Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-11

Mason City vs.. Clarion. at Clarion
Cedar Rapids VS.. Davenport, at
Davenport.
Dubuque VS.. Manchester, at Du-
buque.
Webster City VS.. Nevada, at Nevada.
Onawa VS.. Denison at Denison.
Bloomfield VS.. Moulton, at Bloom
field.
Hiah School Hero Stripping.
That the average Iowa high school
football hero Is a stripping OF under
14O pounds is the surprising fact dis
closed by an investigation of the sub
ject by students Of the Drake school OF
physical education. He in fact averages
1877 S1-10O pounds. Also he is only l6Hs
years of age. Also he is the lightest
and youngest of five states over which
the investigation extended. The South
Dakota youngster Is next in both point
of weight and age with an average OF
139 ITO weight and 16 $1,000 age.
Kansas. Missouri and Nebraska young
sters all go over the 140-pound limit
and advance to over II years of age.
Oklahoma heads the heavyweishe
division with a high average Of
Isl $4,000 in weight and Is 74-100 in
age. The average weight of the
Kansas youngster is 142 $40. age II
2-10: of Missouri, the weight is LAG
$40, age II 4-1OO; Of Nebraska, weight,
14S 610 and age II 4-10.
The work Of the investigators was
very extensive. Statistics covering
more than 5000 athletes We're received
in an answer to a question sent out.
The larger number of course was from
Iowa but the other states We're so well
represented in the answers that 1t Is
doubtful IL a more complete count
would change the final figures. Many
conclusions might be drawn from the
figures presented but the most certain
one is that the average age will pro-
duce an athlete of about the same
average weight. These figures hold
true to this in all but one instance.
Missouri having a slightly higher
weight per age than Kansas. the latter
state having slight advantage in age
over their eastern brothers. That the
age and weight average follow each
other closely IS shown by the figures
of the Oklahoma seniors who averaged
10 SO in age and 1876 pounds in weight.
This is a very high average as many
football teams of the colleges and
universities can not show higher fig
ures.
Many Heavyweights Reported.
One of the surprises of the investiga-
ton was the number of high school
athletes who weigh more than 200
pounds An athlete Of this weight Is
rather a rarity in the colleges, few
teams having more than one per sea-
son. High school after high school re-
ported one or more men of this weight
and some teams had two or three. One
of the questions to be answered by
future Investigations is where these
men go and whether the lighter men
have the better brain and thus more
Of them enter college life or whether
they stand up better under the strain
of college battling and defeat the
heavier men for places on the team.
Another surprise also was the height
of the average high school player. Mis-
souri, proved to have the tallest young
sters, the average being feet inches.
Kansas produces 8 feet 6 inches, but
all tho other states with the exception
Of Oklahoma were below that figure.
It was impossible to get the Oklahoma
statistics.
Iowa Players Are Young.
The youth Of the Iowa high school
men also proved a surprise. In all the
| thousands of men on whom statistics
were given not one admitted 20 years
Some few were 10 years Of age but the
! larger number were II and Is. Thu
youngest player listed was Is years Of
| age while lads of IA found places or
| the SQUADS of the different schools. II
lis not known whether those men are
rapn1ars and an average age and