Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17

speaks the language fuently. Likewise.
he has been in Germany several times
and is well acquainted with conditions
there. In this country he was trained
and developed by Michael c. Murphy,
the most famous of all athletic coaches.
Since his graduation from Pennsylvania
he has coached at Mercersburg Acad-
envy, the University of Wisconsin and
Michigan. Thus he not only knows the
Murphy system perfectly, but has gained
much experience on his own account. He
is probably better fitted for the position
than Hjertberg was to coach Sweden.
While here the German commission in
tends to study exhaustively how we de-
velop athletes They will begin their
work by an examination of our public
school athletic system. where they will
study how we first interest the boys in
! outdoor sport. encourage them to prop
erly develop their bodies, and then when
they are old and strong enough supply
them with competitive athletics. AL
| though some persons do not realize it.
this part of our system is fully as i'm
portant as the expert coaching and en-
couragement given to athletics In our
colleges universities and athletic clubs
In other words, the Germans intend to
follow our development of the athlete
through his entire career. Every bit of
Information they can obtain will be
taken back and used by them. The
United States has always done every
thing I'm its power to encourage its rivals.
America has no secret process and will
help the Germans just as 1t has helped
Sweden. France and Finland in the past
As near as can be learned the German
commission intends to make the German
nation realize that its national honor
demands good showing in the 1916
| meet. To that end all of the public
schools and colleges throughout the en-
pire will be encouraged to foster ath-
| letics in addition to their present gym
nastic work. in the hope that champions
will thus be discovered. Similar en-
| enlargement will be given for the organ
ization Of athletic clubs throughout the
country.
1t obviously will be impossible for one
coach personally to supervise athletics
throughout the entire nation. He will
probably have his headquarters in Berlin
and then will act as an expert adviser
for athletes everywhere helping to or
ganize clubs and paying them visits from
time to time.
A Good Nucleus.
Germany retains from her 1912 team Il
very good nucleus. This includes Braun,
who was second to Reidpath I'm the 100
meter run in Stockholm, and who made
such a game fight in the SU0-meter run.
He is good for 40 seconds In the quarter
mile and l.54 in the half mile. Mike
Murphy considered him one of the most
wonderful middle distance runners he
had even seen. After the SOO-meter run
he remarked to the writer that Braun
had better sprint than any of his Amer
lean rivals, and had he possessed more
racing sense would have stood an even
chance to win both the 400 and 800 meter
runs Braun announced after the Stock
holm games that he would give UP ath-
letlcs. but he has reconsidered and will
probably run as long as he is able
Another hgh-class German athlete is
Lische, who was second to Richards in
the running high jump at Stockholm.
Llsche was, in fact the surprise of this
event. 1or prior to the meet in question
few persons had ever heard of him He
jumped feet inches at Stockholm
just one inch less than Richards. He
had such magnificent form and was SO
strong and 1.-the that he attracted uni
versal admiration. Mike Murphy declared
that with proper coaching he would make
world beater
Two other men who are always sure to
De point winners are Passemann, the
pole vauiter and broad jumper, and Rau,
the spriHler PaSSemann was not in his
usual good condition last year, but he
mas zone better than l. feet for the pole
vault and % feet for the running broad
jump. Rau was Germany's champion
sprinter. but he failed to come through
at Stockholm
IN aodltion to the four men mention
co. germany sent quite number of
promising athletes to Stockholm, whose
A0uitS were their lack of con-
ndence and their inexperience. If Ger
many succeeds in giving this crop of
young athletes the sort of severe COM
peutlon tney need, and gives the proper
announcement to others TO take UP
athietics, the United States, as well as
other countries, will have to be its
guard.
International Olympic Conference.
The conference called for Rerlin next
week to suggest a standard set of
olympic events, standard rules of
eligibility. the definition of an amateur
and to straighten out other inconsistent
cies which have been brought to light
by previous Olympic meets promises to
settle all OF these matters. The confer
ence will be attended by delegates from
all of the leading countries which have
participated in these games.
What the American delegates are most
anxious about is an agreement upon a
standard set of events SO that they may
know years ahead just what the Olympic
program will be. They likewise want to