The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-25
COPELAND BACK; MIKES
WAR WITH ATHLETICS
Austrian Trainer Says There ;
NO Chance for Olympic
Games in 1916.
ALL STARS NOW IN FIGHT

Al COMMAND. who went 10 Austria last
An,il az coach OF the Austrian athIetes'
arrived back in this city yesterday va
ths Rotterdam, fully convinced that 'ile
task OF preparing a team for the o'yH'p'e
,ames Of 1916 rs "a hopeless one SO lar as
On, European nation engaged in inc war
ia concerned. ,-
Tho trainer stuck to his task WINE
- hora remained OF keeping team
,aa.,her hut one 10y one the group under
49,. ,ontrol l.ssencd as the men rushed
"a, 80 ioi, the coiors whether called LOT
49,, oorscriptlon or not. "There IL NOT
g, Austria" said the trainer. Ca
- :, ,.r,vinr a muslSet who has not
r.ll,ed for the fight. The same can DC
said OF the Germans. and io"6 oe'o'. ''e
lima comes for the Olympic games '"o'.
Countries will be denuded OF ath'e'es' ""'
also will be without FUNDS 10 =
through any sucn P'op'
,.r,a outlook for the olympic games
1. ain,os, homeless, 90 far as can So.
EVERY man worth while Is on 'ne ~, ~ 80
inc now, and IL Is only reason' I,,oJ
exnect that many OF them VIII oe ,,n'id
and many more wounded &c fonr
'na a,hlotes escape death three OF tou.
.or,hs in the trenches will be suinclen.
~ 90 their strength and make them ui'n'
for track and field work. Ado 10 ''i', y,
,ba fact that all OF the nations ehgaseu
viii he practically bankrupt when nus
Titles cease and you VIII ue sthi. "a
understand that it will be impossloie ~
carry out any such vas. pi'''
Olympic games in Berlin .,, 40.
Tha Austrian trainers sympatnles 81
all for Germany and Austria, anu
iold with delight OF the ILLUSTRATING oL VIC
attempts OF the Britishers TO ma yer
mans on the Rotterdam when she was
held up off Dover. o., ,uo,v,
.rhey came aboard looking FOR tweN'
Germans" said Ne trainer. We're tne!
on board?" he was asked. w ell tn.s
didn't get en-" was the reply given WIT
A smile that indicated the ships o'noei
had put one over on the searchers'
COPELAND. who was accompanied py ms
wife and daughter. had some diincui'y u
eating back home. His passport was
made out without any reference 10 ms
wife and when he reached the potder VI
Holland. after travelling through Dresden
and Berlin. he was held up ana de'a'heu
for four hours. After much trouble II,
was able TO convince the authorities tha'
hi. wife was his wife and was let through
inst in time 10 catch the boat w
visited The Hague" said COPELAND. "anc
the Peace Conference Building looked
awfully foolish TO all OF US in view oil
the condition OF the country.
In telling of his experiences whii'
abroad there was strange mixture oil
war and athletics in the story OF the Aus
,rian coach. He spoke with enthusiasm
OF the continental athletes ana espe
cially OF the prominent position OF nun
gary in the athletic world He bore news
from the officials OF that country TO Law
hat
stances had rendered it necessary for hin
10 delay his appearance as coach there
Continuing COPELAND said:
81 was surprised when ! went 10 Buda
pest for the dual meet between Austris
and Hungary to find that they had there
even better tracks for athletics than w
have in America. The grounds on whicf
the meet was held were in better condi
ton than the Harvard stadium would
have been under the same conditions. u
was pouring rain, but the track ana ne
was prepared 80 carefully that there were
many performances above the average
O. Egger vino won the broad jump To-
Austria, cleared % feet 81. inches, NOR
than Ave inches further than any broat
Jumper in America cleared last year, ina
was from a takeoff which found the hun
.arian competitors about meter snort
their best work. Fritz Fltisher, on
sprinter surprised the Hungarians too b.
beating them IN the 100 meters for tn
FIRST time. They wanted TO give him
record OF 10 S-l0 for the distance, but
convinced them that this was Impossible
Flesher was nowhere in the Olympic com
petitions at Stockholm, but ! had grea
homes of him before the war broke GU
Both he and Eggers have gone TO tn
front and may be cut Off the list so Ia
az future performances 60.
"There is no truth in the stories tina
Austria is weakening or that there is dis
M
They are pulling together like man an
will not give in until the last man !
killed or the last dollar spent. The ltal
ian situation is troubling the Austrian
greatly They fear the entrance OF ltal
into tho war and there are 100000 o
300. 900 troops kept near the Italian Dor
der that could be used with advantag
elsewhere IL this danger were removed.
Since arriving ! have learned that tn
great German sprinter. Rau. has BEEN re
ported as killed. or at least to have bot
legs shot off. This is untrue, for thong
many other good men have gone, includin
the great French distance runner Bouir
all that happened to Rau so far was I
get kicked by horse.
I'VE finished up our athletics on Octobc
IS with the finals for series "f rela
competitions among the different clubs "a
which ! gave the prize. In this n"'
style OF relay racing was tried whic
should be a success here. The men ru
straight hundred yards and stick a javt
lin in the ground for the next man To pu
cut and run with. When I said sood-b
Inc with souvenirs and expressed the hon
HAT ] would he back soon. So far as
can see, there Is no chance for the war ,
L. over before next Nov, mber and eve
81 1t ends then it will he a long time h'
fore athletics Will be considered seriously,