Word: violent
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...heaviest charges brought against intercollegiate athletics is the extravagant way in which they are conducted. Undoubtedly, the training tables form one of the biggest and most extravagant items in the expense, and are accordingly the object of violent attacks by the opponents of collegiate commercialism, who decry the general recklessness which attends the management of these tables, and who are continually exhorting the undergraduates to put more fun and good fellowship into their sports. Let all such critics consider the fact that the training table is the largest contributor to the democratic side of athletics and to "athletic good-fellowship...
...second feat was the most wonderful of the evening and was performed in full sight of the audience. A strait jacket was buckled on by straps fastened behind his back. By violent exertion of the trunk he managed to work the strap fastening his hands up to his left shoulder and then slipped it forward by grinding his shoulder on the floor. It was then possible for him to unbuckle this strap with his teeth, and to undo with his hands, although enclosed in the sleeves, the strap behind his neck. Thus the jacket was sufficiently loosened to enable...
...hamstring muscle. Ruptures of the quadriceps were especially common among the heavy men and in many cases were due apparently entirely to the muscular exertion of quick starting. In some cases and especially in the severer ones, the injury appeared to be due to a violent blow upon the thigh of a man running at speed with the muscles tense. Ruptures of the hamstring muscles, which are also common among sprinters, were in every case due to muscular exertion alone. These cases were treated by heat and massage and moderate exercises, such as walking. In two cases, however, the injury...
...squad were notified early in the summer to begin to get into good physical condition before reporting for football in the middle of September. The scrimmage was not begun as early this year as is usual, in order to harden the men up as much as possible before the violent work began, and special pads and armor were provided in sufficient quantities to protect the players as far as possible. In spite of these special precautions it is claimed that the number of injuries was excessive. It was noticeable that the injuries came
...McClanahan continued for the affirmative. My colleague has shown, he said, that the great mass of students cannot take part in the game, and I will show that the game is detrimental to those who do participate; first, to the player's general health; second to his intellectual development. Violent training, necessary to so violent a game, causes physical exhaustion and does lasting injury to circulation digestion, and nutrition. Muscle gained at the sacrifice of the vital organs is worse than useless. Then fatalities are a part of the price paid for the sport. In spite of precautionary training numerous...