The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-20
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Games and athletic sports may, lst
and last, be responsible for so NAY
kinds Of bodily injury" said DIT. C.
Everart. Of Philadelphia. at the Nev
Willard last night, that # would be In
possible TO enumerate them. Bpt a.,
may be subdlyided for convenience INTO
two groups.
There is the first kind Of injury hat
results from external violence or Sor,
Incorrect use Of the body in the irlrrA5I-
ate game. Under this head would ctna
all cases Of bruises. sprsins. eontusids.
and strains. The second group wouldb
clude al functional troubles. such As
heart strain, insomnia, or impairmentbf
function in any Of the organs Of te
body.
In the first class" continued DR.. Eva
art. where the bruises and strains
the direct result Of the inevitable rous
and tumble OF the game, as IN footba1
there is nothing 20 be done about y a.,
cept TO draw up and abide by rules which
eliminate unnecessary violence and then
meet the fortunes OF war. On the other
hand, there IS an immense amount OF
bruising and spraining which might he
avoided by proper training.
Proper tra1ning-graduaI training
means as much as anything else Muscles
and tendons VIII not submit to insu1t
with any better grace than the rest 81
the body, and when they are called upon
70 perform tasks they have had no urep.
aratiOn FOR they viii almost certainly
rebel A colleague OF mine" added the
/ Philadelphia physician, who speaks from
Z %
/ work gained IN a large college town.
makes the interesting statement that IN
/ his experience there are more strains and
! sprains occurring in the first few weeks
/ Of the October term than at any other
/ time OF the year. He argues that in the
| whole vacation the average undergradu-
/ ate Is not calling upon his muscles for
| any very violent exercise. and that on
/ his return 70 COuege he demands too
/ much Of them too suddenly.
Temperature also makes great dif-
! ference TO the athlete In warm. damn
/ weather movements nay be made with
/ impuuity which would result IN troubls
/ IN dry. frosty weather. The trained ath-
/ lete Will take care % have his limbs
/ sponged with warm water before ne
/ starts. and the sophomore who stands
/ around the field half dressed and getting
/ Dilated hearts, irritable hearts. and so
on. is usually the direct result OF over
doing. They are generally only tenn
porary II discovered IN gO'd time and
properly treated. but they hay lead 10
much trouble and materially shorten life
81 ignored. Rest win always form the
basis OF their treatment"
Herbert s. Phelan. OF Jacksonville, Fla,
who IS az the Raleigh. IN speaking CT the
growing South. said that F!tzgerad. the
old soldiers colony" IS a remarkable city.
1T started In 1885, said Mr.. ,helan.
with sixty-dre people or turhntine
farms. Now b. has a popuiation gilmore
than 500, almost all American-bOr. Il
has to-day a 500 900 cotton mill. S0o0l
cotton OH mill, a $4,000 ice and cold
storage plant. a S110l0 cotton compess,
a $4,000 ONCE building. three natiual
banks with deposits aggregating nelly
100000, more than 30 storehouses I'D
business firms, two weekly and one dsv
paper In addition, the 10000 car she's
Of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlanc
Railroad are located there The assessed
valuation OF the city IS 100000 Il own
its water and light plants. and has re
Gently voted a $4,000 bond issue fol
sewerage. water mains extension. and
high school building purposes All this
progress I'm thirteen years, FITZGERALD IS
located IN Ben Hin County, which was
created in 1895, and has recently voted a
$4,000 bond issue for public Improvements
Fitzgerald was settled by Federal vet
Grams"
r Caviar IS coming % Boston from
alb
j west where full-blooded Indians and
4 half-breeds catch sturgeon. the roe O
, which is said By epIcures TO form a cav
lar that excels the best product o.
= Russia" said G. II. Wilcox. OF Boston
E who is registered ar the Raleigh. and &
interested in the fisheries industry.
This industry has been growing fo
twenty years" continued 0ir. Wilcox
and this year the value OF the LAX,
| Winnipeg caviar exported 20 Hamburg
j the headquarters Of the European caviar
! trade appropriated lover $1,000. AnJ
5 YET the industry is in its infancy. WITT
, only one company carrying il On anC
, only one lake being fshed Beyond Win
nipeg there are thousands on thousand,
OF lakes and streams teeming with stur
geon- The waters OF these lakes havr
seldom borne craft or felt the pull OF 4
paddle.
Lake Winnipeg. on which the tota
, fish catch last year brought In almost =
half million dollars. is the largest Of the
lakes IN the province IF Manitoba. II Is
90 miles long and from 40 10 50 nile.
p wide with an area Of 1900 square mile.
3 and total coast line exceeding that ol
E any OF the Great Lakes except Lake Su
, perior. No other province or State Ia.
d within its boundaries a body Of water al
/ all approaching IL in magnitude Grea
! salt Lake I'm Utah is oriy one-ffth N,
size OF Lake Winnipeg. All OF the great
! streams Of the NorthweS. north OF The
! Mississippi and east OF the Great Divide
except the Mackenzie River, are tribu-
tary to this lake. which FOR go years ha.
!, been the radiating point or that vast
! territory traversed by the Indians and
! fur traders. the northern portions O.
which now form the last great West"
S Speaking OF the Southern Industrial
Educational Association. BENJAMIN NJ
Hart OF Charleston. S. c.. whowas seer
at the Riggs. said last night Tat there
q are forty-six schools at present IN West
/, Virginia. Tennessee. Kentucky, North
/ Carolina, and Georgia, All suppoted Ok
n the association. All Of these schools 70
! quire aid. all are Just struggling 4 lzeer
their fOothold. Every dollar counts Il
the fight for progress. Fifty dollar VII
support q mountain girl or boy at 0e O;
these schools for eight months: a ruSf
house can be built for from 500 20 IS00
!, $500 viii support a teacher: $40 vii q
d out a school for fifty pupils. There Hr,
o not nearly enough schools. as IL Is, u
5 satisfy the needs OF applicantS
Aid has been forthcoming for nany
years. il IS true added Mr.. Hart. Macy
college women have gone S0uh into tht
mountains and taught in the fomfortles.
frame school buildings that an both les
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