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.HE possibility of runblo returning
to th Watern lf(fu to dljic
Wichita, whlrh Is n com panned
about by an antl-flnn1ay bnae ball
aanttmant. In coma rtipnU offers
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room for congratulation In tha hop of It
balna ralld. Purblo fell out of tha ranka
for lack of rxitron.ige, that U trua, but ao
did Bt. Jo. The cane Is not unln.ua. 8t.
Joa, after aevsrai rears outrtda tha fold,
returned and Is more than making- rood.
Pueblo might do the same thing. Thera
Is no raasnn why it should not; every rea
son why It should. It Is well, therefore,
that Frank Ibll Incline favorably to
tha Colorado town as an alternative. Tha
rxpansa and trouble of trannferrlns; would
ba small. Colorado ought, to give balance
and symmetry and financial proportions to
tha clroult, have two cltle In tha Western
league. It baa been tha role. It Is too
V'lsT a Jump or only otia town. True, slnca
we added Wichita and Topeka the Jump Is
) broken somewhat, but It would still ba bet
I ti-f If we had the second Colorado city.
Jt would help Denver, too, for that matter.
Inver does not need help as much as
soma other towns In the league, for It has
always been one of tha best bane ball cities
i' i n the weat, but Jut the same we who
v J w the history of this league know that
Denver Is always a better town when one
of its sister elUae In on tha circuit. Tha
treasury reports of tha league, of course,
IU show what two mountain tiwns mean.
If a winning tem were put Into I'ueb'j
thing would take on new Ufa and continue
guod, wa fast certain. It would not need
to ba a pennant winner, but a team such
as Frank label! has had and may be relied
on always to have one of the old White
Box type, always fighting. That Is what
that town demands and the only reason It
ever failed to support a tea.ni waa because
tha last one It had went dead on Its feat
and could not be revived. No live town
would support suoh a team. Take the ex
ample of Topeka and even Des Molnee.
This looks like a good pro position and. If
Wichita muM drop out, by all moan move
over tha Una to Pueblo. Tha cllmata la
fine, anyway.
Charley Murphy Is quoted as saying that
he and Chance have several surrlses In
tore for Cub fans In the matter of their
XU ltne-up. Evidently, then, Stelnfeldt Is not
tha only veteran slated for the axe. But as
has been frequently suggested, the other
places of possible improvement for next
year, outside of the box, are not wholly
apparent. Of eoursa no falsa move Is going
to be mad by the Cub management toward
letting go of any veteran before it is de
termined beyond a doubt that the reorult
will make good. The signing of Doyle,
Louisville's third baseman, therefor, means
nothing conoluslv as to Stelny' Job until
i'oyle has proved himself. The sam'e is
u of Pittsburg, where so much talk
gone on about Hans Wagner being su
perceded. Let it first be realised that the
Pirates have several weak spot and that
it is very dangerous to remove all the old
supports until tha new ones have proved
their durability. First base has been un
covered in Pittsburg ever slnca Kitty
Bransfleld went to Philadelphia. It is to
bn rilled by Fred Hunter of Kansas City
and formerly of eioux city, a great young
ball player, but ho must have time. They
are talking about Niehoff, late of Des
Moines, for Byrne's successor at third.
That sounds foolish. Neihoff Is a promis
ing youth but 'Byrne a skillful Veteran.
And so tha shape-up process goes on, reach,
lag Into tha minors and culminating with
Kansas City, where, it lis said, only two,
of last year' team will ba retained for
111. That means ona of the most radical
weeps vr made in bas ball. Th result
must be problematical, of course. It is
admitted that Kansas City can afford to
t Til 1 f tVt aklifa nnrl.x
Jimmy Callahan, th old Whit Sox star,
give our Morris L. O'Neill a grand send
off in a recent article In tha Chicago Jour
nal. II pay th Western league president
the stout tribut of being an "honest, quiet
painstaking oKiclaS," adding that "He Is
a wealthy man and is in base ball be
caus he loves it." He ranks Tip a "among
f th men away up in bas ball affaire. The
Western league magnates seemed to have
shared that view when they paid O'Neill
van a higher compliment by eieutlng hlra
to five years more of servtca a year before
his former five years' contract expired.
