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Show Interest in Net Game Continues to Grow in East NEW YORK, July 28. Announcement by Surgeon General Gorgas of uniform standards of physical examination, to be used by medical officers in examining recruits, re-cruits, indicates the service sport can render In making men fit for the army. The new standards apply to the regular army, national army and National Guard, and are based on the experience of the medical authorities during the. past year in examining. thCusands of recruits. The official opinion as to the qualifications a man must possess to be a good soldier follow: "The rule for all three armies is that to make a good soldier a man must see well, have comparatively pood hearing, his he'art must be able to stand the stress of physical exertion, he must be intelligent intelli-gent enough to understand and execute 1 miUtary maneuvers, obey commands and protect himself, and must be able to 1 1 transport himself by walking, as the exigencies exi-gencies of military life may demand." I Speaking as vice president of the United Unit-ed States National Lawn Tennis association. associa-tion. Julian S. sMyrlck said: "The association is glad to have this concise definition of the government a requirements for recruits, as it gives us I a definite object to attain. For two j years we have been working in this direction direc-tion and have repeatedly urged upon our I members, the importance of general par-r ticination in sport, because of the physical physi-cal benefits that result. Tournaments merelv as such have been discounted, and all our effort has been to accomplish the greatest possible progress In making our nation physically fit. "The results are encouraging. Reports from all over the country show that while ; I tournament play has lapsed in some i 1 places, more tennis is being played than ever before. Manufacturers of balls, for I instance, say . that they are behind on ! orders. One distributing house which serves six states recently reported a shortage of 5000 dozen balls, and this condition is quite general. "Another proof of the widespread interest inter-est in tennis comes from the public courts in all the larsrer cities. In New York, Chicago. Philadelphia, St. Louis, Kansas City, Cleveland and other cities where courts In parks offer one of the most popular pop-ular means of municipal recreation, the number of players seems to be larger than ever before. This means that people are 1 taking more exercise, having recognized I the fact that tiiey benefit themselves by ' taking part in some form of sport, rather j than by enjoying a game merely as spec-I spec-I tii tors. "Tennis develops speed of mind and I body, for a player must think and act instantly. No game does more to de-I de-I velop a sure eye and perfect co-ordina-tton of all movements, because most strokes arc made while a player is in motion, after a fast-flying ball. As for endurance, anyone who can go through a few sets these days will pass a good test as to his heart and footwork.. "Because of the association's conviction that the sport thus serves a useful purpose, pur-pose, it naturally decided to support the work of the War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities. This commission com-mission is using sport both as a means of recreation for men in the service and as training for their military duties. Con- I struction of tennis courts in many camps has extended the usefulness of tennis in a remarkable manner, and the. continuing demands for equipment show that the men want the game." |