PHYSICAL sDUCATION,; GOURSE 60-c¢
BASKET BALL (For wen)
Seglegnent XVI, page 2 2

"Boys who want to be athletes (and what boy does not?) will be
interested in an investigation made in six different colleges and
universities by Professor #.J. Pack to discover the relation of
tobacco to success in football.

"Professor rack found that in these schools there were ninety-
three smokers and one hundred seventeen non-smokers competing for

places on the teams. Of the ninety-three smokers thirty-one,or

thirty-three percent procured places. uf the one hundred seventeen

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-ing to about ten per cent.

non-smokers, seventy-nine, or sixty-seven per cent, secured places.
The non-smokers therefore beat the smokers out twe to one. Pro-
AOnGOT pack's conclusions are:

(1) Only half as many smokers as non-smokers sre successful

in football competition.

(2) Smoking is accompanied by a loss of lung capacity amounte-
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Elaborate, either pro or con, according to your own ideas developed
from observation or from authority, which should be stated, upon
this statement, "The use of tobacco sues boys Subedteces with
their mental work".
Do you believe that definite setting-up exercises aid in getting
men into shape for the season? If not, what would you substitute
instead? If go, give directions for at least three such exercises.
Discuss stelemess from the fodlowing outline: Who is sometimes to
blame for the staleness of a team? Why? How can a coach tell when
a man is getting stale? What does the eye show? The weight? Neme
some aids in the prevention of staleness. Give a diet for the cure

of staleness. (Arrange this diet exactly as you would for your