That was about a strong testimonial as
"' it was a declaration to the
bao ball world that things in the Western
league war going along all right, for the
action was unanimous and wholly un
known to O'Neill before he was advised of
wnai naa Deen don. O'Neill has grown in
his praoent position. Ha bas a wide streak
of loyalty through him. loyaltr to a rfutw
and a friend and this quality shows Itself
10 grrai aavautage. He is one of tha men
who hava coma up from tha ranks, having.
ueen a piayer and later an umpire.
i It Is to b hoped they decide the owner-
ship of tha Boston Doves before the next
uu.ua opess. ror it would .never do to
nave in secret uncovered. If, as now
.alec' tha ownership doe not rnr.u.i
yndicat bas ball, then all decent base
wa men may iieav a elgb. of relief. Some
folks win intl.t on further light, how
aver, before ballevtnfc all they hear. If the
arrangement has been made by which
Fred Tenuey.'the old Boston and New York
first baaamar., is to manage the Doves, it
will ba another good bit of inr,n..,i
,V-Und vrelooro. too. A maa of Tenney's edu-
iiu uugm o d able to
pruduos results as manager,
Gotch insists he will not return to the
mat. Instantly Hbcktno-ibmidt says he
wants to meat everybody, Qotch Included.
Hack, curled his Russian lin tall up and
l an all over Europe to keep out of OotoU's
way onoa, after showing his yellow streak
In hia country. It is too bad if Qotch
means this, for It Would be Interesting to
ee hlia o after Hack. In real earnest
. Main. But those wrestlers are suoh hum
j rtsis.
Th latest bit of sporting news Is that
Kid Wedge, who wedge himself In be
tween second rata prise flghuag and third
rata preaolilng, off and on. Is recovering
from a sick spell la a 8an Francisco hos
pital. Tha catcher crop has been scaroe, so
several big league teams ar loading up
on all th stock they can get In tne hope,
of eouxs, that they can develop fw
tars.
Chick Autrey. tha records disclose, only
batted . Ust season. The Chicken went
along tor a while without batting at 1L
He seeina to lack nerve at crucial times.
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Old Father Winter has not been able to
stop perutlons oa that new grandstand of
- i 'a Rourke'a. Pa Is getting It read
rComiskey White Sox April 1.
J Joh L. Hulllvan and Jack Johnson
I met at last It was In tbuir auto wli
dy for
ineon hava
fhlrllag
round a corner In oppouue directions.
WEIRD TALES OF PROWESS
Travelers Tell of Wonderful Feats
Seen in Africa.
AFRICA, COUNTRY OF RECORDS
Jp Rerordaa la Meter Bad a
Aereaat Is Kept f Paltry
laches nirlsloas.
KT.W YORK. Deo. in Beports that
would be set down at once as Incredible
If not actually fictitious were they not
barked by such excellent authority, come
from the heart of Kaotern equatorial
Africa. They record athletic feats on the
part of the natives which make rending
alongside of which anything In Colonel
Rooeevelt's accounts of his African ad
ventures must assuredly appear very tame.
Incidentally they will cause the much
vaunted prowess of athletes ancient and
modern, whether Hellenic, Celt, Teuton or
Tank, to sink Into comparative Insigni
ficance. It Is tha tribe of the Watusal, dwelling
within the confines of Ruanda, who ap
pear to be destined to go down In history
as the world's record breakers of all time.
Tha seemingly Impossible height of eight
feet two and one-half Inches stands to the
credit of one dark-skinned athlete In tha
high Jump. i
To the Duke Adolphus Frederick of
Mecklenburg, ona of a small group of
princely explorers, the civilised world is
Indebted for the Information concerning a
racs possessed of such superhuman and
undreamed of powers.
