Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16
HARVARD STRONG
MAN A WEAKLINC
FEW YEARS AGO.
Hardwich, in Winning Strength
Test, Shows More Physical e.
fciency Than Any PugiIist,

Huntington Hardwick. g New
England youth, who won Hsr-
varGs strength test, showed moro
physical efficiency than John L. sulll-
van, Jeffries. Sendow and other noted
physical giants ever did in their
prime, and the Crimson strong man
only a few years ago took up athletics
ls q last resort 10 improve his
health
Hard'wicS recently passed Dr. Dud-
isy sargent's strength examination
With 1861 points, over 900 points
more than Jack Johnson's best. Yet
he Harvard marvel weighs but 174
pounds.
The latest physical wonder. while
rery muscular, is not overdevelopsd,
and DR.. Sargent, who has examines
nearly every prominent strong man
during tho last decade, paid Hard
wick the following tribue: He has
more physical efficiency than any
man l ever examined"
Winning strength tests Is nothing
new for TACK" Hardwick, "a he is
tnectionately known to hundreds OF
Crimson students. Last year no won
he title Of Harvard's strong man,
but this season he surpassed his own
Efforts and made the best showing Of
any athlete At Harvard IN recent
years.
10 Well Proportioned.
"Hardwick is splendldly proper
Toned young man. said Harvard's
celebrated physical instructor. and
his figures FOR the ANIMAL examina-
zion were: Height feet IL IA
inches; weight, ia pounds; reach, rs
inches; neck, 1914 inches; chest. 80
inches: waist, S1.4 inches; calves, 1873
inches: thighs. 22.7 incnes; biceps 1873
inches; forearm. 1878 inches; lung
rapacity, 800 cubic inches; back
strength, 724 pounds, leg strength
combined, 1855 pounds. grip OF righ'
hand, 1876 pounds; grip OF left hand,
i43 pounds.
"Hardwicirs showing was ell the
more rema rSable." declared Dr. Sar-
gent, because he didn't train for the
tests In the past athletes have prac-
tiCed streuuously the exercises On
which the tests are based.
Thus when HardwiClJ chinned
rimself but ten times, other boys OF
ar less strength have been able by
strict training to do this feat about
atty times. Had Hardwick done this
ne would have added many points to
MS score"
Years ago Hardwick gave scsnt
promise of some day becoming Har-
as CT .
ter. often under doctors care, WAS
weak and puny. lie cared little for
uhysical exertion.
Was Far From Robust
oven when entering Groton to pre-
care for Harvard, Hardw was stu
FAR from robust. But he hadn't been
at Groton long before he cultivated
passionate fondness for games, The
youth carefully hushanded his
strength by scientific training, and
eventually little knots OF muscles be-
gan appearing over his body. He
1ulclSly gained strength and stamina,
Entering Harvard. the future phys
zeal marvel went in for football base
ball and track athletics, the three
ma Tor sports at the Cambridge insti-
tution Because OF his ruggedness
and strength, Hardwick doomed up
most conspicuously in football The
strenuous sridiron sport gave the
muscular youngster free play for his
tremendous strength. and he made
he best use Of It.
Last wear he was one OF the great
est hRlfbaCks Harvard ever produced,
as well as an All-AmeriCsn rejection.
gaiust Yale. Hardwick fully outdid
himself Seldom is such phenomenal
playing seen on a football field.
The star back was always in the
midst OF the battle. He handled some
Of II 2 biggest men on the Blue eleven
rs II they were pigmles On the at
tack he WAS generally The buffer for
he man carrying the ball.
Terror to Yale Eleven.
Defending his own territoY Hard
,ick was terror for the Yale team.
Time and again a Blue runner would
70 crashing into the Harvard strong
man and recoh like he had run full
ne into a stone wall
Last spring HardwiCk decided TO
ONE out for the baseball team. He
easily made the varsity. Playing
n the second game against Yale, he
rounEster walloped out long home
I'm that drove In the winning run
and enabled the Crimson 10 win the
anne and series from Yale.
The husky athlete still continued a
lemesis for the Ell, wheh n the dual
meet with Yale last spring he won
many points for Harvard with Won
lerful throwing OF the weights,
Hardwick IS confident ne will
cadily improve In the field events
nd Is keen 10 become intercollegiate
hampton before he graduates, in