Athletics.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13697, 12 September 1908, Page 1 (Supplement)

Athletics.

. SENSATIONAL SCENE. ■ , • ' - •» * * .* V, *' AMERICAN DISQUALIFIED. ■. ' -V . The : last event, on Olympic Games—the 400 metres'"flat : 'fiiee'on July 22nd—was the. cause of' aii astonishing and painful seimtioti. ■ F*i>r a titae, indeed, there was reason* to fear would ;bd some ugly affairs* between English' and American speetaiois,' 'for- thfeir, passion was excited 1 and "hot -- wordsswV'ra being said- on eveiyt,bench,tltttC- the whole amphitheatre was lit scene*■ of .-anger and ■excitement. •• Coming at ia 4iß»" k wh(a many foolish and wanton-things havebeen said about the English . lack; s of,. fair s plav, thus incident; is isays a - London paper), a great mi.-uort une both j othe. America as and to ourselves. p -_. There, is ju» doubt, tliaj U>e Americans have taken the defeat of Rector" in 'tb*°WQ metres sprint race very, much to heart aui'l- although they cheered'; Walker, - tlie South African, wlien he won,, his magnificent victory on Wednesday;*. they in&d* no secret yesterday about their determination to put up the star-spangled banned after the 400. metres. : They had t>vo of their best men in th:s final heat—T: C. Carpenter and W. 0. Robbies. There Aras also J? B. iMiV,' the, negro, who has U:S.A. after \hk name; but the majority of Americans would not have been- glad .*to owe their victory in this race to a coloured mail. Carpenter was to win, or Robbies if anything happened to at'" least, was the talk in the iunphithe&tfre." But; on our side, we *were confident "in Lieutenant Haswell, whose. quite* amazing sprint was one' of- the big »enßations*ye*iterday. Most, of us had never seen-suet running before, and itseemeti certainly, that there would be;a>struggle todeath between him and " Carpenter. If bur maji, won the 400' metres,; this," with WalkerV victory,/would take away the two-briifa much coverted by America. It will, "ba seen, therefoii?, that r there .was cuse for excitement before the. race bega"r PRELIMINARY SPRINTS.< > When the runnerscamftoijt from..their dressing-rooms on to the turf .the Airieri-. con block gave a big ovation ; at'thai appearance of both Carpenter nnd Bobbin/,' but Taylor, the coloured, man was, not cheered with such enthusiasm. For* the* two Americans there werenow familiar war-whoops—tlte rowdy college yells—while* we,| on our not. slow to ,gre?t liientenant 'Hoswell. AH glasses were levelled, upon* (how four men as they took their.plncyi on ~the (nick. Before starting* time TavloP shotted his high spirits by doing a little sprint .'Jong the .cinder path, and certainly; \whert one saw that black man covering, the ground like some swift stealthy "animal;* "a, little shiver went down xmk»'h spine atvtho thought of Haswell. The r fellow hardly touched the ground vrith hfe feet. >: &e v founding like a -panther. 1 • 'But then.«.HaV well took a-'run and the crowd on his fiide cheered him, and then one's confidence .came back, for he is - a greyhound, s and runs with beautiful style. • * . », When the fonr men finally-! took«• their places it waei C-tt-penter vrjpvin thei inside berth, with Haswell second,Robbim third," and Taylorthe coloured man, on the outside. To' understand Vhat, followed it is.necessary, to bear 'hoW-posi-tions clearly in mind. ■ i .The men "crouched low, and »the pistol, fired. lixitanUy the threes-white men harf got away, but tfometjiing had happened to Taylor, a net he w:>»- lejt at, Hie ouiiret, • What 'happened to Taylor will. perhap?, never be known. Either he, was ! a ncrv<sti» starter, which ha« not been said of him before, or something curious had t«ken place: Be that, as it, may, he was running swiftly as itust man. with a yard or two between him and his rivals. Bobbins was now leading for tie bend,' with Carpenter behind him, still on thft ins.de bt'rt.h, and with Haswell to lh» ncht of Carpenter and » few inches* behind. They were all running at 'op epe#d»> but tMr positions were'denr to thousand el * - - * *» RKM A Rlv ABtTiTXCI DENT.

