Show 0 R CE Pr THE PHE HE United States for many years has led the world in competitive competitive competitive com com- sport And yet the United States has dropped far behind in the matter of physical fitness when compared compared compared com com- pared to many other nations This country has given entirely too much attention to improving ing the winning ability of its stars Little regard has been given t the h e great 4 mass that actually need training and conditioning B But Bat u t these millions are are neglected because eti they have little to contribute in the f way of football baseball or other Grantland Rico sports which absorb most of the publics public's attention through newspaper headlines headlines head head- lines tines and through the paying turn turn- stiles Entirely too much training and developing attention has been given to those who need this least We see where Col Donald G. G Storck of the army air corps one of West Points Point's finest athletes and anda a man of broad understanding is isnow isnow isnow now in charge of the new physical training branch for the army air forces Up-to-date Up the navy has turned in ina a much better job along these lines than Ithan the army has even approached Under the direction of such men as Commanders Hamilton and Gene Tunney to mention only a few navy has done the best it could to help build up this country's youth that along average lines was in sad need of such training help For after all the physical development development develop develop- ment of the many is far more important important important im im- im- im than the championship form of the few who are already fit and ready Colonel Storck has outlined a plan which applies both to the physical and competitive side building up the fiber of legs arms and bodies plus contact games that teach one oneto oneto oneto to think quickly in action It is a afine afine afine fine plan and is sure to accomplish a world of good H How About Younger Set In the meanwhile who is to look after the tr training ining and development younger boys those between the ages of 12 and 16 This group is well below the draft age so their condition is is' not a military problem And yet this is the time tune such help Is needed more than ever Many lany of these boys get some sort of a chance to build up their bodies and their competitive mental attitudes attitudes attitudes atti atti- tudes at various prep schools and boys' boys clubs but this list is in n a heavy beavy minority There are millions millions millions mil mil- lions who get no such opportunities As a result the majority of our youngsters are well below the averages averages averages aver aver- ages of many other countries Returning officers and enlisted men from Australia will win tell you the average Australian or New Zealand kid gets much better service of this sort than we give over here We need far more trainers coaches and instructors in every section of the country When boys around 18 years old are drafted and some are found to be physically unfit for servIce service service ice you get a general idea of our present poor conditioning program for those who need the right trainIng training training train train- ing more than any anyone one else I should say that less than boys out of are up to the physical standards they should know at 18 Boys of 10 should do a lot lotmore lotmore lotmore more walking running jumping and swimming than they do not do-not not in competition competition competition com com- petition but in the way of exercises exercises exercises exer exer- needed to give them the right foundation for future living Two Leading Examples Looking over the map it is my guess that the high school students of Texas and Oklahoma are given the best chance for development on both the physical and competitive side No wonder so many football baseball and track stars come out of Texas and the southwest in gen gen- eral Texas and a big portion of the southwest will win shortly be getting much larger dividends than any other other other oth oth- er section of the country from a saner use of their youth power Conditions Conditions Conditions Con Con- in the larger cities of the country are deplorable where so many millions of kids ki s between 10 and 18 years old are involved These youngsters rarely have any chance at all to find the physical fiber so badly needed later on And the depressing point is that so few of the older people seem to care Sports on the Home Front Many promoters tell us about the way England is handling sport I wonder if they know that while England and Scotland are carrying on almost the entire proceeds are given to the Red Cross or some war fund There is no sporting up clean-up i i Great Britain There are no pro pr- promoters collecting important mono mane from the testimony that I get Thel I Iare are no stars aking raking in rich Jurse urse whatever the game |