New Britain herald., 1924-04-08
Coach, in Speech Here Last Night, Thinks Finland Will Give Yankee Athletes Close Run.

Speaking at banquet Of tho Dart
 mouth Club held ct the Hotel Burritt last evening Coach Harry Hilman of the Dartmouth track team char l actcrized the Olympic games as a | friendly war. In answer as to who he i thought would be the greatest rival ] Of the United States in the Olympic Games this year Coach flillman said
 that in his estimation Finland would give the United States the most com ! petition. He said that the athletes ot | that country had improved loo per cent within the last twenty years and that more and more they arg putting their athletics on the American basis.
 Although il is Coach Iiillman's opin-
 ion that ihe United states will win the
 Olympic games he said that he
 thought it would be one of the great
 cst tasks the athletes of this country
 have ever bcca confronted with.
 The speaker said that with the
 Olympic winter sports over the United
 States is now in fourth place, but e%-
 piaiued that SO far most of the con-
 petition has been in sports that hayC
 been most favorable to the foreign
 countries and that the competition in
 inc sports that will be held during the summer months will be the sports
 in which the United States is the strongest. Although NC are sending a soccer team over 10 compete in inc rames Coach Hillman said that in this game We were not as strong as tn" foreign countries. In polo the speaker said that We were sending over q team that should give 2 good account i Of itself. Tn the distance runs Mir. Hill ' man said that as Il rule the foreign countries were stronger than the , United States. but that this year WI were sending over several distance ! men who would make the competition exceedingly keen. Speaking or the , rules governing the games MT. Hill- man explained that they are very . implicated. and said that many times inc countries competing in the game differ in their understanding of cer- tain rules. He explained that bonus system is now being used in the a warding Of points and that man who takes part in & certain number of competitions gets points for taking part in tho events regardless Of uhcth- tr or not he secures a place in the
 speaiinf Of Dartmouth athletic activities Coach Hillman explained that permanent system Of having resident coaches has been installed there and is working out well. He said that new modern hockey rink has been constructed at Hanover and that Dartmouth will make a bid 10 make his sport one of their leading sports Despite the natural conditions that should favor the game Of hockey at th" Hanover institution. Mir. Hillman said that tho hockey team at the iu- last year was able 10 practice but very few times. He said that al- housh II vas quite rarly in the season 10 makr any predictions that he felt if would br safe 10 say that the Dart mouth baseball team this season would bu very strong one.
 Coach Hillmsn explained that at Da rtinouth every one is compelled tD take part in some branch Of athletics and that in this way inc student bodt is kept in good physical trim and most of thc students al the college are athletes. He said that despite thc large registration at Dartmouth that
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