The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, March 08, 1907, Page SEVEN, Image 7
ATHZ4TIQO LD OS
oe Physical Training Than
Those-f Other Lands.
Snited'*tates soldier is tough
AA stronger-physically tougher
woheve before the Spnish
is not the war which is to be
'l foi it. Athletic training has
e work.
iis' said by Army and Navy Life
hat'this coIintry gives far more at
ei4on to the physical culture of its
oldiers than does either Great Brit
ni Fi-ance or Germiany" While they
quire a daily setting up exercise
lar to our own these gun calis
enles and other prescribed forms 'of
ele stretching are supplemented
this country by.athletic Aports.
hese are not.compulsory. They do
need to be. They have been en
d into' so heartily that every post
any size has its organization which
eks its crack team, its football elev
in.or its baseball team. This is just
hat the war department wants them
to do, as it has organized a bureau
"or the encou'ragement of athletics.
,Nearly every garrison has its com
niitt.ee, consistinig of at least one com
nissioned officer in addition to non
ommissioned officers and privates, to
arrange pirogrammes for field days,
prganize teams and pick out the star
men of the command to represent it
.- the various events.
/ The soldiers themselves have so
villingly fallen in with the idea that
they have contributed to paying for
the outfits needed, and some of the
garrisons support gymnasiums, which
are equiplied .with the latest designs
of chest weights, rowing machines and
horses, as well as bars, trapeze, rings
:,and a supply of foils and boxing
.gloves.
If the post is too small to allow an
independent athletic field it is laid
out on the drill ground, with a dia
mond, a running track and supports
for basketball. When the pigskin
season opens the field becomes a foot
'hall oval.
The average soldier would not be
much of an American if he were not
fond of baseball, while he makes a
first-class man on the football teum
'because the daily routine keeps him
hard yet wiry and supple, and gives
him plenty of wind. Within the last
two years college elevens have sought
matches with military teams because
they got such. "fine practice,'' to
quote the trainer, but the practice has
more than once ended in the soldiers
.scoring every point.
But the garrison bets its money on
others besides its nine and eleven. It
has its high jumper, its long distance
runner and sprinter, its strong men,
-who can put the shot and throw the
hammer, while its team in the relay
race is carefully selected for fleet
pAss 'and endurance. The athletic
-committee often has its hands full to
select entries for a field day-not
d 'roni lack of material, but because
there are so many good men 'from
whom to choose.
~~hen it comes to a bout with glove
som~'e of those who doff the uniform
to don the tights are experts. While
the war dlepartment is not supposed
to encourage prizefights, many a liv.e
ly bout i~s fought here and there iii
the,.g.arrisons, just as the men of the
navy have a habit of settling dif
ferenees in the same wvay. There is
no-objection to glove fights in the
arnhy, however, and they are fre
quently on the list of indoor events,
whiich serve to relieve the monotony
of winter duit.,
'Any one who studies the sp)orting
records and compares what the men
in uniform can (10 with the work of
*the so-called pr(ofessionals and crack
amal eurs among the civilians may be
astonished at the large niumber of sol
diers who have made high averages
in this or that event.
*The first -post field diay was held
year several commandlers organized
their first baseball nine. This is es
pecially trusne in the east, where the
enthusiasm for athletics has not be
come so intense as in the wvest, al
though each year finds more and more
interest in it ; but in the wvestern mil
- itary departmenits competition in field
an etak athletics. is keen, especial
1y' between garrisons. The colonel or
major willingly. cbnsents to act as
oneside the judges, the cap)tain puts
Caiehis dignity to act as starter in
he races. For the timd rank is for
otteni in the interest isi this man or
t team..
o of the most'spectacular exer
<sometimes included in the wvest
# storming of an imaginary for
,whose apparently imp)regnable
must be sealed without any ar..
1 aid whatever. The rampart
e fort is a fence of smooth
a, thiirtee'n feet high. If, would
p gsible for a single athlete to
or to ascend it by pressing
tits surface with hands and
but a squad' of men can sur
muoutit it- in losstli hilf 4.minute.
The: .aedk :s made ..in: '. colinm
fou abres4i the t rauk men far
enough in Advaie to have time to
brace their baeks against the wall be
fore the next file reaches it. Each of
the se*eond four jumps with one foot
upon the clwped hands of a soldier
in the, first. file, who forms a human
OYrIng, pushinig the oth6r man up un
tic he' can catch the. top of the wall
with his fingers, pull himself up, and
drop,down oil the~other side.
