Popular science monthly . back of theframework and braced by hea\^ tim-bers to the cross beams. The uprightsare then hcavilj- tufted When all this isdone you havea bucking ma-chin ethat is used to train football players in thegridiron sport. This apparatus is reallyfor the line men to use, and its weightis approximately that of seven footballwarriors who constitute the line of anopposing eleven. Against the tuftedui)rights seven players hurl themselveswith as much force as if a game wereactually on, and the sledge-like mechan-ism is pushed over the turf sections ofthe field. At the opening of
Popular science monthly . back of theframework and braced by hea\^ tim-bers to the cross beams. The uprightsare then hcavilj- tufted When all this isdone you havea bucking ma-chin ethat is used to train football players in thegridiron sport. This apparatus is reallyfor the line men to use, and its weightis approximately that of seven footballwarriors who constitute the line of anopposing eleven. Against the tuftedui)rights seven players hurl themselveswith as much force as if a game wereactually on, and the sledge-like mechan-ism is pushed over the turf sections ofthe field. At the opening of the season, when theplayers arc somewhat tender, the weightof the apparatus is lessened. As the menliecome hardened to the demands of thesport, weight is increased b> the additionof several timbers and sometimes aheavy stone. The bucker has provena valuable aid to both trainers andplayers. It has been found that the mentrained to it are prepared in consider-ably less time thanwould havebeen requir-ed with-in \ out its. The weight of the apparatus is upproximately that of the seven men who constitute theline of the opposing eleven. As the season advances the weight is gradually increased 551 The Czar of the Power-House
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