The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-06

What Yale Mon Have Lost in weight from
Taking Part In Games.

What Yale Mon Have Lost in Weight from
Taking Part In Games.
NEW HAVEN. Nov. b.-Dr. William @. Ander-
son. director OF tho Yale gymnasium. has for q
year been engaged In a scientiflo study OF the
effects OF various athletic sports. He has con.
Quoted experiments on slxty-four athletes, and
the results throw light on many points dis
puted by medical ana Rymnastc authorities
and by the opponents and advocates OF ath-
letics. How much in weight and nerve force
does IL cost an athlete to take part In any event
or gamer DR.. Anderson's carefully conducted
experiments will answer this question prl-
marily and many others incident TO II. He has
completed his experiments with the track ath-
letes Of the university. and has begun upon the
football eleven. He will take the onrsmen and
baseball team next spring. DR.. Anderson said
to-day. in speaking Of his research:
II feel too great care cannot be taken to ac-
cept only correct data In arriving at my re-
suits. All the figures l have accepted have
been secured after personal observation. and
In no case has h~earsay been SUFFICIENT TO induce
me to accept weights. Those Of the track mon
annual field games. The following table shows
the number experimental upon:
Az. Loss AZ. LoiI
.9o.yaFS dash dash: 3 S S.sssI i:@iYs v hurdles go
lmils run dSs Pole Vault. o,SS
The above table shows tina in no event
was the average loss two. pounds, although
bad these games been held against Harvard
IN hfastfhr SSs Sasn re SS%Rp%iti'4iHSn e d fass f .SoS
conclusiyely that the quarter mile Is the most
exhaustipg Of the short runs. even moro so
mile. The same careful exspsrln snts were
ma msd b,m with The tSrS Ssnd Ida III in s The high HI; h Jump n:
iioosss n az weirs seF Smou int In 70 s nl%o se'i no oh mo
not conduciye t. extrs@e exsrtion: The
attendance small The spirit Of com.
petition was mild. 1t was noticeable
me veterans were calm, almost Indifferent.
This fact goes to prove tina, worry n athletic
more weight than thu, Actual physical s1ertion.
At these games r. g, Clapp broke the American
record n pole vsulting, YET his loss In weight
new record was made after repeated efforts"
DR.. Anderson has prepared a table. compiled
which The. Eteates iva VARIATION IA on0 IN hS't The sa loss u u
weight is shown. 1t follows:
G sEs%. 1 ts.:.
Event.. Pounds. Event. PotRldi,
S1Hr.sT mile. ...'..'.3H Quarter mile"........H
M MhiI:::v1i:..."-....ssHI Mi hIssvn:ini:.:.:.."..:8
From this tabla it VII be seen that the mo,t
iS saists Track iv iiss, i pfeSS s onesni le rum sns a ,ni' sSsn
t th{s o9 M.i !, walk I. Tks tsblg e lIielY tstthlTST
thrown out Il The - annusi competitioa as toe
exhausting. These colleges propose to intro
SasG 'f esb 5s0 SHOWS rt tRat sns Tie one ~ H. H 4un T.
more RE sx1h Mous tina than r the 9n nrdSss, yf XIX s sad
% ms esU e1 sSSa%iS fq sRs W Srsam SsStSSe " the 4S ' r.i
formers FRs rr are saG IS.ts to BE- :, E SsiS q los. o, weight
during competition. or rather gain OF weight
Il $hs esse q 9sofss I. Sasxsiads;r: the ioo..
s sn{dl f frsis.r Fq Ks.ns Saf fItsDstsleE E' s, ysI' s hssGisil
SitSTnHSa sl'S S. sss slpi e q 6 rs sa ss'i SeSI PEset Is
ported ported a aadn" ffor "n pTae ct @0 Be then tippSd tie
the Yale. crew coach. is, authority for the
New Stsse london 6n esind dHtlaS fas n been ' Known to
drop ten sas to r tweIyS p9 tb1s H. a asy; I Il ne1 Ky
varsity 11 use. IL. Yale osrsmsn win Be weighed
baseball candidates.. From unofficial statistics
t It e P eslleGGs1 Ii eh a tsm.. o sGss ct T N shs Z as ens I'd
and Princeton contests. when the excitement
caYsei a]esssso9nf S SSSst ays pSu nd observations
Of the night class were weighed before and
OF oi' free e1 mo1ements edfaSIf Is. Without foat' spparatus.
followed by twenty minutes on the bars. rings,
and horse. The greatest variation In weight
average loss in weight appropriated half Q
pound. From experiments made Of the weight
Of athletes. practicinG in the gymnasium IL has
daily. DIR. Anderson's experiments have gpe-
cial interest because 1t 10. understood that
annual report treat Of the question Of the Al
legged harmfulness Of ATHLETICS. and that the
illusions which President Dwight may deduce.