The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-23

rim and made most thorough eXamv
nation. The result showed as smooth
cardiac action as have ever found
in the ideal Varsity oarsman that |
have gone over. And this means
much, aa. the cardinal point in an oars
man, even exceeding muscle in inn
portance, is the heart.
On this point we are sure OF John
son.
In contradistinc.lon to this clean
bill Of health Jeffries astounded NE
BY absolutely refusing to allow me to
Tut the kaleidoscope on him. There
vas only one conclusion to come to:
"Qui s'xcuse, s'excuse and this
coupled with the question of fat ex>
plains the story in a nutshell. | not
Eonly expected but predicted trouble
in Jeffries training, and 1t has come.
The reason for this may not be
clear to the laymen, but every physi-
clan who has followed athletics
lnows tha, wnen an athlete once be-
comes fat, after an intesmisson OF
Inactivity, 1t is about the hardest
thing in the world to "come back :
as the sporting men call getting in
TO perfect condition.
Jeffries Realizes Condition
The reason that Jeffries plunged
into his gruelling work so early Is
simply that he himself, more than
any one else, realized the paramount
Importance Of getting rid of his adj
pose tissue.
Conversely, Johnson, who has nev-
er been obese, has by just enough
work kept himself continuously IN
more o. less good condition without
"going stale as the athletes call be-
ling overt aimed, and without getting
mnscle-bound.
Johnson knows himself thoroughly
and IS a very good self-trainer; and
| he has made up his mind that lew
weeks only of hard work will make
( him fit
Thus, it is shown That this discrep
ancy of the early condition OF the men
as | found them has necessitated this
decided difference in their mode OF
preliminary preparation.
Anothes point is that, at this critl
cal time Of life, the difference in age
especially as he was fat, initiates
against the Californian's chances tc
set into condition. there being ovei
three years discrepancy in this par
! ticular.
There is no doubt whateyer thai
when man has been fat, il Is tht
worst struggle, perhaps. in all tram
inc TO eliminate this adipose tissue
without disastrous results both to the
j general health and the tone tine
heart.
Jeffries has been fat, Johnson hai
i not.
When an athlete becomes tat ant
trains down, the last place that give
IN supeFfluous adipose tissue is tht
1 heart. where, the fat Is laid on, no
only around this vital organ, but Il
between its muscular fibres, and Ia
I hampers the heart.
AS every student of physical cul
ture knows, the wind" which means
the ability of withstanding "gettin,
out of breath" under strenuous physi
cal exertion, depends not on the lungs
as is popularity supposed. but on IN,
integrity of the heart action of
course, in specific diseases OF th'
lungs. as for instance tuberculosis
i tnese is shortness of breath. but t'
the ordinarily healthy man, even VIII
a small chest expansion, and there
fore little cubic lung capacity, IN
wind depends upon the heart, be
cause this organ pumps the pioo'
through the lungs. When this Is don'
properly. there is shortness of breath
Sound Heart Demanded
The simplest proof of this is loune
in the many famous runners with ex
tremely small chest measurements
hut with good hearts. To keep up the
extremely violent exercise which
man must undergo in the ring, de
mands a sound heart.
IL the second place. a point feared
was that because Jeffries plunged IN
to a long course of hard training sud
denly. he could not carry 1t through
without trouble, and this has beguV
10 be shown thus early in two decld
ed particulars. Always more or less
srouchy, the Californian has the well