The morning call., 1893-06-24
KICK AND KICKER.
John D. Yost's Opinion of
the College Game.
HIS IDEAS OF PRACTICE.
A Harvard Student Who Desires to
See the Sport Well Patron
lied on This Coast.
HIS IDEAS OF PRACTICE.

There will undoubtedly be a large
gathering Of Olympic Club athletes on the
Olympic athletic grounds tomorrow.
The athletic committee is In hopes that
the best material the club possesses will
be on hand. as a football team TO repre-
sent the club will be selected. Speaking
Of football and the great interest athletes
on this coast should take in the game John
ID. Yost Jr.. VINO recently returned from
Harvard, said yesterday:
las has been said before the mate rial
here is plenty and shaped by man ike
Laurie Bliss team can De gotten together
from the Olympic Club that should be as
Bliss, halfbaek of Yale's last year team, is
as good coach as can be found for football
as played to-day will be unhesitatingly
granted by any one at all in touch with
American amst eur sports.
Allowing that upon his arrival here be
hnds from twenty TO forty men in good
training with only, maybe, lmited
knowledge Of the game. there is no doubt
that therefTom he will form an eleven chat
viii be second to none on the coast. But
We must have the trained men waiting for
him, and the way to do it is for every man
who weighs above l45 pounds to turn out
and give few hours q week to the prac-
tIce. Let man once experience the per-
feet health that football training brings
ana he will never need second call to
enter into il.
The idea on the coast generally is that
football IS something between knuckle
tight and a Welsh shin-kicking match
Far from 1t; football as played to-day in
the United States is one Of the most scIen-
tho, II not the most scientific. outdoor
game known and the best team always
wins. player to-day is coached that
siugglng will not be tolerated; that
with an efficient umbire it is bound TO
damage his teams chances, and that IN
losing bis temper he mus, fail IN his head
Work-the most important factor 10 The
makeup of the football-player.
AS mas been said before, the oftener
men get practice the better. While man
may be able TO play two forty-minute
halves IN hard game and only train
twice or three times week he is bound to
make a stronger showing and fresbar
dnish If he takes mile troI and a taIf o.
three-quarter hours practice a. 'lining-up
every day.
Our summers here have never that in
tense heat that makes summer football i'm
possible in the Eastern States, and the
long evenings that it brings give ample
time each day for practice that can be
attended by those whose business keeps
them nntii or $50 O'Clock in the after
noon. Surely in the Olympic Club there
are forty men who can give az least three
afternoons week 10 the game. Arrange
these men so that squads of twenty to
twenty-five play every day, and then those
members who can give an hour every day
Will always be assured of practice, and
those whose time is more limited will still
De losing C1 but three afternoons a week.
1t has been argued that football train
ing is all very we'll for college students,
but that men in the business world have
something else to do. That the argument
IS fallacious is proven by the fact that the
Boston Athletic Association, composed
almost entirely of business men, every
year puts an eleven in the field that not
only always gives Harvard a good game,
but travels as far west as Chicago, even,
bringing back trophies that reflect honor
upon the organization and speak we'll for
the energy and spirit of its members.
The Chicago Athletic Association can
also keep strong team in the field: and
both these clubs are limited to a few
months'-almost weeks'-practiee yearly.
Now, California has a climate that will
permit practice during the entire year. and
the Olympic Club has both Palo Alto and
the University of California with whom
to play. Surely We can then keep pace
with Boston and Chicago