The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-30
SPORTS IN GENERAL.

The training methods of the Ameri-
can track and field athletes who have
| recently been winning honors in Eng
| land have amazed and, in some cases,
amused the British. Says The Sports
man:
at has been customary to put down
great share of the American sue
cesses over here to their systematic
| training; but, while admitting that they
may be more thorough in their prepara-
! tion, there is no gainsaying the fact
| that those we have with us now are
very fine natural athletes.
The retinue of masseurs without
which the Americans are popularity sup
| posed never to travel are not to be
| found in the neighborhood Of Stamford
| Bridge: but our transatlantic cousins
are nevertheless great believers in mus
Gle kneadng. This. however, they are
not above doing for one another. pro-
ceeding which is against the English
canons of training While, too, in this
| country opinions on the subject of
smoking in general are divided, the
| cigarette is strictly tabooed. Cigarette
| smoking has doubtless different effects
| on different constitutions. | can call
to mind at least one of our own
champions who was an inveterate
| cigarette smoker, but the average rum
ner would as soon think of lighting up
quarter of an hour before he was
to make an attack on record as he
would of eating a beefsteak. Kraen-
zlien and Baxter. however, pass the
time while waiting in the dressing
room for their events in the company
of My Lady Nicotine. The number of
cigarettes which the first named dis
posed of between his racing and jump
ing on Saturday caused no little
astonfshment among the other competi-
tors"
Emmett Heidrick, the crack St. Louis
center fielder, has announced that he has
decided to give up the game for good.
His desertion OF the Cardinals in the
middle of the season will injure the
chances of that team. Heidrick has
been out of the game for a couple OF
weeks owing to an injury His father
died few days ago, and Heidrick
while on his way TO attend the funeral
said that he expected to attend to his
fathers lumber business at Brookville
adding: II intend to settle down with
. my mother and do not expect to ever
return to the diamond"
Case. the young pitcher signed by
Cincinnati. lasted one game, after
. which he was released.
, The veteran Nichols has Of late beer
pitching about the best ball of any
| twirler in the National League.
For ordinary players IL is of grea
assistance to have at their command
one ordinary stroke-say a half sho
with mashie-with which they ar,
fairly certain of covering consistent,
the same extent of ground" said
professional who has had considerab BIZ
> experience in teaching golf. 1T facili
: tates judging distances. Taking tn,
half shot with his mashie as a STANDARD
the player can estimate whether tn
= distance to the hole be greater or less
and gauges the strength accordingly
But the beginner should not trust I,
: match play to acquire this stroke. lie
- him have a quiet practice now ant
then, when the links are not crowded
. and with a mashie and a half dozel
- balls each of them from about tn,
same distance on the green. When h.
10 can lay them all on the green in 81:
consecutive strokes he has already ac
complished much, and will afterward
= play his matches with greatly increase,
i confidence and success