The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25

not max" itself felt Tn the least. This l
IaN" always f-lt-thst Il good trainer. a
man wn" has twenty years eAieiietce
with athlricS-is much better constituted 10
lrv*crlnr Tor them than q phN stefan. par
ticularly In minor disorders of The stoin-
agh and bowels. to which an athletes
troubles are generally confined. In 'dS" ~
bruises aud plains there 'til Toe no doubt
d., S'pi'
Training Is one Of the fIuc arts. Even
then "a man must h. counted lucky II with
al F"S-Ihi" kuuwl.gi-.. energy and skill lie
brings hS man ny L. the notch. AS they
call ". one ~ the greatest triufnphS ui
M trainers art W.tS that of billy Delaney
when ir delivered jim 'Vilctt asIinSt
CHARLEY Mitchell AZ Jacksonville. TIA, IN
1915. toFDrtt had Eui thr-" months ~ hari
work. YET u" went into jh" ring lit to night
Tor hIs life. with the eu,ir- energy OF his
=. wears CONDENSED into his -four bones.
\ man may be- IN good condition. sound
and stout be- wind and limo, strong as au
OK IND willing rs = rt""h"fSr, hut !" put
4 love and delight Of hts hard task in him
at tn" supreme moment Is = high triumph
e.; -" trainer. With sullivan ana wili
J'ck~"n '"rh,tt was III. hut lie was not
su'cIIrg"d w,i.t the same. energy and love
81 his vorh tia; lie was When he met
Mitchell.
Another great triumph of the conditioner
MS that of Jack cMIsi"r-, VINO had
rhtrrc Of The Harvard football team III
l>aN:i- NcMtStcrS. after ~" years OF s'I'-
,"ss with IrIucotnn's team. went to Har-
NaIh. The crimson coll-rr always had the
best football material ia the county. yet
year after year she hai been beaten nc-
cause She could not bring her team upon
I'll" Held physically lit To play football
Jimmy i@.thrup. Il good track man. but "a
poor football handler, cOuli not 1T them.
Every hiS game his men played would see
ten "r twelve uf them laid "ut cold. NJ
Masters t'.nk ChdIr" OF the team. ana not
only won thu championship III hollow fdsh-
ION. bat went through al his Ing games
without losing the service "i one man ON
account OF injury. Sine" MCMdSicrS has
been with Harvard she has not been beaten,
and has only been once scored against,
,th"n by a minor team.
= baseball players are the most valuable
and precious O.: athletes. YET they are given
less Gaze anu affection than the aV-ias
hOi dTripr. Ticy are allowed to condition
Notwithstanding no man can do
TnCy cat what they please. and generally
too much of It. MEDITATION To play IN,
EcuTmaud has driven more than one of
them out Of the business. Their whims and
aUp"tit.s are 'nhridlci.
Nr. \. T.. Sualdirg. the millionaire sport
iuG goods man. is supposed to own The
chicago Baseball Club. a property worth
some Sa"r"h. His players condition them
selves a. best they may, eat and drink what
they please. and have no trainer
In I>Hs Mr.. SpaldiuG had a cycle racing
team ~ three men. on whose training he
spent Sl0.G0.
II it is worth $4,000 to have three cyclists
trained right. how much would II be worth
To- have twenty baseball players put in
proi"r curfitian? IL could be done for
much less than SD.
EIow mech would il have heen worth to
the -. Louis team last year to have had
Mexican. Childs and Tebeau In good form.
playing II" ban they did in previous years?
MrTe than Slunr. surely.
But 1t j. true that baseball players are
nos educated up to the marV-ls aEd beauties
"i training. and il L. doubtful that even a
NoultvI ug a MyNaStvTS could succeed
among them. They are WHY people. many
Yeats behind the times in that respect. su-
pcTSfiilOus. careless. GiStyuStful ard reCk-
less. G.; il - a sure thing that the speed
of the average team could bs increased
ouc-fourth by proper training. ana that bail
PLAYERS who obey-d the trainers should live
in the game much longer than they do.
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