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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
Lacking Both the Spirit 10 Win
and Ability to Stand the CAT

The spirit to win the ability to stand the
gaff. to stand up under punishment, are
qualities which have been developed through
centuries of self-control and discipline. The
cave man would be more or less child of
nature, no matter how great HIS strength
His brain would not be enough developed
for him to stand the ordinary punishment of
the prize ring without being demoralized
1t would also be impossible for him TO stand
the mental strain which real training and
discipline would bring upon him. Even with
very promising material. II is impossible TO
build up a heavyweight prize fighter in the
champion class IN less than three years, and
four years Is better
II have read the despatch from London
with great interest Tt would not surprise
me. II in a rough and tumble fight without
any rules whatsoever. that through some
chance cave man could put a modern
prize fighter out OF business. That is some
thing which is likely TO take place even
under modern conditions
"On the other hand the trained prizo
fighter might be able on the instant to plant
a we'll directed blow which would put out
the aboriginal man in about one second.
doubt also If a gorilla or an ape could be-
trained to defeat either Beckett or Dempsey
as the London scientist believes, as the mon
key tribe have not the mental development
nor the self-control 10 At them for real
lighting.
IF the gorilla Is permitted to bite and
scratch, and gouge. and to use all his mem
bers he could no doubt put up fight which
few men could resist. but 1 am willing 20
believe that there are few of the ape trib
which can equal man in any such contest
Boxing is a science. which has TO be ac-
quired through years OF training and with
the aid of a high intelligence. II is an in
tcresting speculation which the London
scientist has raised. but think that he ha-
not taken fully into his account all the fac
tors which go 20 make up modern pugilism
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
Noted Yale Football Authority Points to Bene-
fits of Sport and Other Systematic
Exercise

healthful life Incident to them, gave thep a
physique and stamina which city could
gIve and which fitted them admirably to
cope with whatever perils to health and
physique they had to face in their new life
The City Man to Build His Body
Has Resorted to Outdoor Sports
But to-day the city man. with his bust
ness worries and confined existence has
turned to sports to rehabiltate himself and
keep himself fit. When he begins to feel
played out he hurries to the country club
for his golf or his tennis. business man.
when he nears forty. and feels that he needs
some sort of exercise usually turns to out
door sports to get himself into condition.
And it is this modern tendency to turn to
sports for physical well-being. that keeps
the man over fifty to-day on par with his
brother of twenty-five years ago
L have no statistics to refer to, but in my
belief the man twenty-five years ago who
reached success and kept his health at the
age of SO or over was the country bred man
and it was the life he led before coming TO
the city that made him a vigorous alert man
even at that age. But to- day the alert. Wig
orous man of over so, successful may be
either the country bred man or the city bred
man. If he be country bred his stamina
comes from the heathful life he lived in
youth; if city bred he may be no less health
ful and vigorous, but in his case his stamina
comes from the habit of exercise, of par
ticipating in healthful sports out i'm the open
golf. tennis and the like
That is why l state that in my opinion
the man past 90 to-day is the physical equal
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26

About the comparative stamina OF men
of fifty of to-day and yesterday the doc
rors apparently disagree. THE NEW
YORK HERALD printed in the Sunday
Magazine of December 10 opinions by
William Muldoon and DR.. Dudley A.
Sargent well known trainers of men,
which were adverse to the claims of the
present day half century old men.
Walter Camp, Yale football expert
and originator of the popular exercise sys-
tenn for business men known as "The
Daily Dozen" holds a contrary view,
which he gives in an interview as pub
Hshed below.
" HE average man of to-day who has
passed the age of fifty is the phys-
= cal equal OF the average man of that
age twenty five years ago, according to Wal
ter Camp, Yale football expert, critic, writer,
and lover of the great outdoors in general
Mr. Camp, whose setting up exercise, designed
to keep the business man in fighting trim
and which under the name of THE Daily
Dozen was adopted by Government officials
at Washington during the war and is to-day
an eye opener for thousands of persons
throughout the world believes that sports
alone have been responsible for keeping the
man of to-day on a par with his brother OF
a quarter century ago.
Twenty-Five years ago." Mr. Camp told
NEW YORK HERALD representative "men came
to the city from an environment vastly
different from what the city bred man knew
in his youth. The open country the hills
the small towns, with the vigorous and
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
UNG, THE CAVE BOY,
as portrayed by the American Museum
of Natural History.
FOREwORD.

