St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-23
Stages LECTURE.
The Famous Ex-BaSe Ball Pitcher
Talks of Athletics at
Hamline.
Interesting Analysis of Physical
Culture as 1t Affects Man
in General.

A Modern Athlete" held the boards
at the Hamline university chapel last
evening with A. A. Stage in the title
role as lecturer. Mr.. Stage is the
famous Yale eX-pitcher, and, as such, is
practically fitted for addressing an au-
dience of college young people. He is
now instructor of physical science in
the new Chicago university. This is
not his first work as q pedagogue in
physical science, for Mr.. Stage is one of
the strongest of Young Mems Christian
association members. and has been in
StructOr in many summer schools, where
he advocates the development of the
equilateral triangle--spirlt, mind and
body. s.
MIR. Stagg showed in his first intona-
tons that his physical development had
reached his lungs, for while his voice
has none of the Iimpid sweetness of
musical development, it possesses full
rOundednesS and such a conscious re-
serve force that one never wearies or
worries lest he lose word. When Mr..
Stagg began studying for the ministry
after graduating it was remarked that
he would have good delivery, and his
base ball pitching or something has GER
tainly given it.
The lecture was opened with hasty
review of the modern athlete in his var
ious national development. Even the
garden of Eden shows that base ball
was played-if without a nine-for
Adam was caught mapping and was put
out. The Greeks were the leaders in
developing the physical life. Not only
| did they love beautiful forms and grace
| full movement, but knew that excellence
| in war could only be obtained through
| perfect development OF the body. Hence
their games which stimulated the ambi-
ton through competitive contest.
The modern athlete develops himself
not for warfare, but for work and for
service to humanity, while the state has
given up the supervision of sports and
the individual has his choice. That
freedom of the will is not always best is
shown by unequal training. The mus
cular tissues sometimes show an
abnormal development at the eX-
pense of the vital organs or
sometimes the heart and lungs, through
such excuses as running and pulling,
are developed at the expense of the
muscle. Modern civilization has intro
| duced an intense specialization which
reaches to one SidednesS in body devel-
| opment and In mind as we'll as body. The
reason men who were great athletes in
is that they adopt sedentary
mode of life, and the tissues must neces-
sarily waste rapidly under such abrupt
! surcease from exercise. The most men,
tai work can be done by one who keeps
his blood in thorough circulation and
his tissues in good condition by constant
exercising. Weak portions of the body
can be developed as w. Byrd Paige, of
the University of Pennsylvania, devel-
Oped the muscle of the leg by bicycling
until he holds the worlds record of high
| jumping at six feet four inches.
| Walking i'll the open air Mr.. Stagg
held to be most excellent practice,
! provided it is taken rapidly enough to
amount to work The stereopticon part
of the lecture was exceedingly interest
ing. The Greek statues of athletes
were given-Achilles, The Gladiator,
| Dice Thrower-and various positions
| for athletic exercise.
Mr.. Stage gave by request the song
"Moriarity," showing that his artistic
development had kept pace with his
| physique.
Mr.. Stage is the guest of the Y. M. G.
| A. boys and also of Prof. Batchelder,
who was a cO-worker On the staff of
| ChautauQua teachers,