The Washington times., 1924-12-17

The temperament of the. South
Americans Is too fiery for football.
he explained. II they were tackled
or knocked TO one side by the
interference. they would regard it
as personal assault and would
want to fight The games would
develop into q series of personal
encounters.
Because soccer is so much diff
ferent in its nature, it Is more
adapted TO the temperament Of the
people, he said. The climate
premits II to be played the whole
year round and In South America
II has become the national sport,
holding the place occupied by base.
ball In this country
ChiapelIa was sent to this
country BY ! his government 10
study physical education. He
formerly taught physical train
ing and expects to return to
Uruguay after he has completed
his sttldies here.
In ]. Uruguay there are no pro-
fessional athletic teams. Every
thing is run on an amateur basia
and is partly in charge Of a de-
partment in the government, the
National Commission of Physical
Education. The government has
a system of public Fairgrounds
that are In use all OF the time,
There. are hundreds Of soccer
clubs all over Uruguay which are
the centers Of the ma jority OF the
social and other activities. These
clubs have their own buildings
thew organize classes of instruction
IN the different trades and occupy
much the place that the Y. M. g
A. does in this country.
Their biggest association is the
South American Soccer Federation
to which Argentina, Chile, Brazil
Paraguay and Uruguay belong
This association each year holds
international games to decide I'M
| championship Of South America.
That the Uruguayan team haC
no intention Of going to the
Olympics last summer and arrived
| in France without a coach OF
| special preparation, was the state
| rnent of Mr.. Chiapella as ne tolc
how the Olympic championship
came to this country-the smallest
in South America.
/ After the team had won the
| South American championship.
| 1t was decided. TO send i 70 Spain
to play. No one believed the team
| would rate very high II opposed
to teams in countries where thGAe
were professional coaches. But
the team defeated every eleven It
= opposed in Spain.
1 These victories caused the Soccer
Association to cable the team II
| Spain to go on to the Olympics.
[ Chiapella was then at Columbia
AS soon as his examinations endeC
he went to France, arriving aftel
! the team had won its first game
! He volunteered to act as coacl
and served in that capacity unit
after the deciding game with Swift
erlafd. This amateur team defeat
ed Jugoslavia, France, America
| Holland and Switzerland In turn.
ee-fourths Of the players wert
picked as the best at the Olympic.
by the majority of the sports
writer's. and countless offers were
made for games in other countries
The offers were declined and tn,
team was called back to its owl
| country, where the senate appro
| priated $500.000 to build stadium
at Montevideo. Since then it hai
played only three games. and only
one Of these was finished because
1.-The enormous crowds overfloweC
onto the playing field.
Next April the team is coming t.
| the United States on a. three
months tour, during which a serie;
Of games will be played with the
American Soccer Federation anC
other teams here and in Canada.