"Professional sportsmen—_ are worthy of the highest admiration, for they sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation." said Sir James Canilie, in his presidential_address before members of the National Physical Recreation Society, Queen Anne Street. It was the example these men set us, he continued, that stimulated us to work. They were justified in damaging their health because millions of people were saved by their sacrifice. The most dangerous sports were rowing, running, and particularly swim-, ming, which enlarged the heart.
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