Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-19

Of that human organ. It may be caused by too much indulgence in ath- letfc sports, which is the. reason why it nas been given its name. and it may also be brought about by too much at tention to cafe sports or by taking the movies too emotionally. Whatever the cause, the effect is much the same. When it results in affecting the heart there is cause for worry, although an enlarged heart brought about by normal physical activities is not neces- sarily a sign of weakness. Ones heart is much like every part of the human body, when used to a great extent it is bound to develop. The blacksmith's s arm is sample of this sort of thing.
 But imagine the fears of a certain army officer who recently thought himself victim of the athletic chest. No one has ever heard of that abnor- mality, which is nothing here or there, for the reason that our medical friends are constantly finding new troubles and new names for old troubles, for us. In this particular case the cap tain, who was brave man, had been given a physical examination by a member of the medical staff. That procedure generally shakes up man and causes his heart to beat at fast Ter clip. As a rule the victim imag- ines himself a possessor of all known ills of the body when undergoing the ordeal Immediately following the examina- ton in question lieutenant rushed up to the captain and cried:
 Have you an athletic chest?"
 The blow went long ways towards upsetting the superior officer He imagined that. the medical officer had ] told his friend confidentially that he had an athletic chest. As the chest includes such vital organs as the heart and lungs the captain began thinking it was all off But proper re- storatiyes were immediately admins tered when it was discovered that the athletic chest referred to was nothing more than one of those chests flied with athletic supplies for the regiment that had been sent to him by one oi the various civilian organiza tons en- gagged in just this purpose.
 Army sport has for it's prime object l the purpose of providing sport for all sports which bring men into persona. contact, games like football, boxing and wrestling. but it also recognizes the fact that all sports have salu. tary effect and that soGne of them, like track athletics. for example, do 'gooo job in fitting men for trench warfare Track athletics are ideal for army
 men in that they teach them the right way of running, jumping and hurdling So important are they that one of tht big cantonments is insistent that every one of it's soldiers be able to run 2 hundred yards within given time be able to jump so far and so higf and throw a hand grenade certain distance And in all cantonments they are specializing on producing trained runners for the signal corps. men wf1< will do biz job when the forces nov | In training are, overseas. z.
 While the army is not insistent. or 1 developing sports, so I gatber along championship lines, it sees no specia harm in holding championships for thu reason that they tend to stimulate in. Eterest in any given sport. True. the, Ebring out and further develop the lead
 CTS in these particular sports, but tha. is no reason why they prevent tn,
 bulk of the men from doing their ath Eletic bit. The history of Amerieal tsport clearly shows that sport is bes stimulated in this way, and those wht lare trying to work other plans in ar my sport may be driving against thei Emain object-a normal life in so fa Las possible for the men in service.