Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-25
YANK COACHES
SHOWS EN- HOW
Five American Athletes In
structed Olympic Teams Of
Other Countries This Year
By J. II. DUCKwoRTH
n. e. A. staff Correspondent.

Especial Cable.)
ANTwERP.-The Yanks have
taught Europe the inner secrets OF
athletics. No fewer than hve OF the
present foreign Olympic teams were
coached by Americans.
ENGLAND Taught United STATES.
England tzaghs America its track
ma Acid sports and the pupil soon
yvaIloped the master. Our turn 70
SO under win come next If we don't
look out ~
srhis is the warning Matt Halpin,
manager of the American olympic
team gives. He has been watching
with apprehension the improved style
an the performances of the foreigners
who have been specializing under
ths guidance of athletic professors
from the United States.
Give Expert Guidance. -.
American coaches. who were called
In for expert guidance. are as follows:
Ernie Hjertberg, by sweden: Fiat.
dame. by Italy; Marriott, by Greece:
PipaI. BY Cxecho -Slovakia and
Shredder, by France.
An but Hjertberg were associated
with the x. NJ. c. A. athletic work
sweden has msJe remarkable
strides and has an extraordinarily
we'll balanced OUTFIT. The Swedes
are 1ne racers physically. Their
c at the Stockholm Olympic
games made them ambitious.
Sweden Has Ambitions.
Sweden began to thoroughly organ
ize herself athletically. The pest
men at local meets were drafted into
sectional organizations and the most
promising of these were finally taken
- - ITf.~o~nf
For the last twelve months. Hjert-
berg tells me, the Swedish athletes
have been forbidden to take part in
foreign meets, except in special cases.
AS q result OF these tactics n
has a team at Antwerp which In
cludes many stars who. when they
arrived, were dark horses OF lthe
darkest hue.
Show Natural Prowess.
Mike Murphy had the greatest res
spect for the natural proves of the
Swedes. If he were alive today the
great coach would marvel that IN
eight years Sweden should be able 70
produce, even with American aid,
such wonders as lander, for the 1900.
metres: Engdahl, for the kilometres;
Falk. for the 5000-metres: Backman,
for the 1000 and 10000 metres, and
Johnson, for the hop, step and jump.
These are but a few of the cracks
from the Swedish team of eighty.
Hjertberg could teach the Swedes
nothing about the hammer throw n
the javelin cast.
Solves Italy's Problem.
Ever since Dorandos came near
winning the marathon in the Olymp-
fcs al London the Italian youths
Imagination has been fired to win
me great classic
Adams found the veritable army
marathoners In Italy. His favorttes
for the long hike are Persico and
Blast. both Romans. and Arri Krom
Turin, who finished second in this
years Windsor-to-London marathon.
Adams says the Italians haven't
learned yet to specialize.
VIII Shine In Future.
For instance. out OF his twenty
runners fifteen have run marathons.
Ambrosini, who has always ran the
distances from 5000 metres up. is
now combined by Adams to the 500
and 1900 metres. Adams discovered
that Sporoni, Lassana and Macaro
were not q trio OF marathoners but
5000 and 10. 000-metre men.
Sprinting is also improving under
American training methods. as Is
witnessed by the creditable per-
formances Of Croci and yucca.
With a few more years under .
coach like Shredder, France will,
shine In athletics as In war. Gull
lemot. In the 10000 metres: Necess.
in the cross-country, and Paoli, as
a weight thrower. would do credi.
to any nation.