East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-13

THE purpose Of athletics in the
high school or college is to equip the
student with a strong, healthy body"
said w. l.. Hayward, director of ath-
letics at the University OF oregon, at
the high school last evening. 1T Is
well known scientific fact that a
good body is essential for a good mind
and it is in recognition of this fact
that so much emphasis is laid upon
athletics by our schools. When a
man or woman gets out into life, he
or she has not always time to devote
to the upbuilding of the body and
hence it is imperative that when
young a strong constitution be devel-
oped."
Because of the outoor feature of
track athletics and because in that
branch of athletics a man must de-
pend absolutely upon himself and his
own individual efforts, Hayward de-
clared it to be the most beneficial of
all athletics both in building up the
body and in the development of char
acter
The veteran trainer spoke for al
most two hours on the subject nearest
his heart and his lecture was profuse-
ly illustrated by stereopticon views of
scenes at the 1912 Olympic meet al
Stockholm and of the annual inter-
scholastic meets held at the University
of Oregon. These views proved OF
unusual interest, inasmuch as Hay
ward had taken all of the original
pictures and knew the athletes per-
sonally He took up each department
of track athletics. dwelling at length
upon the proper and improper form
| in each. He had his pictures so ar
ranged that each event was illustrat-
ed by some of the most prominent
athletes in action.
Clean Living Necessity.
In the course of his talk, the train
er placed an emphasis upon the neces-
sity of clean living if one would sue
ceed in the athletic world. THAT
means to leave tobacco and liquor
alone, boys" he said. You can not
hope to be a star on the track unless
you are a clean liver"
In this connection, he declared that
he had a great confidence in eastern
| oregon young manhood because every
student from this side of the noun
tains with whom he has had to deal
has been characterized by clean hab-
its which has made him a figure in
the scholstic activities at the univer-
sity.
Pays Tribute to Johns.
When Hayward flashed upon the
screen a picture showing Jimmie
| Johns, the Pendleton boy who during
his four years at college was a star
in track athletics. it was received with
enthusiastic applause. The trainer
used Johns as an example of what a
man can do by persistence and right
habits. Johns was green and raw
when he entered the university" he
said, land knew so little about track
work that the first night he put on
his running shoes ne left the corks on
| the steel spikes. He had good stuff
| in him, persevered and never lost a
race except to a teammate and that
was Intentional"
Hayward, in speaking of the &C
| ton of the A. A. U. in the disbarring
of Jim Thorpe, the great Indian ath-
lete, declared that though Thorpe
was compelled to send back the tro-
phies which he won at Stockholm. he
| is still regarded as the greatest all
! around athlete the world has ever
/ produced.
To hear his lecture, a great many
of the school boys turned out and a
good many parents also Hayward
and Tom Boylen drove up to Athena
this morning and the lecture will be
repeated there tonight.