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Show The sprinter limbered up his legs PS and speeded down the track While all the others in the rare Were twenty meters back. "I cannot lose the sprinter said, "I'm too all fired good" But still he kept his legi; at work As every sprinter should He won the race and then explained I The cause of his success "You see, I have self-confidence As well as speedlness. I "But though I am well satisfied That I v, ill win the race. I keep my two legs going at A most terrific pace ' Self-confidence Is a wonderful asset in athletic competition. Maybe It's more than half the battle. But it is not j all of it H There Is danger of having too much 1 J confidence, or confidence without that M very vital thing a willingness to jH win k. The Swedes. Finns and other ath-i ath-i letes showed wonderful Improvement iBpS" in form this Olvmpic Perhaps due to some American coaching. Perhaps Vj 'hese American coaches instilled some s' If confidence In these athletes. But ihe self confidence was backed up with . soim real honest effort and several ' evn u credited as a matter of course to U. S. athletes, went to those of other countries The Americans don't want to get so stucK on their prowess that tl aban-jdon aban-jdon adequate training and real off) for if they do ihe first thing vou know homebody from overseas will be skin nhiK them in the Olympic games Prom Antwerp have come several disconcerting reports of the attitude of some athletes in the Olympic games. A certain weight throwing event, for instance, in-stance, caused the Yankee athletes no' end of amusement. They felt so sure of winning thn! they kidded each other and bestowed1 a few merry quips on some of the for eign contestants. They had reason to feel sure of winning, but the trouble was that they didn't couple some real effort with that confidence They suddenly found themselves running behind and a foreigner won the event and tho American column o' points was affected If- Hi rlghl to be Bure of winning, but the athlete must not forget to put forth some effort He must make his muscles do their utmost and his self Confidence Will take tare of the rest. |