The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-18

or something of value to compensate for
all these things a football player is forced
to forego.
1.-The reason a player must give I'D all
these things is that he must be as regular
as clock work in his habits. He must
retire and arise at set hours. He must
do Just so much lazy lounging about. He
must do Just so much hard training on
the field. He must have just so much
sleep. He cannot waste his energy by
running around or by taxing his stomach.
smoking wrecks a mans wind Drink
ing destroys his reserve strength. Late
hours at theater or a dance or a fra
teir tern gathering takes the ginger out Of
MN. There must be discipline every
where and all the time.
Every player must listen to the orders
OF his coach. If the coach tells him TO
butt an express train off the track he
ought to try to do it, for it can almost
Always be taken for granted that the
coach knows what is best for his men.
football players know this. Many men
they do not do ADJUST all and no more
that the coach tells them to do
Ihe football mans day. as a matter
of fact, is monotonous routine. In my
own case, l rise every morning at
0 CLOCK Then comes cold shower bath.
At o'clock l am at the training table FOR
breakfast This breakfast consists of
fruit, oatmeal, toast, eggs and milk We
must abstain from coffee as religiously
as from cigarettes. although 1 do not be-
IleVe coffee hurts me at all.
<AllSI DEcdhldSl l. attend lectures
but What time do not spend in the lee
ture room l spend in the open air. loung-
ing about and not exercising at all. Din
ner: the heavy meal of the day, comes at
or very rare meat, potatoes. bread and
butter, fruit and milk, and nothing more
Inc AFTERNOON is the active part of the
day lounge around my room from din
ner time until half-past o'clock when 1
go to the football field. Then for two
hours comes the hardest kind of work in
hI.C T1slIN fnf fDDk 1x..lI
tlce take bath and hurry to supper at
T. o'clock. The bill of fare at supper is
Identical with that of dinner, EXCEPT that
L do not eat SO heavily.
AT half-paSt I begin STUDYING and
keep this up until o'clock One of the
trainers helpers comes to my room at
mat time and gives me an alcohol rub.
After he goes lie around the room until
l0 o'clock at which time 1 go to bed
All through the season, from the mid
die of September until the last of Novem-
undergoes the vigorous training he can
never appreciate it's value In myself I
can plainly see the Improvement in nv
strength and general physical condition
from the time get into football toys in
September until the lest great clash comes
at the close of the season. Sometimes
can tell that l am failing. but the coach
generally sees that before / do and that
means that am told to Sow down on nv
work for a day or two.
The purpose of football training Is to
Improvement all through the season
Many men reach the acme of condition
early, but. from the very nature of the
training, this condition is hard to prolong
Oevertralnlng therefore often spells slump
Tor team. A players condition Is his
greatest prize, and he must allow no in
traction of training rules that will make
him of less value to the team A cigar
might mean the loss of a big game; the
loss of a single nights sleep by one of
the dependable men might mean the loss
OF the championship. 1t is easy to see
therefore. why football players are will
ing TO give up all that is harmful to them
But. further than that. they are expected
to give up, too. those things that are use
less to them without being particularly
harmful :
When a student appears as a candi-
date for a football team he Should re-
member these things:
THAT the coach's word is law and Cos
pei.
That the, player knows less about his
needs than his trainers.
THAT hard work. regularity and will
ing sacrifices are the three gridiron viz
tues. -
THAT condition counts for more. than
pounds of flesh, and that condition is a
prize that is won only by those who
labor
That victory is worth more than all
That player gives up. and that there is
only one time TO. play football while there
Is much time coming for dances and the
theater, for smoking and staying up late.
and for thinking of something other than
end runs and line bucks"
The season is just opening None of
the big games have been PLAYED. AT
present the teams from the great COZ
ieges and universities are trampling upon
the practice material from the secondary
schools and wondering what is going to
happen later And this is all for training
NOW do you think you would like TO be
a real football player? "