Now an extraordinary manoeuvre ?h «vn on the part of Carpenter. He hnd»hfld the; inside berth, and there wu* *v«tr'reason whv Jk> chould k*»p to that place; hut as lie came round the bond bt> v«*t¥d in a steady weeping curv* to the oujsltlo of th<* track, while Kobbitas,"who had started next' to Taylor ,wn» now inside. That is to «vy» the position of the two American.* rem reversed. - . . ■ In that '.swift curve. Carpenter wvili have had only ope purpose, and it wsw'obr vioit; to ovoryo«e. He was aow rqnning clow* in front of Haswfll, and with ,lra right elbow stuck out was balking him .#,ll down ihe coarse. Harwell was. *o tfhwft behind him and so ivimpletely cut'off fmm an open coum> that he had to change lu* law and takefsborter>trid«v. He W* being "bored" as though 1 he wero .hiiijff jockeyed in a low down race. Cartwnter was breaking every ruSa of el*an and honest sport. It to 120 yard* from the tape, Mid there wire two judgeti at t)i« vfrrj'. at which the Anwrican began hw o»twar<i swerve. Haswell shot rut his nrtn \#rid pro!t*.t<?d in! h« l rati, and tho whahj thiflfc was too plainly vwible to the *r>eetstor« that from every pnrt of the amphitheatre howl# am! groans broke into » wrr;.t«n* pest--of ang»r. '- ' ' v ' It»< Carpenter |M»r*isted to th*» end/and with hist shoulder Mill keeping fffcrneU behind on the outmde truck, ran 'all along the straight towftrdft tIK«-Up. • B«t the judges on -the trafk were - running j&fcd •houtina. arnl h-for*- the tuc# was finished the judg-a at the winning po*t« ran* out and broke the wnr-ied htv 4 - A tnotn*jit bt,-r Can»>nser reached tb* hroVn *tring. Wish Rnbbiirt Vh-*e behind him on »ha o«t „ide berth, and with * Hmwsll who had slowed'down andw;n* *UU cilhntf out iu protest. a* third, while the black wan tarn* along bhinl « ■ NO lUOF, " A acm* of wdd excitement -»i«4 indieI nation foMowed. Tlu- great crowd waiion s its Uet. the English hooting and growing. I the Ameikarn sntivfrini; <<tmter J cheers and flag** waving For ««n riilmit-ts th« r t' w i <> an !iift<*crib.>b!o tumult, and on Fw?!i"di • and. «<?rr *hoiiti?ij£ t'.ich oth«r ''own. Tlifn ih* din w»s folh.wrd f»r a h««l* whiki by an ..iniiKiiv, twiriu'.- 'I h"'''" who had not s#tn tb.. brok.n «';ut«d for a fl-»« to $ ' tip. Then oiWr ixgan >hont hout-My i„r the »«"' to !'r« M-iith tlw- notbaaW riivtiiitf T*oUid, isO".i 'T"i HAW in <'h.ilk | )«>tt«-rj» th«* w»<r«k>, " .V't to<*. It j «i tf nnl t r :i new ?>hd p3»»i«»nat« «i*t»on- ! r,{r *t;i-n 'Hi'* Ams'riiMi n w«-t* v«»y wsrj : i,,«Wd. Si.»h- i.d'tlftn «««* vinit < i\ JS f*if *o 5 (j;»l lU.oiv «.f tliofi* <v.«»dsd!v avknaw [ii.if ;t " !■'»! had t.tkfn ! An uniHHUi'* THvit! Ip ; judit-f- «< r»* in • ui'oi wu«|d pro bsbH' I' * M-lli" !Uii*" if iiiff tlifV ("Otdd : hvt-r Oi«'»r Thw cfuptied th« >? aiut». Thf l »Wi. grv»d«j»Hy : ,i. t| |>- .£• «i bliS :»11 th«' ' turnip.! ti,;.. the u!t(-r l<»bb>.-« d^f's.tig ti .- . tti iotdio-ifv ■ veit! very heatedly. It i 1 !.<« ,i Ui« Mk«" t* at t'"» trt's« h ii, •.'» t!•«• f:ti .-t: • h .id.-*. r«iid to tli«» a««rr*idvi} ' isi< •<( iIK ■•••hlou •« S- MIII w <aii!S b«' ••« Si. - b tins riii!' !-.":*...!*"' ?b- ?<»»d <•'«!' : ',< ...-i Atoersr^lH 1 -.VJ.o'.r.i Ut <b- cat U>rt* i !i< St t'.«dfr >..!st«v. 1-, -o»>i -» l a ~i,H.. k . S }.« « (.•rtawt.ly '■' i. i.Ji.! I.«!hu»j? •*«!•«• : -,v«-fr jl<t«-r» , ■ ft « ;h, how.vr < «>*)<*/* ' .it \ftt«tr»in brfd Vfr\ < tr»ttj?!y tlw! ( at-v,.uU-r K. t nil. With. «»d that «h*V • i„.f a; | w .t f-'-r ■' ! 11.- ; v ■«'«*. ,\m.n>-.n \'i-w i»* »'? i \jr '•»? Amsti^t u-*m. ' * »