The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-08

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land Tuesday, on the Union gsoaeas
adjoining Lincoln Park, bei telt
the National club. Of Waship ~,
and tho Cinsihnad and Buckpe
clubs, Of this city proved toshe no
leading local scnsa,lon Of thewosr
fThe contest was Witnessed Pea
large number Of spectators; inalp.
ding great many ladies', g3g
whom seemed to take deep ifssfcst
in the games. The playing sls
tile best ever witnessed u It's
city, and the department. d tho
players was orderly and geqtls
manly. ifg
| OF course il was not expcsrtd
that eitheHof tho Cincinnati clnbs
would come of the Geld victor 5as.
since their distinguished oppor slaA
were more experienced play ers
therefore, when the apuounceniens
was mado that both games hniIa.
sultedfn an overwhelming virY
for the Nationals it OCCASION ~
surprise among those who TO- aA
interest in tho matter. The iasl
that our clubs were badly detegt
ed, however, did not distnis .aa
friendly feelings existing betwafa
them and their victorious gqe
Both games were played in q Seir
and satisfactory manner ever
Thing passed offplcasantly, and lae
occasion will long DO rcmctnbcp,E
with pleasure, both. BY the playcFs
aud the crowd of spcctdtofsin AZ
tendance. ia ~,
Since a great many American
people, especially those who dwoil
in large cities, have long been Do
generating very perceptibly ior
want Of physical culture, the grow
ing tendency now evinccd through
out the land, both among the mas
culine and feminine element, TO geL
out into the open ali, TO participate
in invigoratiDg outdoor sports is
one of the moGt encouraging signs
of the times. So large a number
Of our citizens confined in Offices,
stores. and workshops, arc accus;
toned to sedentary habits, and so
many become sullen and fretful a.
mid the absorbing cares of business
that unless they can be induced 10
devote a portion Of their time to
those innocent ard diverting sports
which tend to give health and Wig
or to the body, they finally become
an exceedingly disagreeable class
Of dyspeptics, totally unfit for the
duties OF lite. If our business men
would close their places of business
at an earlier hour. and 90 forth
with their employees into the pure
air where they may find the rest or
exercise which their bodies require,
they wonId be benefited both in
mind and body, and as their en-
ployts would return 10 business
with an increased willingness and
capacity to labor, the employer
would also be benefited financial
ly.
IT is a painful fact that there arc
a grea; many Of our young men, like
the famous eGerson Brick described
by Dickens, unwholesomely pale
in The face not from compulsory
confinement or intense thought,
however, but from sheer--laziness
aud an excessive use of whisky
and tobacco. He who can influence
these TO abandon The vices $hich
weaken them, and to devote enough
time to physical culture TO render
them strong aud healthy citizens,
will have conferred an incstimGblo
benefit upon society.
lie will be accounted a true phi
lanthropist who will devise some
means to bring the people out Of
close, unhealthy rooms into the
clear, invigOrating sunshine, and
set them to walking, running,
horseback riding, boating, bowling,
cricketing, wicketing, anything to
secure the amount of exercise cs-
sential to perfect health and robust
ness, and at the same time teach
them that perfect physical devel-
opement is valuable only as a nee
essary condition TO the highest state
of mental and moral culture.
While all Strengthening out
door sports should be encouraged
and popularized care should be
taken that they be not accompa-
med with a spirit Of. lawlessness
and unrcstraint, and that they be
kept subservient to higher purposes
than athletic displays and pugilis-
tic encounters. Educated muscle
can be put to better use than
prize 6gh.ing. The world has no
need vi belted bruiscrs, like Hee-
nan and Saycrs. Man was not
made in the image of his Creator,
and gifted with God like intelli-
gence to be pounded into jelly.
His body is the temple of an i'm
mortal soul, and should not be dis
figured by brutality.
TO attain the highest mental
and moral development there
must be a sufficient amount Of ply
steal culture tc secure perfect bodi-
ly health and vlgor. Heretofore it
has been the aim of systems of ed
ucaton generally to educate the
mind at tic expense of the body,
and as a natural result, there has
been inflicted upon the country o
host of effeminate pale-faced col
lego graduates, many of whom are
totally unfit for the great battle Of
/ life, in which those alone succeed
who have clear heads, bravo
hearts and strong arms. One
young man of ordinary intelligence,
possessing eyena limited amount
i