Africa Is forever beating records, whether
In the site of Its diamonds (not base ball)
r Its cricket scores. Tha latest revela
tion of the mysteries of tha dark continent
Is of a kind to stagger humanity. In the
recently published account of his travels
In German Kast Africa the Duka Adolphus
Frederick of Meklenburg tells of a tribe
of athletic blacks who In their dally ex
ercises make the deeds of our Olympic
heroes ridiculous. If there was ona per
formance on the list of authenticated feats
which seemed insurpassable it was the
high Jump of Mr. M. P. Sweeney of New
York, carefully measured six feet five and
five-eighths inches. Duka Adolphus Fred
erick has assisted at the sports of the
Watussl, and has seen them overlapping
this height by a coupla of feet, more or
less. His volume shows tha photograph
of one M'TussI clearing by many Inches
a tightly-stretched cord, beneath which
a couple of stalwart whit travelers stand
with upturned gas, 'like some watcher
of the starry skies when a new planet
swims Into his ken." The Jump was meas
ured at two and one-half metres, no ac
counts being taken of beggarly Inches, to
say nothing of eighths. It Is true that
the African Jumpers "take-off" from a
little round ant-hill of a foot or so In
height, but what of what? Kvea the com
mittee of the Amateur Athletic association,
one would think, could hardly ba so mean
as to quibble a' such an Informality, when
there Is another foot to spar in a claim
for 'he best on record.
Heenrdfl off Anrlaats,
And. what after ail; ar our modern
champions? Between the Homeric heroes
who tossed land-marks and millstone at
each other's head; the long Jumper
Pbayllus, who cleared fifty feet (In round
figures); the weight lifter Mllo, and tha
modern black barbarian of tha heart of
Africa, whose high Jumps ' are reckoned
In metres, how futile must seem our vast
stadiums and puny antics! Let us try to
imagine tha effect of a wireless telegram
arriving at Stockholm In 1911 to Inform an
enthusiastic Olymplo crowd that tha
(white) people Jumping record has Just been
equaled, at th Pan-American game by
a negro without a pdl.
Further particulars are to be had from
the duke's book on hi travels. It
transpires that tha performance occurred
In the course of a porting program, which
formed part of the festivities arranged in
honor of th exploring party. This part
o$ th book reads lis a a fairy tale:
"A Una which could ba raised or lowered
at will was stretched between two aJendor
trees, standing on an Incline. Tha sthleUs
had to run up to this and Jump from a
small termlt heap a foot In height
Despite these unfavorable conditions, ex
hibitions were given which would place
all European efforts in th shade. Tha
best jumpers, slender, but splendid figures,
with an almnat Indian profile, attained the
incredible height Of II maters (8 feet 2H
Inches), and young boys made tha rela
tively, no less wonderful performance of
lb feet 11 Inches) to M metres (f feet I
inches). Then a number of Watussl ex
hibited their remarkable skill In javelin
throwing. Taking a run of ten steps,
bending backward almost to tha ground,
they hurled their Javelins up to almost
prodigious heights, and with such impetus
that two of tha spear shafts broke In the
air from the vibration. It was tha same
with the shooting matches with bow and
arrowy In which tha trunk of a banana
tree was used for th butt. Th shooting
average at fifty metre (1M feet) was
really good. Running races, too, were
organised, but owlog to tha lack of th
necessary measuring instruments I am,
unfortunately, not In a position to give th
times. I have no doubt, however, that In
this department also the European records
were at kast equaled."
Water Sports Billed
at Next Olympic Meet
Stockholm Contest Will See Many
Swimming: Races Australian
Records Rejected.
KSW YORK. Dec. 10. Evidently there
will ba no mistake about tha aquatic pro
gram at tha Stockholm Olympic games, for
tha events hava already been selected. A
real novelty this time will he the inclusion
of a 100-m ter swim for women, and It la
possible bofore th data of tha gams ttiat
there may b a couple of additional game
for tha fair aex. It la understood that tha
British Olymplo amociatlon will ask that
a 6-meter and 400-meter, both team raoea,
wilt ba added. Tha program as it now
tanils Is 100, 400, 1.&00 meters, 0- meter
tuam rao. SuO and trO-meter breast atroks,
100-meter bark stroke, water polo, high
diving and fancy diving. Thar will b a
woman's diving contest, tha height to ba
from alx to ten meter.
