Telegram-herald., 1890-05-27


nowadays 10 very much after the man
ner Of getting pugilis. into condition.
The most successful trainers of foot
ball kickers are also very successful In
getting hstic champions into fine form.
lake for example big jim Robinson.
the noted trainer OF Princeton College.
I'll wager he has had as many winners
IN the twenty four foot aren a as he has
had on the baildsld or cinder-path.
Last year his Princeton boys captured the
college foot ball cham pionship of this
country by their mastery and power
ful playing and the greater part of the
glory certainly belongs to Robinson .nor
the splendid condition he got mis- GAL
liant team in.
The secret OF my Success" said the
Princeton trainer 10 me recently in
speaking about the champion football
players, lis that my boys worked for
weeks and weeks every afternoon in the
field, hail, rain or snow; the rougher
the weather the better We oil like ths
sport Ii got 20 be part of their every
day life, and never had TO rush them
along. OF course, once in a while I
would catch u fellow smoking or drink
ing on the sly. OFF he went from the
team at once; | nevsr took any excuse
whatever. This was the most seyera
punishment a student could possibly
suffer, as the boys consider it quite an
honor TO kick for the old college aeains.
such big institutions as Harvard and
Yale, where there is some |. 500 students
10 pick from while Princeton has only
about 500"
Sprinting certainly plays the prin-
ciPal part in foot-balling. IF man be
speedy runner he can often make
goal quicker than stout kicker. For
this reason. particular attention should
be paid to running, especially if one
wants to play on the rush line. After
man gets speed he'll need to practice
lodging with quick sharp turns. as
there is very little straight
running on the ball field. Wrest-
ing also comes into play in foot
ball A sort of catch-as-catch-can. CO.
as-please style a back heel or a jana
neze buck cften sends powerful oppo-
nent 10 grass. SO it is well to have
considerable knowledge in the art Of
wrestling To know how to give a man
the shoulder with little bit Of the
elbow-just enough 10 knock the wind
out Of him for the time being-will b,
found very handy in a stiff scrimmage.
The Princeton boys understand some
good points and grips in wrestling. as
many of the Yale players discovered
before the end of the game last fall.
/ noticed that several amateur boxers
played very prominent parts In most Of
the games last year and / understand
more hstic artists are booked to perform
on some Of ths big college teams this
year. This hint ia quite enough to
ambitious foot-bsllists There is hardly
drst-class player in any Of the gpeat
colleges or universities in tais country
who does not practice boxing under thu
instructions OF n competent master. He
studies the kRock-out blow "a we'll "a
the classics But like the Roman ra.ri-
oian youth who fought under the ban
ner Of Pompey at PhArsalia. the ma
iority Of college athletes fear the blow
that disfgures the vissge Cesar knav
the weakness OF these young aristocrats
and ordered his soldiers 70 plant their
lauces in their faces instead Of their
bodies The sight Of blood and 4hastlv
facial wounds a 1gly one bat the foot
baliist that IL dismays never sucked in
courage with his mothers milk
Good kicking IA not acquired in dar
or week. it takes many months of hard.
earnest work 60 get snY where near
perfection. Most Of che college teams
stsrt ont very early n ths spring a7d
kick themselves into condition al
through the summer under the watch
ful eye Of their trainer snf fellow
students. They sprint. vrsstle. sing.
jump snd dodgs until fbs fall. when Al
the biz games srs contested for.