Athletic Training

x PREFACE gramme, and he was responsible for the devel– opment of more world's champions than all other American trainers combined. It was the reputation Mr. Murphy made locally by put– ting his new ideas into practice that led Yale to engage him as track and field coach in 1887. He instantly made Yale athletes famous, although for the next six years he divided his time between that university and the Detroit Athletic Club. In Detroit he developed the wonderful Jewett and Owen. His best work, however, was done as the coach of college teams. Of the twenty-one teams coached by him at Yale and Pennsyl– vania since 1893, his men won the intercol– legiate championship fifteen times. Seven of these victories were with Yale and eight with Pennsylvania. Of the six times that his teams failed to win they were second four times, third once, and fourth once. His career in the field of international ath– letics was even more remarkable. In 1895, when the first international meet between the New York Athletic Club and the London Athletic Club was held in this country, Mur– phy was selected as trainer. This meet brought