At a recent meeting of tha Amateur
Swimming association of England, a long
string of records made this year by Fran:
E. Reaurepaire, tha Australian, were passed
i.'pon, and not a notable one wa
rrje.-tsd. The- waa not much ques
tion that the Australian did the
time correctly enough, and there was
no doubt a to tha ability of tha timers
and tha honaety of tha other offlciale, but
still tha rules with regard to record break
ing were not observed, consequently Beau
repaire'a great effort waa consigned to tha
Junk pi la. When a record la pronounced
gvnulna on- the other side of the pond. It
has to b done In open competition, and a
member of the executive board of the aa
anclation must b pre writ. Record commit
tee on this tide of the water could easily
Imitate th Amateur Swimming association
so that the record liirt. aaperiairy la ath
letics would be abov reproach.
Lack of Material
Defeats Yato Crew
in Harvard Race
Former Crew Captain Says More
Available Men Are Needed
at New Haven.
NHTW HAVEN. Conn.. Dec. 10,-Yale's
rowing defeats ere declared by ex-Crew
Captain Cameron Waterman to l-e due to
lack of material. Waterman scores re
cent attacks on Coach John Kennedy,
who, he declares, is the greatest rowing
coach. Waterman says:
"For years I havo watched with alarm
the trend of Yale rowing conditions and
tha underlying causes. As early as VjOi
the result could be and was foreseen by
nicny. Harvard men with whom I have
conversed on the subject! very erroneously
attribute tha decline to our coaching sys
tem, as this was the entire trouble In
their own case not many years ago.
"At one time there was much trouble
with our coaching system, and v looking
over a table of Yale-Harvard races one
can easily locate Its date, but that time
Is past, and I believe our present coach
ing system to be tha meat possible to
meet American conditions and our coach,
John Kennedy, to ba without a peer. My
own rather unusual experience with Ysle
rowing placed me In a position to Judge
it better than anyone who has rowed at
Yale In reoent year.
"I entered college In th fall of 1897, In
time to see th last of the Cook regime,
viewing It from the Inside, and I remained
on the ground until June, 1904. In 1M7
Bob Cook was In his rowing dotage, tio
to speak; his ideiu were not fixed, as they
had formerly been, and he had lost !
self-confidence. The graduates who re
turned for the spring coaching for a day
or two at a time could not be in a posi
tion to ba valuable assistance in active
ooachlng. There had not been on hand
to watch the development In tha rowing
of tha men as Individuals or as a craw.
"Dr. Oallaudi't. who followed Bob Cook
as coach, put his whole heart and soul
Into the work, but, although a finished
oarsman himself, he had not tha. coach
ing experience that is essential to accom
plish results. His theories wsra not baaed
on sufficient practice.
"I have seen graduates coach men for
weeks at a time In vain endeavor to make
them row like tha rest of the boat and
then appeal to John Kennedy, who cor
rected the trouble over night by simply
changing the rigging of the boat By rais
ing or lowering the man's slide or outrig
ger the correction would be made and tha
next day that man would row like tha
rest of tha crew, without aver knowing
that things were different except that he
might feel more natural or comfortable
and be able to get mora power Into his
stroke. Tha rltrKinc is something that
does not enter into tha matter in foot
ball coaching, and It makes crew coach -
Ing a different proposition. When I was
ln law school In 1002 I saw John Kennedy
coma Into actual control. With him a su
preme control of the active coaching Yale
turned out winning craws, the coaching
problem was solved, and while ha holds
tha same posltlofi we must look elsewhere
for tha causa of TTe decline.
"In 1904 the new trouble began to appear
the lack of material. Men who won
their 'V on tha foot ball field or felt reasonably-
sure of ultimately winning It, did
not com out for th crew.
"Neither Yale nor any other college ha
proved that a winning craw can La turned
out without material, and that I consider
th entire trouble at tha present time."
