The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-08
GERMANS TO HOLD
.|NTERC0LLEGIATES
First Step in Development Of Ath.
leticS In That Country

Berlin, Nov. S.-Thc first intcrcol-
| ieeiate athletic meet ever held i'm Ger
many took place ut Lcipsic during the
recent festivities connected with the
centennial of the Battle of Nations"
DIR. Alvin G.. Kraeuzlcin, the old Am
ctican hurdler ana broad jumper now
i'm charge of the development of Ger
man athletics Tor the olympic Games
here i'm 1916, was present. but if he
hoped To discover any hidden talent for
the German team in 1916 he was disap-
pointed. All the events on the short
program. except the high jump were
won by athletes already well known i'm
the student sections of the regular ath-
lctic clubs, and judging by the per-
iormances "A team picked from all the
talent at the meeting would stand little
show OF winning at an average dual
meet between leading American col
lcges.
The events and performances were
as follows, the performances at the
Stockholm games being inserted i'm
parenthescs for purposes of COMPARE
son: 100 meter dash Kern of Munich,
time 10 i-5 seconds OLippcncott, Am
erica. 10 3-5). 400 meters, Hermann of
Berlin. time SO seconds (Reidpath, Am
erica As I'D; 1900 meter run. Hofi-
mann Of Charlottenburg, time Al 40
jackson. England, $50 40, 10 meter
hurdles. Halt, Munich, time Il 30 sec
Onds Dkelly. America, - sccondsD:
high jump, Licbrich of Stuttgart, )
feet LIS inches Orchards, America,
feet inches): broad jump, Hagen of
Chailottenburg. 30 feet IL inch tGut-
tcrson. America. "A feet IL l-5 inches)
pole vault. Pohlman of Charlottenburg,
10 feet & inches (BabcUCk. America, l.
feet II - mchCs); discus throw,
Huchgeistcr of Charlottcnburg, l33 feet
I IL inches Craipale, Finland, rs feet
inChcs).
Few Students Compete.
only "A comparative handful of the
thousands of university students in
Germany competed, aud there were
only a few hundred spectators these
including Prince Johann George of
SaXony, and the rector of the Univer
sitS of Leipsic. Several of the winners
IN this first meet, notably Kern, Hagen
and Buchgeistcr, may bc expected To
develop olympic class in DR.. kraenz-
lcins hands. The American trainer is
dcvoting himself with energy To the |
building up of a Sstcm To MAKE the
# IN. n1n1ittsIIN unpI tiprnnu
raw athletic material i'm the short two
and "A hall years before the games. At
a meeting of the German committee on !
q athletics. held during the LcipsiC meet |
lie declared that German efforts must |
hc directed first toward bringing out |
and developing latent talent, and sec
ondly toward inducing promising ath-
their energies over "A dozen events in
rs many different sports.
Next year will be devoted to finding
and assembling as many candidates
for the team rs possible. who will be
brought to Berlin during the summer
,t the expense of the committee, lodged
at the stadium, fed at "a regulation
american training table and put
through regular course of training
similar to that of an American college
athlete. The program for the year
starts with CrOss-country club runs
April .. held i'm every city in which
there are two or more athletic clubs,
followed on May by similar simulta-
ncous competitions for novices. Olyn-
pic elimination meets will be held
May 81. the athletes thus selected will
at provincial or sectional
meets during June. which pr kraenz-
Elm will attend to pick his candidates
for the COURSE of training at the sta
lium.