The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-26
By IT. G. SALSINGER

THERE has been great deal of
 pity wasted on the men who en-
 gage in the six-day bicycle race. Certain reformers have even made et- forts to stop the event. They claim it is brutal and inhuman. The stren- nous and continued exercise. the lack of rest, the excitement, bad air and gen eral conditions surrounding the event are supposed to leave the participants mental and physical wrecks at the con clusion of the race. But nothing of the kind really happens and the contrary is true. A few years ago one star rider gained IS pounds during the six days that he rode bicycle on the wooden track of Madison Square Garden.
 While riding the drivers are also feasting Eating at the training table in the basement of the Garden is some thing to look forward to. If you be- lieve the riders lack appetite. due to the grueling work, consider these fig ures, represeting food they consumed at the recent race:
 Five hundred steaks, 400 chickens, 600 pounds of lamb chops, 10 boiled hams, 90 pounds of bacon, 3 barrels of potatoes, baskets of string beans, 4 barrels of spinach, 10 dozen cans of as paragus, 8 cases of peas, 100 punches of celery, 2 bushels of onions, 200 heads of lettuce, 10 quarts of tomatoes, 20 head of cabbage, 70 pounds of prunes, s barrels of apples, 1000 oranges, 300 grapefruits, 12 dozen lemons, $500 eggs, 700 quarts of milk, 90 pounds of butter, 25 pounds of tea, , pounds of cocoa, 50 pounds of rice, 20 pounds of oatmeal, 72 boxes of cornflakes, 250 pounds of sugar.
 Ugo Frigerio. 26-years-old, Italian, winner of the walking event at the last two Olympic games, is going to com pete in the indoor track meets in the east. He is being trained by Lunghi, best of the Italian trainers, who has lived in the United States and absorbed American training methods.
 In this country Frigerio probably will meet Willie Plant, regarded as the best man among American walkers. Willie Plant did not participate in the olympic games this year being unable to accompany the American team to Paris.
 Erigerio's appearance in competition will stimulate interest in walking. Only few are interested now. Doctors who advisee their patients to walk; health lecturers who do the same thing, will be glad of FrigeriO's presence in this country. He is going to advertise what they have been preaching.
 Chlorine gas, developed since the war. is going to be used extensively ill sports It is the most effective aid ill curing colds yet discovered. It will serve other purposes in the future, for the full powers of chlorine gas are yet to be established Even if it went no further than curing colds it would be of inestimable value in sport. It could save many foot ball teams from defeat and it would prevent a reverse decision creeping into the records of numerous boxers. During the last foot ball sea son chlorine gas was used successfully on Red" Grange and also on q mum Der of lesser lights It kept them in the game where the colds, unhindered would have skept them on the side lines.
 
 Where has foot ball reached its highest mark of popularity? If attend ance figures can be used in supplying the answer then the vote goes to Am Arbor, Mich.