Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16
HARVARD Strong
MAN 4 WEAKLING
FEW YEARS AGO.
Hardwich, in Winning Strength
lest, Shows More Physical e.
fciency Than Any PugiIist


Huntington Hardwick, y New
England youth, who won Hsr-
vard's strength test, showed more
physical efficiency than John L, Suli-
van. Jeffries. Sandow and other noted
physical giants ever did in their
prime, and the Crimson strong man
only few years ago took up athletics
rs a last resort to improve his
health.
Hardwick recently passed Or Dud-
.ey sarsents strength examination
with 1862 points, over 300 points
more than Jack Johnsons best. Yet
The Harvard marvel weighs but ia
pounds.
The latest physical wonder. while
very muscular, is not overdevelopei,
and Or. Sargent who has examined
nearly every prominent strong man
during the last decade, paid HART
wick the following tribuc He has
more physical efficiency than any
man ! ever examined
Winning strength tests is nothing
new for Tack" Hardwick, as he Is
snectionately known to hundreds OF
'rimson students. Last year he won
ne 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.
is Well proportloned.
"Hardwick is splcndldly proper
loned young man" said Havard's
celebrated physical instructor. and
his figures for the ann lal eXamina-
lion were; Height 5 feet II "A
inches. weight, TIA pounds, reach, 70
inches. neck, 1914 inches chest. 80
inches; waist 31,4 inches. calves, 1873
inches. thighs 22.7 inches, biceps, IS 8
inches: forearm, 1913 inches; lung
capacity. 300 cubic inches, back
strength, 724 pounds, leg strength
combined, 1.l66 pounds; grip of rigS'
hand, l6o pounds, grip Of left hand.
t43 pounds.
'HardwiCks showing was all the
more remarkable declared DR. Sar-
gent, because he didn't train for the
tests In the past athletes have prac-
decd strenuOusly the exercises IN
which the tests are based.
Thus, when HardwiCk Chinncd
himself but ten times, other boys 81
Car less strength have been able by
strict training TO do this feat about
dfty times Had HardwiCk done this,
he. would have added many points to
mis- score"
Years ago Hardwick gave scant
promise Of some day becoming iiar-
ards strongest student The young
ster. often under doctors care, was
weak and puny. lie cared little fo-
physical eNertlon
Was Far From Robust.
Even when entering GrotOn 10 pre-
pare for Harvard, Hardwick was sti'l
Tar from robust, But he hadn't been
At Gr0ton long before he cultivated a
passionate fondness for games, The
youth carefully husba nded his
strength by scientific training, ana
-ventually little knots of muscles ba-
gan appearing over his body He
fuiclSly gained strength and stamina.
Entering Harvard the future phys
tcal marvel went In for football base
ball and track athletics, the three
major sports at the Cambridge insti-
tuition Because ~ his ruEgedness
and strength, HaTdwiCk doomed up
most couspicu0uElv In football The
strenuous Er5irou sport gave the
muscular vounEster free play for his
tremendous strength, and he made
he best use ~ IT,
Last year ne was one OF the great
st haHbacks Harvard ever produced,
20 well as an All-AmeriCan selection
against Yale Hnrdwicll 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 n Q biggest men on the Blue eleven
as II they were pignies. on the at
tack he was generally the buffer for
The man carving the bail.
Terror TO Yale Eleven,
Defending his own territOv. Hard
wick was a terror for the Yale team
Time and again a Blue runner would
20 crashing into the Harvard stroug
man and recoN like he had run full
Jilt into stone wall.
Last spring HardwiCk decided l0
come ont FOR the baseball team he
easily made the varsity. PlaNIur
IN the second game against Vale, he
vouuEster walloped ont a long home
run that drove In the winning run
and enabled the Crimson 10 win Oh,
rame and series from Vale,
The husky athlete stiu continued q
nemesis for the Eli wheI the dual
meet with Yale last spring he Won
many points for Harvard with Won
ierful throwing OF the weights.
Eardwsick ia confident he VIII
steadily improve in the field events
and is keen 70 become INTERCOLLEGIATE
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