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' THE WASHINGTON HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY- - 3, 1910. WarHas Broken the Training of Foreign Athletes for Olympic Games 1 FAST SOUTHERN FEATHER-WEIGH- T IS WILLING TO FIGHT DOUBLE-TRUDGEO- European War Halts the N CRAWL IS ANXIOUS TO BOX Tony Bernard Meets YOUNG HERMAN MILLER SWIMMING STROKE Plans for Olympic Games BEFORE ARDMORE CLUB' NEWEST McCarney at Majestic ' Aquatic experts are today deeply Interested Iri a new type of swim- cT SaiBSSSSSSSSSsK7H double-trudge- Kansas Soldier Comes Here Germany Had Been Preparing Its to Give ming stroke called a oi crawl It Is a slight modification Athletes United of old trudgeon-craw- aquatic sport believe toe?, the l stroke. Students of the THE CUBS CAME BACK r,' JHVjiBIH it will prove more effective than the latter In middle and long dlstanco with Great Reputation to States More Opposition Until the War WBECKED swimming. The big advantage of the new stroke Is that it enables the AFTEB BEING Wrestle Local Italian. Was swimmer to use the power of his legs to greater advantage than In any AUD MAYBE MACK WILE Declared. of the other styles of strokes. The difference between the old and new trudgeon strokes Is merely There Is no denying that Con- one of leg drive, trudgeon-craw- narrow cham- IS FAITHFULLY TRAINING , tin the l the swimmer takes a nie Mack has wrecked the HOWARD. two evr-nts- th-'s- Br DtCK than but they do well sclssor-kic- k at the finish of the top-ar- th'en performs a continuous pion Athletics. Without Bender. and have been able to outclass their Just about the time the European crawl thrash until the time comes for another scissor. In the new Plank, and Collins the Athletics, The opening wrestling bout of the n- w foreign rivals. Germany, well as the , Augrust. as stroke, first is by fluttering year will be staged in Majestic Tl- - war broke out last all the other countries are going to train th' ir instead, the scissor followed a motion of the at one time held up as the great- the k, night H. leading countries were making plans men in the this manner, an feet, then the swimmer rolls gently and introduces a second scissor-klc- est of all ball clubs, do not loom ter Wednesday when Ton future in in iftiddle-- u. to this time driving vlth the other leg at the end for under-ar- m pull. up as a outfit. Yet the nardo. the local Italian Oi. and looking- forward to furnish the effort achieie greater sueeess. formidable meets McCarney. of Kansas. Notwithstanding Ger- Briefly, the leg action is a continuous crawl with narrow sclssor-kic- k Soldier United States more opposition in the the early date, thrash dope shows that at least one ball The management of the MajeStic Thea- many had granted accommodations to brought in as each arm completes its pull. club came back, and came back Olympic games which are scheduled to prepara- ter lias found quite a little difficult her athletes last summer in The stroke was first exhibited in competition by Joseph Wheatley, of strong, after the loss of Its great- arranging for this bout, but after mm be held again in 1916. tion 1916 Olympic games. er of the With the New York A. C, holder of the American record. argument gr.ii' i. -- Looking back over the summer of headquarters in est stars. both of these star the Berlin, the Teutons agreed to meet. Bernardo needs r, 1312 it will bo remembered that the were working in earnest and promt U t It was another case of wreck- ing, from case troductlon to local followers. Ii, i . American athletes easily outclassed the to spring a great surprise in the next but different the te n, foreign men and won the great inter- meet. of the Athletics. Charles W. shown on many occasions that great close student of the game, and is - . national affair without a amount The greatest qualification of the Ger- - J Murphy had his own personal of trouble. Loomis as a star mat artist. mans lies in their determination and Performed Greatest some say prejudiced reasons for Bernardo won a preliminary boTfir England, Germany, and Sweden, the never-say-di- e spirit. ''51 ;. It has long been PPPpM " handing first Frank Chance, then bout against Jack Ntlson. of New Ha.