Sugg
estions from
Abroad for Rules
in Foot Ball Game
England and British Colonies Offer
Ideas for Modification of
Araericaa Flay.
NETW YORK, Deo, 10. Suggestion from
English, Canadian. Australian and Korean
foot ball authorities always flood in at tha
and of tne opn season for pigskin chasing.
Soma of these criticisms are valuable, and
others are simple. At any rate, they all
give tha rules commute something to pon
der on before decreeing next autumn's grid
iron modes. Alexander Knox, former presi
dent of the New South Wales Rugby Foot
Ball league, however, has issued an In
teresting statement on his Impressions of
American foot ball. He saw the army-navy
game. Itself, uninteresting, and blame the
rules. In part ha said:
"Recently I had tha opportunity of seeing
a first-class game of American foot ball.
I waa greatly Impressed wtth th tremen
dous enthusiasm and magnetic Influence of
such an enormous audience; also, with Che
rival calls, songs and hurrahs of tha parti
sans, and mora especially with the quiet
and unobetructiv demeanor of th navy
goat.
"As the play goes no doubt It is In on
sense strenuous, that is, as far as sieer
physical force goes. But, as a game where
individuality, originality and that faculty
to graap an opportunity and take it is
considered, to rry mind It is, on acooumt of
tha code, very deficient.
"Several attempts wer mado at goal
from place kicks. The "place kicking waa
very poor. We have players In Australia
that can send tha leather oval over the
bar flv out of six times from mid field. I
hava eeen Meraenger (ona of tha greatest
place kicker in the world) frequently
kick a goal at th extreme right wing fron.
mid field. Thar wer several brilliant
dashes that brought the vast audience en
maaa to It feet. This prove my conten
tion. Make tha game open, give tue play
er a chance to display their faculty of
grasping tha opportunity at the right time,
and tha audience will b better pleased.
"Foot ball Is tha great winter game in
nearly all countries speaking tha English
language. Tha Oerman emperor has quite
recently advised his subjects to take up the
game. Franc has adopted th rugby rule.
It Is a ssty w could not form a foot ball
federation with International contests.
What a spectacle It would be to see teams
from England, Scotland, Ireland, South
Africa. Australia. Canada, America and
Oermauy competing for the championship
of ths world! This affiliation of genuine
sporting interests would do mora to pro
mote good feelln: and peace In tha world
than all political convention."
May Meat U Philadelphia.
FHI1ADELPHIA, Deo. 10-It U reported
her that Moran and WoUiast may meet
In a atx-round bout la this city. Moran
has already declared himself willing, and
W'Mt'i consent would clinch tha match.
Ad has not aragsd in an Important bout
elnoe ha beat Nelson and must fight aoon
or forfait ail claims to tha lightweight
title. Moran, vary rv.daly dociare that he
can "punch Wolg'st'a head off In six
rounds." The raw. will b asked to poet a
aubaiaoUal turtti as a guaianta ( good
faiUk
PLAN WORLD FOOT BALL UNION
Knox of New South Wales Proposes a
Federation.
KAISER WILHELM INTERESTED
F.mperor Wuata Cernka l.ada to Take
I'm "port Australian Offers
Crltlelum f Game Too
Illsrhlr Specialised.
NEW YORK. Dec. 10. A plan to form a
federation of foot ball interests the World
over and to create an entirely new game
rombln ng elements of the American Inter
collegiate contests and rugby Is proponed
by Alexander Knox, former executive
chairman of the New South Wales Rugby
Foot Ball league. He desires the building
of a new game which will ba a sort of Es
peranto foot ball played by American. Eng
lish, Canadian, South African, Australian,
French and possibly Oorraan teams.
Mr. Knox, who la now In this city, has
eeen several games of foot ball as plaved
by American colleges and has been quoted
with opinions of tha game In various cities.
Naturally, he believes rugby Is the better
game, but unlike some other visitors he
has no desire to hurl an alien form of
athletics bodily Into American Institutions.
"I wish to organise foot ball so that It
may become an International sport l'.ke
the Olympic games and Marathon running,''
said Mr. Knox.
