New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
NSILER A YALE SAMSON
r,Hhack Makes Remarkable
Record in Strength Tests.
FREAKS ALL OLD MARKS
rokes Title of Strongest Man
from Fitzpatrick by Margin
of Over 400 Points.
NV Telegraph 10 TIE Trihune.I


,are, Conn, Dec IA new
nan has arisen at Yale-Erle oat-
I-,s,,e- OF Denver. Col When kist-
f. chosen full5ack for the Yale foot
5r eleven only three days before the
srsscefon game II was dark horse Sc
l f>antain Daily. of the team. an
-sor--ed that Kistler had been picked
! ..,,, beccuse of his strength, his foot
~ arility being about the same as sew
- o,her canGidates for the place He
! e-o,.5 himself capable line plunger and
/ GOOD defensive back
/ ac,4r the football season closed he tack
| ,,5 ,he strength tests. Cnder the uniform
| .,,.s that govern strength tests. as pre-
| -.-f.ed by the intercollegiate Association
l - 7rrs,cal Directors, ne went through the
/ -,-,s,s+inrs and IL as announced to-day
| = ,o-osasso- William @ Anderson. director
| - the Fele University gymnasium, that
/ -YtsY1s- hsd broken all records Computed
- the prescribed method, Kistler's total
s--ensth measured 2270, the average being
D,-z5 The record has been held for three
years BY Johnny Fitzpatrick. another Yale
srl-a around athletic star. Kilpatrick's rec
o-d- Was 1859 points. This mark was
-sarIv 90 points better than the record
which Fitzpatrick found when he came TO
Yale. The record that Fitzpatrick broke
vas I6s25 which had been held Just year
W TED Coy.
Kistler is member Of the senior class
Of the Sheffield Scientific School II is
I.otewortlly that he did not make his
f-ecord till after he had been nearly three
Ivea-s II college The records Of Coy and
Knpatric were made when they were
freshmen and were never bettered hv them
during their college career. According to
Tire rules that govern strength tests at
Ye1e the days are gone when student
could train specially for strength tests and
/ By accua hitting himself with the machines
On which the tests are taken could break
! the record The tests are taken now with
ouf special preparation. without competi-
don and without drill on machines. Dr.
Frank Born, medical examiner of the uni
versity, said to-day:
The exercises are taken by each student
alone and there is no rivalry or rnnneti-
ton and no training on the special ma
chimes. The test is one OF genuine strength
not specialized skill. The points totaIIed
are secured by taking q certain percentage
Of the lung capacity and weight of the
De the sum or the DULL
up and push-up. added to the strength Of
the forearm back and legs"
strength tests have BEEN taken at Yale
and other large universities for some ff
zen years Charley Chadwick. the foot
ozA player and track athlete. was the
nFsl Yale man TO hold the title His rec
oros held the championship for two wears
.eeS we're genuine strength tests, for ne
clo not train specially for them. Charles
caIVef' Of Chicago. who was not an ath-
pee broke Chadwick's record by training q
EesT Tor proficiency on Just the same mo-
SHnes on which the tests were taken. He
.'oAe the record and his mark stood r,,.tI
aea 10Y entered Yale. in 1906. About This
|line the intercollegiate Asso.iation 5ac,daa
I.@at the CID strength tests roetbo5s ,.rsu.
Iahaquated and changed them to the n-ss
Iover ia lhe country
~ &c se.le showing the comparative strength
Fern, as follows: ieo Ds Dr-