the name of today's dfb-pokal, deutscher fußball-bund-pokal "german football-federation cup", first contested in the 1934-35 season during von tschammer's tenure as "reichssportführer", was known as "hans von tschammer und osten-pokal" ("tschammerpokal") until it was last played in nazi germany in 1943. many other innovative improvements regarding the organization of sports events that von tschammer's formidable reich sports organ introduced, like the olympic torch relay, are still in use today.