VALUE OF SUNLIGHT.
BUILDING THE PERFECT SPORTSMAN. LONDON, August 1. Emphasising the value of tr.3 sun in building the perfect sportsman, Sir Arbuthnot Lane, the well-known physician, writing in the "Daily Mail," says that Don Br adman could never have attained his preser.V perfection if he had lived in England's sunless climate. "No polo team of whites can hope to defeat first-class Indians, and the same applies to cricket,' 9 he contends. In addition to .food, and exercise, the factor playing the great-e-t part in obtaining the most rapid and prolonged body functioning is exposure to the sun. Sir Arbuthnot instances "France's climatic advantages, of which the feat of the tennis player Borotra is a great example. Nevertheless, England, despite her climate, possesses, he : says, many, notable veteran ath-' letes, the principal* of whom is Hobb.i, who, at 49, is still England's most reliable batsman.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20621, 10 August 1932, Page 12
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