The San Francisco call., 1904-11-06
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lzTTEER.

Every man must dispense with the
use OF tobacco
7 come with the same Old song about
training rules, said Trainer MoUltOn
ar the opening rally 7 want 70 en-
phasiza one thiug-rhat as soon as a
man signs his name here tonight he
goes into training. and ne must keep
the rules faithfully. I know it means
hardship. but the game and the finish
are wen worth IT, To the new men
want 70 say that I can tel II you break
training rules even Il don't see you Do
IT, Your work viii show il OF the field.
and the first thing you know you viii
Be taken OF the field and you Won't
know Why You can't succeed any
other way
Much depends upon the spirit IN
which men 90 about the work ~Three
things" said Coach flanagan. should
be understood as being absolutely es-
seutiaI 70 success The first OF these
is good spirit This means that when
a fellow is told 20 DO thing he must
do IL right away and he must DO il
IN the best spirit IN the second place.
We must have a crowd OF men thar
VIII fight There are plenty 20 fight
fairly hard. but this year We have men
who viii DO a little better than their
best This vas well illustrated during
one OF the recent games In that game
there was a man who had not kicked
more than forty yards. but when IL
vas up 70 him he kicked sixty yards
That's the kind OF men We want
Finally, the men must absolutely keep
the training rules. Tney muse not
smoke OF chew. and they must be n
bed by II o'clock Any one who breaks
thCse rules viii be sent from the field
at once"
1T IS q peculiar thing" said Trainer
AIOuIgon. that IN the devslOpment %
every team there IS 4 certain period
when the men grow stale You can't
account for Il. but you can always 5g-
ure that a month OF 50 before the big
game the team sIumps- The prelimiu-
aries show Up poorly. and thsrs seems
70 be a general rstrcgrsssicn-
As 20 nervousness. NY expsr1sncs
has been that the men viii show more
scare Just before a preliminary than
before the big game The team never
shows up at its best ar a preliminary
u IS only az the big game that the man
are lined up for royal battle. and Il -
only then that each man brings out the
best that is IN him"
An incident IS told By one ot the old
time players which shows that fcotoan
men are not the only ones who gs<
nervous On the night before the gzms-
The team had been taken 20 cra ct
the country hotels IN the neighborhood
TO rest up before the big contest The
hotel was crowded. and Il was frpos-
sible TO find accommodation for all
the men There was ons roou. how
ever, which was still vacant. but which
the landlord refused 70 let our under
any circumstances When pressed for
a reason. he explained that the man
occupying the adjoining room was 50
extremely nervous that he could not
bear the slightest noise. and that he
had paid 20 have the room adjoining
his own kept vacant After mush ar
dent argument the landlord finally con
sented TO have two ot the players &C.
cupy the room, but only On the solemn
promise that they refrain from making
the slightest Disturbance Everything
went or according 70 the programme
until one OF the men, while retiring.
dropped one OF his shoes with a terrific
thUd. loud enough 70 BE heard around
the house
There were moments Of as0nized sus-
pense- Fifteen minutes passed By and
our player was cOngratuIating himself
having thus easily escaped, when
nervous. jsrlCy voice from the adjOin-
ing room blurted out. ~D-d--damn it.
why d-d-dOn't ycu hurry Up and drop
that other shOe7'
There comes tire az last when the
process OF evolution IS complete.
Months OF toll. grind and hardship
have amalgaustsd into a mechanism
as nearly perfect as anything human
can oe- eleven separate entities that
had nothing in common save grit. de-
termination and strength The heart
breaking hour and a half is at hand
which is - test the metal that has
been so long tempering- The Biz
Team" has been whipped into shape