Show BUSINESS MAN NEEDS SPORT america would do W will mil V t follow example set by england in n that respect what do you do for exercise to tell the truth I 1 dont get very much exercise nowadays I 1 used to play considerable golf and tennis when I 1 was in college but after I 1 got into business well you know how it As is you dont have time for one thins thing and theres no place for play for another this conversation occurred recently between two new york business men both men were under thirty doth both loved athletic sports and garres gaires put but both had got into business und were growing tat fat about the waist the problem of obtaining exercise la ia a big city so far has not received the serious attention that it deserves the chief medical advisor adviser of one of 0 new yorks greatest life insurance companies has said that the increased mortality among persons more than fifty years old Is partly due to the tha average citizens lack of exercise americans unlike englishmen have not taken their sports seriously as sports sport in this country has hith erto arto been a violent participation tor for the few and a gentle dissipation for the many baseball is called the great american game and undoubtedly it Is ia but how many average business busl nesa men play baseball it la is almost entirely confined to the professional and amateur leagues arld and to boys in school it II Is by no means a national game juiced from tile the stand standpoint ronit of those who play it the whole tendency of american athletics has been toward centralization and specialization sport liaa has been considered as a thing apart from the everyday every day business of life progress and civilization have provided a thousand comforts and luxuries tor for tile the body while demanding on an increased activity from the biala so it Is a mistake to believe that the strain of modern life Is responsible for the increased death rate among middle aged persons but the want of exercise Is an im important contributor to the greater mortality |