Show I ITHE THE By GRANTLAND RICE RIOE 1924 Nw Now York Fork Trib Trib- Trib Tribune line une 1 Inc nc Trade Trado Tr d Mark fork Regis Regis- Registered Registered I U S Pat Patent nt Office Ottic A duffer stuffer who looked at Ut the th snow now Remarked u a he heard the th gales gaIts galesI ra I blow Its S a Ira better belter this thi way for It if this was aas as In Ma I Id d be b In la some bunker I know 1 A golfer goiter who looked look d on the tr freeze e 0 Of th the snow An ow and th the tho lc ice Ico on the thet trees t reea I ed w Ith a ft sighs sich Still If It this were July Id I'd be In tho ho sand to nil f ma knees knee knees'S I Was It Y Yale Yalo thaU coaching lor or Yale mat material that counted last faU tall asic asks r l J y The Tho fairest st von vr- vor-dict vor diet that w wo can think of ot Ea 1 I to sug- sug suggest suggest sun Best gest that It was fine fino material nell ell coach coached d In every overy Wit ivey abl directed iby by a 0 smart quarterback 1 k and kf Inspired by an nn alert rt captain It If his seems cems ft a bit thick the tho seasons season's I results will Ill take tako up any slack In InI Inthe inthe I the tho a i I Cornell CornoU had hod much the same com combination corn com strone material ably coached with a n brilliant captain and quarterback After Aner all ail It s a the combination that counts TIE TOC USE lSE Or OX Why by all this thu space about the athletic development de of ti the Amer Amer- American ican 7 V rites rite D Ih I G Isn't the athletic standrd rJ of ot the aver aver- average I age high enough without It One Ono ans answer er can be sho shown n In Th a news letter sent out from OhIo State where are ably haD handled died and here the tho general 11 a a el ci ige go of ot health and do- do de development IS 4 9 up with the th le leaders ders I Inures just compiled d from rec records of or the tho ph lh lc leal l examination of 1905 1801 fl and oth other r new male students show allow that nine nino out of 01 esery cry ten hive have h ve postural defects or are nr otherwise o deficient lent In physical development Only or 5 8 t per p r cent c nt were ivero rated In class cla clas An A AIllS Aas as being above in muscular IllS proper relation be- be be between It cen teen tween h height and eight w elect correct e and general good rood health Last ear per por p r e nt ere acre In h class AIn Ain A AIn In greater proportion than usual Is Ia the th n a south the statistics S cal lre res re eat eol neither o nor underdeveloped Low right rl ht hould shoulders rs were ivere w ro the tho mot most pre al pre lent nt postural detect I this condition was discovered d ill 97 2 or 81 61 per por cent ot or tho ow ow I-ow left lert shoulders were much only 26 cases belne b found Round shoulders ed mong the tho postural defects dete ts 67 instances nc es of that condition being I Left lateral curvature or of the Spine spino was isas third with cases Two hundred and fifty or 13 1 per cent cont of ot tho the mon men I less SS than pounds pound Only five ot of the tho 1905 examined weighed more than thon OO pounds pound rIght ht men were i ss ss titan Ihan S 6 feet feel 4 inches In height T wa was a a n lIght Increase l so from last It year Cases Casc Ca c ot of o flat feet numbered about the tho same sarno proportion as IS a 0 year ago aeo More Ioro than one In four of th the men carried his head had too tar far f r to toward fat fo- ward ard 23 Instances of ot this d defect feet being found Only men m n wr were UnAble to I swim Th The of 01 such uch nen h has s been practically unchanged tora for ft of or oas really r half halt the men have havo defective In UV tive Ight Including men inca m n wearing glasses students w wei found round to tobo tobo tte bo deficient nt in Iii thu this respect r p pct ct cI Othet fairly tJ COMmon defects In- In In Included ce cases caes of enlarged lon lon- bl bilm 11 ln of ot need need- needing In ing filling tIlling and uld cases of teeth that nee needed action 1 lime he results result ut uC thre the Uon ce declares d clare Dr J H It r head of or thu tI men meni department o of physical education aba ho was isas In ID charge chance o or of the work ork that our public schools school and pre preparatory pro pro- might do much to toward ward presenting pre pool habits of ot po poi poi- tur ture and arid th the deficient physical hy Jo do- do it if an aji adequate ayt of physical education beginning In inthe Inthe the tho first glade giado could bo be d In all the tho chool j I This Is ono answer Ohio Oho un Elves give athletic trainIng to 1 6 students nH In tn about the tho same ume proportion as other loading unison uni er- er Itle And most of or these need it- it It need ned It bad badly And it if It Mn t for football and antI big bir stadIum lt and bl big crowd moot moat of o them would not get It it Those Tho who are re against the so- so ao 0 oser er Q of football ho hoe base e apparently forgotten about the training o of thousands who ho de depend do- do pond pend nd u upon on football Ip for pla pia Ing fields field and equipment In other lines Aro Are those tho who ho are re against t big ble college times to step tor rd and ond make up 11 tI e Ito financial deficit esery C cry sear ear for the thO athletic trainIng of the o mass Most of the tir great treat men of this r nation were wera not athletes nor i-i- i l i In physical training says aars lono one writer ell Vell sias as wasAnd aslAnd I And Lincoln was isas And I lAnd was bo ho WAS Hardin Harding These Thesa rny not hll ha 0 been the tho th groM groat men of the nation but they will 11 do until some one else ciso toke takes away aay Ih their h lr Isome laurels burels There Thoro can be a limit Those also ho hopIa pIa play In almost every ory golf rolt mont ment or tennis tournament that comes coms along alone are not doing doluS either the tho game gomo mo or ci an Ideal port sport Is Ia supposed d to b bo be for health recreation and tun fun When lit it Is Ia overdone It Isn Ian t any ny of those things No man wh who t have havea a stOl steady l Job outside of or sport that In takes lake the major part of ot his tinie Ith I t merely tL a side line IIno I is much or of o an on amat amateur ur And this mol niJ be true truo It Sf his Income Is a 11 milton Ibo dollars a ear car and und he h doesn t rc- rc rc celse cehe a cent from gameY any ony game came Y |