Sport: Manpower’s Muscle

Can you:

> Sprint 100 yards in 14.5 seconds?

> Run a mile in 7 minutes?

> Walk a mile in 10 minutes?

> Throw a baseball 150 feet?

> Broad-jump 13 feet?

> High-jump 3 feet, 6 inches?

> Put the 12-lb. shot 32 feet?

> Take five low hurdles in 19 seconds?

If you are over 35 and cannot do six out of eight, you are physically unfit. So says National Physical Fitness Director John B. Kelly. If you are under 35, you should be able to do better.

“Nearly 40% of our draftees,” Kelly declares, “were rejected as unfit for military service, and a majority of those accepted . . . did not possess skills necessary for self-protection. It is estimated that 50% of our armed forces, when inducted, cannot swim well enough to save their lives, and lack the strength, agility and endurance to jump ditches, scale walls, throw missiles and stand up under forced marches.”