ATHLETICS.
The Athletic News', tells us that the| parents of A. P. F. Chapman have decided to accompany their son to
Australia. Air. F. K. Chapman, of Holme Rbyles, Wokingham, his father, was an all-round athlete in his young days, and was one of the few footballers able to play Soccer and Rugger codes equally well. At one time he played at full-back lor the Reading F.C.”
Even at the Olympic Games football drew the biggest gates. At one game 41,000 were present, and they paid 510.573 francs.’ Athletics came next with a gate of 30,000, w’ho paid 305,000 francs. These figures are unofficial, but from a sound source.
To succeed in sport, whether it be football, running, swimming, lawi. tennis, boxing, and so on, a man must be prepared to get himself into perfect physical condition. He must harden himself to physical discomforts so that he will not wilt when the stress of strenuous competition . calls for effort and still further effort.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 October 1924, Page 9
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163ATHLETICS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 October 1924, Page 9
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