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About The Nebraskan. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1892-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1899)
UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS. Noods of tho Department and Benefits to Studonta DIs- cusaod by Dr. Hastings. In I'lii' UnlviM'slly of Nobnislm Ulu1 thuo t now pa-nt wlii'ii It could bo said that u lucked material for any of I in- tnieo icadliitf uuni'inlly Iimihi.s. im-i iurt$ ol lliu very strongum iiiimi ii ilu institution wore candidates ten in i i ball tiNim, iR'iirlj ulty arc can .1 (,,iion lur the nam out I teimu, ami nil tm-ij lov Mic track tenia, I'rowtil mjfij i ii is nu-aiis not .simply of tiln sti.ii, n "t" pliHicall.s, bin also uitel-ii-i in iil . Ill,' I I Mil1 S-l(lll,(l llO pilHt NUCIl 1111 our should Im heard deploring tilie nick ol uiumtmuj Mipport for iithlet us. .Not long an in lealduy Hi a iiwlj of atilin'iir men 1 i-spri'sxod tlhe hope that mi one w miid be found "Uh'Uiiih" tlu ntudcnl body lor the lack ol interest Jn n ii'tH and luck ol ntlnciic loyally until wo deserved uni U'lxitj support, 1 stated that Ulio thn 11, us to nivroasod Interest In athletien iiiut usi- ilrst from t lit teams tliein v. im, 1 nut a strong- riinniiiy: loam ti. uos university support, tluit wo iniist bo Clio editor of out'iiiisla.sm, that wo must successfully cope wiMi Instil- t.iilou.s or our own rank before a per inanoni uuivcr-ftity prido in aaiiilctlc shall booomo o.stabiisliod, and tiliai llioroloro loams must, lune tho solid, ouroful, ycnr-ii rou ml training which moan sunn, 1 uiaiihooil iind a.v-uros ic tory. Uter nearly two yoar.s eareful ol).soratiou 1 am ready hi state that tho most llal failiiro of Nebraska toam.s lias boon laok of physical bot tom, laok uf. endurance, and for t'hiB reason hao occurred exhibition il wiiiknoss toward t.lio ulo.se -if cntet and ecu toward I'ho ond of hoa.sous. Laok of winning quality in toams sure ly has not boon duo to laok of native oohMitutiiMiul .sirenylih, for phyvlea. eliminations tdnvw tluit no uit 1111 1 furnish str niger nion (ban Nebraska. What wo have lacked for foot, ball. Iimm- iiall and traok nthletiex is not .simply stienyih, but syniiiielrieal strength, A ohain i only ,i.s .siroiv a. lts, wakcst link. . iiKiu is liko tho chain. Muscular arms aril legs do not make a man and an uUilete. 'I'ho addit.ou of stroii" trunk muscie.s may "lxo re .l.iblo and .syininotrical niii.'v'ulai strength, but will not insure pthyicin efficiency. Siuili a man nuiy not Ik capab.o of sustaining- cIVort. Phe most cs.soiitial oonuootiny Mnk iui., yet bo lacking, i. 0., .strong1, lioiii...y, woll--trninctl, ital organs. Vitality is more important to winning' in atidotios tluin is oon inu-euhir strength and this can only be scented by tilio steady, reg-ulni training' of years. The rug-god, sturdy farm boy may need less development in endurance than sonic, on account ol prcvi ills good hard labor, but all need tniuiiiug calculated to conserve energy. Tor this reason the nniiniun of ath letics tod'iy Is being- directed towsud the acquisition of vitality, endiininoo, and constitutional strong'.. on tilio part of athletes. Fiimei.y tilie knowled'g' of tlio event was foreiiiost; now the energy of the man and the niosft economic use of tihat energy, i-'ormorly the einphe sis was laid tqion the alwlity to expend the last ounce uf energy; now It i up on the ability to eonsere It for future expenditure. Formerly trainers at tempted to make athletes capable, ol lihononieiial spurts for record, now they make men, who, tbrougli the ex cellence -f a well-trained organism. hae so far raised in tilioiiiselves the normal staudtmi of activity as to sur pass tihesv former reoouls with II title apparent effort. We are simply returning to the nat ural order of things. Attainmoiw ol skill follows in the pat.h nf strength, of abounding vitality. Conservation of energy i.s rational and lirst in im portance. Here the athlete m;ct the gymnast, .he mechanical engineer, tilie Ciiis-sicai student, tlhe whole univen&it on conunon gr.iimdi. Our busines, in the university lis conservation and de elopnient of itul forces. Neither the athlete nor Mie scholar is necessarily a plieiioaunal personage to wh v i wondering tribute of rever ence must be paid for na.t'ive ability, but rather and more frequently there is due a solid respect for the national recognition of sonithing good and the faithful persevering ell'ort nuuettour to attain it. riic difference between in....idualn is large I j niic of einplia.sis. -..lib dif ference should be less; all ought 'to conserve and develop physical and mental energy together. The BtSholni needs the Miperamindan't vitn.n-y oh tnined from regular training foi sports nnd recreative work, nnd the n tUi let e ought to x a .sieholnr. The statement is made Wiat. between forty and fifty per cent of 'the honor men of Harvard last yenr wore prominent athletes. 