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NO SWIMMING INTERPORT WITH

MANILA

The Philippine Amateur Atles: reflex action than those who stand Division of the Tennis Letgoe on the side-lines. Participation in will be played to-day, when Hong permission from the State Depart-

tic Federation are unable to obtain. athletics also increases the efficien- Kong University Tennis Club meet ment to send a team of swimmers cy and the range of the adjust-

ments of the vital organs and South China Athletic Association, and to the Colony for an increases the capacity to store at Pokfulam. The other matches interport Swimming contest "This temporarily, and to remove more have been postponed dwing efficiently, large amounts of lactic Volunteer Duties. acid. Other values derived from

training are better elimination of

body wastes. From a social angle taking part in athletics gives the

Individual the chance of develop ing his personality and his circle of friends.

Keep These Points In Mind

The aspiring athlete should keep several points in mind.

was learned from Mr. L. R. Ide-*- tofonso, local representative of the P.A.A.F., who has just received a 'Dr. letter to that effect from Ylanan, Secretary-Treasurer of the P.A.A.F. their

10 developed organs are fullest during your training and if you stop too suddenly you may weaken them. At the end of the season taper off so that your or- gans have a chance to re-adjust themselves to the new mode of Nving.

3. Keep a close watch over your health in and out of season.

The Philippine governing sports body have proposed as an alterna- live that Hong Kong send a repre- sentative team to Manila later in the season.

EASTERN'S SUCCESSES

1. Never keep at one activity If during training you lose too The visiting Eastern Football too long as it will become like a much weight over a short period | team from Hong Kong played drug and you wil either go at it consult a doctor and accept his their third match in Australia on Saturday, when they beat New- tou strenuously or will lose in- advice,

4. Remember that athletics are castle and the Northern Districts terest in it entirely. Mix in other

for RECREATION and are not a by 5 goals to 3. Fports out-of-season.

2.

them Never quit strenuous train-business: re'ax and enjoy

Yesterday they beat Granville fastering too suddenly. Your heart and and don't take them too seriously, by 7 goals to 4.—Reuter.

Whether the Grecks realised it|tion. Reaction tests have many or not they were using modern times proven this by showing that their selection of people who are regular partici- physiques. For centuries, since the pants in athletics have a fall of Greece, too much stress has been laid on heavy large bunchy muscles in the realm of sport. Such a type of muscle now is con- sidered useless in Our modern stream-lined athletic programme. with the exception of such sports as wrestling and even here 15 amateurs prefer a lighter type of muscle.

Cave-Men Out Of Date

Roughly speaking, from a lay- man's point of view there are two types of muscle the long und siringy muscles and the heavy bunchy type. Since modern athle- ties have abandoned the old idea of brute strength and introduced rhythm, co-ordination and speed, the 20th century athlete is built more along the long. lean and limber lines rather than the stocky cave-man breed of the past.

The reason for this change is that the heavy type of muscle is slow and awkward. A comparison might be an ox representing the heavy muscle and a fox typifying the stringy type. The assault on the records in every branch of sport during the last twenty years should prove to any doubting in- dividual that this new theory is correct. The main reason that the heavy muscle is slower is because the human body is made up of layers of muscles. Therefore if the outer layers have to cross great masses of bulging muscles in their action, the resistance is much greater than that created by long, stringy, flat muscles. However, one should not get the idea that the 20th Century athlete is a pale hollow chested specimen; the emphasis is now no longer OU great bulging biceps,

Moderation In Training

Many narrow minded critics are prone to be-little the values of track and field sports. To begin with, one must remember that any recreation or business in modera- tion in not harmful but when it becomes a mania then it is to be laid aside. Many folks fail to remember this and then when

some aging runner or jumper develops heart trouble or some other such ailment they nod their heads and say, "What did I tell you?" Training in any sport should be taken seriously but not to the extent of inflicting bodily injuries.

Training improves the nervous and muscular control so that co- ordination of the mind and body approaches the ultimate perfec-

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