Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-04

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court. 1 was shivering when I made
one of my daily trips to the court and
saw Your Uncle Arson stripped al
most naked, his big red hand working
like a windmill paddle in the effort
to keep the little ball flying against
the wall of the court. There was a
stove in a remote corner of dressing
room, but not a bit OF heat was per-
mitted to get out into the handball
court. AS son as he had finished his
stint of play, Capt. Arson went into
the dressing room and took his cold
shower bath. Then he had a rundown.
and putting ON his winter clothing he
was soon walking out on Division
street faster than | could go. TO say
| that his big body glowed with health
is putting it mildly-he looked to be
bursting with health. To-day the vet
eran baseball player is as strong as a
football player. He continues his
handball exercise when he can find
time to desert billiards and bowling
His athletic condition at the time he
was in the harness as Il baseball player
was enough to prove the merits of
handbal as means of conditioning
an athlete.
Jimmy Barry, the retired bantam
weight pugilist, was for years one of
the fastest little handball players in
he country. He and Willie McGurn
were able to beat almost any team.
Once Barry and McGurn consented to
n match with Casselli, the South Amer
lean, who uses a little paddle to bat
with instead of the palm of the hand,
and the Spanish-American won. "To
think that an Irishman should be beat
en- at his own game by Spaniard,"
remarked Barry, lis rather poor.
must say. But the Irshman would
scorn to use bit of paddle in play.
ing handball. The game beats any
gymnasium work--even boNing-fOr
getting a man int perfect condition
for an athletic contest requiring wind
and stamina. / never would have been
the champion of my class for the world
had it not been FOR my handball train
ing at the court where 1 fought my
first fight and where played handball
at least an hour day for years"
Phil Casey thinks that the day will
come when every school in the land
will have n court for the scholars to
play at recess. The high schools in
many parts of the country have tried
this scheme. Jim Dunno is IA grand
father, but he continues to play. He
has two sons who are quite expert in
the game. Carney, who occasionally
plays a game, was the only player that
could defeat this man Casselli. BY
the way, Casey says that the claim of
the Spaniards that they introduced
handball into ireland may have some
foundation in fact. But he says that
he does not care if they did. The Span
ish method is to use a little bat Some
thing like the game of rackets, is the
Spanish idea, but the true game of
handbal will always have the naked
hand for bat.
"In Spain they have hundreds of
handball courts" continued the vet
eran player, "and I'll warrant you that
there are 500 games of handball there
to one bullfight. and yet the critics
say that bullfighting is the national
sport of the son of CASTLE and Aragon.
when John T.. Sullivan was training
for his battle with Corbett tried to
get the big fellow to play handball.
But he was too big. he said and could
not do anything with him. But have
noticed that Corbett, Ryan. Mccoy.
Sharkey. Jeffries. etc. the successful
fighters. use handball for the great
benefit it affords in training"
L. G. WESTLAKE
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