FOREWORD.
Could cave man best the modern
prize fighter in the ring? This is a ques-
tion which has been much discussed in
British sporting circles and the scientific
world as well, as shown in recent cables
from London. Sir Richard Arnan Greg
Dry, distinguished scientist, declared
recently that one of the ancient race of
cave jewellers or trogIodytes probably
would have been able to knock out Joe
Beckett or Jack Dempsey and that an ape
could be trained to beat either one of
those champions of the ring.
Scientists and promoters in this city
are inclined to doubt this theory, as it
does not take enough cognizance in their
opinion of the severe training and disci-
pline which the gladiator of to-day under
goes. A namesake of the British scien-
tist. DR.. William X. Gregory. of the
American Museum of Natural History,
has due respect for the long reach and
the agility of the cave man, but doubts
If in the last analysis the trogfodyte
could win.
Happily. and this is statement
which any one who reads the account be-
low can believe or disbeIieve as he sees
fit, a perfect type of cave man of the
Cro-Magnon variety, who through a
freak of nature had been imprisoned by
a landslide in one of the caves of France,
was brought to this country only few
weeks since. He was trained by noted
expert on a farm near this city and a
match was arranged between him and
Jack Dempsey.
This has given the opportunity for
as careful verifcation of the theory of
Sir Richard as possibly could be obtained
under present conditions.
The information concerning the form
and habits and confguration of the cave
men is at least absolutely authentic, hav-
ing been CLEANED from such authorities
as Osborn. Geike and others of high
standing.
The eminent authority on pugiIisnl,
Mr. Tex Richard. promoter of the Tenn
pie of Fistians, otherwise Madison
Square Garden, has also contributed
observations and technical suggestions,
which are duly incorporated.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
Originator of Daily Dozen Calisthenics Opt
mstc About the Present Generation OF
Middle Aged Men

the magazines writing fiction books for boys
and keeping himself in trim
He offered the reporter a cigarette and
both lighted up and pulled in silence for a
moment, while the business of the factory
went on as usual outside the doors of Mr..
Camps private office. The reporter wac
anxious as to whether the use of cigarette
made any difference between those two so
year-old men--the one of 1895 the one Of
to-day.
Moderation Is the idea
That Should Be Followed
The whole thing is moderation" Mr.
Camp said. 1.-THE first cigarette makes
boy sick. When he gets the habit he is
likely to overdo it-and then Mother Nature
complains by giving him a few thumps in
the chest If he listens to that little warn
irg, cleans out his system by effective exer
else day by day, and smokes only moderately.
he will be all right. But II he doesn't, that
warning will be repeated by Mother Nature
until he does listen. Moderation-that is the
answer" Mr.. Camp believes that, If he does
not care for golf or other outdoor sports
walking and few simple setting-up exer
cises will keep the man of to-day, who is
over fifty in as good trim as was the man
over fifty in 1896 He had, he said, devised
such a system for such a purpose during the
war and it had worked out wonderfully.
The average man or To-Day doesn't need
any exercise for the legs" declared Mr..
Camp. He gets enough of that. But the
muscles above his waistline need exercise.
An automobile, if need be- can run along on
fiat tires, but when the motor is out of com
mission it has to stop. Exercise that will
bring the muscles Of the arms and shoulders
and chest into play are what the man Of fifty
and over needs to-day. And if the young
men Of to-day will only take heed and re
AlzA Acct lie.
they need it, they need have no fear that
they will be below the physical condition of
men twenty-five years ago when they come
to the age of fifty"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26

did not have any serious physical hurts. he
seemed to have suffered from a complete
loss Of memory and a confusion of identity.
He does not at this time seem to have any
memory of having been cave man at all
and talks vaguely about going back to the
Texas oil fields. where he says that he was
discovered originally by Richard while hold
ing up a 500 pound piece of machinery
while a fellow workmen applied a monkey
wrench to it, 1t is unlikely that on account
of his disqualification at the Madison Square
fight that he will ever be permitted to fight
again in the professional ring.
The trouble with a cave man would be,
said Mr.. Richard, in discussing the state
ments Of DR.. Gregory Of London, that it
would take many years Of vigorous train
ing to bring him up to the standards Of our
modern prize fighters, whom I regard a.
the best gladiators that the world has
ever seen. There may be stronger men than
Jack Dempsey, who could be brought from
lumber camps or from the Texas oil fields
or even from the docks of New York city
but there are few men in the world who
have such powers OF body and OF will as
has he, in my opinion.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26

