The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-12-13

at some cool place on the New Eng
land coast. They sweat and toll in the
broiling hot sun for hours every day.
They have little time for any pleas
anter pastimes. In the hope that
they may wear a varsity sweater, the
candidates come back to Cambridge
early in September, long before COL
lege opens.
Now comes the struggle. Every
day for the next three months they
must work TO the very utmost of their
physical capability and deny them
selves most of the pleasures INDUCED
in by college men. Smoking is ALSO
lutely forbidden; drinking is not al
lowed, unless by express permission
of the captain or the coach. They
cannot go to theatres, as the candi-
dates must be in bed by 10 o'clock.
There is a surgeon in attendance
every afternoon who looks after
all bruises, cuts and spraIns which
may be received. The rules of train
ing in regard to smoking, drinking
and late hours are enforced by leaving
them to the mems honor 1t is seldom
that anyone breaks training; but if
he should do so, and it is discovered,
he is not only dropped from the list of
candidates, but his fellow students are
apt to discard him.
Strict training begins early in Sep
TENDER. They are drilled in the ele-
mentary principles of the game. For
instance, line will be drawn up;
then one man will take the ball and
start at the top of his speed to run
down past the line with it, and the
man at the other end will run forward
and tackle him. If his tackle is not
low, hard, and sure, and if he has not
n
try it again. The men practice for
hours the simple feat of dropping on
the ball." The ball bounces unevenly,
and the man falling on it must do so
by throwing himself directly for the
ball at full length, catch it up in his
arms, curling himself about the ball
so as to secure it firmly. This is hard
to do, and many man bruises his
arms badly. This preliminary work
shows the degrees of perseverance
and sand in many of the candidates.
By early October the men have been
pretty well sized up.
Any man trying for the varsity
team who in practice games is guilty
of fumbling the ball, missing his tao
kles, or allowing the other side to get
past him, may at once abandon all
hopes of getting a place. The element
of reliability is the most important Of
all, and for this reason veterans who
have played in the big games are pre-
ferred.
The work of the candidates toward
November is exactly the same from
day to day. They rise at 7:30 o'clock
in the morning and, after a good, cold
bath, dress quickly. Then they
meet at some fixed point in the
college "yard." At S O'clock they
can be seen walking by twos
to breakfast. Some carry their arms
in slings; usually there is one man on
crutches, and many have scratches
and scars on their faces, but they look
happy and healthy, and would attract
attention anywhere by reason of their
fine physiques. Breakfast at the
training table is n hearty, wholesome
meal. They have plenty of we'll
cooked food. oatmeal, eggs, fruit and
steaks, but no sweets of any kind.
They are not allowed coffee or tea; no
hot bread or hot cakes. After break
fast the men scatter to their various
recitations and lectures, which keep
them busy until o'clock, when they
lunch together at the training table.
This meal is much the same as break
fast, with q good deal of fruit. They
have two hours to themselves after
lunch, and then begins the hard work. !
The afternoon practice lasts for |
about two hours. Some of the backs |
go out as early as o'clock to do some |
puntiug and drop kicking, and let the |
quarter back practice passing the ball. |
Between $3.50 and o'clock the first |
and second elevens line up for the |
regular game on Jarvis field. For an |
hour and a half they struggle, with an |
of ten minutes. The
game is stopped every few minutes by
4 coacher to haul some poor fellow
over the Goals. But all goes on in
spirit of earnestness until it is too
lark to play any more. Then the sub
,titutes who have not played indulge
N a run of two miles or so, and the
-egular men 60 to the Carey building
or their baths. The men dine at 6
,'clock, and consume huge quantities
If rare meat in order to keep their
weight up. They are too tired to do
much later in the night, and are ready
o go to bed at 10 o'clock.