Show DEVELOPMENT f L T OF f SL SCHOOL L ATHLETICS America Has a National System Of Physical Train Iraln TrainIng Training Ing HOT NOT YET FULLY CARRIED OUT Athletics in the L I I II S University of This City as IS an au l of the American Methods There has hall been a I decided tendency i said laId PresIdent re Paul of tho the I Saints University lt to n a 1 question by hy a 11 representative of ot tho the News for Cor tho the American schools to attempt to 10 adopt some complete foreign plan plait of physical training Lively LIel contests have havo been waged between het tho the advocates nd ocate of oC tho the English l the tho Swedish and the systems of ot athletics or gymnastics but hut those systems ns liS such seem not to have gained much foothold among tho Iho col coi colleges leges of ot this country The rite reason probably is that forms Corms of recreation cannot well veil bo be copied or assimilated front from n a foreign country Is something personal about methods of ot recreation and relaxation which must inSIst 11 il III In with national or racial characteristics while games gantes ant and athletic contests scouts scorn to be ho stilt mill mora truly trimly national Baseball football basketball are nrc especially the tho American games sames aunt these supplemented by hy tho the gym gm anti true track work worl of the tho Institutions of learning are tho time forms to 10 which American athletic development mostly moslI given Itself American gymnastics and n it 1 general Interest In III athletic sports lire are actual features of our Oil ti i higher li schools today i und and mm ni those th lI factors must bo be Je recognized ell for Cor they thc cannot bo be I either cither abolished or without guidance In I us the time latter event they are likely to 10 become too tilt prominent multi and any miny nn attempt to tn it abolIsh schaul rhoul athletics Is likely lo tui o meet with rom Instructor 11 lIu I tho the reporter learns that thaI he lie hits has recently received r a n letter loller from rain time the of Nevada which a asks Un for COl a u moot meN with tha Iho 11 14 I D S 8 U 11 1 on 00 the li Ii t oh K II this spring It Is nut not known what l thIn I will still bo ho made of ur this proposition th tb inch team mot met for tho Iho t tryout In III of or tho com cons coming comIn log ing In spring contests A t vISIt to tu time the Ih department of oC physical at itt tho time shows that athletic training Is 15 Isnow now host well I hll and has luts IM bet en a glen given mu ft CI 1 great Ireat Impetus under tho the management of ut Instructor llean are lire two Ito principal divisions of tho tite work Ono One mw for tho Iho lady students under tinder Instructor mind and nil ono one for or the Iho young mitch men under Instructor Tho rhe lady lall not meet In different sections lIe They practise at various hours through tho lila day anti and the tho services of ot a n regular pi Hist list In furnish furnishIng lug Ing for time the exercises Tho work for tor ladles Includes tho dumbbells the Ihl wands the clubs club nail also o free frIo gymnastics without apparatus such ns mis military m ill I II in r ry usia steps stells s t cis and nut other othor forms of or calisthenics Under ToIler the tho young men practise a 11 great variety of oC exer exercises eisel These nrc mure two 10 lines which are aro Intended respectively to de le develop muscle and to 10 cacti tench the ito young athletes how to use their strength The latter part vart comprises grace of movement precision application aol aesthetic physical culture In general The most Important forms form of oC the tIm regu lor work are as II follows 1 I Tho liso SS tern tent that Is la principally rolled relied upon for forthe forthe the development of ot muscle Is imi the Iho dumb dumbbell Jell boll work tork orle Instructor liean Ilean has haH devel dOII developed opeti special forms Corms of thin exorcise exercise which fllch are highly esteemed by IW trainers that have havo witnessed It lie Ho taught these forms to 10 various Instructors In athletics he ht was In California and aiti they universally hU huts methods as ns the best they had Imad ever learned 2 In club work Is freely taken laken on Ott account principally of or the grace ease of or movement which It develops 3 Work on Oil tho Iho parallel and horizontal bars Is 18 Indulged ed et In us tot for the tho development of at the tho arms tho this shoulders and amid tho t I Ito hI abdominal mUM mus muscles cbs cles 4 rIte Tho vaulting nu It III I horse horRe Is 11 In III Inconstant constant use ILe It answers time the purposes of oC both lower antI upper tipper body develop development ment mud and Is III one ono of or tho Iho most useful pieces of ut apparatus In to the tIe gymnasium gnu under the present ant regime 6 f thOM who tibia to ii IIlO work take very cry kindly to 10 the time diversified practise that Is la ii on thu Ihl th Tho TIto toys boys have 1110 learned It Is I easier to turn than handsprings and mund n a 1 considerable development of this title form Conn Connot of ot limos has taken place 6 0 flue Tho ladder horizontal and amI upright Is IH used use for miscellaneous purposes i more especially for shoulder cr develop development ment tutu for fOl the bleeps 8 triceps muscles 7 Chest t weights are arc cm because o of It their special value in o and mund nn K 8 8 Is rolled upon as nM time thu principal Indoor I game ga muse A thither number ii of ot different teams play phI agaInst each oft oth other er ci e so Im 51 na nH to 10 insure I cc steady ulon mit a oh continuous coat I a ii nuts ous development t rim t hue r than t ic It i efforts In lit this way 11 practically tho Ilso whole number of or athletes anti arl brought Into Inlo I Ii to the t lie most Interesting intones thug anti trying t g forums form of or nil all time tho Intone Indoor athletic 9 ti Indoor bloom Iu Is now being put hilt Into operation as mis u a 1 sort of nt background to 10 tim tho harder sport of ot basketball Time ho of tho time U I Ii D J I S A T V t Is III likely to take a 1 trip to Colorado about April I I 1 This Ilmi a team It I t will 1111 I be ho re IJ remembered i lute has for or the Iho fifth IIrth year car nil nh combinations malt tins 1111 It 1 a gaIn st them and a stands mu the t lie recognized a ed ell champion of ot the tho t ito I mu hal is This team will play tho the teams of I I and ito ii Colorado during ii their thud r eastern lour It Is La said stIll by y the Iho athletIc molt tee of It tIme tho faculty I y that lint I the tho t hue tak lak log ing In of or tho tto trip trill depends solely upon time the CuLLS class S of ot the team If It they timey keep koop up tip their regular ensa work In Ims Inthe time the various branches hrs they the will trill bo be nl al lowed to us take this delightful tour lour but hut If Ir they Iho huh fall behind In III school schoolwork work they Iho cannot bike lako the tho trip trill President Paul us that time tho American system of or athletics at len Is still Mill in ina InI a I formative lye period ise lint I It I t tics does not hot yet with lIh tho titus h system Thus for example at III Oxford boating boat football I c golf gel t running I ag walk Ing I n g cycling I ii g etc all e te practically I occupy ii tho tb time of time the student from from 2 30 to 1 I p m iii on oui every Iel school day ulay In Ung land the tho school have nn no nl al almost most Indispensable I mid Is o position 1031 I lots nm anI un tin supply a n largo large part mud of ot tI development of oC tho nervous force forre tie tic In English university lift life It Is I not unlikely that a 1 similar po may HIllY yet ot et bu hI attained by l school athletics In America |