Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-14


 One ba-anI =. bo4ads ot nodera. to.. ~.-~.~l. :E:s.-, a.I physical t-a.a:1y z7t oa.g -t..5.:.a tAe leart for a lifetime. p-=--z-gs D E'aa1noaia, cause pulmonary t,-...g-:- E;.2s.o and make extra Do@s.J.- GJZea other ills, but ttey raar u.aa from being the ideal husband a-. s4,aer.
 Dr. Robert l.. C5aet,ta oe Brooklyn, ,avs the N.sr i,aa Tines, has been collecting statistics upon aad follow. Ing the careers of athletes for years He examined f!.e contestants ta ana. teur boxing ..ase!.es, and tAe abnormal 5evelop,cea- Qf t!.. best or taem strucs hin. Magn.zleaae!y GeTe,oped as to their Inase..s. tLay were far from be tas men of norma! heath and strength. BeToad a certain potat tla muscular training vas ac the ezpe4se Of their vitality. It took away from the heart and lungs There was scarcely ao or. gan Of the system not affected and made less efficient. IL seemed worth while to explore further Q the cause
 Tn regard D tue benefit to ba ee rived from athletics. says the doctor tone has only to remember the phEs.ol. ogy Of exercise to becoCle convinced of the fact that exercise, per SC, may be very beneficial. The point to bear in mind is to a17.Se the person to stop before fatigue becomes evident. We can do this readily when the athlete is interested in games for the mere ezer- else, but such advice cannot be offered when his aim ia to excel h an athletic contest Here is where athletics do great harm, and It would be safe rule to advise against all forms of athletics In the nature of contest.
 Athletics may be said to be bene- edly hypertroph.ed. Ills is the dan ger signal.
 Hypertroph!ed is the medical mans way Of saying ealarge1-that is, the walls or muscles Of the heart increase In size Though this is the danger signal there IS no real danger here, only a warning. The danger comes when, in consequence of additional ex. ertion, the heart dilates, it's interior grows larger, displacins the delicate machinery, causing the valEes to leak. Then come ''uurmurs.' and though a man may live for years with weakened valves he may die any day and any moment
 Does physical exercise, then, build up the general health and make better man out of man: There seems to be q question, with some scientific men saying today very en- phatically, Not unless that physical exercise is very moderate indeed
 Health, one of the big English au' thorlties (Sr Michael Foster puts it, does not exist. It is like happiness Each has goal or limit which, while seemingly attainable, eudes perfect possession. The body consists of number of mechantsms which have the closest aud most exact relations, and as they approximate to Aarluouy there Is health, but when disoraered there IS III health.
 Not necessarily does man by phys lcal training and much exercise be- cone better man. nor does he even get better health Here Is the striking evidence of it in scientific statements of the day.
 To obtain good health, muscle bulld- ing is not necessity. One cannot judge of q persons health by tue slze and hardness of the muscles. We have seen that the converse may be true. To obtain health one must not be in a perfectly trained condition ow- Ing to the effects of severe training on the nervous system. There is no evl- dence to prove that athletics and mus cle building improve the constitution One should always keep in mind the fact that built up or hypertrophied muscle has tendency to degenerate The heart, being muscular organ, shares in this tendency
 But the athlete Is man who goes through the severest physical strain and training If he boxes, runs. is Eymnast, football player, wrestler, an expert at baseball or tennis. any sport requiring violent exercise and the constant keeping In trim for 1t, all the rest of his body ls sacrificed for the overdevelopment Of these special l
 muscles, and the rest of It must soma how suffer.
 All the body should develop together. as 1t were. Body aud miad should be built up evenly. If overatletlcs does nothing else it produces a wearing and tearing nervous strain,
 When 1t comes to the actual athlete, the man who specializes on some form of phy sica force and muscle power, these conditions are greatly aggravat ed Severe athletic training and mus ale building, it Is now an ack nowl ledSed fact of science. are at ths expense of the nervous and glandular systems.
 An experienced athlete" says one authority, gave as his opinion that q man sacrifices certain part of his life