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.THE TIMES: JUSTE 20, 1919
SPORT YARNg
BY TI1K VETERAN laa
Paris, Mny 27. (Correspondence of
tho Aniorlntitl Pre") Evident
ly tha American soUliem have taught
the Frenchnx-n how find why to inke
llr-.etlcs norlouHly. fully 1!."0 French
nth:etten, Riherol from :Ml over
France nnil Its prov.ncr?. riro r.o'.v
1uortf:red nt tht .1 l"'rl Normal do
Oyninn'iLiriiic ct iV ITst.-rline I; Join
vl'ie lind-rtoln .a ps iod of IiV.-m'.i'I'.-j
training. They ar r.npnrln.-. '.' the
Intcr-Atlled grame nt Pcrshl.i;? S'.i,
dlum fioni Ji:nn 1 J -. July to.
LNt"Tnt iVitfi Sc.-, french
Arn.y, a stcrlt.nr o liter -nl :i fine
rporf-f j n. in In rii.irjre of th.! train
ing of ie Fron-h ti-ims. - iirdwam
Tor T.:r'Jit'.oni!u: a'! vrf'.'i'tnvt '-'w
Athletes has been worked up. t)a.d
llmont entirely on the trnininK nioth-
Kls of AmcHcnn collc-jres and ath
letic club. Nothing has ever before
been attempted along these lines In
Prance.
At the Invitation Franco-American
fames recently, the French athletes
were completely outclanned by the
American competitors. This demon
strated to the natlsfnctlt.n of the
FYench athletic authorities that they
must arrantce for intensive training
.for their men if France is to be a
contender for honors in the Inter-
Allied Onmcn. Colonel Watt C. John-
n, Chief Athletic Officer of the
American Kxpetlitionary Force. has
offered Lieutenant Colonel See any
American facilities available for the
see in the training of French ath
letes. I C. Srhrocdcr of the Yours
Men's Christian Association ColleRj at
SprlnKflrlcl. Mass.. Is working- with
Lieutenant Colonel See. nupervlsini;
the (central trnlnlns of the men nni
devoting his special attention to the
track nthletes.
