Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-03-31
EXERCISE FOR
THE SUMMER

Notwithstanding the approach of
spring there is no perceptible decline
of interest shown by the classes in the
work of the gymnasium at the Y. NJ.
| @. \. AS late as Tuesday night there
were still twenty four men on the
| floor The highest number attained by
the class is thirty-fve
The tug of war and the medicine
! ball recently installed as sports at the
gymnasium have attained a wonderful
popularity. Owing to the vigorous
nature of the exercise, after a hard
! evenings work the tug of war is some
times omitted. when the medicine ball
takes its place. 1t is very interesting
TO the looker-on when either of the
! two athletic contests are run and it is
plainly to be seen that the particip-
ants get quite as much sport as exer-
| else out of it.
Sports for the summer season are
now under consideration and among
! those that are talked of are base ball,
walking, running, hill climbing, la wn
tennis. and possibly swimming
The base ball under contemplation
is purely inter local in its nature, the
members of the association here play
ing among themselves. This is one of
the sports which will prove very
popular
Neither walking nor hill climbing
are entirely new in the category of
sports here Both were tried last sum-
mer with some degree of success.
Walking, which is one of the milder
forms of exercise, is merely a stroll
aoross country in which any person
can participate. There is always
leader who sets the pace and the walk
is brisk one affording plenty of stim-
ulating exercise.
at the same time more invigorating
exercise There are plenty of hills,
which rise to the dignity of noun
tains. only short distance from the
Y. NJ. G. A. This is no go-asyou-
please exercise, bat as III walking
there is leader who sets the pace aid
no one wants to lag behind. Both
walking aud hill climbing. like run
ming. are conducive to much good,
when carried ON under wise direction.
Lawn tennis is one of the established
sports of the Y. NJ. @. A. a fine
double court on West Mahoning street
has been maintained for a couple of
years past and several of the players
have become quite experts. a number
of the Y NJ. @. A members are al
ready getting ready for lava tennis.
Physical Director Carpenter is a firm
believer in the efficacy of physical ex
ercise to overcome many of the ills
that flesh is heir to and he is careful
to work up new forms of exercise ad-
apted to all seasons. He has convert
ed not few working men to his theory
may be in their employment, yet they
need special exercise. Probably for
the first year in the history of the Y.
NJ. G. A. the spectacle may be witness
ed of even puddlers of our rolling
mills occupying place on tile floor
of the gymnasium.
In general way Mr.. Carpenter holds
that systematic exercise is remedy
for the drink evil. In the majority of
instances, when working man is ad
glcted to liquor he has fallen into the
habit by resortlng to stImulants when
exhausted with hard work. Mr.. Car
penter' theory is that by training all
the muscles of the body and building
up a good vigorous constitution as the
result of exercise the wage Garner will
be enabled to stand physical labor no
matter how hard without recourse to
stimulants of any kind.