Show A pit I 1 ICAL I 1 ok lesliea Le weekly has the fol following loiNing in in a recent issue muscular christianity has an all earnest disciple di ciple inice in the rev L W munhall D D a methodist evangelist of germantown GermantoN Nn pa quite re bentli from his hib pulpit dr munhall who is four heirs old issued a challenge allenee ch to all drini drinking ing men to meet him in ten athletic contests the evangelist made this to prove his contention tint thit a man who indu indulges lees ink stimulants is not the phy physical ical equal of one who abt abstains ains from them 1 I want nant to challenge allence ch any man the ages of twenty one and sixty four eari who lid his h is been becia a modi rate drinker to meet mist any time ind av an place which fults bulls his in ten of strength agility and endurance endur ancI nw ahe contests tor for which dr munhall threw thren dov n the gauntlet are as folio follows As standing andine bt broad jump running broad jump running hop bip ind lump putting ten pound shot throw ing fifteen pound hammer fihn N ard rd josh fhe fe mile walk five fic mile dmm hind ling a fifty pound dumb bell ind and a bicycle ride of lightb four As ae vet n minion of the demon rum hs h s lome i fourth to take up the file challenge dr munhall is right no man can call indulge in without injuring juring g his physical ph sicil boily body incidents I ore are pointed out that men hinc hie lived to be fearls epars old who A ho hie bae indulged const neli in strong drick the question worth dering in such axes is how long might much cuch men hac lived if them had not indulged in liquor drinking the fet is men who have hae reached i a rioe ride old ige age and C dank liquor constantly hive have lied hed long in n spite of 0 the liquor rather than because of it dr C E west of silina salina in his talk on club lift lifa last week lid that liquor in an ana form was aas a toxic poison and as aeh much it was as injurious ini unous he deplored the tippling social habit lie be cai c rs s a he understood I 1 the harmful effects of liquor dr west is not a sentimentalist ile he opposes the liquor traffic from the pha iciano standpoint thit that liquor ia poison prid nd its should be sup gressed this is one phase ot of the temperance question that should be gen careful consideration dr munhall and dr west agree on this matter but the former goes to of saving that liquor in an form injures the physical phi dieal staging powers of athletes athlete |