Arizona republican., 1913-06-09
OF
 SPORT SUBJECT
Of International Congress; Prof. Sloane of Olympic Delegation From U. $. and President Ferrero Discuss Sport
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American delegates to the Olympic | congress and a member of the inter- l national Olympic committee. in talk ing about the results of the comrqi,tee's recent work at Lausanna has ex- pressed himself as follows:
 One must distinguish between the meeting of the international Olympic committee and the congress for the discussion of the psychology of sport winch was summoned and organized by the |. O. C. The work of the committee was most important. Progress was made in arranging for the Berlin olympiad of 1916. especially in sum marizing for use the experiences of the last Olympiad G9l2) at Stockholm. In some respects this was our great achievement in this meeting-that all the suggestions for improvement from the various national Olympic commit tees We're prepared for incorpora-: :cn in the arrangements for 1916 Of almost equal importance was i the completion of our arrangements for the congress to be held in Paris next year. for the preparation of type Olympiad. That congress win be at tended by representatives from all the national olympic committees and in commemoratiOn Of twenty wears work will definitely settle questions of events judges. qualifications. entries etc The L Q. C. is in no sense q representative body. IL is self -perpetuatine and is the historical carrier of the Olympic ! idea. Its business is that of clearing the way for the successive Olympiads 1 and securing nations to act in turn a ! hosts. II meets once every year. The
 
 meet at irregular intervals and have | no continuity. adjourning sine die ! They give invaluable advice and dis ! seminate knowledge and have hitherto [ had no representative character That 1 of 1914 in Paris differs from all it's predecessors in that respect It will | be q representative. authoritative. in- ternational body. selected to settle vii tai questions. those who participate as athletes in the Olympiads desire them to be settled. It's work done. it will adjourn not to meet again until summoned by the L Q. C"
 Ferrers on Sport.
 Prof. Guglielmo Ferrero of Turin University. the well known historian in an address before the congress on sport from the point of view of an out slider, gave an interesting analysis of
  modern conditions of living He said that the tendency for each set of men whether men of science. artists, archi- tects. or commercial men. was to over rate the importance of their own line of work in relation to other work
 Sport may be considered as a nec- essary limitation imposed on the ex- cesses of intellectual, sedentary state of civilization. declared Prof Ferrero, which severely tries the nerv- ous system. Never has man lived in such a state Of permanent and fncreas- ing excitement If the ancients could come to life again, their first impress sion. We may be sure would be that men had become mad. This extreme mental tension throughout the world needs something to counterbalance it Might it not increase indefinitely un- til it entailed bankruptcy of the entire nervous system? How long this nerv- ous over-excitement can go on is one Of the most serious problems of our times.
 Sport may, If carried on in accord l ance with certain principles, become one of the limits set to over excitement 1 in ones work If it be practiced as wholesome diversion, it will be bene- ficent and recuperative force. acting upon the nerves above all. This is the ideal of sport. the only conception of it which is in no danger of running to | extremes. An equalizing force. some | thing to counterbalance the intellectu- | al excesses of contemporary civiliza- tion. sedentary. nervous and kept in continual turmoil-this is the best def milton of sport. It is as old IS the world. but still it is the best definition. fr preserve the balance between the vari- Ous elements of social life a force of | equilibrium.
 But if this conception of sport is to make way. we must be prepared for many disappontments. Man is natur- ally inclined to excess and never has a 1 tendency to excess been greater than at present. The modern world urgently | Deeds moderation, equilibrium and har- mony if it is not to perish by the very excess of it's energy. We. are richer more learned. and more powerful than forefathers, but we have not be- come demi- gods because have dis covered America and invented rail ways. We are still mere men. All the weaknesses which moralsts of the past have discovered in us still exist
 Moreover, we have to pay nature with her way of equalizing matters a heavy price for the advantages we are reaping from the accumulated labors of past generations. a price which takes the form of nervous diseases, madness, increasing frequency of suicide and in creasng sterility. The modern world | suffers from excesses to which it gives | way without admitting that it does so. Those who attempt to lead us back to q saner ideal of life render a service, | the need for which is shown more than by anything else by the fury with which 1 this ideal is apparently rejected
 Julian Eltinge, who has closed his 1 most successful season, will travel dur iro he S1Ir1 md f0f hiS |