college men but who realized the great pene-
fits to be derived from exercise in the open.
College Trained Men Keep Fit
BY Returning to the Old Exercise
"A man who has followed athletics in col
lege will very often drop all thoughts Of
exercise the moment he graduates and
plunges into business life" said Mr. Camp
power and wealth simply makes him forget
for the time being his physical welfare But
in two or three years. in most instances, such
a man will begin to feel the need of exercise,
and after that, if he satisfies that need, he
will bring himself back into trim-and keep
in trim.
"Other city bred men who are not college
men and who have not had the benefit OF
right physical training in youth, outside OF
the sports which every American boy. pur-
sues. begin to feel the need of exercise when
they near the age Of 40 or thereabouts And
il Is their inclination. too. TO turn to outdoor
sports to build themselves up and CONDITION
themselves All of which makes them the
physical equal of their brothers OF years
ago."
1.-the. vigorous with the poise and grace
f,l movement of a we'll trained, well condi-
toned boxer or wrestler, Mr.. Camp seems
himself to-day the embodiment of the sue
cessful business man and athlete. Aside
from being president of the New Haven
Clock Company. one of the largest manufac-
turers of clocks and watches in the world
and thereby boss over three or four thou-
sand workers. he finds ample time to act az
advisory coach for the Yale football team
as well as 10 do great deal Of writing fo'
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
en- of Fifty and Over Can Keep Fit, Says Walter Camp

Walter Camp football student and authority exercise
defends
of generation
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
RELATIVE MEASUREMENTS OF JACK DEMPSEY UNG,
TROGLODYTE BOY.


such be derived from skeletons estimated after consulting
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-10-15
MONEY VOTED FOR MISSIONS
Foreign Mission Board of Southern
Baptist Convention Apprepriates
Huge Fund.

Richmond, Va.-More than three
million dollars was appropriated Dy
the foreign mission board of the South
ern Baptist convention at its semi
annual session here. to GOV its work
during the next year. This sum is
S1,000.O00 in excess of any previous
budget and provides for the appoin--
ment of a hundred new mi sionaries
during the year, in addition to enlarge
ment of work in every fled.
Bible distribution will be under
taken in Siberia at once as a pre-
liminary step to the occupation of the
country by missionaries.
Upon the declaration of Dr. Henry
Allen Upper, of Washington, form
er representative of the Int irrational
Peace Forum in Mexico, that he had
the personal assurance of Gen Al
varo Oregon, president-elect o. Mex
leo. that all religious bodies were well
come to resume their missionary OPP
erations in that country, the board de-
cided to reinforce its work there
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-10-15
WILSON NAY NOT GIVE AID
Very Likely President Will Be Unable
20 m.are Si-eeches in National
Campaign.

WashingtOn.-Th hopes of man
age. ) o. the democratic n-t-oa4I cam
paIsn that President Wilson wou q
nale some speeches IN behalf OF Cox
and Roos welt have disappeared. A
veto on the proposal has been given
by those close to the PRESIDENT.
Ia this connection it became known
that the Presidents pnys.cal coAditicn
YVES not as satisfactory as ii had been
recen ly, when his Improvement be-
came so pTonoLne,d that his asso-
ciates and friends felt justi- lied in
letii. g the country know that the dan
ger point in his long illness had vir-
tualiy been passed.
Tie president. however, has not sui
Tered any serious tback. He is able
10 preside al cabinet me tings and TO
take motor rides frequ nt-y. He has
seen many visitors lately and nothing
is known to indicate that he will
abandon the official activity which he
resum. d when his condition appeared
TO justify it.
At tn same tins it is gathered
the president gradual improvement
has been somewhat retarded, and any
undue excitement, such as his appear
ance on the stump. might and prob
ably would have serious results.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-10-15
AID TO MILLIONS IN WAR
Disqualification of Country's Fighting
Forces Did Not End Work of The
Red Cross.

