Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-10


teach them TO be vicious; 1t does not
turn them into DULLES But It does
make Of them manly. upright. SELF
possessed. clear-headed men.
They know their power and can
afford to be merciful they are cool,
and therefore do not fear danger:
they are mild-tempered. and therefore
lovable. When they are right, they
advance with a determination which
brooks no obstacle; when they are
wrong they hold their peace. Learn
to box; but be sure you learn the right
way.
Soft and Supple Muscles the Kind that
Gives Athletes Speed, Strength.
and Lasting Poper.
A professional strong man came into
my gymnasium one day and said. 81
would like to be a boxer"
"A boxer. eh?" | replied. What
makes you think you would make a
good boxer?"
why, | am as strong as lion.
Just come in here and | will show
you
And then this strong man went into
my gymnasium and took the heavy
weights and the heavy punching bag
and tossed them around like feathers.
In moment he was putting and blow
Ing like a porpoise, but he stepped
back and looked at me with a smile.
He certainly was picture of strength.
The muscles stood out all over his
he was one mass Of knotty, protruding
cords.
How is that for a starter?" he
said
did not say word His ignorance
was pitiful to me. Walking over to
one side of the room | took set OF
boxing gloves from the wall and hand
ed him a pair. Following my lead he
put them on.
1t took me about two minutes to
show that man how useless, unwieldy
and impracticable his muscles we're.
He handled himself like cart-horse.
He was as slow on his feet as mes
senger boy. His brain acted as did his
muscles, slowly and stiffly. Although
big man, weighing perhaps two hun
bred pounds, he did not make as good
showing with me as many amateur
lightweights with whom l had put on
the gloves.
think showed him clearly the use
lessness of his heavy weight-lifting
muscles. They were good for one
thing-the service for which they had
been trained
Like every athlete in his profession
he was muscle bound Those huge
masses of muscle, gained at the ex-
pense Of many hours of hard work.
were for all practical purposes of no
more use than a hand organ would be
to shipwrecked sailor on a raft in
the middle of the Atlantic ocean.
In fact, such muscles serve to help
shorten ones life. The muscle-bound
man. with every fiber of his body
drawn to a tension that pulls at the
very heartstrings, most frequently dies
with what is known as an athletes
heart"
A muscle-bound man is worse than
skin-bound horse He is as awkward
and ungainly as a crocodile would be
in ballroom. Take him away from
his chosen profession and he is all at
sea. He is q frightful object lesson
against the use of heavy dumb-bells,
or heavy weights of any kind.
The man or boy who wants to be-
come quick. strong, and clever must
avoid the use of heavy weights as
carefully as though they were poison
Gus snakes. They completely destroy
all that suppleness and agility which
mark every detail of the clever ath
lete's work.
man who Is a runner, jumper
boxer-in fact. anything except a
heavyweight lifter--can have no use
for knotty, unwieldy masses of
strength.
Even our best wrestIers nowadays
recognize the fact that muscles of that
kind are of no use to them They
know that there are right ana wrong