European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Psyched up thursday september 1,1977 the stars and stripes Page 23 . Of watch world cup for results of soviet use of hypnosis to Aid athletic performance  special correspondent when the world s Premier athletes gather in Dusseldorf West Germany for the world cup track and Field Champion ships americans May be looking suspiciously at their rivals from the soviet Union. Is there something funny about that Guy in the red shirt throwing the javelin what about the Long legged fellow with the Hammer and sickle on his Chest Are his eyes Glassy or is it just imagination hey what s going on Here these a cup user Guys winning All the Gold medals Are they human or Are they zombies from outer space quite human says or. William Kroger of Beverly Hills Calif. They Are athletes under the influence of hypnosis and Auto Genie training a method of increasing ath Letic performance he adds which the soviet Union has honed into a science. Kroger author of a definitive medical and psychological treatise called clinical and experimental hypnosis is not blow ing the whistle on the russians or Yelling foul. On the contrary he is adopting the role of a modern Paul Revere warning the russians Are coming and urging . Olympic brass to adopt similar measures. The . Olympic team is in greater danger of being left behind by soviet ath letes in the 1980 olympics than in any pre Vious olympics in history insists the clinical professor of Anaesthesiology at Urcla. The world cup Friday through sunday promises to offer an interesting preview of the Moscow games Matching hand picked athletes from various countries. User East German and cuban athletes will be studied with particular interest. The event will be televised the last two Days by the Abc network. . Track Field pros May now apply for Amateur standing Indianapolis a american track and Field professionals ineligible to compete anywhere since the International track association folded last year May apply for reinstatement As amateurs the . Amateur athletic Union announced tuesday. The International Amateur athletic federation Isaa world governing body for track and Field would have final authority whether to approve or deny each application. It s hard to say whether approval would be Given said Pete Cava a spokes Man at the aau s National Headquarters Here. It s a Clear Rule if you accept Money for competing then you re a professional. This could wind up a test  the International track association it founded in 1972, faced Small crowds and a general Lack of interest and More importantly Money from the beginning. Now these athletes Are like men with out a country said Cava. They want to get Back in Competition but because they have been professionals there is no place for them to  Cava said a number of the athletes took their Case to Harold Heller Mcminnville ore., the aau National registration chair Man. Then former olympic Marathon Champion Frank Shorter who is still an Amateur approached aau executive director Ollan Cassell on behalf of his professional colleagues. Formal application to Heller for rein statement As an Amateur would be re viewed Case by Case by each athlete s local aau registration committee. Each Case would then be forwarded to the aau National registration committee with a recommendation for approval or denial. The National committee would then turn each application Over to the Isaaf which has final jurisdiction. The soviets have developed the prac Tice of psych ing up athletes for sports com petition into a science Kroger said. They have used hypnosis Auto Genic training and other psychological meth  the techniques were first employed by the soviet cycling team in the 1972 olym pics he added but now generally Are promoted by an Institute in Kharkov staffed with special trainers and psychologists. The methods have proven effective in in during relaxation and relieving stage fright among competitors he said and have made winners of chronic losers in Many sports. There is no reason Why a competent hypnotherapist should not help an athlete to eliminate detracting psychological fac tors which prevent his highest efficiency Kroger said. The Urcla professor said tests have shown that athletes under hypnotic conditioning in track and Field basketball Golf and boxing can reach higher Levels without endangering his physiologic limit. The hypnosis theory failed to ring a Bell of alarm with . Olympic figures. Bruce Jenner Winner of the demanding i0-spprt decathlon at Montreal and the unofficial world s Best All around ath Lete said he saw nothing wrong with this Type of psychological conditioning but the Gold medallist from Malibu Calif added if a Guy can t get himself pumped up naturally for a Challenge like this he is in trouble. I worked 10 hours a Day preparing for and competing in the decathlon. The Only thing i took was extra carbohydrates and Gator Aid for  Jenner will be one of the Abc commentators at the world cup. Or. Daniel Hanley of Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine said that what Kroger was preaching was a technique that ath letes had been pursuing for years on their own. Most great athletes use self hypnosis they go into trances talk to themselves and pump up adrenalin he said. There would be no Rule against hypnosis but it could have a deleterious effect. Hypnosis requires a willing subject. Some athletes Don t react to Sharp changes in routine. There is no substitute for hard work practice and Diligence spelled with a capita i a " . Boasts it will Field Strong team at 1 St world cup track meet Friday Dusseldorf Germany