Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-25
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/ is carried on a trolley suspended be-
tween two uprights, and is drawn along
at varying speeds to represent man
running. The more experienced players
lead the green ones. and. one at a time.
rush on the dummy and tackle it with
all the fierceness displayed in regular
game. If the tackle is good one the
dummy is thrown and the coaches grunt
approval Otherwise the player is dragged
ANONYMOUSLY along the ground, and in
addition to the numerous scratches and
bruises he receives at the hands or
Mother Earth from the coaches he re-
ceives a severe dressing down. which
usually causes his next effort to be sue
cessful. To stimulate interest the dunn
mics are sometimes clad in the uniform
of the university's most bitter opponent.
At George Washington, for instance, the
dummy wears blue and gray jersey,
on the chest of which is sewn a large
Georgetown &C. This is fallen on by
the Hatchetite warriors as though every
tackle was saving a score.
The men are now rounding into condl-
ton and from day to day the work grows
more strenuous. BY the end of the week
the coaches are able to make tentative
selections Of men for the first and sec
ond strings. This is done, and the two
are matched against each other daily.
They participate in regular scrimmages.
but the lineup of each is continually
changed. Various men are tried in varf-
Gus positions, and all the time there is
a gradual wedding out until the coaches
have at their command two entire teams
and plenty of substitutes. with every
man In an assigned position.
About this time the training table Is
established. Here the men eat under the
watchful eye of the coaches and the
trainer. who guard their diet and see that
while they are supplied with an album
dance of food, that food must be simple
and wholesome. Meats and vegetables
which are calculated to increase weight
and Drawn, are forced on them. They
may have all the milk they want, but nc
tea nor coffee nor sweets. Desserts OF
any sort are tabooed, and woe be unto
the hapless men who yields even surrep'
titious1y to a longing for pie. Smoking
of course. is strictly forbidden, as also
are stimulants Of any sort
Enter the Manager.
With the choosing OF the players and
the establishment of the training table
comes the PRIMARY relations with the
manager of the team. He is student
elected by fellow-studcntS. Months before
with the advice of the athletic council
and the coach, he has made out the SEIZED
ule for the season, carefully arranging
7 so that the team may be helped in 1t:
development by going from the weaker
to the stronger opponents, and that 1t ma,
meet its particular rival at the highes
point in it's development.
= The first game is usually an assured vic
= tory for the home team. This allows the
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l a line on the respective abilities of the
candidates under fire. A few of these
5 preliminary games also give the coache:
T a clear insight into the strength an6
weakness of the team as a working
) whole and they set about remedying al
e defects in preparation for the more i'm
e portant games. For instance, a team may
: develop noticeable weakness in following
the ball causing the coaches to go bach
: to the beginning and give the men more
, drill in falling the ball. Recently The
. coaches at West Point in order to over
y come this very thing. resorted to the eX
? pedient of lining up the team and kick
! ing the ball into the midst OF them with
, Instructions to scramble for it. This was
! as hard work as recovering the ball il
an actual game, and the men soon over
came their weakness. On other occa
sions when a certain position seems weak
a star of a former year may be asked tC
. come and devote his time to the exclu.
sive development of the particular players
needing the benefits of his experience
+. Such instances have frequently occurred
at the local institutions.
t After a few games at home the team