Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-23
SICKLY MAN HAS NO
PLACE ON THIS EARTH
After Listening to Enthusiasts, Just
Pick Your Particular Brand of
Athletics and Stay Well.
TAKE SHY ATBO KING
After Becoming Proficient There Will
Arise Chances OF Being Picked as
White Observation-Disclosures Sug-
SeStS Golf.

these days. when every form OF sport
offers cure-all
After listening to what the different
medical gents have to say. about 1t. and
to the murinurring OF the different
enthusiasts, 1t seems TO us that If Il
letic stunts all the year around. he'll
live long enough to snatch away the
record from Methusclah. who had bat
ting average around 500 on the Age
League.
Rowling" says one doc. "is the best
form OF exercise that one. can get It
brings all the muscles into play, 1t
throws off any lanquid feelings. II
brings the blood to circulating in just
III the right way and 1t is the best kind
LOT many of the minor ailments that
ahlict the human"
Proba bly, you don't care much about
bowling. Then try swimming. That
shape. Some Of the best known w eD
hey ouEh o KAY know so Mns, of %em
avow that before they began padding
mither and, ana thiiher in the aqua. they
well-read their advertisement.
HoNing II Great Sport.
hoNing - another great sport to
blood TO circulating freely. but It
teaches you how to decorate the optic
OF an enemy with skill and promptncss.
you are sort of handy with mltts, who
knows but that some day a boxing pro-
m n, WI come along and enter you
Johnny Rockefeller, amateur golfer
and dabblcr in oil. recommends golf
play golf and save your pennies
Then you will live long and prosper"
Johnny holds himself up as a sue
preaching.
Furthermore. gold makes for rapid
mastery of the profane language. Pco-
pie who do not play golf spend years
ana years accommodating n ready vocab-
uiary. one or two rounds or golf and
you can swear as we'll as mule driv-
May Take M baseball.
Those who don't care for the above
mentioned sports might take up base
ball. That's game where n fellow
can get as n-burned in one after
noon's play in a back lot as he can
curing two weeks at a summer resort
vacation money for rainy day when
You can lose II playing poker.
Baseball has other benefits. Play n
few games and you will be perfectly
competent to wander out to big
league park and tell the players there
a few things about how the game
baseball yourself you become qualified
TO call the umpire all the names you
want.
Tennis is another grand little game
Not only does IL give YOU exercise but
II provides an excuse for you to wear
sneaker shoes and flannel clothes,
Football Is n form of exercise that
Is considered very beneficial by tho
doctors. 1t is a fine game, not only
for those who are ailing and achey, but
also for those who have enemies
Football provides more opportunities
to even up old scores than any other
game outside of hockey. In football
about forty plays-mebbe more-tako
place during each period. There are
four periods. That means that you have
at least l60 chances to soak your foe
when the referee isn't looking If tho
referee Is looking soak him too, and
then excuse yourself by saying that
the excitement Of the game temporari-
~ unbalanced you.
Hockey-there's lulu OF n game for
curing YOU. II you've got n crouch
simply use your club and work It out
by hnmmering one of the other ginks
on tho knob. In case you feel sick,
manage to irritate one of the other
players. You will be cured of that all
ment just rs soon as he can swing his
club into your dome. At the moment
of contact all your aches and pains
VIII be cnred-until the doctors bring
YOU out Of your state OF coma.