'Phis is as ilt should be. Where every student has some form of outdoor physical recreation (luring open weallher and of gymna siuii work when the ulihor is iinpos sible there will be no lack of athletic scholars or of scholarly athletics. The separation 01 athletic men as a olnse will be less distinct and the lino of do nnrknUon botiween athletics and 1 it her lines of recreative work will be less rigidly drawn. Aside from tlhe benefit to tho indi vidual, in the development of various minor forms of recreative .rk among 1 tne general .student body, athletics piopcr are ulliniiluled oy a glowing siiKiout sympathy anil by .till 0 provis ion of 11 greater amount of practlotilly triiiiiied matierial ftvtiii sihlcli fool ball, base Uill ami track mull ini be, drawn. Jlovviny and swliunilng 1110 of course not, practicable as sport lor the Unl vorsity ot Mobruska, but the. only ap parent leiuon w'li,s 'iHie avorugw Htudenf should not enjoy tennis, nilinon, eriuk ot, hwkey, polo, gtnl (.with or without, stocking's, mid oilier such games up pour to no tlilelli lack ..I room which to pla them. Willing eaeh oiudoot' at'hiotie season every iit.ii.etJe Held Is Hilly occupied by ftiun iivventy to for ty men who constitute the tea.iu and stili ot one of our major snort.s. 'I rue wko have two turning coiiiUw, or rather one and a half, but searooly 111 ire (iliiii a doon people couldi oaitain oNoieluo on taeso during an arteiMioon, Two 111 i 11 1 on court would provide room Tor ui.-rv ithan twouly people on like Mime playing spaoo ami a game equals as iutcroMilug ami lionlthfiil. I toth tenuis and million promote qulcknow of eye, grace, celerity, and precision of movement mid Vi.allty. in character, cricket ils a .rt. of-Compromise between base ha., ami bil liards. It, has till the .seieuco ami quick eaioula.tion of the latter with out the wild excitement of the former. It Is very free from accident! to life and limb, and yet to the iiiilliated, ex ceedingly iivle reading. From twenty two K thirty can enjoy the privilege ol the Mime cricket Hold at a time. Hockey takes a field of practically the same sl.e and shape as foot, ball, and occupies about the same number of men as cricket. It is a game fur hardy, busy men who need a maxi mum of exercise in a minimum of time and do not, care to upend iniich time in learning" rules'. It Is one of the ver.v best men iks uf training in endu rance for foot Iwill men and not a dan gerous game when ruled properly. tiolf is the trainpors' game. If one cannot persuade himself otherwise to i.'blain endurance through long dis tance walking and do-ires to adtl zest and Interest to the process ho cannot do bet.tor than play g lf. It is a valu able game despite mo ridicule of the ignorant. With a Held the size of Franklin field of the I'wivondty of Pennsylvania, IlOO or HH) students Instead of thirty or f irty niig'ht be obtaining health and itrength during t lit fall, spring and .summer mouths. Athletic men and and the general student body might seen 10 body-building and endurance work throug'h those minor sports. We lack the interest in the physical permeating the wiliole student body whioh tennis, hand ball, cricket eluibs and the like prtiinotcs. We are growing and doing much oven without the larger field, especi ally indo ,rs, through Imskot ball. 'hoop bail, volley ball, battle ball and other recreative games. Many advantages are to bo denied wrestling, hand ball, ami fencing but there has been iwitlier room nor facilities for rhelr introduo tb.ti. Wrestling is excellaut training for foot ball men. Hand ball is next to basket ball and hoop ball in value as endurance training for athletic men. And nothing is more valuable than 1ilie.se strongest indoor (gnme.s for en durance training, except icgular body building work and ero-s countr.v run ning. 'Phe body-building comes first ni or der and importance providing against possible strains by building up sym metrical muscular strength and endu rance. It should be preceded by an examination on the dynomoinetor. which reveals through strength tests of all the groups of the muscles of the body the weak jioint.s. lit should be aeeoui'panied by special corieetive gymnastics through use of duinb-be'.ls. pulley weights, bounce boards, and others, in order that tliene may be no possible failure in bringing that weak er part up to normal. It is first be cause it is irrational and even danger ous to allow a man to do an eveui when certain muscles are won... o. g.. it is idle to attempt, to broad jump vvitlh weak abdominal and back mus cles. The first thing to do, and the only rational thing, is to ascertain at the beginning of training whether tho muscles, chiuily involved in any given event arc of normal stTwngth. Next in order is tho development of respiratory and heart strength through recreative games, jog run ning, cross e,.uiit.rv running and hare and hounds. These complete the en durance training and will be continued on alternntc days after the spring opens for out of door training in indi vidual events. Training in truck eveivts has already been begun Uh rough the indoor athletics ol the Int ter part of the winter and the early spring. The pentathlon is invaluable, as a inenaa of nll-rouud Miuning of in dividual men. It never fails to bring to light some future record-breaker for the outdoor work, besides bring ing up the indoor records increasing! close to the outdoor. This year we owe our indo.tr record of live feet, six inches to the indoor cntathlon and last year the outdoor pentathlon brought to light t...o man .. .0 wins des tined to make it. 