U.S. NAVY AND ATHLETICS
The Bureau of Medicine an.T ourgcry of the American Navy has come to the conclusion (says the "Lancet") that spectacular and competitive athletics are undesirable, it is held that the prolonged and rigorous course of exercises necessary to excel in physical sports is injurious in its after-effects. Under the conditions of sen-ice at sea it is impossible to continue rigorous excr-
cises; tho athlete falls a prey to -U.',' ■•' generative changes, tends to* Wcom-T"' obese, and to lose physical stamina, _ & -j Vfads to render as many years of offi- :'.' cient. .servico as does his less athletic "'' ' class-mate. Aloderate athletics are en- -■'■ ' couraged. nnd in the Naval Academy - the .Swedish system of exercises is now being tried with satisfactory results. „* '
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14326, 11 April 1912, Page 6
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