Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1915-10-22
PHYSICAL CULTURE

Physical Culture by Henry Stark Worlds
Champion Bag Puncher
My article for the readers of the Star
this week is in reference to reply to
the Boston Herald, whose article "Do
Champion Athletes Die Young?" ap-
peared in the Star last week.
"From opinions collected from men
prominent in the athletic world, among
them doctors and surgeons who have
given the subject special study, it may
be concluded that the average man can
play baseball, tennis and basketball
with safety until he is forty.
After that age these more vigorous
games become dangerous, even to the
man in good physical condition. At
forty five, most of the experts agree,
golf, croquet, handball, volley ball and
medicine ball are more fitting and
certainly, safer rastimss. The United
States public health service discoun-
tenances some Of the more violent
forms Of sport, such as rowing, for in
stance, even for young men. Long
distance running, jumping and pole
vaulting also are considered extremely
exhausting by it's experts, 1t declares,
in short, that "chsmpion athletes die
young. Boston Herald"
Now for the benefit of the readers of
the Star it will be pleasure for me to
answer this question. OF course my
answer may not be what q few, who
"do not know" may think, but, from
my twenty or more years experience in
the athletic world as physical director,
anyone should know that my reply to
the. Boston Herald is not:far from right.
The Herald asks. "Do Champion
Athletes Die Young? In reply-I say
"No." No athlete, whether amateur or
professional, novice or champion, will
die young if attention is paid to the
body as it should be- The Herald also
states that doctors aud surgeons who
bsve given this subject special study
figure that champion athlete will die
young In reply to the above would
state. that it cannot be proven by any
doctor or rsurgeon, in fact by any person,
that an athlete will die sooner II they
do the proper exercise and take special
care of the body that MATURE" gave
US.
1t must be taken into consideration
that, even il person is not an athlete,
they die young; WHY?-Simply be-
cause they overdo many things in life
that NATURE does not allow. As
stated in different articles in the Star
that it has been my pleasure to write
for the benefit of the people of Hot
Springs, seventy per cent of the people
SEAT" too much, also small percent
age Of the people, even athletes, smoke
too much, use stimulsnts, such as beer
whisky, coffee and tea Then many
do not know the proper hours they
should keep SO as to give the body the
proper rest after days exercise. Ia
fact l could mention one Thousand
items that would prove that II persou
disobeyed one rule, it would mean
young and early death.
The cause of an athlete being called
to the next world at young age, is
they fail to understand or follow the
rules Of NATURE. For instance
after exercise, they are overheated, th.
pores are open, they fail to take q prop
or bath, or probably will stand around
without covering the body with ,
sweater or robe. "Whst are the re-
suits? Consumption, in fact many dif
ferent things that cannot be CURED
The writer of this article can nam.
hundreds that have caused their owl