Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-24

IKE lie ezuhos .rnent 81 sure and sud-
den death 70 visitor who knew notn-
ing Of the gentle art Of football Be
fore the varsity and the scrub
elevens line up there Is short season
Of signal practice. which shows into
how complicated science this pastime
has developed, and then an hour OF
hard play.
1t is traditional for a football
player to limp and lumber and roll
along the street as though he were
the most awkward, heavy-footed,
down-hearted creature in all the
world. His face shines with sweat. his
soaked jacket steams IN the cold air
and his features are clouded with rich
black soil. The dressing-room is an
interesting place to look at-througn
the window-while these weary men are
being gotten into the likeness of civil
tuzed humanity. 1t is work of much
exertion for the trainer and the big
muscled "rubbers.' stripped to the
waist and shining with the steam that
fills the room. In the dim light the
white forms of the players stand cut
in bold relief. their muscles playing be-
meath skins clear and thin with the
perfection OF health.
There is an hours delay before DIN
ner which is served at $50 o'clock.
This menu Is not the meal OF spar
tan:
Chicken Soup.
Roast Beef
Stewed Potatoes.
Mashed Potatoes.
Lima Beans.
Rice Pudding.
From to 10 o'clock in the evening is
the study hour. All the men are ex-
pected to grind hard at this ume'
Lights are turned out at 1890 o'clock,
| and all hands must be under the shetts.
The men are allowed to go out IN the
evening only on Saturday and sunday
English athletes drink ale and claret
with their meals rather than water.
But tobacco and strong drink are hos
tile to American ideas OF training. A
bottle of ale is allowed a football
player at dinner on the night before
or after a hard game, that he may
sleep soundly and keep blissfully ig-
norant of nerves, especially when at
all worn by the strain OF play.
Princeton's Tigers.
The Princeton players live in much
the same fashion described. They
have very pleasant quarters in the
University Athletic Club house, with
an old time log fire in the main hall,
around which they geather after din
ner to talk foot ball and more foot ball.
Their veteran trainer rouses his pets
at o'clock, and their day is divided
with plenty of room for recitation and
study. Their diet is varied, as the
Pennsylvania menu Is kept from mo-
notony. by rotation of beer, mutton.
| chicken and fish, ice cream on sun
| day and an abundance of eggs and
| fruit.
YaIe's Strict Diet.
The Yale players do not live together
and are able to see something of the col
tlege life that the Pennsylvania system
makes impossible They are kept on a
slightly stricter diet than the Pennsyl-
vania experts. They are not allowed to
eat fresh bread, but are given dry toast,
and they drink oatmeal water. Their food
| is of the same sort that is furnished the
| teams mentioned
| The life of the training table and quar-
| tiers has much that Is very pleasant and
| distinctive unto itself. The men are con-
! genial for they have the common quail
| ties of pluck, fearlessness and loyalty
| They respect one another and the bond of
a common cause and of deep sentiment
| for the college and its traditions TO which
| they are devoting themselves bring these
| young men very close together. The vet
| Grams look back with fondest regret, not
+! to the fierce strife of the field, but to the
| sentimental side of those stirring days the
| social life that made up its charm and sat
| isfaction for the weary practice and the
drudgery of routine