Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1948-11-01
Denmark Sports Seen Rising

viouSly had been Soundly defeated
by the English professionals The
English paid players are reckoned
10 be the strongest soccer unit in
Europe at the present time. Since
1916 they have won u of their
Is engagements and aggregated
rs goals against eight. II was gen.
orally assumed. therefore. that
they would have little difficulty in
beating the Danes. But they did
not beat them ana the skillful
football of the home players led 20
a result which created the biggest
surprise in sport since 1T-year-
old American youth walked away
with the Olympic decathlon cham
pionShip.
Association football ranks as
number one among the sports Of
Denmark and the national hero is
Carl Praest. recognized as the
leading left-wing forward on the
European continent But he is
versatile and can also operate Ell
fectively at centerforward. as he
did against England. Several Of
ferS for him 10 turn professional
notably from French clubs. have
been made hut SO far he has de-
clined them all CAPTAIN OF the
Danish national team is Karl Han
sen. Both he ana Praest Melted
goals in the SIS defeat of the Brit
iSh amateurs in the Olympic tour
namert and al Copenhagen they
kept visiting supporters on tender
hooks as they sent in raSping shots
70 test the English goalkeeper.
Aquatic Sports
After soccer. aquatic sports rank
next in popularity. In these =
swimming. canoeing. rowing and
yachti1g-the Danes possess sew
eral European champions and nu-
merous world record holders. At
the 1e4s Olympic Games only one
country - CSA - secured more
medals than Denmark at the wa
ter events Danish Olympic VIC
tories were In the coXwained pairs
for rowing. the FREELY class at
yachting. the kayak singles for
women at canoeing. and the 100
meters freestyle and 100 meters
backstroke for women at swim
ming. Victory in the freestyie
swim was brought about by Greta
Andersen. who defeated America :
much faneiei Ann Curtis. The
backstroke success. in Olympic
record time. was by Karen Harup,
who also occupied second place IN
the 100 meters fresStyle
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pedal-cyclng both as s pleasure
ard : means o. transportation Is
extremely popular with the Danes
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dUced many notable racing cyclists
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