The New York herald., 1921-06-05


carried the art of training
- athletes to anything like
the degree of perfection attained in the
United States" reads the preface to
Walter Camps latest contribution to
volumes on sport. This may be dis
puted, but it has been proved time ana
again. Take, for example, our victories
in the\Olympic games. Our reputation
foi athletics is borne to the highest
niche through the skill of the many
Americans who took part in those
games, and the extent to which we
have gone in the field of athletics was
again brought out at the time of the
world war.
Walter Camp in this volume tells
how from childhood the athlete should
be developed; how the foundationo OF
general health is built up on which
success in any sport is dependent. and
how even the more strenuous sort or
athletics is beneficial rather than hurt
full to boys. The book goes into detail
on each of the four major sports
football, baseball, track and crew-and
tells of the exercise that is necessary
in each of these specialties in addition
TO the regular practice. The book will
be found of value to athletes. coaches
and trainers for il contains a number
Of useful pointers and new material on
such questions as diet going stale
sleep training tables, as well as the
famous Daily Dozen exercises which
Mr.. Camp used so effectively during
the war in his work with navy men.
Thirty years have passed since bas-
ketball was first recognized as
sport medium. In all that time there
have been but few articles and books
written on the subject, yet this game
has become in the last few years as
popular as baseball itself. Wardlaw
and Morrison are well acquainted with
their subject. and the material in
Basketball is based upon their ten
years experience i'm coaching and
teaching in normal schools colleges
and universities.
To the professional the book holds
forth no material that is new, but the
authors have attempted TO analyze the
game for players Of all degrees of expe-
ricnce. presenting IL i'm a logical way.
The subjects handled in the book are
as follows How the game is played;
handling the ball; shooting; handling
of the body; positions. offence, defence;
the hygiene OF training special train
ing for play. and administration. The
diagrams and illustrations show clearly
the proper individual methods and the
principles governing team play.
X. A. Knudsen's book "a Text Book
Of Gymnastics" Is described as the
most complete and comprehensive
work ON gymnastics and physical
training that has been published in
some time" Some time Is too long
a period for a young reviewer to dis
cuss. II may be that knudsen, being
the chief instructor Of gymnastics i'm
Denmark. has written in this volume
the most complete and comprehensive
book that has ever been published in
Denmark, and then again the state
ment may cover the whole wide world.
we are not sure which is the proper
limit. The book begins with a history
of gymnastics which is thorough and
quite remarkable piece Of work; In
fact. il is the greatest history Of gym
nastics the reviewer has ever read.
Also the only one The history occu-
pies but a few pages.
More than half of the volume devotes
itself to specific exercises, few Of
which follow: Leg, neck, arm, heav-
ing balance. lateral, abdominal span