Up comes the. next file and the
movement is .epeated until the lifters
alone remain. Two of the four go up
with the aid of their comrades, and
bracing themselves on the top, lean
over to catch the hands of the pair
below, who reach4d them by a running
junip and are pulled up by- main
strength.
Perhaps the most remarkable -feat
in this. whole series of movements is
that of carrying dead and wounded
meir over the wall. Tie soldier who
is supposed to be killed or maimed is
taken up on a human platform con
posed of twelve men.
Two suspended from the top keep
the second tier of men from falling
while two between them are ready
to pull up the victim. He is lifted
from the ground by four otheis, who
i turn are supported on the back of
the first tier. After the body is ear
ried over, the other follow, using the
same method as before. A man caii be
lifted from the ground and deposit
ed on the other side of the wall in less
than a minute in this manner.
While this interest in physical cul
ture has already had a notable effect
in making the plain private stronger
and hardier it is of great importance
in other ways.
The number of arrests of soldiers
for petty offences, such as drunken
ness, has rapidly decreased recently,
because they do not frequent the grog
shops and worse esorts to such an ex
tent as formerly.
Every post conmander well knows
why these dens are to be found just
outside the limit of every government
reservation. It is human nature -to
crave some sort of recreation or
amusement. If the enlisted man can
'not have something with which to di
vert himself at the post lie is too apt
to seek it at one of these places, es
pecially since the abolishment of the
post canteen, with the result that lie
is often taken out of it by the corpor
al of the guard or the police, crazed
by the liquor poison old under the
name of whiskey.
The ball match and the field day
have not only given him something to
work for but to talk about and think
about. Here is a healthy sort of
amusement which interests any man
who has good red blood in him. When
the match is pulled off between the
postsl he may not be in pne the teams,
but he is just as much interested
when, 'with his comrades, lie cheers
for his side.
The sporting spirit is also develop
ing esp)rit de corps, b)ringing offeers
and menmmore closely together, since
both are inter~ested in the common
cause. In the mutual desire to see
''our man'' make the highest jump
or~ ''our clb' run up the highest
score rank and file have a bond of
synmpathmy between them.
Set a New Mark in Theatricals.
The Southern tour of ''The Clans
man'' in .195-19%i 'w a remark tl)e
new .unrk. for~ th <wc'age suce s,
wh'lile i- do.cwed .ither mnana4r.ir :he
possi.' :1tias . a ar. .\maericanl la~y do.il
ing '.:a anbjectl of prI ..f umnd i-.l"r
est t o -verv \" -an a ~i-'((clnpied
as nmuch space in 'the piiblic prints as
henw - 'i onersin e . veryw here.
Repo)0 receiv(.l by iM:-.nage (George
IL. D): ' fre ni . i i er :he mizh
ind11 - that "Theii ('in i--:aan" will
enjoy e. 1 .te Ir vi'gue (if Ihal
be P" .e :" this season1. T' Iose w~ho
wit nessed it befon are anIxious to
study and av.i'v u :t :. a I these~
who were disappointed oni the preC
viouis visit will leave no .stone unturn
ed1 to it this time. 'rt's welcome news
to patronis of Newberry opera -house
thant "T 'he Clansman,'' in its enlarg
ed1 and improved form, is booked to
play t here on Monday, Mar ch :18th.
An Offer That Was Not Declined.
Thlomas, Dixoni, ,Jr., athor of ''8h0
Clansman,'' last winter offered to
contribute $10,000 from the p)rofits of
the playto Tuskegee institute if Book
cir T. Washingtonm would come for
wardl and( prove that he was person
ally opposed to the .social equality of
the white and colored races. The
offer is still standing. The inulatto
president ,of Tuskegee is mum. Mr.
Dixon 's play, wvhich handles the no
~negio prIoblem without giloves and
draws valuable lessonms from the
dreadfulh even1s)f R econstruction,
wuill be seen again in this city at the
S. R. 0. For "The 0lanscan."
Managers WVells & Fsarhardt of the
city opera hmouse is' polishing up the
opnAPhus QOln Mon1ayn 18th March.s
8tandin IRom Only atid rrekList
Suspided signs for the return visit
of fThe ,Qlansman'" on March ..18.
The recordi of the play last ye4r was
capacity. business throughout the en
t4re. season, and 'those who wish to
see it liow would better send in their
orders at once. The advance sale of
seats opens on
bit mail requests sent in advance
of that time 'will be filled in order of
their 'receipts.
Now that Senator Bailey has been
vindicated he cn do it again, but pro
bably he wo't.---Philadelfhia Press.
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