Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-03
ATHLETES MAY HAVE
PHYSICAL DEFECTS
Over Training VIII Produce Results
Which Are IL Great Handicap
In Later Years.

In examining men at the Y. NJ
9. A, h. q. Won Thurn states that
men with the best hearts are those
who have never been in athletics.
The athletes are, in most cases larg-
er and better developed. but are not
as sound physically. MIR. Won
Thurn says that within the last year
five or more old university letter
track men have come to the "I"
gym to renew their old exercise, not
realizing that less strenuous exercise
would be much more beneficial and
confident that with little practice
they can regain their old form.
In speaking of physical training,
Mr.. Won Thurn explained tho two
distinct kinds athletic and calls
thenic; and between the two there Is
u great gulf fixed. Devotees Of the
wo are as widely different in their
conception OF recreation as the
democrats and the republicans are
in politics. Athletics have always
existed, calisthenics are product
Of civilization. When civilization
was in It's earliest dawn two things
were in great prominence: the foot
ball and a pair of "knucks,'
Calisthenics di not appear in well
organized form until sometime in
the sixteenth century and they first
attained prominence in Sweden. The
Germans later developed a type Of
calisthenics but they were never
athletic and consequently very un-
sportsmanlike. 1t has always been
true that in athletics several things
are equipment. field or
track, continued practice for the
sake of endurance and skill With
out the endurance to play a reason
ably hard game the athlete is dis
satisfied with himself and the game
proves uninterestIng and therefore,
is OF no reCreational value. III IA
fellow plays hard game when not
in good condition ho does himself
harm and Injuries his heart. In cal
isthenics. as 4 rule one doesn't get
tho initiative and freedom OF excr-
else as in athletics but rather the
kind of exercise suited to special
needs and II is easy TO do as much
or as liittc az the heart can stand.
Some types OF athletics are more
Injurious than others. Much as has
been said about the danger OF GER
tain games, football, baseball, ten
mis-. short runs and sprints are safe.
The most damaging things are long
distance running and BASKETBALL
Most peoplc dislik" football and base
ball because ankles and knees are
injured in football and ankles and
fingers in baseball.
No one can play modern cOmpeti-
tive basketball for TWO seasons
without developing basketball heart
The same is true 0f long distance
running. Basketball heart can be
detected hv a strong systolic heat
followed by fluttering diastolic
heat Long distance heart Is de-
tcctod bv n heavy powerful heat |
five to IS heats per minute slower |
than normal 1t * slower because |
the heart is so much enlarged hy |
the heavy strain Of long running |
that the same amount Of blood flows !
through the arteries and veins at !
"a heats per minute as through the ,
normal heart at Go per minute. a .
big heavy heart without the right |
amount or the kind Of exercise when |
in training. vii, begin to atrophy /
and cause fatty degeneration of the ,
heart.
An old athlete, after six or eight
years in an office, will find his heart
Begin to GO bad aS "A result of his !
former ability He wants to get
back into the old game but he can
1ovcr hope to develop a sound body
" use Of the old exercise! There
,emains hut one method to quicken i,
he heart and TO remove poison from
he budy-by well planned calls
honic exercise and the playing OF
.ome pleasant game to give mild
.aSO- motor reaction.