Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-27
Moosup.
Danielson.
AMERICAN ATHLETES MUST
 WATCH FRENCHMEN

methods which American athletic au- thorities proved successful in the past, European, nations are preparing Tor the Olympic games of 1920 in thor ough manner which bodes no easy victory for the United States athletes in the internation track meet at Antwerp. Campaigns for the develop ment of teams collection of funds and other important details essential to success in such an elaborate under taking are already under way, aloed in several cases by government su- pervision and subsidies.
 No better example may be cited than the plans and arrangements of the French, which involve a generous use of the army methods and system Three classes remain mobilized of the great army of France at the present time They are the class of 1917, boys 22; that of 1918. aged 21. and the class of 1919. youths of 20. Thus the flower of the French race, physically and from an athletic point Of view, remains under arms. They are dis tributed in various garrison towns and departments of France. It is from among these three divisions that athletic France expects to recruit 30 or 40 first class athletes to add to the already fair quota of men who are
 
 werp.
 The following program has been decided upon by the athletic directors of the French army, at the head of whom is Col See chief of the JoinVille school of athletics, for the French army. Elimination trials will be con dueted in every regiment of tie above three classes, each soldier making a speciality of the sport for which he has shown the greatest inclination and to which he has been pronounced fittest by the doctor of the regiment. These trials will occur after three, four and perhaps six months of prepara- tory training under the eye of an ath- letic director Soldiers who have shown class warranting their under going further training will be picked out and directed to one of the large centers nearest their billet-Strasburg Lyons, Marseilles, Bordeaux and
 According to the schedule adopted the men chosen as being worthy of l further trial will reach their various , headquarters some time in the spring Then semi finals will be held in Stars l burg Lyons Marseilles and Bordeaux and it will be a case of the survival o1 1 the Attest. These will be sent to Join l vile, near Paris, where the final toucf will be put to their preparation.
 i Fifty chiefs of battalions are jus now finishing g. srecial course of train, ing at the Joinville school. and in { few weeks will be disseminated amons the garrison towns of France to com mence the training of the men and of ficers. Two. hundred officers and 15 men are already hard at work at tn
 school, some Of them training in thei
 q
 take in hand the men who will b
 sent to them from the provinces. Join vile is close to Pershing stadium an the final work of the Olympic candi
 dates will be done at the forme
 American stadium.
 One million francs of the 100000
 voted by the chamber of deputies fc , the intensifcation of athletic trainin among French youths has been az propriated for the work at Joinville.
 The officers and men at Joinville al
 already training in earnest and a
 Associated Press correspondent re
 gently saw Tirard negotiate the 1(
 meters in Il seconds fiat, CarlaiX ru GOO meters in 2 minutes 35 second and young Guillemot do 10 kilometel without being pressed in B minute 2 These performances are very close , championship form. Young Cullen Z is considered as being the most like < successor to the famous J. Bouin. I
 is somewhat awkward in his style h : when it is realized that six mont 4 ago he had never competed in rac E the way in which he has been winniI < from all competitors lately wou 7 seem to indicate that with a lit 2 more experience and training he V
 be a hard maA to beat at Antwerp. z Guillemot was discovered by E American officer. He was stationed Z Brest and attended the field games < the American army on May 30. Stan ing on the side lines. he expressed [ 's desire to take nart in a five-mile ra
 which was just being started. He "
 allowed to enter more as 2 joke tn 4 anything else. He peeled off his tun + took off his army shoes and ran in 70 stocking feet, running a splendid "a f and finishing third.