The sun., 1916-12-29
DENIES EXISTENCE
OF ATHLETIC HEART
Dr. lee Tells National Collie
giate A. A. Delegates Of
"Fallacy."
VERGE AGAIN PRESIDENT

Yr. Roger I. Lee OF Harvard Uni.
0rdty told representatives Of more than
10 hundred educational institutions at
~ convention Of the National College,
AZ Athletic Association In the Hotel
Aaor thaA there wal no such thing AZ
n athletic heart. He said he proved
an DURING the last year with Harvard
orsmen BY means Of new instruments
SSvsed to take graphic records.
with these instruments he was able
4, study the cardiac rhythm and natural
6ythm. and they proved beyond a doubt
DAT cardiac Irregularities are In no
Uy related to physical exercise but
rakher to increased sensibiiity.
- said that these irregularities occur
fIoouentiy in all walks Of life and are
81 limited to athletic individuals and
sSat skipped beats" are entirely o n
sietsnt with . normal heart.
Or. Lee said that II was because
~shyucians and even text books have al
veyV differed on this subject that he
Sacided a year ago to investigate. and
yueetty had abandon I'd rowing on the
0ound ina II tended to develop ath-
If3o hearts selected oarsmen for his ex-
1oetnent rather than any other ath-
-
SssshDen Haa Snail Hearts.
Among those he selected were vet
sqSo0 who had been rowing for ten
y0p, the Harvard varsity squad and
e. Harvard freshmen squad. He said
Dat examinations showed that the
heasts Of the freshmen, who had seldom
II evsr handled an oar. were very little
taller than those Of the veterans, and
DAT this difference was attributed to
OBVIOUS differences in 8 and develop
osnk
He declared that the hearts Of the
varsity crew were identically the same
mnediately after the race In New Lon
don as they were In the previous Febru-
sry when the men were entirely out Of
training.
Or. Lee said that he believed the
sams would prove true with other ath-
letcs. His address caused quite a little
surprise among the delegates. who had
one from all parts of the country TO
liscues the good and bad points Of ali
athletic sports now INDUCED In by col
isgs students. They listened %attentively
10 svery word he said. Some made notes
q his remarks, and when he had com
Dieted his address he was roundly ap-
Vlauded.
A few minute. before DR.. Lees ad.
Aress Dr. A. A. stage OF the University
q Chicago suggested that the executive
committee request the Carnegie and
Sage Foundations to make . survey OF
sthletics in colleges. particularly In ref.
srencs to their moral influences.
Deaue an Amateur.
The delegates adopted n resolution
fsvoring national preparedness. and de-
hned an amateur. The delegates con-
ferred at length and then by q vote
Of "a to II adopted the following def.
milton:
An amateur athlete Is one who
participates in competitive physical
sports only for the pleasure and the
physical. mental. moral social
BENEFITS directly derived therefrom.
In the discussion which preceded this
vote there was talk about summer base
ball. professional football and Other
sports In which college students have
recently lost their amateur standing.
The association elected Hamilton Col
lese and Ohio State College to member
ship ard Mercersburg Academy and ths
University School of Cleveland to as
ISOLATED membership.
Dean lie Baron Briggs of Harvard re.
fused the denomination for president be
cause Of i'll health. and after he wa.
accorded a vote OF thanks Major Palmer
E. Pierce, u. s. A.. OF the War College
Washington. ID. c., the first p%residen'
Of the association. was again chosei
president. Samuel w. Boyer of Ohi'
State College was elected vice-presiden
and Prof Frank W. Nicolson OF Yves
leyan University was retained as secre
tAry-treasurer.
A new district was added and tn
following directors elected TO represen
them: First. Prof. G. l.. Maxcy. VIII
Jams College second, Prof. Erasrus Pal
mer. City College OF New York third
II. I. Abercrombie. Johns Hopkins
fourth. Prof. II. Il. Buchanan, Tennessee
University; NTH. Clarence G. Coons
pen'son University; sixth. Prof. Gcorg'
W. BRYANT, Coe College seventh. Direc
tor w. L. Driver. Texas Agricultural
Academy eighth. II. C. Parmelee, Col
orado School of Mines, and ninth. Dr
\. W. Browne. Oregon State Agriculture
College