The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-23
Gain Lung Capacity.

il is u common thing for a runner 10
gain ,or;y cubic Inches IN lung capacity
in three seasons running. according 10
Hlllnan. and the average gain ~ 2?.b
cubic inches. The ten best men on the
Dartmouth hill-and dale squad showed =
total lung capacity. when they Joined the
team OF $50 cubic inches. while az the
present slime the came men can inhale
2Si5 This shows an Improvement OF 2as
cubic inches. or 293 per man. as stated
above. individual! runners OF llillmans
team have made Sreat gains. r. Durein.
for Instance. has gained forty cubic Inches
In two years, while Eull has n similar
gain for the same length OF time W. L.
Granger. the coioretf runner. 'tho has
been running with the Dartmouth cross
country team for three years. has gained
thrty-fivc cubic iuches IN lang capacity
during that time. while Frank Marresu.
the great miller, iias gain oi lhirty
cubic inches in three years.
"Cross-country running aside from the
excellent exercise IL gives the runner'a
Iegs acts as "A strenuous deep bTea thing
exercise" said TIilimur the other day
Nothing w.ll Guild up 81 persons rs tSanth ,S1I,.
pra cticed regularly. These thirty min
u,e runs out In Inc fresh air force the
athletes to breathe hard. and In so DO
ing they use all OF the air cells IN thelr
lungs 10 full capacity The ordinary
person OF sedentary habits seldom
breathes deeply enough 10 ill the lungs
cells in tle lungs lie dormant most OF the
time II is IN these unused cells that
the dreaded "r b. starts in nine cases
out of ten II is easy. then, to see wneLe. ,s..
filling his lungs 20 CAPACITY WITH pure aIr
and then exhBling forciby. gets real
benefit from his training.
Figures in Proof.
"our statistics show continued tiill-
man. that for years back the average
lung capacity Of the Dartmouth student
has been $50 cubic Inches. There 10 hot
aINfnf-
Ia not above that figure. tIerc is tho
dope on the ten best runners on ire
team: w. Granger GOO cubic inches: Ba-
con- 2so; Bull. $le; Mensei: 80; 5st' pnlE'n. Nm
ceau, 3l5; Merrill go, and j.. Grange.
2s0 or the ten, i've have been running
c-oss-country less Than two years ana
they keep the average down. 90 mol
know Of n single caFe where runner
who was physically fitted 10 go into
cross country work has been harmed IN
ming does not produce the strain on the
system that accompanies distance race
on the track. THE gait Is on easier one
the runners always work IN eool Wea,ne.'
and the rough going gives the runners
chance 10 rest up bit here and there
'T find 1t most interesting. liiilnen
went on, ito observe the pulse and res
piration OF men actively engaged IN atn.
ietio work. Medical works tell US that
the normal pulse is 'fs, but our cnsrss AZ
Hanover show az as the henrtoeot OF tHa
average student Ine f0bo oi re9piaH'H
Is one to four pulse ocais
Heart Is Strengthened.
IAN athlete, using his lungs and hesrt
more eventually acquires lower puise
and respira ton as the heart strengthens
and enlarSes. This Is not an unheaithY
condition by any means. as the etranu-
GUS exercise forcing the blood tnronEn I
the heart enlargcs' and Strengthens that
organ in a natural way. or course. an
enlarged heart as a result OF athieuc eN- .
ercIse overdone can be dangerous cor
dition in certain cases. and its Tor US
p,,rposc of guarding against that very 4
Thing that We keep charts on not only
every athlete. but also evory stucent al
Dartmouth,
ner quits the path for gdod. III ne Stops
short lie Will almost surely run INTO trou-
bic because his heart vs. useo TO heaN!
exercise and when asked 10 90 w1snoht
Il suddenly u kicks UP fuss. l nnNe
read that George BonhaS, tne srenS sS,o,1,, ois
Ia ncs runner IS letting down Erecuauy
by taking regular exercise at Walking.
more mon who are giving up compst.
tion would follow Bpnhag's example we
have fewer foAner athletic stars nreak-
ing down in health.
In fha distance division generally hsvs
a slow pulse. His best cross-oountry
men show up In this respect as tollopg-
". Granger 6s; Bun, 6A: Mense', az; X
DurgIn 6S: Haltmarsh, ~; ], Drrgin. s2
Ma rcenu. SO; Merrill, Sc. and L. Granger
Ss. In The respiration test Mensel showed
the lowest. with IL, while Bacon. lad
with a rather nervous temperament,
showed 2k a singular fact about Franz
AIerceau is that, while his puisn Is W.
down around s0. his respiration is az hisn
as %.