The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-06
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afe.s aI az ~ did mufp running iu o.
weeks In the old days than these ielHFt
d. In y seHsDn. I once ran 70 match faoe
at = mile IN The morning, put On NY r' 'hes
add went home to dinner. and after ftsIng
part In a tnile professional vns gamo mr.
the crns.-country run that ne meet o md
~ rtth.
or forty others whO did the same tnlns
that day. II was nothing unusual
slt won't do now though tvefNu"Fly
IL special zing. Just the anne In SPORT u-l m
the trades and profosrt,ns Nd vuu over
bsar AZ Young Parsons ot Vale running IN
the hurdles or tho daSh'-' Not much,
he's u half miller.
the hundred. He never ran the hnli mule,
but he could have done u.
Specializing brings greater attention T.!
detail, and this rubbing business l~ one ~
the details. You hear u LOT. about IN" I'M
provement Of athletic Standard but II 10
lust the result of specializing.
lin the old days George Seward, who !
sometimes think was the greatest runner
the world ever saw, covered the 100 rarisin
oI seconds. told one Of our runners about
It and he laughed. lie said II waS shown
that the track was not level n that seward
had taken a 81 yard running start,
II came back at him by telling him tho
truth, that seward ran IL in shoes without
| srikes. leather soled and a costume that
was anything but the light weight modern
running Jersey and trunks. Thirty yards
start or not, the performance cov,u hos Nv
start would pull the cork OF hall o. or
sprinters to-day, who are trained Tor the
| one distance.
sRubbing down / do not believe in; diet
ing ! have implicit faith in, III we're 70
train a ~youngster for "A track, II ne had
never done any running, / wouldn't LEI him
have as much al a Turkish towel after MA
work. .
! of other trainers, but l think II i coming
into general acceptance slowly. rernaIs
| you've noticed the running, oil TINS young
| fellow Harry Coates Of the Seton Han
nrenaratory school, in the indoor meets
This year? Hes fast and has run inside me
prizes in the half and one mile and IN me
| relay in one evening several times.
He told me IL had weakened other men and
made their muscles brittle and mat ne
had kept clear Of II. A jog trot once a day
did all the work of rubbing Town.
"You'n find others Of the same opinion.
some dav You'll be where o cant get
a rub down and then you'll be through win
the game for all time.
How did / train3 Well, don't go on
what l did, IL you ever want to be success
full. was an Atblopne iris saIaan t ana vow w""'
II was built on different lines than thsose
i fellows that are in the game to-day
| 80 what I tell you doesn't apply now; FIVE
days notice was about all hi time useu
to need TO get into shape for a match
Il never was ii Inning hs''s N'' -
ate much, and II you haven't those trouhles
| It isn't hard to keep in condition for
instance. Jimmy mo would come 10
me some Monday morning w..
"'Jamie,' he would say. i saw joey
s~o-and-so last night, n WI you ran ~"
Like enough l would, and then I'd get
| ready for work. In the house l would
nut on some old clothes and take "A Dig
drink Of water. l lived in Fordham IN
those days, and after er ! got T ta Eo1 ua %tS
street, New York.
after a bit Of a rest there and another
drink Of water I'd start back home on me
same Jog, with one or two OF the boys WIN
me on the road or in a carriage when ]
e a for the rest OF the day, smoking
my pipe around the place and doing ODD
chores. -,
"The only rules 1 had were going to bed
early, cutting down on the eating and see
ing that | didn't get a stone bruise on my
feet. / drank water before running TO keep
my pores in shape. When l zee a runner
dry after a quarter I feel sure there's some
Smoking may hurt some folk. but II
didn't bother me. Neither did coffee; nus
l didn't like to put too much work on my
heart, 80 l cut 1t out.
aSometimes I'd take o swim as soon as
got through running, but l was always
rather afraid OF the water, and fear OF
cramps kept me out more often than any
thing else. It never seemed to bother my
muscles, though.
"You see, a fellow oan do without rub.
downs, and I'd like to see the time when u
becomes the custom, It'll bring a sta
to American runners that they have always
lacked, because it will make them develop
on the same liz 0 as the great English aus,
lance men have done for the last nan
century,