Washington.-Th American Red
Cross gave aid TO the country fight
ing men or their families at home in
100000 cases from the entrance OF
the United Stat s into the war until
last June. The cost was about S10,-
100000. These facts are shown IN
s;temert isSu by that organization
The Red Cross also describes how
it is continuing in peace time to aid
the world war veterans.
The signing of tha a.mistice and the
rehabilitation of the country's great
fighting machine did not end the work
of the Red Cross. In addition to the
varied assistance given during the last
ysar to former service men, Red Gro. S
workers were kept at 200 military and
naval stations, including 80 outposts
along the American bord T, TO look
after the welfare of the men.
Through Red Cross Home Service
Sections, thousands o. those who 9TH
erwise wou have Been lost IN n
were placed in touch with govern
mental agencies that could aid them.
The organization also maintained
workers in no pitfalls, furnished recrea-
ton facilities and supp les Tor occupa-
tional therapy, in addition to making
loans TO parents out of funds because
OF government compensation checks
going astray."
Among the families of the veterans
aid was given to thousands monthly, /
the cases for December. 1919, number +
~ 34.195. and for June, this year. Is
S41. Daring the intervene g p, riod
the army decreased its size by three
ourtas while the Red Cross Home
Service declined little more than one
fOurth
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-10-15
FEW DETAILS OF WRECK
Failure of Wireless Prevents Trans.
mission OF Names of Victims ia
Disaster During Terrific
Gulf Storm.

New Orleans.-Twelve members OF
the crew of the steamer Speedwell,
lost in the recent tropical hurricane,
and one passenger We're picked up in
! a lifeboat by the steamship Lake SUI
perior, according 10 wire-ess informa-
ton.
Two persons known TO have been
aboard the Spee0wen when she left
British Honduras for New Orleans
still were unaccounted for She car
ried crew of 10 and five passengers.
Thirteen were picked up by the Lake
Superior. four by the Sunoil and live
were reported dead.
The only passenger in the Hfeboat
picked up by the Lake Superior was
j. J. Schultz OF New Orleans.
Captain Charles Johnson of New Or
leans. master OF the Speedwell, was
not in the party aboard the Lake Su-
perior. Passengers other than j. ].
Schultz were Helen Davis, Emily Ny
dett. John Mores and Mrs. e. A. Rich
ardson, all OF New Orleans.
As the wireless message received
from the Sunoil stated two women and
three men were dead it was evident
that only one of the women named as
passengers could have been saved.
The little steamer OF only 9O4 gross
tons sailed from Belize August 20 with
a cargo of mahogany logs for the
Otis Manufacturing company o. New
Orleans. She ran into the tropical
hurricane then raging in the Yucatan
and sent cut distress signals.
She was last sight the following
by Captain Burmeister of the
American steamship Saramacca. Her !
seemed to be working badly
at that time The vessel was owned |
by the Spe. dwell Navigation company /
Of Wilmington, Del, and had been /
used for the past eight years in the 4
mahogany trade. No passenger ever |
we're taken from New Orleans but it
vas the custom of the charterers to
accept passengers from Belize.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-10-15
DISAGREEABLE
TASTE IN MOUTH
Stomach Was Out of Order and
Head Ached, So Kentucky Man
Took lack-3raught.-Tt
Cured Me-" He Says.

Nancy. Ky.-Ir. Marion H0Icoub
OF this place. says: FOR quite a Ions
while I suffered with stomach trouble
would have pains and heavy feel,
ing after my meals. also q most ais
agreeable taste in my mouth Il s
ate anything with butter. oil % grease
I would spit il MP. began TO have
regular sick headache.
4 had used pills and tablets. but
after 4 course o. these 7 would b.
eOnstipated. It just seemed to tear
my stomach up. I found they svsrs
no good at al for my trouble.
II heard Thedford's Blac5-Dauzht
recommended very highly. So L began
to use it. It cured me. I keep h
in the house all the time. Tt IS tie
best liver medicine made. I do uo-
have sick headache or stomach uoubIa
any more"
When suffering from headache. con
stipation. stomach or liver trouble.
try the old and welI-recomnended.
purely vegetable, Thedford's Black
Draught.
Just as Black-Draught brought re-
lief TO Mr.. HoIcomb so il also has 10
thousands Of others, and should help
you, too.
Insist on having the genrine.-A5v.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-10-15
S. E. EXPRESS CO. FORMED
eastern Express Company Filed
at Birmingham.

