Show I 1 t IF HEALTH IS YOUR IO UR GOAL G GIVE NATURE A 4 BRE BREAK K By William F F. F Foley oley Famous Trainer and Coach of 01 the Central high II School Wash Wash- Washington ington D D. C. C TRAINING RAINING theories are all right I guess Surely I Ive I've ve had bad had my share But nut in the long run run Ive I've found that helping Nature along 1 I instead of or trying to change chango her or improve on r her lter i is s j just 11 t I about th the e best 1 i policy pol icy Ive I've seen all kinds Y of 1 lads ads come Into v t. t my gym gym gym- J. little ones big it ones skinny sus t 0 ones n e s and fat 0 ones ones and n e s-a. s and n d I Y have havo h a v e found f 0 u Ii d that the boys who t turned 11 r nod out best J 1 uc L AI ones who wn t I were alY allowed al al- FOLEY OLEY Y 4 lowed d w w to develop normally without any high pressure pushing beyond their natural limits Unlike trainers in c co col colleges o 1 11 1 1 leges e g e s i tho the material material ma ma- d rial I get is completely raw and sometimes its it's cruder than one would imag imag- ine My Iy boys arc are just commencing commencing comment ing to take up Ut some form o of track athletics and nearly all of them aro are woefully ignorant of what to cat or how to treat their bodies Realizing this and also the further further further fur fur- ther fact that if they do develop into record breakers it will bo be boi i later in their college years I II II I never hurry them I am proud o of tho the fact that I have never burned out an embryonic athlete never athlete never hurried a boy along so fast that he was kept kett from Crom reaching his full stride later in life In thirty four years you geta get a huge respect for the part the stomach ach plays in a youngsters youngster's devel devel- Mistreat the stomach h and his whole development Is re re- A growing boy eatinG as 8 he will all sorts Barts of things should d h have havo plenty o of f cellulose In hi hl gig food By that I mean tho the rough rough- i 4 Supplied ago or bulk that Is supplied by leafy and fibrous y vegetables and ancI 1 certain cereals l These latter 1 I have havo observed are most popular with and they do offer one of the best methods of getting this necessary cellulose into the system provided that they have the necessary cellulose to give the required vegetable effect r r. i m mn n to N I I r f I wa-w wa YA w k X o 1 t x 1 3 f ff 2 j s. s tg r. r v i 1 I imagine that I r t have direction o of the I cosmopolitan n bunch of boys in tho the whole country There are sons of Congressmen G and Senators from e over every er state in the Union sons of EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE Bin Foley justly called the tle Dean of 01 American track has done more marc to p place acc secondary school athletics on their pre sent high plane than probably any other trainer in n the annals of 01 sport We asked him to give us the benefits of 01 his his' 3 31 t years ears experience in n the physical ioel being o 01 f sands of 01 boys s. We believe his story rv is s one of oj the most inter inter- and ana an d helpful it t ever has lias been Our privilege to present Editor 1 i foun found some of the poorest physical cal specimens to be representatives represent represent- aUtes of the richest families while some of the finest types were sons of relatively poor folk My Iy greatest joy is taking an undernourished undernourished undernourished un un- spindly youngster and trying to develop de him into a normal being I remember one such boy a few years ago When he first came out for track he looked hopeless He wanted to be bea bea a n. jumper juniper I suggested some light work and a carefully balanced diet weighted with cellulose con con- t tent This g gave a v 0 1 W o e iJ jay Nature a en chance h X and in his last year this v weakling jump jump- r 3 Z X ed 6 feet 1 inch r. r h vi like Wee j i i and looked vj-l vj H v. v a different 4 r l lb A abounding b P Take ToV J Navy and nd Army Amy ot of diplomats officers an and d sous SOlIS from Crom on the tho face of t every country o globe High Is la a pUblic Central b boys from all school so 80 We get stab stations ono or of the gYm Is t tho he lire and and nomInator There great common de de- just boys bo Ys 1 and they are all there I h have ave v boy Nature has provided all the foods needed for forb b building u i 1 d I ng sturdy bodies and A abounding b P Take ToV new new- cereals ce reals for ex kin kind of ot a ample All boys eat some cereal for breakfast This Is just what they need as tong long as that cereal has the needed bulk to supply supply sup sup- supply J ply the tho body with a vegetable ef d. d feet I know that one of the most j I popular cereals with my boys is I h T Ch 1 under w H ole rIce nee J. J I CUll can C u stand this for it Is extremely palatable palatable palatable pal- pal and the smooth bulk it furnishes furnishes fur fur- never injures the stomach as do some of the tho other cereals with a rougher fibre content I have found that youngsters win will are even eYen moro more serious an and Ipg to follow suggestions than many more mature and seasoned be put on athletes They They like like to their own It gives them a feeling of responsibility and makes them In m faith conscious that you ou have their Judgment I other night an and ana d s sat alt down the made out but a list of boys who have hare gained d sufficient distinction under me to go Into colleges and universities slUes on full fall scholarships I could remember nearly Includes among others ethers Biff nm Jones per Her nie Wafers Charlie Sykes Arthur Artnur Duffy Dufty fy Paul Cox Cot John HoldeD Paul Long a and 1 Maxey Calvin 1 the latter being w the first year old boy to high Jun jumP P G C feet foet tet 1 Inch in competition t and JUS jw That's quite a n list w the is gOes to prove that Nature best trainer of or all all t if you ou will get her to work with yo you you- |