Evening star., 1925-02-21
Should IT be golf or walking?

should IL be golf or walking!
Hamlet never debated with him.
self more earnestly than did 1 upor
the above question, after being bowled
over by another cold, my second bad
one of the Winter.
/ felt much as the calf must have
in the familiar song:
Oh. didn't he ramble: he rambled. he ramblet
In and out the town. Oh. didn't he ramble
He rambled till the butcher cut him down.
Now that cold had cut me down
again for several days In bed, / felt
that the time had come for many
things.
"The trouble with you" a friend
said, "is that you don't get enough
exercise"
Bunk" replied. and yet. down in
my heart, I knew there was a great
deal of truth In what he said. AS q
matter of fact, most of US don't get
enough exercise. Probably the post
man does and the baggageman, but
the thousands Of Government clerks
business men and others do not,
SO has arisen the modern vogue fol
golf among the inhabitants of the
large cities. Golf must be rare sport
but every time I thought Of all those
clubs and bunkers and things I got
cold feet.
Especially when I realized thai
would have to wear knickerbockers
did my shy soul shrink several de-
grees inward! I recalled, with some
sorrow, the limbs of several of my
acquaintances, as set forth in brtgh,
blue and gray wool.
While there was some consolation
in the idea that my legs could not
possibly look particle worse, still
the thought of this dress display was
not pleasing to one who has been ac-
customed merely to displaying his
thoughts In print.
So / decided on walking as less re-
vealing, and perhaps almost as bene-
fetal.
Does not DR.. c. Ward Champion
former director Of the department OF
physical education and hygiene Of the
New York Board of Health, give 8
table in his new book. Physical Ex-
ercise for Daily Use," in which he
says of golf: Recreation with a lit
tie physiological exercise from walk
ing?
The psychological value of the ex-
ercise is more than the physiological
1t would seem. DR.. CHAMPION sets
forth the value of golf as follows:
l. FTGSH dlT-
"2. Moderate, long-continued circu.
latory activity and tissue reaction
development of endurance.
"3. Increase of metabolism and
stimulation Of the intestinal tract
appetite.
-. Mental refreshment and nor
malcy under normal conditions-ir
the out-of- doors.
"5. Game interest, recreation and
companionship."
The benefits Of the daily walk he
gives as follows:
-. Fresh air.
"2. Moderate stimulation OF the cir.
culatton and effect upon the internal
organs.
'3. Mental and nervous regulation
Il. Recreation; mental rhythma-
tizing and regulation"
There you have It, all put down in
orderly fashion by an expert. / fig
ured II out this way: You get fresh
air in both walking and golf; you jog
up your insides in both, just like the
President does on his expensive me-
chanical horse; you refresh your men
tality in both.
In golf you walk about 2N miles or
an average nine-hole course, or about
Az miles on an average 18-hole
course, although on some of the links
around Washington, I am told, the
latter seems about Is miles long.
knowing myself better than any.
body else does, 1 decided on walk
ing mainly because 1 feel sure
would cuss too much at golf. Then