The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-05
EUROPE AIMING NOW
AT 1916 0LYMPIAB
France. Germany and Sweden Have
Engaged Professional Trainers
Under Government Control.

America has been highly successful
In past O1ympiadz So successful in
fact, that the main honors have come
20 this country since the first revival
1856. IT has been harder to score vic
tories IN each succeeding set OF games,
however and 1t will be even harder
Foreizn countries are aHval1ening to
the need OF getting the best out OF the
material at hand Sweden was the
the Swedish Government secured the
services of Ernie H5ertberg, g. Swede
who In his day was a wonderful dis
lance runner, but OF late years a train
er for large athletic clubs and colleges
In the vicinity of NeNv York. La this
case Il was proven that the SUCCESS
" On their having a competent per-
What sweden has done others are
now doing America IS no longer to
have Its own way AT least that is
the news from abroad. Some day,
perhaps, America viii lose it's athletic
Supremacy but not until other nations
have reached an even higher standard
than 1zzat shown by America at Stock
holm about the middle OF last year.
On the other side of the big drink
governments are deeply interested in
the O1ympdc problem 1t was the
Swedish Covernznenit that hired HJert-
berg for term of Years, and he has
been re-engaged for an indefinite Pc
Rod Now Germany comes to the
front by engaging DR.. Alvin G. Kraen-
zlein. and France. not to be overshad
owed by its German cousin, announces
the establishment of a college of a1th-
letkcS, and that John J. Donaldson, the
Australian Splinter. viii advise it's ath-
lsues on the preparation for the next
O7ympfad- Austraa-Hungary is Idoax-
ing fer a suitable man The position
was rendered Melvin Sheppard and
to 1t in the near future. There will
have to be a change in English meth
DDS that country ever again ex-
poets to show America the way in
track and field sports.
No one looks forward to the day that
the United States Government will in
terest itself in athletics to such an ex-
tent that q special athletic trainer will
be under its control. Some time back
st was suggested that a new depart
menr be created by the President, that
of athletics. but this talk went for
naught- Abroad the country which
conducts the Olympiad does So under
government control, the government
being the responsible party The
only one given since tire revival that
was not under government control was
ahat Bezd in St Louis IN 1904. 1t was
the first Olynp4ad held in America
and 1t Is not likely that another viii
come hsre-
Americans without government aid.
however, are patriotic and possibly
zenS of other countries and do not
ask the government for anything they
can DO OF give themselves. As long
as we have patriotic citizens there will
never be any need to ask the govern
ment TO finance these invasion@ every
four years but a donation from the
United States treasury would have
been WELCOMES thing to the American
COMMITTEES on the last set of games
HjertberE found some wonderful tai
ent in Sweden and it Is expected that
F1raenzlein and Donaldson will discov-
81 some that is just as good in Ger
many and Erahce They will scotr
h..
out the most likely contestants and
one year previous to the Olympiad
Will fnaugurate a series of prelirnin-
AIRY contests in different parts of their
respective countries so that they may
be able to select the best men for the
International championships