"I have no Idea of attempting to devise
a new game of foot ball myself, but I have
a plan to Interest the governing bodies of
foot ball playing peoples In an International
game. As for criticising American foot
ball I am In no position to do so. I do
not like the game as played here as well
as I do rugby, but It must Interest Ameri
cans Intensely for tha big contests draw
thousands of spectators. Rugby attracts In
a similar way wherever It Is played.
"Important men are enthusiastic over
foot ball as a game. The German emperor
has advised the young men of the nation
to take up tha sport. Tha elements of
foot ball ar beneficial and Interesting. It
a game oould be devised which every coun
try might play under a universal coda no
athletlo field could hold the crowds which
would gather for an International champ
ionship match. The game' should have the
best elements of all the present variations.
A movement to form such a game I desire
to start"
To Issue letter,
Mr. Knox's plan Is to send a letter to
the Intercollegiate rules committee in this
country and a similar latter to tha rugby
foot' ball associations of England, Canada,
Australia. South Africa, Franca and Cali
fornia, asking tha bodies if they are will
ing to attempt tha formation of a new
game and are willing to send a delegate to
an International convention for tha pur
pose. If favorable replies are received to
such a communication and the main foot
hall Interests of tha various countries are
joining to consider the plan, Mr. Knox 1b
1 ready to take tha first steps in securing
J corresponding secretaries from tha or-
ganlsations and selecting ft placa for an
International conference.
The Australian, who has been Identified
with rug-by for many years, takes a more
favorable view ef tha American game than
does Prof. Edwin Linton of Washington
and Jefferson college, who ha joined the
ranks of those who desire tha adoption
of rugby and tha complete assassination
of the American game. Ha has been in
volved In tha faculty control of athletics
In Washington and Jefferson for some
time, and ha had an influenoe on inter
coleglata athletic among th rivals of his
college.
HI recent attack on foot ball reads in
part as follows:
"Why this Insistence for ft radical change
in th tula year after year. No such de
mand 1 or aver ha been made for any
other gam whloh Is used In Intercollegiate
athletic. Bluntly, my answer 1 that it
Is because tha gam ex it has developed In
this country has so many undesirable char
acteristics that th only reform which la
possible is Its final and lireaurrectabie
burial in tha scrap betp of tha world's
follies. I shall give very briefly ft few of
my reasons for this opinion t
Too Hick Specialisation.
"First, tha game la too highly specialised.
It la not a game In which a large number
of tha students can take part. Further
more, the team cannot ba got into th
hap required for success without ft sac
rifice of time and energy that no exigency
of th legitimate function of a college can
Justify.
"Second, th cost of carrying en th
game is increasing. On account of the
highly specialised nature of . th game,
ooachlng In necessary. Good coaches can
not be secured without adequat salaries.
And tha officials; My gorge rises as I
mention them. Those who hava beep try
ing to devise rule which will remove th
greatest reproach of the game, vU.. th
opportunity it gives for tha indulgence of
ungentlcmanly tendencies, have attempted
to meet the difficulty by adding; rule upon
rule and multiplying officials until It has
com to pass that ths officials in an im
portant foot ball contest' cost more than
th oombined charges for sroplrea, guar
antee and advertising for th ordinary
gam of Intercollegiate bas bait.
"Third, th trail of ths serpent' is too
manifest la tha gam. By this I mean to
refer to the opportunities for intentional
personal Injuries which ar afforded by
the American game. To remove them will
mean the subatltutlon of ft radically dif
ferent gam for th American game. The
opportunity Is not and cannot be eliminated
from tha American game of foot ball with
out making it ft radically different game.
The opportunity for Intentional personal In
jury being present, tha temptation to put
tha man out of tha game who la standing
In tha way of victory will be present al
ways. Coaches and players. Ilk other
mortals, ar liable to yield to temptation.
