The Redwood gazette., 1935-11-28

worlds basketball game, Tuber-
culosis VS.. Treatment, played on
the worlds floor beginning at
1850 A. D. tuberculosis has al
ways been the winner in previous
games. Who will win this time :?
We are now in the most exciting
part of the game, but before we
see what is happening, let me give
you a resume of the game so far.
In the early years of the game
it was clearly evident that Tuber-
culosis and his Men of Death had
the advantage over their oppon-
ents. Each time that Referee
Destiny tossed the ball into the air
tuberculosis got it. Their oppon-
ents seemed unable to wrest it
from them and tuberculosis scor-
ed again and again. Treatment
and his Men of Science did not
seem to know the game. Their
weak attempts to stop the Men of
Death seemed useless. Most of
Treatments players were disabled
by the end of the first quarter,
but the Men of Death were stron-
ger and more relentless than ever.
When the whistle blew, the score
stood 25 to O. which looked certain
victory for Tuberculosis. .
The second .,quarter started
about 1890 A. D. The Men of
Death retained the original mem
bers of their team,f but the Men of
Science had several new men. One
of these was Koch, a German
scientist. He introduced a new
play which gave them better un-
derstanding Of the guarding tao
tics of their opponents. 1T was
the discovery of gthe tuberculosis
bacillus or germ. Another player
VA His itaays activity creaeed new energy
in the other members of the; team.
Trudeau's idea of playing the
game was not only to prevent the
opponents from getting the ball,
but also to score for his side. He
succeeded in getting the bah when
he built his first sanatorium call
ed "The Little Red" in 1885. The
points were made when the sue
cess of the sanatorium was assur-
ed and patients were cured there.
With this additional help, the
Men of Science were able to keep
tuberculosis from scoring so fre-
quently and also to make some
points for themselves. AT the end
of the first half, the game stood
80 to Is for the Men of Death.
The third quarter began about
1900 A. D. The Men of Science
were full of energy while the Men
of Death were tired. They had no
substitutes so the same men had
to continue playing. The relent-
lessness with which Treatment
and his men guarded and prevent
ed tuberculosis from scoring,
showed that their new plays were
successful. Now, as Referee Des-
tiny threw the ball into the air,
it was the Men of Science who Sc
cured it and fought to retain it
with a definite purpose in mind:
to win against the dreaded Tuber-
culosis to save the youthful spec
tators who were cheering them on.
Another player entered for
Treatments side. He was the Ma
tional tuberculosis Association.
His idea for winning was that all
plays must be definitely and sys-
tematically organized. But he
needed some help so Minnesota
Public Health Association and
several others went to his aid. To-
gether they managed to do a
splendid piece of work. Some of
the signals arranged by them
were: "Early Discovery" and
protect them, the youth of to-
day."
Next, Christmas Seals reported
to Referee Destiny. He worked
hand in hand with National Tu-
berculosis Association, for he al
so believed in organized cam
paigns. His method was slightly
different, however, for he wished
to sell seals to get the money to
further the battle against Tuber-
culosis.
But while the Men of Science
WCIC ployluS DCIeCA 0uu oSoAhiS
more often, what became of Tu-
berculosis They were slowly
losing ground. 1t was getting
harder and harder to get the ball
within their grasp and still more
difficult to hold it, for their
passes were invariably intercepted
by a Treatment man who seemed
to be everywhere at the same
time. Fagged-out players went on
fighting, trying to stop a come
back. What had been pulling Tu-
berculosis down? They suffered
from loss of weight and indiges-
ton. They were too easily tired
and were constantly coughing or
splitting blood. The score was now
80 to 40 in favor Of the Men of
Science.
At this time Let us go into the
last part of the game. We know
that once ravaging tuberculosis
is slowly fading into the back
ground while Treatment is forging
ahead. The youthful Spectators