Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-02
COAST SPORTING
EVENTS Winning
GREAT INTEREST
u. Of c. Baseball Prospects
Anything But Roseate:; Too
Much Athletics in Youth
IBy Associated Prsss1

10y ASSOS4dteu fTGSS .
SAN FRANCISCO. = The olym-
plan" official organ of the Olympic
Club, San Francisco's famous athletic
organization, in its issue just publish.
ed, has the following to say in dis,
cussing the evil effects of too much
strenuosity in competitive athletics in
our preparatory schools anent the
death of a well known athlete who
recently died of pneumonia:
Very injurious is violent competi-
tive work or severe endurance tests,
like the one reported recently of an
eighty mile bicycle trip made by sew.
eral Boy Scouts. Experiments made
some time ago at the Wister msti-
tute showed that all the organs of the
body are enlarged by exercise during
the growing period. The heart, kid.
neys and liver showed an average ex.
cess of twenty per cent among the
animals that exercise vigorously in
revolving cages compared with their
companions which were confined with.
out exercise.
investigations made at Wisconsin
University have clearly shown that
from five to ten per cent of the fresh.
men have enlargement of the heart
and dilation attributable to indulg,
ence in severe competitive athletics
in preparatory schools.
''The human body is self-regulat- |
ing machine. the parts of which adjust |
themselves to conditions pretty well |
after maturity has been reached. If |
the constitutional stamina necessary |
to resist the onslaught of infectious |
disease after maturity is to be de- /
yeloped for the battle Of life there /
must be conservation in the formative |
period. Excess of exercise, change /
of diet and habits and self-denial in /
training, all have an injurious effect T
on the growing boy"
With only one dependable pitcher
of varsity ealiber, three of its best
players ineligible because of scholar
ship requirements, and a late start
due to thb lack of coach early in
the season, baseball prospects at the
University of California are not as
roseate as they were at the close Of
the last season. The scholarship rule
has played havoc with the Bears in.
field, the three players under faculty
ban being Kenneth Hayes, second
baseman; Rudy Gianelli, third base,
and Catcher Sebastian. These men
are seniors, have had three years
experience on the team and the loss
of such veteran material undoubtedly
will be felt
Notwithstanding the difficulties
enumerated, it generally is believed
that with the good material on hand
for the various positions, Captain
Sam Adair will be able to turn out
a combination which will stand com
parison with some of the best teams
turned out by the Berkeley institu-
ton.
The Western Amateur golf cham
pionships which will be held at Del I,
Monte, Cal, July 1922 already are
arousing more than the usual inter-
est up and down the coast, and the
indications are that the entry list will
be more representative of the vari-
Gus coast sections than at any other
tournament held on the edge of the
Pacific. According to report from
the Pacific Northwest, quite number
Of this sections golfers will be among
the entrants, including Rudolph Will
helm, Oregon golf champion, Russell
Smith, C. HI. Davis, Guy Standifer,
Chandler Egan and others. Wilhelm
played here in the exposition cham.
pionships and made creditable show.
ing, being. eliminated when defeated
by Harry Davis.
Several of the Pacific coasts pre-.
mier players participated in the West.
ern championships held last season
IN Cleveland. but their showii.s was
a distinct disappointment and there
Is much interest as to- whether play
on home grounds will improve their
chances,