New-York tribune., 1920-01-24
Far East Making s.
Great Strides in
Athletic Sports
Olympic Games at Manila
Prove Physical Train-
Is Being Recognized as a
Necessity for Progress
Neas York Triha-s

oTetGh frc<s NGfcC"
LONDON, Jan. 3-"Whils we in Ku-
rope are row il 4 state o. physical
coma Japan. China and the Philippine
Islands have been so thoroughly or
ganized by directors Of physical edu-
cation that in the recent Far Eastern
Olympic games at Manila the Orientals
have discovered more enthusiasm and
enterprise than we in Europe" writes
correspondent IN The London TX
press
while our leading athletic author
ties are engaged in a mild dispu,-
whether the worlds Olympic games
shall or shall not be held at Antwerp
next year. the Far Fasteners are a.
ready preparing for their next meet.
which viii be held in Japan; and it is
possible that India, the Malay States.
Java and other Of the romantic isles
will send competitors TO Yokohama or
Toxic to battle IN athletic contests fo-
trophies which compare most favor
ably with those which our own ath
letic stars can produce.
This year China produced tho hero
Of the games'-Chu En- Te, who hroke
a record by winning the Pen'athlcn
and the Decathlon, which involved putt
ing the shot, the discus. broad jump.
pole jump, hop-step jump, 220-yard
hurdle, 100. 900, 440 yards and the mile.
Great is the jubilation OF China.
and famous. indeed, IS the mighty Chu
En- TIE.
Two other Cinnamon are named In
the champions list before T. Yemadn.
Japan's champion. and il is now grave
ly announced on all sides in far Cathay
that at last China viii take her place
among the leading nations Of the
world
physical education has done IL
Il have seen some highly interesting
records and pictures illustrating the
extraordinary growth OF Western ply
sical culture among the Asiatics. These
prove that the dawn is breaking; that
physical education IS transforming the
Far East
ain the head-hunting distric. OF the
Philippines, where hostile act IN
volved the assassination OF one OF the
families in the dispute, the custom ts
to-day for TIE aggreved family 70
challenge the aggressors to an athletic
contest, the winners obtaining ade-
quate redress.
How the Aslatics have ALREADY
beaten the Europeans In these grea
international competitions lies in the
fact that with them millions Of people
are trained and the stars emerge from
the multitude. These, however. are
not the only ones who figure at their
Olympiad. Some thousands Of medoc
rites, drilled to & high state of eff
cheney. assemble at the meeting 20 give
:, exhibitions OF massed games and con
tests, and so successful, so thrilling
and spectacular have these proved "a
be that proposal that massed forma
tions of similar character shall b
introduced into the games at Antwerp
next year Is now under consideration
"At present the Easterners' records
are not quite so good as those attained
by white men, but each year these rec.
! ords have improved. and there Is higt
, hope out there that equality with Eu
! rope will ultimately be attained sn,
. eventually surpassed But after all
record breaking is secondary consid
GRAFTON with the leaders Of physica
culture in Japan and China.
= What they are after IS mass pro.
, duction and their Olympic gamea ars
the means to its attainment"