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Show uYanks Will Win" H But Percy SmalKvood, Indians Irainer, Refers to Olympics Olym-pics and Not Baseball "The Tanks are a sure thing to win this v esr " Percy Smallwood. trainer of Trls I Spesker s Indians, was doing the talk-I talk-I ing. "Hut. of rourse. I'm refer;. nit to the C'lympic games ;it Antwerp. Than 'doesn't go for hA..etal! and has nuth-j ling to do with the American league." I he guallfled x minute later. 1 "Iion't let the gloom boys hand you; 1 any bunk about the 1 . 8. OIympic team that s to sail away one of these day s. i lnele Sams buys had It over the' rest of the world like x tent in 1!12.I and they II come across just m good) 1 or better In 1?20. 1 believe. I'm training the prlr.e athletes ofl the American league right now, and I know the country has the hnvs to lesd; the Old World ciowd in the Olympic. Kmallwood Is a Welshman. He h i been in two olympiads. He beat Tom j IOnKboat In the lomlle distance run at Athens in 190S. In IS" he was as-, slstant trainer to the lake Mike Mur- phy. cosch of the I S. team. TH little W elshman hold several I records In tho middle distance events "1 think they ought to select Law-, son Robertson to coach the Yanks this' vear He l.s the best man in the pies-; ent-day field of all-stat coaches.'l says Percy. Being a trainer myself 1 know- Just, how Important It is that our boys be' kept In condition Th- lympic test Is great strain on any athlete." Muring the Indians' spring training this vear Percy led the ho;, s a nirrrj ' ciuue ' that Is. If was his lob to. pace I them around the ball parx as the., shuffled off the overweight of a win-j ter's rest. "Being trainer of a big league ball! rlub Is a good -sized affair. he says. I 6v rui "especially when thit team is i acini II r'- pennant -v. to iir ounce pi "Mjf Its figh'ing power like ihe Cli . .and - Club has done since April 14." ''''iUi Th.- Il m -. Ith'li '.?ir . chiel r' groom of th Indian, and I believe ptMC thst I'm handling the winners of the PlV And Percy Isn't the only one who HjjW hr.- that opinion. IH |