Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-08-09

--F ar ere National Geographic
Washington. 70. c.
vr E.atUn days are bring
fore for old and young
II -l.n- that sports and
-.=a magic t0uchstones 90
r t1 those allied sciences
rEe surest clues 20 how
ana work. and think.
ways science has
a climates. and products,
-HH. end peoples ~ the pest
.- and sports An en-
-a - #I ~ Investigation was
r.r E- .a discovery that back
EeI in Burma. also was
E--ra t1e rrecaIumbian Mexlcans
Arsr light ls shed on an ancient
t- when we learn that there
rs .w uuu- the PerSians by
r Cd children were 90 be taught
r r-s h1rsemanship. shooting
r.t Ha hw and telling the truth.
Carl and Phoenicians owed
20 rler maritime glory 20 q
Owe swimming. the sport by which
rr Er.t lastlued their fear OF the
E
Err s-lfcant in the history Of
Us f.a decline 81 their sports
we de rars.ans observed the rigid
Gre chase. as prescribed by
nr~s their armies were victorious
VIE Spartan youths followed the
-s erl.ne IL Lycurgus their
fH -E'H.ate Led by Alexander
rs E-.t .1 WAYS ~ abnegation and
E rHe Maceionians were IN
r- Tie Romans extended their
t1 SD long rs their gymnasia
rI youths % endure long
Es and bear crushing burdens.
Es fairly obvious that coasting Is
GEr 90 Gre zone where snow falls,
U resemble that those peoples
EE generally proficient In swimming
sized o. found Ia the equatorial
k-s where lImpld waters invite
f-asa from the scorching sun. but
h@ ven sEHwn. perhaps. that card
U- trl Egmes developed In south
&C. Asia. where zest for play Is just
e. sas- flt temperature dampens the
E-r Or eZa-fiCn-
To- reactions Of geography and
Eg-- Ere mutual To the Netherlands
ar traced the silt and the skate.
ra even ret have their work-a-day
q - rHlel and frozen areas. but
err T.lg-r- FOR the rest OF the
w-
S-Ft.-es sports spread beyond ma
t'-1. boundary lines and express the
c--- Ideals q an age. Thus the
t'-1-H-Es " the middle ages were
~ ---ll symptoms Of the adven-
trs spirit reflected In the quests
- he Holy Grail.
Canes ard tire Individual.
Games Invariably adapt themselves
.H Individual need for a balanced
e --'a. and physical. This fact
a-s -.-s-rstsf by comments Of civilian
efie-s - -Ee lighting zones during
Word. var. who told how English
-- r-. Americans sought diversion
y. while Frenchmen re-
- more quiet fashion-smOking
- r- lly-dreaming by the side
#-e fireplace. Many noted
as middleton. In view Of the
-Ertiy temperament OF
OF H cousins
sporting writer. In an
printed years before the World
-tte Englishman. phleg-
- during bis work. seeks excite
- e., . r.Ilxation. while the more
eau. needs quiet during his
- 81 Che Individual adopts games
@ meet his bodily need. so II
f.sr national pasrimes are modi-
. foster and fortify the peoples
~ Eag them.
-erce 81 Er1lanc's Sports
~ rp 90 1914 Il was almost
n laugh az the Englishman
E his recreati0ns in his
Wln.r alongside Of matters
.-'--. more weighty. and Tor pub
ss.ye tones and cyclopedias
NUw the world knows that
at EPSON. the cricket az
mo the fox.hunts OF North.
had everything 20 do with
termination with which
on" one heartbreaking
ar another against vicious
-hTs IN Tianders.
the sportloving Britors
rn have admired and won
the American dough-boy.
olt three-baggers amid the
af BIG Berthas. Issuing oc-
- rA-achecks In mid-lnnine