The times., 1898-11-06

addition to the literature upon the subjec
are his observations upon the effect o
athletics on the human system.
The doctor has for a number of year,
been weighing his athletes before and az
ter their competitions in various lines ans
he finds among other things that sea
| soned athletes. veterans, do not begin t.
lose as much weight as the novire tr be
ginner. He has found that some of thu
big line-men OF a football team lcse al
much as four pounds in single game
and that the average track man will
fall two and sometimes three pounds
In an afternoons work Next to the run
the mile walk calls for the greatest sac
rifice in weight Ordinary body building
exercise wifi cause the loss of from one
half TO pound in weight.
The mile walk will take of from hall
to two and half pounds, the mile run
from half to three and half pounds
and the quarter mile from one-half to
two and fourth pounds. OF course all
ISthis comes to the loser in the shape OF
better muscle and harder flesh. An oars
| man. for instance. has been known to
train down to a certain weight and go on
the scale to be weighed In for a class
| race and two or three hours afterward
| his weight has run up two or three and
| sometimes four pounds. He will lose it
! all again in probably next days race, but
he will get 1t back four and five fold ere
the next six months roll by
Those who look at one of our local
| league games of basket ball. one of those
| games where teams are well matched
| and play for keeps, have little idea hos
! much avoirdupois is rolling off these
perspiring athletes during game OF
twenty -minute halves. 1t is estimated
that the average loss of teams play
| ers is two and half pounds.
Columbia Athletic Club.
1t has been about definitely settled that
the Columbia Athletic Club will not have
a football team in the field for even the
| short time which intervenes before the
close of the season.
The lack of interest taken in the prac-
! tice by candidates for the team is to
| large extent the reason for the failure to
have a team. Several of the best players.
who are also students in some of the
special departments of local colleges. will
play on their college teams. Notably
among these Is MCGOWAN. who will prob
ably make a place on the Columbian Col
lege team starting in on his work on the
line next week. He will very materially
strengthen the team. He Is an expert
enced player. knows the game and has
power of strength and endurance
"Midge" Ross is taking plenty Of prac-
tice in his gymnastic specialties under the
direction of Prof Crossley and is doing
better work than ever on the trapeze and
horizontal bar.
number of new gymnasts are being de-
veloped, and these will make their first
| appearance at an athletic smoker to be
given in the gymnasium next month.
| Greene and McElhone will next week
, take up their practice IN the high jump
and pole vault. preparing for such local
| and nearby indoor open competitions as
| they may be entered in.
| Won Boeckman is developing into quite
an expert tenpin bowler. and may be one
| of the players of the league team. which.
by the way. has developed into quite a
+: In its makeup will certainly make IL in
| teresting for others in the league race.
| Light Infantry Athletes.
| The newly-elected and hustling mana
| ger OF the Light Infantry basketball
team. E. II. Neumeyer, jr.. has quite a
task before him to select a team OF five
| players out of about a dozen willing
| candidates, nearly all of them good sea-
soned players With such an array OF
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will be a strong one. whatever its make
| up may be.
| Harry McCabe. the always-popular
| player and recently-elected captain OF
| the team. will have little trouble in
| rounding the players into shape as all
| know the game; the main points to learn
| now are the playing rules OF the Nation
al Association. which now govern the
| game, under the new league organiza-
| ton.
| The team will be selected from among
the following: Shreve. McQuade. Nc
| Cabe. Housh. Burnett Chapman. E and
j. Schafhirt. Mackey. Hughes and Ken
dali. The team will practice every
Wednesday and Saturday evening in the
Infantry Armory.
The new uniforms will be ready by No
vember Is, and they promise to be very
tasty.
| McQuade. who has been OF great assist
| ance TO Mackey in his course of training
for his wrestling bouts with Luskey.
which Will be held at the Bijou. begin
ming tomorrow. reports his charge as
being in prime condition. and believes
that he will give good account of him.
| sell in his contests on the mat
| Corcoran Cadet Players.
| Now that the formation of a basket
pan league has become fact, the bas-
ketoaii players of the Corcoran Cadet
Corps have taken up their practice with
renewed energy and from now to the
opening of the season, about November
10, they will work diligently to bring their
playing up to the high standard which
made them so many friends in last sea-
sons national league
Capt. Edwards has determined that
none out the best players shall secure a
place on the team and all places must
be won on merit and to that end the
practice will be kept up by all hands un
I'll the very last moment when the make
up OF the team will be definitely decided
upon. Those who hope to secure a place
on the team which this year will consist
of seven players are: Clark. Collins.
Dodge. Guista. Hefrner. Waters. ZeIl,
| Rowland and Jackson
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