The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-03
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ATHLETE; SAYS
Of OLY,,MlPlCS
Coach Robertson of University
of Pennsylvania, Authority
On Judgment
TWICE A MEMBER
OF AMERICAN TEAMS
Trained the u. S. Victors in
Last International Con-
tests in Stockholm
TWICE A MEMBER
OF AMERICAN TEAMS
Ry Lawson Robertson

Former Olympic Trainer and Coacn
of University of Pennsylvania.
written for the United Press.)-
fCopyrighted 1920, by United Press
Although the date Of the Olympic
games to be held in Antwerp is still
six months off, athletes In every
branch of amateur athletics in this
country are preparing themselves
with a view OF making inc team.
The United States should have no
difficulty in winning the majority OF
the individual events. There is to pc
no Olympic Team Championship on
account of the war, the Olympic
council has announced. r..
The war has so depleted the attn
letic strength and athletic training
facilities of Europe that we may look
forward to a rather easy time OF 1t.
The Scandinavians, who remained
intact during the war should, how
ever, be counted on to make formld-
able showing. Great Britain and ner
colonies, ordinarily our biggest attn
1etic rivals, will most likely have to
he contented with third honors to
the Swedes. who at least have an
organized system.
During the lapse between the
Stockholm Olympiad and the coming
games, but very few of the 1912 WIN
ners will be available for either. this
or the other countries.
Mcdonald Is Star.
Amongst the most prominent
Americans OF these are Mcdonald,
first in the shot put; McGrath, WIN
ner of the hammer throw; Kelly, the
high hurdle winner, and Richards,
who took honors in the running high
lump. The available veteran cham
pions of other nations are Taipale OF
FINLAND. winner Of both discus
events: Niklander of the same coun-
try, runner-up in both discus ana
shot put; Saarstoalso Finn, VINO
won the javelin throw, and possibly
Goulding, the Canadian, who won
the 10000 metre walk.
Judging from the results OF last
wears championship contests In for
eign countries as compared with our
own most recent performances. the
United States should score first and
second places in about exactly the
same events in which we were sue
cessful in 1912.
With a new crop of sprinters that
are in no way inferior to the Stock
holm finalists, we look forward to
such men as Scholz of Missouri, Hay
mond of Utah, Paddock of California,
HAYES Of Notre Dame and Williams
of Spokane to out-dash any European
product. Our middle distance pros
poets are almost as bright when such
performers as Eby and MaXam OF
PENNSYLVANIA, Driscoll Of Boston,
Shea of Pittsburgh. Mayer of Cornell,
Curtiss and Speer of Chicago, Baker
and O'Brien of New York are con-
sidered
Raw Long Distance.
In the 15OO-metre run our pros
pective representatives although not
by any means as collectively strong
as in 1912. appear to ,be centered
around Joie Ray of Chicago and aided
by several second stringers in Devan-
ney of New York, McCosh and Stout
Of Chicago, Crawford of Lafayette,
O'Connell of Harvard, Windnagle of
Washington and Connolly of George
town.
The long distance running races at
5000 and 10000 metres and cross
country may have as competitors,
Faller of Dorchester, Mass, American
10-mile champion; Dresser, ex-Cor-
nell former Intercollegiate champion:
Pores, national 5-mile champion, and
Simmons of Syracuse.
1t is doubtful if the above are quite
as good as our previous entrants in
Olympic long distance contests, but
perhaps two or three additional men
may be DEVELOPED before the final
try-outs are held.
Our usual good crop of hurdlers
should manage to show the way to
most of the foreigners. In johnson
of Michigan. Sylvester of Missouri,
Barron of Philadelphia, Smith and
Watt of Cornell, Erdman of Prince
ton and Kelly of New York, we have
a fine field to choose from.
The running high jump should
have the following men trying for a
place on the team. Richards of Utah,
Whalen of Boston, Murphy of Notre
Dame, Landon of Yale, Erickson of
New York and Larsen of Utah. All
of the above have cleared the bar at
lceL luCueS VI DcLLcI WAlCu' per.
Torrance would almost certainly ex-
coed that of any form abroad, as far
as up to date records show.
Jumpers Available.
The running broad jump should be
we'll taken care of by Johnson of
Michigan and Butler of Dubuque as
first place contenders, although this
is a rather uncertain event and up
sets are frequent. Second string
jumpers for this country are prob
lematical.
81" The standing jumps will miss the