The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-02
SPORTING NEWS.
Grifi1th's Rules to Keep in Shape
Are Given Out.
Pitcher of New York Americans
Tells of the System.
A NAP AFTER LUNCH.
Don't Lie There Too Long But
just a Light Sleep.
Be Careful of What You Eat and
Take 1t Slowly.
A NAP AFTER LUNCH.

Cincinnati, March 2-In a disserta-
ton on pitching and other baseball
points the other day. Clark Griffith,
manager of the New York Americans.
and essentially a thinker, gave voice to
numerous cogent truths.
When I was working regularly, -
said the manager Il prepared myself
for games under a perfect system. The
day after had been in the box I made
it point not to do any pitching what
ever. I would go to the out1eld and
develop my wind by chasing the ball
out there.
THE next day I would assume pitch
ing practice until limbered up; then
box the next day. l was always care
ful what l ate, especially at lunch on
the day was going to pitch, as are
most of the pitchers of the present day.
They can't be good pitchers unless they
are.
Il always keep an eye on the man
am going to send in the box, though
the majority of the pitchers know
diet. As they have the most work to
do in a game, and more depends on
them than on any other one man, they
have to take better care of their stom-
achS than the others.
4 always found it a good plan to
take a nap after lunch on the day 1
was going to pitch That brings
mans faculties all back l don't mean
lie there until you get dopy, but just
light sleep. A heavy sleep knocks a.
man out. The average ball player is
late riser.
He gets up anywhere from to 10,
as a rule. and as he eats a heavy
breakfast, his luncheon ought to be
light meal and over by not later than
1890. He has to go light on pastry. on
the road, in particular, he has to be
I'D frv1
When on the road he eats a number of
hurried meals, and then his stomach
needs watching more than any other
time.
wear and tear of travelling, a team on
the road is playing on its spirit.
1.-THE successful pitcher has to be
thinker and always trying to get some
make good, because they are up
against smart bunch of hitters, who
are always sizing pitcher up.
1.-The pitcher must be thinking con-
stantly and for that reason the slow
pitcher is not the dull-wftted pitcher.
When you see 4 man who is a slow
worker in the box you, can bet that
he is trying to pl7ce-every ball and is
figuring out where every ball should
go and why. - s
FThe easiest games to pitch are the
shut-out games You wouldn't think
that a pitcher had had an easy time
scoring. but as a matter of fact those
are the very kind of games that are
softest for him.
Take a game where the score is
to or to 0. and the winning pitcher
has been taking it easy the last part
of the game. The chances are the
other side was going out in one, two,
three order. In any event, few OF
them were on the bases, and this
gave the pitcher something to work
on-that is, a chance to ease up and
not be on the watch all the time.
1.-THE to and to Z games are
the hardest on a pitcher. They mean
that men are on the bases a good deal
and that the pitcher is always work.
II have been called a hard loser in
baseball, and guess that's so. No
body can amuse me after have
pitched a losing game, my appetite is
completely gone, and I would not go
to the best show on earth if had a
private box"