Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16
HARvARDSTRONG
MAN A WEAKL|NC
FEW YEARS AGO.
Hardwich, in Winning Strength
Test, Shows More PhysicaI e.
dciency Than Any PugiIist.

HUNTINGDON J1dI uWiA a WV
England youth, who won Har-
Yards strength test, showed more
physical efficiency than John J.. Sulli-
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
as q last resort 70 improve his
health
HardwicF recently passed Or. Dud-
ey Sarsent's strength examination
with 1852 pointH, over 300 points
more than Jack Johnson's bert. Yet
The Harvard marvel weighs but 174
gounds.
The latest physical wonder, while
very muscular, is not overdeveioped,
and DR.. Sargent, who has examiner
nearly every prominent strong man
during the last decade, paid Hard
wick the following tribue; He has
more physical efficiency than any
man ever examined"
Winning strength tests is nothing
new for TACK" Hardwick. "a he is
affectionately known to hundreds OF
7rlmson studentb. Last year he won
ne title of Harvard's strong man,
nut this season he surpassed his own
.forts and made tho best showing Of
any athlete ct Harvard in recent
Years.
10 Well Proportioned.
"Hardwick is splendidly proper
toned young man" said Harvards
celebrated physical instructor, 'and
his figures for the annual examina-
don were: Height 5 feet ll1-+
inches weight, TIA pounds, reach, rs
inches; neck, 1874 inches; chest. 80
inches; waist. S1.4 inches; calves, 1873
inches; thighs Fat incnes; biceps, 1873
inches; forearm, 1928 inches; lung
CAPACITY, 800 cubic inches; back
strength, 724 pounds; leg strength
combined, 1853 pounds; grip OF rigH!
land, 1876 pounds; grip OF left hand,
l43 pounds.
''Hardwick's showing was all the
more rema rSaible," declared DR.. Sar-
gent, because he didn't train for the
decd strenuously the exercises IN
which the tests are based.
Thus, when Hsrdwick chinncd
himself but ten times, other boys ~
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
MIS- score,7
Years ago Hhrdwick gave -cant
promise OF some day becoming Har-
Yards strongest student The young
ster, often under doctors care, was
weak and puny. He cared little for
physical eXertion.
Was Far FROM Robust.
Oven when entering Groton TO pro
care for Harvard, HardwfCk was rtiu
FAR from robust But he hadn't been
at Groton long before he cultivated
passionate fonduess for game, t.
youth carefully Eushanded hIp
strength by scientific training, and
.ventually little knots OF muscles he
gan appearing over his body He
luicltly gained strength and stamina.
Entering Harvard the future phys
cal marvel went in for football, base
ball and track athletics. the three
major sports at the Cambridge insti-
tuition. Because OF his ruggedness
Anu StTenktH, tiAIuWlth lppIlltu .tll
most conspicuouslv in football. The
strenuous gridiron sport gave the
muscular younEster free play for his
tremendous strength. and he made
he best use Of #.
Last year he was one OF the great
sst halfbacks Harvard ever produced,
as well az an All-AmeriCan selection
Against Yale, HardwiclS fully outdid
himself. Seldom is such phenomenal
olaving Eeen on a football neld
The star back was always in the
midst of the battle, He handled some
of TIE biggest men on the Blue eleven
as II they were pigmies. On the at
tack he was generally the buffer for
he man carrying the ball.
Terror to Vale Eleven.
Defending his own terrltoy. Hard
wick was terror for the Yale team,
Time and again a Blue runner would
so crashing into the Harvard strong
man and recoN Ike he had run full
lit into stone wall.
Last spring Hardwick decided to
some out for the baseball team. He
easily made the varsity. Playing
in the second game against Yale, 'he
voungster walloped out long home
run that drove In the winning run
md enabled the Crimson 10 win the
anne and series from Yale.
The husky athlete still continued a
GENESIS for the Ell, when n the dual
meet with Yale last spring he won
many points for Harvard with won
ierful throwing Of the weights.
Hardwick is confident he will
,teadily improve in the field events
md is keen TO become intercollegiate
hampton before he graduates in