Show SWEDEN QED E GREAT SPORT yM J 1 Former American Star j I Leading Coach in Neutral Neu traI Country By Associated Press j NEW YORK Jan 12 IJ Ing its to the proximity scene of th tb Continued on nn page bade a e 3 3 I 7 SWEDEN COM COMPLETES ES Continued from page 2 European war Sweden has just Completed tom Com om- om the most successful athletic season in the history of sport In that country Under the coaching of Ernie HJertberg formerly prominent In American amateur amateur amateur ama ama- and professional athletics the Swedish track and field performers have made remarkable strides and will be factors factors factors fac fac- tors to be feared in years to come when international track competitions shall have haye been resumed x Nineteen hundred seventeen was as the most successful year in the history of Swedish athletics both from the viewpoint viewpoint view view- point of general Interest est and of perform perform- ances two Twenty new Swedish records rec rec- were established and four of these being at the same time new worlds world's rec rec- Three of these world record performances performances performances per per- were th the work of John Kin Zan- Zander Kinder der the phenomenal long distance man whose defeat of Ted Meredith l at 1000 meters meters meters me me- In the Stockholm stadium in October October October Octo Octo- ber 1316 1916 lG will be recalled A A. Bolin Bolln who tied 1 with i Zander o on that t occasion in aW ort gj nh 2312 equaling 1 the worlds world's record has two of the new Swedish records to his credit and Zander has three apart from his worlds world's records Both Zander and Bolin Bolln are special pupils of ot Ernie HJert Hjert- berg Zanders Zander's worlds world's records are 1600 meters meters motels me mo- meters 2000 me me- meters His best performance was the meter 1500 run which Zander ran alone The former record was hel held by Abel Kiviat Zander clipped no less than 52 seconds from Attila's record in the meter 2000 run and tenths nine-tenths of a second second sec see ond from the meter figures The Theother Theother Theother other worlds world's record to go was for tor throw throw- throwIng Ing the Javelin best throw with each hand in which Yngve Hackner set a record record record rec rec- ord of meters The other new Swedish records established established follow meter 60 dash 69 seconds seconds seconds sec sec- meters meters- seconds meters meters meters me me- 60 seconds Bolin yards I-ards seconds meters eters 1 1552 Bolin one mile Zander meters H 96 Zander meter hurdles seconds seconds seconds sec sec- man four relay meters seconds man four-man relay meters 1311 man four relay 1600 meters I man four-man relay meters 17 minutes high Jump meters pole vault meters discus throwing both hands meters running three miles Zander meter 1000 relays first man running meters second third and amI fourth 2 15 One new record was also established In the peculiarly Swedish contest known as the mellan hop a Jump for length over the gymnasium gymnasium gymnasium gym gym- horse u u |