The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-03-21

The speaker was Dean B. CrOm-
well, famous track and field coach
at the University of Southern Cali
f0rnia. Cromwell's teams have won
so many track championships that
the experts have almost quit trying
to keep track of them.
found Dean Cromwell at historic
Bovard field on the Trojan campus,
the field which has sent six foot
ball teams to the Rose Bowl without
defeat, the field which has been the
proving ground for countless nation
al and Olympic champions of the
cinderpath, the field which has
turned out several prominent base
ballers now performing in the ma
jor and minor leagues. Mr.. Crom-
well is always there, no matter what
the season. OF course, Howard Jones
attends to the football and Sam Bar
ry bosses the baseballers but the
venerable Dean, now in his thirty
second year at Troy, keeps a wealth
er eye on all the athletes.
A Fe,0 Angles
We're very fortunate here in
Southern California" continued
Coach Cromwell, sin that the foods
grown so close at hand, plus the
fine sunshine, provide most Of the
vitamins so necessary to good health
for growing youngsters. The boys
come from average homes where
for years they have been eating the
right kind of food.
eff boy has been drinking tea or
coffee and he comes to me a healthy
youngster Pm not going to tell him
to quit. II q boy has been a big
milk drinker and he's sound physi-
cally don't change his diet even il
some coaches do claim that drink
ing milk is bad for the wind"
Coach Cromwell's training orders
sound simple, but there happens to
be more than he reveals. He sets his
foot down hard on overwork, particu-
larry in early season.
"Many years ago we had our in
ter-fraternity meets early each sea-
son." said the Dean. 81 found that
the athletes who did exceptionally
well in these December meets gen.
orally were beaten later in the year
by those who had been taking it
easy at the start. Right then
barred my best athletes from these
mter-fraternity meets. And I've
been doing it ever since. We just
coast along for six or eight weeks,
building up stamina and leading
normal life. When the big tests
come in late spring and midsummer
generally find my boys in pretty
good shape"
CromwelI's rivals in the coaching
business will add fervent sAmen"
to this statement. His Trojans have
won 8 Of the IL N. G. A. A. meets
in which they have competed, in
GLIDING the last 6 straight; taken
top honors in the I. C.. "A. the last
J times they entered; and whipped
Stanford in IL out Of the last IL dual
meets, to say nothing Of bagging
several Pacific Coast conference
crowns.
Not for the Boys
Cromwell believes the recent en-
phasis on eastern indoor meets is
bad on the college runners. Says
it is all right for the A. A. u. and
the promoters who cut up the mount
ing gate receipts, but states that the
boys who are bearing down in Janu-
airy and February on the boards are
put to too great strain by having
to be in shape clear through the
summer for outdoor competition.
"You can bring your athletes to
= peak only two or three times dur
ing q season." continued the Dean,
"and these occasions must not be
too far apart"
I asked Coach Cromwell what
world record he thought would be
broken next.
The high Jump" he returned.
"And we may have just the boy to
turn the trick. The record is now
9 feet ga inches. Johnny Wilson, q
senior here at Southern California,
has done 6 feet 93s inches, and /
firmly believe he will hit clio be-
fore the 1914 season closes"
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