Reflexes and the aging athlete in sport and boxing
The piece argues reflexes fade with age as eye mind and muscle delay. It cites Jack Dempsey, Louis and Williams, noting older fighters lose quick opening blows and batters miss pitches while veterans rely on experience. It also quotes Walter Friedman dreaming of a seven foot high jumper and Good Time Charlie blaming diet for fighters' hunger and ambition.
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Jack Dempsey
Jack
Grantland Bice
Dempsey
Louis
Joe Walcott
Walcott
Ted Williams
Ted
Bill Dickey
Williams
Walter
Charlie
Tunney
Joe Loui
Willard
Jack Johnson
Sewing Circle Patterns for Afternoon Styles and Frocks
Pattern No. 8448 offers a linked waist frock and paneled skirt in sizes 12 to 20 with 4½ yards of 39 inch fabric for size 14. Pattern No. 8453 presents a daytime frock with yoke sleeves and lace options in sizes 32 to 46 using 3 yards of fabric. Send 25 cents per pattern to Pattern Department, 580 South Wells Street, Chicago 7, IL.
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South Wells St
Chicago
American and English banter over Washington and Nelson legends
An English visitor questions Washingtons silver dollar claim on the Potomac while an American notes inflation of feats. aboard Nelsons Victory a guide points the exact spot Nelson fell. Brooklyn dialogue showcases humorous mispronunciations as locals discuss birds and dialect.
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Lord Nelson
Victory
30000 Swedish Women Join City Gyms For Exercise
In Stockholm thirty thousand Swedish housewives from age 20 to 70 belong to gymnastic groups for weekly training. They focus on back and foot exercises and even muscles used in washing up. Next summer 5000 of these women will participate in a giant demonstration as part of the Lingiad. Sweden led in physical training with Pehr Henrik Ling's apparatus-free drills.
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Stockholm
Pehr Henrik Ling
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