmanlike e view few of the contests and of or all competitors com- com and antl that the best men mn may without question question ques- ques tion ion wear the tho laurels their prowess shall win |