Show I RiCE I TT T TAKES no subtle expert to understand understand understand un- un that in the majority of cases that condition is one of the essential essential essential es es- requirements in the making of a champion But there are many arguments as to how one reaches condition along the surest road No uNo I haven't any very revolutionary revolutionary revolutionary ideas about the training of young athletes I ask them to be sensible sensible sen sen- sensible sible and temperate in their eating andt and t adopt regular habits habits hab hab- g its for sleep and ex ex- A If the averA average average aver aver- t age youngster will live normal life a eat wholesome foods and be regular in his his every day habits habits habits hab hab- its there isn isn't t going Grantland Rice to be very much wrong with him The fhe speaker was Dean B B. B Cromwell Cromwell Cromwell Crom Crom- well famous track and field coach at the University of Southern Cali Call fornia Cornia Cromwell's Cromwel's teams have won so many track championships that the experts have ha almost quit trying to keep track of them I found Dean Cromwell at historic Bovard Bo field on the Trojan campus I the field which has sent six six Soot foot ball teams to theRose the Rose Bowl without defeat the field which has been the proving ground for countless national nation nation- I al and Olympic champions of the the field which has turned out several prominent base- base bailers now performing in the major major major ma ma- jor and minor leagues Mr Cromwell Cromwell Cromwell Crom Crom- well is always there no matter what the season Of course Howard Jones a attends to the football and Sam Barry Barry Barry Bar Bar- ry bosses the but the venerable Dean now in in his thirty- thirty second year at Troy keeps a weather er eye on all the athletes A Few Angles Were very fortunate here in Southern California continued Coach Cromwell hi m that the foods grown so close at hand plus the I fine sunshine provide most of the I 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 If a boy has been drinking tea or coffee and he comes conies to me a healthy youngster Im I'm not going to tell him himo to o quit If a boy has been a big milk drinker and hes he's sound physically physically physically cally I dont don't change his diet even if some coaches do claim that drinking drinking drinking drink drink- ing milk is bad for the wind Coach Cromwell's training orders sound simple but there happens to toDe tobe tobe be De more than he reveals He sets his foot oot down hard on overwork particularly particularly particularly in early season Many years ago we had our in in ter-fraternity ter meets early each season season season sea sea- son said the Dean I found that the athletes who did exceptionally well in these December meets generally generally generally gen gen- were beaten later in the yearby year yearby yearby by those who had been taking it easy at the start Right then I barred my best athletes from these inter-fraternity inter meets And Ive I've been doing it ever since We just coast along for six or eight weeks bUilding up stamina and leading a normal life When the big tests come ome in late spring sprint and midsummer I generally find my boys in pretty good shape Cromwell's rivals in the coaching Business will add a fervent Amen Amento to this statement His Trojans have won 9 of oC the 13 N. N C. C A. A A. A meets in which the they have competed including including including in in- the last 6 straight taken top honors in the I. I C. C A. 4 the last 7 times they entered and whipped Stanford in 11 out of oC the last 12 dual meets to say nothing of bagging several Pacific Coast conference crowns Not Nol for the Boys Cromwell believes the recent emphasis emphasis em em- on eastern indoor meets is bad on the college runners Says it is all right for the A A. A. A U. U and the promoters who cut up the mounting mount ing gate receipts but states that the boys who are bearing down in J January January Janu Janu- anu ary nry and February on the boards are put to too great a strain by having to be in shape clear through the summer for outdoor competition You YOLI can bring your athletes to toa toa toa a peak only two or three times during dur duro during ing a 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 UThe high jump ump he returned And we may have just the boy to turn the trick The record is now 6 feet 93 9 inches Johnny Wilson a senior here at Southern California has done 6 feet 9 inches and I firmly believe he will hit 6 10 before before before be be- fore the 1941 season closes His Lis Greatest Athletes The year old Trojan mentor who looks and acts 20 years ears younger young young- er has turned out a long string of champions among them Charley Paddock Morton l Kaer Bud Houser Charley Borah Lee Barnes Earle Meadows vs and many more He says Bud Houser former worlds world's record holder in the discus and Olympic champion in both this event and the shot put was the greatest competitor he ever coached |