Birmingham, Ala.-Certificate OF in
corporation OF the Southeastern Elk
press company, which will have it's
headquarters at Birmingham and will
do a general express business in that
section OF the United States south OF
the Ohio and east of the Mississippi
rivers. was filed here.
Tncorporators include prominent
financiers OF Alabama, Georgia, Ten
nessee and South Carolina. Capt.
Charles A Lyerly. president OF the
First National bank OF Chattanooga.
is president; Robert +. Maddox, OF
Atlanta. vice-president; d. B. Brew
ster. Jr.. OF Mobile, secretary, and II.
c. Armstrong, Of Selma, treasurer.
According to the certificate of in
corporation, the company will en-
gage in a general railway express
business in the southeastern section
OF the United States.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-10-15
BLAST ON VESSEL
KILLS AND MAINS
OIL TANK ABOARD BRITISH
STEAMER BURSTS AS SHIP is
MOORED AT DOCK.
MANY DEAD IN SHIP BLAST
Great Hole Blown in starboard Side
of veSsei-man Blown Sixty Feet,
Lands on Roof of Shed
Unhurt

New York.-An oil tank aboard the
British steamer, G. r. Grove. tied W
for repairs ia drydock in Brooklyn, ex
plod d while approximately 100 men
we working on the craft
fly mn were killed, five others
are missing and believed to be dead
and more than a score injured, IN an
explosion which wreck d forward
compartment Of the tanker.
Ambulance and Red Cross workers
were rushed to the scene from all
parts of the city.
The blast blew a great hole in the
starboard side of the ship. AT one
port hole appeared a workman trapped
below. He pleaded with his fellow
workers Ashore to rescue him. A hose
was turned on him while workers
raised a cry of ladders, ladders. Fol
Gods sake ladders"
Ladders were brought and firemen
In gas masks descended into the
smoke-fflled hold. Bodies were hauled
up with ropes and the injured rushed
70 hospitals.
The blast, which endangered the
lives of more thar 200 workmen, en-
ployed on the ships ok, is believed
to have been caused when gasses from
an empty oil tank were ignited by a
blow torch.
When the bodies reached the deck,
the victims were bleeding from many
cuts and their clothing in many in
stances had been blown to shreds.
Firemen employed at the yard, first
TO reach the scene, went into the hold
without masks and many of them
were overcome
g Starr. one Of the workmen, had
a remarkable escape. He was blown
more than so feet onto the roof of a
shed, uninjured except for a few cuts
and bruises.
Agents of the department of JUS I
tice were On the scene shortly after /
the explosion and in conjunction T
with the police department began an /
Investigation.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-10-15
CLEANUP BAsEBALLFOREvER
Proposed That National comnaIssIOn
Be Abolished In It's Present Form
Plan Has Approval of Base
ball Officials

Chicago Representative OF four
major league baseball clubs started a
movement designed to cream up base
ball forever" by taking control of the
game out OF the hands OF the men IL
nancially interested and placing il IN
der civilian tribunal to be com
posed of men OF ~unquestioned public
standing" abolishing the national
commission.
A letter was sert TO every member
league club and dozens OF others IN
terested asking their approval for
the plan which was characterized as
a means OF giving professional base
ball 10 the American peopIe-where
il belongs-and taking ownership or
il away from club owners and play
ers.'
The letter was signed by William
Veeck. president of the Chicago Ma
tional league club: Charles Comiskey.
president OF the Chicago American
league club; Barney Drey fuss, presi-
dent Of the Pittsburg club. ana John
MeGraw, vice-president AMI general
manager OF the New York Nationa
league club.
II proposes that the national com
mission be abolished because in its
present form il car not be impartiais
and that in its place there should
be a tribunal whose members would
receive higher salaries than any one
row connected with baseball Gen.
Pershing, Mai.-Gen. Leonard Wood.
former President William Howard
Taft. Senator Hiram Johnson. Judge
X. N. Lands and William Gibbs Nc
Adoo are some of the men proposed /
Tor the tribunal. but the letter adds /
that none has yet been approached /
on the subject
The. letter declares that such
plan must be worked cut Immediately /
Il baseball is to cOn5i2le as the IA /
ional game, and points out The +
gambling and betting evils revealed /
n the past two years.