The Jasper news., 1908-05-07
Athletic Exercises
I land Sports. FOR Boys

ment house without losing breath. In
the first place, keep the body as erect
as when walking on level ground.
Keep the shoulders squared the mouth
shut; breathe regularly, raise each
foot to the next stair as IL walking on
a floor, rising on the ball Of the foot,
and not bending the legs any. more
than necessary. 1etstfe arms hang
loose at the sideior clasped loosely be-
hind you. Lift the foot no higher than
is necessary in order to reach the next
step. ttss& 80 si2l44 4
Climb stairs in this fashion. and you
will help heart lungs and muscles, in
stead of putting an undue strain on
all three. This caution as to stair
climbing is less trivial than 1t may ap-
pear. More than one person climbing
a long flight OF stairs has dropped dead
at the top. ,. s3sfG L{5S s, \ 81 II5s *
l. 1 come now to somewhat more ad-
vanced athletics, the sort that no boy
can safely take up to any extent until
he Is at least IL. ,..ts
refer tofboxing, ibag.pnnching,
fencing, football, etc.
These are all exercises within the
lireach of every healthy boy. A lad need
not be "bruiser" or a paragon of
weight and hard muscle to excel in
| them. ttfest ts ..as l,rtn
Boys Should Learn Boxing.
The first three-boxing, fencing and
ag-punching-should be made part
OF every boys education. }. They not
only bring strength. endurance and
activity, but they teach boy to think.
They teach him to use his brain as
well as his body
Parents whose boys come home
from school with black eyes, bleeding
lips and torn clothes are wont to think
the injuries are due to boxing-or
! fighting, which in many persons minds
means the same thing. Now those
boys have not been boxing at all.
They've been In rough and tumble
fight. Between "scrapping" and box
| ing there Is as much difference as be.
tween threeyear-old baby's strum-
ming on the piano and Paderewski's
| playing of the same instrument.
Instead of being vent for i'll tenn
per and quarrelsome disposition, box
ing is the best method know of for
teaching boy self-control. More.
over, the skilled boxer Is usually the
last person to look for a fight. Conf
/; dent in his superior skill and prowess.
he generally avoids quarrel as long
as possible. we.
! The boxer, too, learns to take heavy
blows without. flinching, and gains
therefrom not only endurance but In
creased good temper. The boxer who
loses his temper is universally scorned
and is as thoroughly "sent to Coven-
try as though he were caught steal
ing Self-control and fair play are the
: keynotes of this finest Of exercises.
u What have said of the mental ad.
: vantages of boxing will be borne out
by all persons who have given it fair
trial. The mother who forbids her
boy to box because 1t Is brutal is de-
frauding him of one of the greatest ad.
vantages he could POSSIBLY have.
So much for the mental side Of the
manly art" From a merely physical
standpoint boxing develops every mus
Gle Of the body as does no other exer
: else; makes boy quick on his feet;
, trains the eye, and brings the various
parts of the frame into better CO
ordination. ~ sHa SsS
The main thing for boys to remem
ber in handling gloves is that quick
e. ness counts for everything, and that u
!. merely heavy blow counts for moth
ing. Slugging is not boxing. The
( trained boxer can easily beat the mere
5 slugger, Moreover, you are boxing
: with the idea of self-improvement; moi
: in the hope of hurting your opponent
: OF course, now and then heavy blow
8 cannot be avoided. The recipient
t should understand that 1t was accl
! dental and should bear no malice mol
: turn a friendly bout into slugginl
: match.
Never box longer than three minutes
r at most without stopping to rest for al
n least one minute. Don't box in dila
d tory fashion, but keep at 1t quickly ant
Q steadily as long as the round lasts. II
8 the rests" no matter how warm yo,
e may be, put coat or sweater on anC
t keep out of draughts. 1t is after the
j. real work is over that the average
' athlete is most often injured. 1t is a
0 suchs times a fatally easy matter Il
n catch aseyere cold or to acquire rheu
I matism.
Get a Punching Bag.
Bag punching is inseparably linked
= to boxing. Every boy who can do 81
r should Save up" to buy punching
b bag. If possible. hang it in your room