Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11

since you last saw me-"
Well leave the classmate to his
amazement and tell the story of
a remarkable achievement in
weight reducing.
After the job was finished Con-
naughton had the novel exper-
fence of introducing himself to a
number of old friends, and
stranger still, to members of his
immediate family They live in
Philadelphia. Connaughton is
established here.
When Babe Connaughton of George
town University won an undisputed
place at guard on the All.American
eleven OF 1925 he weighed close TO 800
pounds. He was reputed to be the
largest foot ball player in the country
distinction of sort to which he was
accustomed, for the Babe was over
sized from infancy. At the age of Is
he scaled q full ats and as a member
of the st. Joseph's prep team of Phila-
delphia was the bulkiest schoolboy
gridder extant.
Didn't Take Long.
Today Connaughton's weight is a
few pounds more than 200. 1t was 305
when he began to shrink which was
year ago next month. But the Babe
has held his present figure for eight
months. From June to early October
of last year he shed an average of IS
pounds month.
He reduced his waistline 10 inches,
leaving him a fiat 49, He took seven
inches from his chest measurement,
which is now 46. Two-and-a-half
inches from the powerful calves that
helped so much to drive an elephantine
body through many foot ball battles
with telling effect.
The giant whitfield himself pro-
portionately. An inch came off the
ankles and a half-inch from his wrists.
His bountiful avoirdupois had been well
distributed.
How did he do 1t?
Well, it was surprisingly simple.
Connaughton knew that strenuous
exercise alone would avail little. The
most earnest foot ball training had
small effect on his weight. During the
grid season he averaged around 295
and when not In training around sos.
Lets Up on the Grub.
II exercise wouldn't bring him down,
the big fellow reasoned, then toll and
diet might. So Connaughton worked
out diet-exercise program.
He passed up potatoes, white bread
sugar, butter, milk and cream, pastries
and other especially fattening chow.
Nor did he starve. In fact, he never
permitted himself to become discom-
fltingly hungry Occasionally he'd in
dulge in an apple or two between meals
A typical breakfast would be grape
fruit or prunes, two Soft-boiled eggs.
slice or two of whole wheat bread
and q modicum Of coffee sans cream
and sugar.
Fruit or salad, whole wheat bread,
sometimes toasted and a slug of butter
milk would constitute lunch.
He favored lamb chops, broiled steak
and rare roast beef as dinner meats.
These he partook of moderately Two
chops were usual for q meal, with two
vegetables, whole wheat bread and cof-
fee or buttermilk and occasionally q
dessert Of pineapple, sliced peaches or
strawberries.
>. Wasn't q Glutton.
Such diet is not calculated to annoy
any man with the pang of emptiness
Connaughton got along quite comfort
ably on 1t. Formerly he'd used up three
or four eggs, half q dozen slabs Of
bacon or a large slice Of fried ham,
considerable white bread enticingly but
tered, we'll creamed and sugared coffee
and a dish Of cereal for breakfast, with
indulgences on a similar scale at lunch
and dinner. And then, of course,
stack Of wheats" or what have you If
was no glutton. He was an extraordi-
narily large machine, as it were. and
thought to fuel himself accordingly
Having always been of athletic bent
the exercise was pleasure. He worked
out for two hours daily in the GYM
nasium and swimming pool of the Jew
ish Community Center, where his
friend. Jim Mcnamara. Is physical di-
rector.
He boxed 10 or Is minutes. usually
with Mcnamara: wreStled half an hour
or so with any opponent handy land
willing. pulled weights, worked the
rowing machine and took setting up
exercises, but his most effective effort
was IN playing hand ball. He and Mil
ton Kronheim had 1t out at this for
an hour or more at a time. Some
times Sam Cordavano. who shone In the
line with him at Georgetown, or OK
Dagrossa, who helped coach him in
foot ball, gave him a battle at hand
sacker, also played with him. Topping
on each workout was long swim.
Doesn't Know Limit.
IN the nfSt two weeks COMMUNICATION
dropped only I'VE pounds Then he
began losing rapidly, probably because
he applied himself more vigorously. He
literally melted His clothes hung on
him. He had them altered several
times.
The Babe doesn't know how low he
could have brought his weight. He let
up on the stiff training when he reached
204, which he considered about proper
for his height, which is feet IL
inches.
He reduced his gym work until he
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