Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-12

early in the season, two glasses of milk or
water. AT this period of training a like
quantity of liquid is permitted at lunch
also, but as the season advances the
amount is cut down, and the manner IN
which the players eye the water pitcher
would bring tears to the eyes of their
mammas If they could but drop in on e-ielr
darling boys at meal time. To get some
idea of a players ever present longing Tor
water it IS only necessary to know that
many boy has gone on what may pc
termed water drunk. for want OF
better name. Immediately after breaking
training.
No pastry is permitted in the training
house. For dessert there may be an IN
nocuous pudding, but the trainer, who buys
all the food consumed in the house, gen
orally selects ice cream for the finishing
dish. Trainers now hold that foot ball
player cannot possibly eat too much oil
the right kind of ice cream, which Is the
best that money can buy, as is all the 1000
and the bottle water.
Besides making up the various menus.
the trainer tells the chef from time 10
time Just how he Is to do the cooking.
The beefsteak must be done a certain way.
Only so much sugar must be used in pie
pairing each meal-sugar is always limited
in quantity-and other minute directions
are given that the chef must follow to the
letter if he values good pay and compli-
mentary tickets to the home games.
The last meal of the day over-it is Al
ways begun at the set hour-the members
of both varsity and scrub teams attend
foot ball lecture by the coach. and give
heed to blackboard demonstrations OF
plays old and new. At 1880 O'Clock, or pos
sibly 8, the book lessons OF the ensuing
day arr taken up. and from then on til
$50 the ems heads are close TO their
students lamps. for they know that unless
thew keep up in their college work. the
faculty, with little or no warning, VIII
surely disqualify them from playing. AT
9 80 the trainer and his assistants start out
to visit each man, and at this time nor
mat anp1ica lions given TO swollen
Joints. others are rubbed with ltnimens -,
much skin surface is literally painted with
iodine and bruises variouSly and eIff-
caciously treated for the night.
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And then, at TO- it's to bed for everybody,
except the trainer. who, five minutes or
so after the hour. goes the rounds to see
that each room is getting plenty OF fresh
air. and listens for the tossings OF any
sleepless one among his charges. Happily
this part of his vigil is seldom rewarded
but sleepless player FOUND, the trainer a.
once sets about to make his nerves stea'iy
and divorce him from worry. Long expe-
rience has taught trainers that sieepiess-
ness on the part of foot ball players, IN
the face of all the work they are called
upon TO do Is almost invariably due TO
"neryes" and worry. Sometimes still
curtain lecture will straighten out the play
er nicely; sometimes 1t Is necessary to i2aa
work on him till sheer WEAKNESS makes
him fall dead asleep just as his head s'nns
into his pillow.
Nine hours of solid sleep; then up again
in the morning, on the minute, to drink
glass of water apiece Cor take laxative
twice a week., and do all the other things
of the day before all over again-and again
and again-and yet again, for the glory
of the dear old alma mater, till the season
ends with victory, let us hope, over the
doughty warriors of the traditional rival.
oh. it's real Spartan training; there's not
a doubt Of that!
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And vet the players have their diver
sions: that trainer is unknown who does
not insist on diversions and sees to 1t that
they are INDUCED in, simply and moderate
ly. of course.
great deal of the amusement is Of an
informal character. With design afore-
thought, the trainer has a piano put into
the house with the coming back of the
old varsity men and the best OF the
Scrubs two weeks before the opening of
college, and he encourages the men to gath
er about 1t and sing their college songs.
He also craftily leads them up to the pool
table In an adjoining room, and IL he dds
covers that some one is expert on the man.
dolin or guitar, he automatically induces
It's owner to entertain his mates with their
favoTite melodies. The trainer leads In the
j5kemaking; he laughs heartily and long
at the slightest provoca tion-laughter is
every man jolly good fellow with ell
the others. A team of friends can go
through line OF college beef that would
stand like e stone wall against the on
slaughts of team with members not on
warm terms one With another.