Show or ERE is a matter of morbid HERE mathematics for the country to think about four out of ten four hundred out of a thousand four hundred thousand out of a million this is the proportion or the percentage the U S army P navy and air force have found physically unfit to enter national service a nation 40 per cent physically deficient eyes ears teeth feet hearts legs Grantlan dRice and nd bodies were all all included in in the physical decadence of modern youth a terrific indictment of the nationwide methods of developing fitness and health among the younger ages supposed to be the healthiest of all just why is this so and what can be done about it in looking tor for the right answer we have gone directly to the leading football coaches and football trainers from california to harvard from michigan to tulane from yale and princeton Prince tou to the great southwest with texas in the lead to army and navy these trainers and coaches not only know their jobs of health building thoroughly but they give the problem more time and care than any other group in sport roland bevin and red blaik of army jim cox and dick harlow of harvard frank kavanagh and carl snavely of cornell stub allison and bert jones of california swede larson of navy red dawson of tulane red sanders of vanderbilt matty beu bell of S M U dutch meyer of T C U dana bible of texas george munger of perm penn jess jesi neely of rice tad wieman of princeton spike nelson of yale these are only a few who have been more than helpful in giving complete details for athletic training for squads that altogether total more than candidates between the ages of 18 and 22 these coaches and trainers are doing a tremendous job of physical building up why wl it Is why is it that so many young fellows are in such poor physical shape one of the best answers comes from roland bevin ardys able football trainer who was with earl blaik through his regime at dartmouth the ordinary student at college practically chooses his own mode of living bevin writes it is 13 rarely regular where a boy has meager fat financial ancial resources a couple ol of not hot dogs may constitute his daily rations he may sleep in a poo poorly aly ventilated room or in one poorly heated some are underfed others overfeed themselves both can lead to sickness and sluggishness in modern times students with cars race around to all points of amusement in all hours of the night then rush back trying to get their studies prepared for an early class in this way they lose sleep and rest they will never regain with this goes stimulants to ward off sleepiness another health wrecker then when hours for recreation come the boy is too tired mentally and physically to want any exer exercise dise fielding yost once told me they say we should turn tum sport back to the boys well at michigan out of students I 1 dont believe leit left alone would ever keep themselves in shape there would be little sport among the majority and worse health tile tie dope about diet one big national trouble is the quality and quantity of food that is 1 eaten here is a suggestion from frank kavanagh corneals Cor nells football trainer who has always turned in a fine job at cornell we use a well bal alced diet says doc kavanagh we avoid all highly seasoned and all fried foods the diet is kept high in proteins we try to teed feed our boys the best meats possible such as steaks and roast beef all green vegetables whole wheat breads light desserts and milk an important point doc kavanagh continues is the time of eating before and after a contest this should be watched before all competitions at all ages we teed feed the team about four hours before a contest this permits time for proper digestion I 1 believe teams should wait from an hour and a halt half to two hours before eating again after a game there must be time after a game to let the nervous system regain its normal place our players eat the noon and evening meals at the training table says jim cox harvard trainer they drink punch made from fresh citrus fruits at noon and milk at the evening meal no pastries or coffee are served ice cream Is the regular dessert at night no second helpings hellings hel pings are arc served at noon no na highly seas seasoned boned foods no condiments or spice and no fried foods three hours before each game an eight ounce broiled steak mashed potatoes new peas weak tea with lemon dry toast and orange sherbet are arc served |