Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-04-05
TWO PERFECT ARxs


Most instructors or judges OF athletes lay
more stress on q mans disposition than on
the size Of his muscles In endeavoring to ex-
plain why he Is 30 strong and active. The
power OF concentration Is known to be large
ly developed In q good athlete or, in other
words, the ability to summon ones self for
IN effort Is prominent in men who have
made good athletic records As the mind
controls this ability IL Is quite natural that
an athletes disposition should be considered
Of Importance in describing the cause for his
athletic ability.
1t must not, however, be supposed that
ones mind has all to do with excellence In
muscular feats, for the arrangement, II not
the size OF the muscles. Is known to come In
for large SHARE Most good athletes have
what are commonly called "long muscles.
Their sinews do not stand out in knots, but
they extend more over the whole length Of
the bone.
Different kinds Of exercise will put differ
ent shaped muscles on a man, and an arm
which is used simply on pulley weights in a
gymnasium can be distinguished from one
which has been used In rowing, tug Of war,
or horizontal and parallel bar exercisea The
former, accustomed to great deal Of light
work, will DO more knotty In appearance.
The lines OF its muscles will be clear cut, and
as q sample OF muscular development 1t will
be very good. When, however, It Is put to
heavy work something,will be found lacking.
There will he no action to the muscles, and
as most athletic feats consist Of concentrated
efforts, the arm just described, not being used
to them, will be compared with some other
one which might not have such pronounced
looking muscles, but which may be at homo
at being used in straining.
The illustration 1.-TWO Perfect Arms shows
very we'll two different types Of muscular do
velopment. "E" is the right arm Of H. H.
Baxter, the holder Of tho American record
for the pole vault ''F" Is the arm OF the
well known athlete Frank J. Fitzpatrick, who
in his day was q great tug Of war man and
dumbbell shower. He also was q good gen.
eral athlete, but strength of arm was his
forte. Baxter's arm has, without doubt,
been mostly brought up to its fine state Of
development by the exercise Of the game he
has made such record at. Pole vaulting
consists Of an athlete clearing bar by means
of pole with which he runs, sticks In the
ground close to the bar, and swings himself
over the latter by means of the momentum
Of his run and lifting with his arms.
While in the air all the weight Of the body
is supported by the arms, which in turn bear
on the pole and an athlete who can lift well
with his arms, whether or not he can gain
much momentum from his run, can perform
at the game better than one who may he able
to gain more force In his run but has not the
strength in his arms to enable him to lift
enough. Much practice at pole vaulting 10
felt by most athletes in the arms simply be-
cause they do so much work; and il Baxter
took no other exercise for his arms than pole
vaulting their appearance would not change
from the illustration, even though his favor
its exercise does not develop all the muscles
OF the arm.
1t can readily be beimagined that Kilpatrick's
arm, having such Tremendous muscles for its
length, can perform an exercise like showing
heavy dumbbells far better than an arm like
Baxter's, even though the muscular develop