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Show The Importance of Legs Except for polo players and jockeys, jock-eys, legs are rated as the most important im-portant factor in competitive sport. Even polo players and jockeys need strong legs. The trouble Is few athletes realize the importance of their underpinning, underpin-ning, according to most of the trainers train-ers we have talked to, and only a small percentage ever get their legs in shape. . The only exception is the golfer who has to walk from 5 to 10 miles a day, through each single and double round. Greatest offenders are ballplayers and fighters. You find few who are willing to get their legs in shape, through the road work needed for this purpose. Ty Cobb lasted for 24 seasons, largely because he hunted almost every day between seasons, usually moving at top walking speed. The same is true of Babe Ruth, who lived on his legs in the oft season, either in the hunting field or on some golf course. And the Babe'i slender ankles had to carry a tremendous tre-mendous frame, around 230 pounds. The leg work, that Joe Lonis has thrown In throughout his long ring career, Is one of the main reasons the Bomber Is still heavyweight champion of the world. There are too many easy ways of transportation for the youth of today. to-day. The kids will ride four blocks, when they get a chance. There are not many athletes who have the incentive to give their legs enough work to get them ready for the games they play. |