The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-26

, in the bleachers yelled. Horse i Shoes Bresnahan." but horse shoes | or not the raw recruit won the game to Q. and St. Louis only made six singles He finished the season
 with Washington. pitching in seven games and only losing one. Bres- : June IA 1880.
 To Study Heart Action.
 Poughkeepsie x. N-If all the : colleges which row at Poughkeepsie ! follow out the suggestion of the board
 of Stewards of tLe Intercollegiatn Rowing association there will soon be at the disposal of American col leges the most complete and authori-
 tative set of statistics on the physi- cal effects or rowing ever compiled.
 At its last meeting the board of stewards formally recognized the many criticisms of the length of the Poughkeepsie course and it's al legged dangers, and asked the differ ent colleges whose crews compete
 [ ere to make a careful inyestiga-
 ton of rowing during the coming season. This investigation is to take into onsideration particularly the effect of rowing on the heart.
 Most of the investigations will be made at the conclusion of important races.
 The charge against the fourmile course is that 1t puts too much of strain upon the heart, and that the four-mile distance should be reduced to three miles for this req son. The advocates of the four mile distance maintain that cutting the distance to three miles while reducing the duration of the strain would intensity it and be more in furious than a four-mile race.
 The University of Pennsylvania has already started it's examination of it's oarsmen. the investigation be ing in charge of Dr. k. Tait McKen- zie and two specialists on the heart and medical diagnosis. pr. Mcken- zie has already made a preliminary examination of all the veteran oars men before their indoor training began. This was complete physi- cal examination, with particular re ference to the heart and lungs The examination is to be repeated al regular intervals and the results tabulated By the end of the sea son Dr. Mckenzie believes that he will have at lis command evidence which will be invaluable in deter mining the comparative merits of the four and three mile races.
 Dr Mckenzie, who is one of the most noted experts in the world on the effect of athletic exercises, scouts the idea that normal ath-
 etc runs any ri k of serious injury to his heart through rowing or any other college athletic exercise. He explained his views to the writer as follows:
 If an athlete takes up a strenuous sport like rowing in good physical condition and goes through a pres cribed period of training, and ob- serves the laws of good health, I do not think he is likely to suffer from what some people call the athletic heart The heart is an organ which increases in size and strength just like any other organ of the body. Furthermore, the heart is an organ which automatically ad- justs itself to the strain put upon it, especially in the case of we'll trained athlete.
 Most athletes who suffer ill eff fleets from the heart in their after life are themselves to blame. It stands to reason that any man who has lived an active outdoor life, or taken part in such strenuous sports as rowing or running, will suffer if he suddenly gives up his exercise and lives sedentary life without taking outdoor exercise. It is ineXcusable in any man to give up his athletics thus suddenly. No athlete has anything to fear if aft CT giving up his athletics he lives normal life and takes a moderate amount of outdoor exercises as every man should"