Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-29

ION is 444 points out of a possible 500.
The athlete who makes over 200 points
gets a bronze medal, over 500 silver
and over 400 gold one
/, The swimming and bicycle races are
conducted in the same manner. They
are all against time, SO that each con-
testant, besides racing against oppo-
nents, is trying to beat his own record.
Medals are given to the men according
TO the time they make in the events.
A popular exercise and one which
also partakes of the character of
game in the Y. NJ. C. A. is the potato
race. Two boxes II inches in diameter
and inches deep are placed 81 feet
apart. Seventeen potatoes or other
light objects are placed in one box,
and the contestant is obliged to take
each potato separately and place it in
the other receptacle. The object is to
transfer them all in the shortest posi-
Bile time. In making the trips the run
ner must pass round the boxes on the
outside, and, after dropping the last
potato, must return to his starting
point. 1t will be seen that he travels
over $50 yards during his journey.
The record for the race now stands at
1 minute and IL seconds.
A very good innovation in the system
of gymnastic instruction is that of
having class leaders. These are mem
bers who are specially proficient and
are put in charge of squads, the direc-
tor being in charge of the whole. The
members consider it an honor to be
made class leaders and strive hard for
the positions.
Men trained hIy fba associa4iof in
great demand all over the country. The
excellence of the system is recognized by
some of the leading colleges In the country
and has been initiated by many, including
the universities of Chicago, Nebraska, Min
nesota, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Colgate and
Amherst.
The physical directors are specially
fitted for their onerous duties in two
training schools-at Springfield, Mass, and
Chicago. Any one who is physically we'll
developed can enter the schools. it being
sine qua non of course that he is a Chris
tian, and there are always plenty of
places waiting for good men to fill. DR..
Louis p. Welzmiler, to whom l am in
debted for the information given in this
article, is the physical director OF the
West Side branch, New York city. The
best in the country and certainly the finest
belonging to the Y, NJ. c. A. He has de-
veloped the system of training to great
lengths. He was trained al the Springfield
school and was there when DIR. Naismith
invented the popular game of basket ball
to increase interest in gymnasium work.
He thinks the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION is the finest club a young man
can join whether for athletic or social or
any other reason.
Many famous athletes have been devel-
oped by the Y NJ. c. A. system, among
whom may be mentioned Robert Stoll, the
ring expert; Mike Sweeney, the famous
high jumper; H. Morrell, the hurdler; A.
A. Stage of the Chicago A. c., and Michael
Fredericks, the six day bicycle rider, who
belongs to a branch of the association in
France.
The Y. NJ. C. A. system of athletic train
ing is worldwide in fame and international
scope, being used in many countries OF the
globe, including several European lands
and our new possession, the Hawaiian Is
lands. LEO ETHERINGTON.