'Many 'prominent allhlotlc men testi fy to tne value of the pent.nthlon a- a basis for specialization in Individual events during later jears. We do not need to go oiu ot our own institution to find a man who ascribes nil of his athletic prowess tu the solid ul-romul training he obtained through the, pen tathlons. Training Is now being directed to wards the events of tha outdoor pen tathlon. The system employed or this ami the ordinary rfratniliig will bo by days' orders for onulti event placed in the hands of tin squad load ers. The training will be under the Immediate supervision of the pliysle.il director, The leader will see that all men are In place and understand their worn for tlhe day. l'ro.er.!bod work will bo strlotly adHiered to except In ease of u'cldciub, Injuries, or some other good reason reported to the di rector. Only careful, systematic work will win the spring moots and 110 chances will bo taken. As far us posslb.o men will bo sub divided into seotiions according to pro llclencj In events. Selection of squad loaders has been made upon tilie InisIh of nut 111-11I leadership as well as upon proficiency In events. They are up pointed prlm'lpa..y to load their f co tton, not to coach the events, ju.t iw the track captain was selected to load tlho M-ain. It Is Imped, therefore, that every one. even the most modest, will accept the responsibility of the ap pointment and report the same at the oftloe or. or hoftio W'o(1iiomIii . Al inoKt all the lenders have already re inorted favoiabl.v. Candidates for tne track team and the pentathlon should indicate llholr In'tentiou as to training for the individual event Immediately as scheduled for training of each man must e made. Over thirty men have, so lop.rted. Two leaders have boon selected for oncli event in order t..at they may share the work oy taking oliurge on alternate days. . ne follow ing are the appointments: 100 yard run, It. I). .ndreens V. It. Heart t; !2120 vnrd run. It. 1). Andic sen. W. It. Heart; III) yard run, F. .1. Maul. W. A. l'rli'stly: SSO yunl run, (i. M. Cowglll, F. .1. Mautz; mile run. C. W. Cowglll, F. .1. Mautz: ISO yard hurdle. W. It. HcMtt, It. b. Waterman; .'!o yard hurdle, ('. M. Story. 0. C. Morlsou; running .gh jump. M. V. I'ilb'burv. I .M. l'opijn; running bread jump. It. Ii. llonodict, 1 V. l'e poon; shot put, Y. Ilrcw, Fred bcniur: hummer-throw. F. Ilrew. Fred Le mur; polo vault, 15. F. neuedlcl, 1. . Kellogg; discus. M. I'. l'lllsbury, II. ('. Swallow; relsy races. ('. Poynter. W. K. A ml resoir. The events staircd () cons .lite the outdoor pentathl. n. which oivuis Fri day, April SS. The athletic 'tennis of the university are fulfilling as rapidly as is po-siblo the conditions of success. All tho base ball, track and many foot ball men have been hard it work for over two months obtaining tlie all essential en durance training. They have already shown also sufficient evidence that they will be w.i nning teams tills spring. They merit the supimrt of the .entire university. 1 withdraw my ob jection now to their "kHing," if they do not get it. it will not be necessary, however, to patronize ei.. or 1 the sprhyr sports, as n uintter of con science, but because one enjoys a good contest. WM. W. . STINGS. Wlhl.lAM ltlvKb Dl'N'ltOY. l'oetic gems are rare o.peeiaK,v from persons in r.ur midst. However, one appears occasionally which di-play talent and thought far above tin aver age. Ik low are two such examples, both of which are written by William Iteed Dunroy. The first is titled "Thine Kyo.s," and is dedicated to .Miss Hlauch Walsh, who recently produced such a sciisa.tiii.n upon the theater-goers of Lincoln by her remarkable alnllty as an actress and her wonderful power of expression. It was published -April 1, in the San Francisco ".Music and Dra ma," at the time wlion '.Miss Walsh vva.s fllillng an engagement on the Pa cific const, and received fluttering 110 ilcei fiom several onslern papers. Within the depths of thy all orbs of brewn I road a world 0. J-ve and1 Kiln no speech can tell; The Mtanunering tongue can, no more voice tQic sweet elusive thing Thine eyes sliovvn forth, than the nv.t- leyed, grinning clown Can east a olmrni, of weave a magic spell, Or midnight raven ravish with his hartdi attempts to sing. Thy viouti Its low and wonderfully low and Mveet; Its liipild toiu-i are softer than tflie fcOllg Of yonder lark, that mounts the view less ladder of the skies. 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