Foot ball ba been played In England a
long time. It appear to ba In a large
measure free from the Incurable evils of
the American game. It had been Introduced
on the Paclflo coast of our country and Is
said to ba satisfactory. I am In favor of
Intercollegiate athletics when controlled
by the authorities of tha participating col
lege. Th American game has bean abund
antly tried and I hava no confidence that
It oan be reformed short of its abandon
ment and tha substitution of thk English
or, possibly, tha Canadian gam."
CHEWS TO ROW ON THE SEVERN
Date Ha Btts vlrd for TVoaar sal
tha Navy.
TTnEADELPHlA. Dec. It-The erewa of
ths University of Pennsylvania and tha
Naval academy will row on tha Severn
next spring. Tha daM has been fixed for
May (. Tha varsity alghta will meet at
two miles and tha freshman boats at one
and one-half miles.
Waakloartoa Bids for Qaas.
WASHINGTON, Dec 10. -An attempt will
b tuada to play th Army-Navy fcot fall
gain her. Th project is to eta tha con
test on tha White House ell) pea. This tract
of ground la within eaov walklii vrn.
ft '-w wc,,t.s, , ,u ciij. BWOUI lo aiMVOf n-
Biod&te Sv.OOV spec-tatore could quickly b
truilt fuid rased. It la said.
Yale Has Nearly
Two Thousand Men
in Athletic Work
Some
Are for Sport's Sake
Some Simply for Lxer-
and
cise.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Dec. W-Yale hiis
!.!$ students In athletics and gymnastics,
according to statlntlcs published ay Prof.
Will am Anderson, director of the uni
versity gymnasium. He estimates, how
ever, that nearly JO0 are In mora than one
kind of sport and that there are not more
than l.mo of the S.312 students of ths uni
versity who are In actual physical exercise
for sport's sake for general conditioning.
As gymnasium work la compulsory for
freshmen, all members of that class are In
cluded In the summary. A summary of the
Statistics follows:
University statistics: Crew, 91; cross
country, 73; soccer, 8fi; gymnasium team. 2l;
wrestling. 40; bowling, t$; foot ball, SO; ha'e
ball, 24; tennis, 117; fencing, 15; hand bill,
100; gun team, 2A; track, Sf; basket bsll, 40;
golf, 22; boxing. 41; squash. ISO; swimming,
000. Total: 1.B46.
For Freshmen Foot ball, 4Ti; crew. 32;
track and cross-country, 35; basket hall,
36; boxing, 15; wrestling. 1ft; fencing, a;
regular gymnasium, 110; special gymnasium,
SO.' Total: 3-2. Grand total: 1,S'.
There are 2,000 swims taken per we-k,
which points to the fact that some 600
men used the tank. The number of men
who use the gymnasium per day can be
judKcd bent by the demand for towels, of
which the dally use Is 9U0.
In considering the number of men from
tha class of lit 4 who engage actively In a
recognized form of athletics It Is found
that there were forty-five men on the
freshman foot ball S'iund. Thirty-two were
on the crew Bquad. For track and cross
country thirty-five men reported, while the
same number have come out for basket
ball. Fifteen men took boxing or wrcot
Ung for exercise, while five chose fencing.
In the regular gymnasium classes are 110
men. while thirty do special gymnasium
work.
Prof. Anderson describes the effect of an
Interesting series of experiments oil stu
dents as follows:
"What takes place when a person nsea
any part 'of the brain continuously T That
part tires out; and as soon as it Is fatgued ,
It borrows energy from the parts with i
which It Is connected. A simple lllustra-
tion will make this plainer. Data was col
lected from a set of men who went from !
tha gymnasium to the classroom, after very .
exacting exercises. These men failed In
their recitations because of over-physical !
exertion. Again, a series of experiments j
was made on student who applied them- I
selves with great assiduity to laboratory I
work. They were eleven performers on i
the gymnastic apparatus, but after the
laboratory work, which called for close at
tention, they usually failed in their physi
cal feats. '
"From these simple tests we may deduct
the Inference that certain brain centers
borrow energy from one another. If this
ba true, and we have good reason to
credit It. wa are justified in believing that
the building up of cells in .ona center aids
weaker cells in another."
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