- countries which contributed most to the said even if the Germans did not ' . that ' .fafafafafafafafafJaHHilLIB Tinker, finally on New Year's I'.i games, had been granted large Appro- opp- - I SIBv :afl Joe and John Conn., at Ardmore ability z have the natural of their ysM .sssssssssssssssssso1 Athletic Feat of the Year papers. by knockout route, and In doinc -- " priations to defray the necessary ex- nents that their spirit would offset this EsssssssHHa Evers, walking Yet the the penses and furthermore all hands were ' Cubs, with Evers In 1913, were a received a good hand from the local f, handicap. HhhH e ifi- &hhhVI sport. occerting every possible effort to win In Rau, Germany great- - ' success comparatively, and last lowers of the has one of the Three Victories in Ninety Min- Little is known of Soldier McCarney lr personal glory in the eyes of the huge , SELF-DEFEN- season, were est sprinters in the country. This flyer LEARNED ART OF SE without Evers, they following. y this vicinity, but he comes heralded with finished second to Craig, of the Ctuver-sit- more than formidable. big reputation, many press notic. William Armstrong, of Laeross. Wis., Michigan, 1912. Craig utes in National Champion- a and of in ran the It doesn't seem reasonable that possession is enough is the authority for revised methods on race in 10 JOB IIAItANG. which he has in his seconds, and the a club can lose three such men good will the part of the foreign countries in fact that Rau was second goes to shon ships Overshadow All. BY CHASING Here's Joo Harang. the speedy little to warrant that a bout result. placing their men in the Olympic that he is quite a capable man, espe-- .ew urieans ieainer-weig- n. wno is as Collins, Bender, and Plank and Bernardo Is sure to be In good condi- games. This is especially true with the i after Champion Johnny Kilbane for a stay in the first division, but the tion as he has been training under Kid cially after participating in three other feather-weig- ht Ha-ran- ir. SPTS-2-C- bout for the tftle. Sperry. of the local men who have Germans. The Teutons are universally events. Germany is Her-- j OL SLIDE BANK fans will not be excessively sur- Four Another star of STRAY LITTLE FIDOS one of the cleverest boxers In tho took conceded as the most intellectual of our ..ho performed the greatest athletic un- prised if arc In been working In Sperry's gymnasium game today, had never been beaten the Athletics the la-- i foreign friends and not being as far country, l,5u0-met- race feat in 1914? part in the attraction at Ardmore of this in the til he lost to George Chaney a month fight again next year. .! advanced in athletics as the Americans, in the same affair. It may be interest- Here, Indeed, is a chance for a rare ago at Toledo, ana tnen unaney Friday, and three of these men retu-ne- they are to use the same tactics of the ing to note that these two men are care- argument pro and con. Joe Loomis, of The manly art of is weighed 131 pounds ringside, while winners. Tommy I.owe. Bernardo, and younger country. Chicago Association, is our not always taught in the gymna- IHarang stepped on the scales weigh- Bert Greene were the men to take the fully watching the work of the leading the Athletic 1- sium by ing -1 pounds, of ten The foreign athletes are the greatest men in class and are determined to SHL5IAX, guess. an Instructor of boxing. a difference nieasure of their opponents. their TEX Many and novel pounds. This caused the New Orleans $.',') hero worshippers in the world. Naturally - performance national are the methods Each of the wrestlers has posted to land the honor in the next meeting. Tk iitiv.- uoiinr nhtor xvhn nxxonto Loomis' at the aBelQ. battler's defeat. they have been under the impression foregoing merely brings out again challenge tif-- championship meeting Baltimore in With the allies? Nope, in any stand as a forfeit, which is enough to The the issued to him for a at ring ltsejf? Nope. light- Ha rang would like to meet the more events they can the teen-ro- ni .1 rd the Only feather-weig- ht of Dame expect appearance of the men. that win. lllC l.ill& .lt.11 IOHLA Ul WIV Jl I tllll (Jill bout before the Ardmore September, when he won the In the country before Predictions the greater their prowess. This method ha3 pire in an athletic way, and explains Club Kid Harris, who is looking after dafh. running high Jump, and ers learn to handle their mlts. Earl the Ardmore" club. Young Thomas, Kid proved an absolute failure. The men in itself why the Germans are well up Ins affans in this vicinity, got in touch nurdle race wjthln an hour and a half Fisher, the Cincinnati boxer, has Just (Marshall, or any other boy the promot- Rumor for 1915 have in so many tipped off the fans Irow he came by ers see fit to put on.