The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
BRESNAHAN
 IS A DRIVER Giving the Cardinals Much Work. NO LOAFING IN THE CAMP New Manager an Exponent of Me-
 Graw's Methods. Hard Work From Early Morn Till Late at Night is Only solution of the Cardinal TaiI-end

James Crusinberry in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, is writing or the prac- tlce work of the Cardinals. Although rank tail-enders last season, the fans ot St. Louis have visions of first division team this year and Crusin- berry is with the team with the ayow- ed intention of buying up the spirits of the fans at home. Bresnahan has evidently made hit with the sporting writer as the following will show:
 The Cardinals eyes are belns open ed. Some of them can already see why they finished in last place in the Ma tional League race last season They are beginning to understand that suc- cess the kind that has made Muggsy McGraw's team and Frank Chance s win pennants in the past, lies In hard work. Roger Bresnahan is the man that is applying the whip, and hes making 1t sting even harder than most of them expected.
 Bresnahan is of the McGraw school and knows its teachings. He is ap- plying these teachings in his new work as manager of the Cardinals and in time he's bound to make the St. Louis gregation of ballplayers that McGraw has carried through so many cam paigns in the past
 Though two practice sessions were held yesterday, and nearly every ball player in camp Is stiff and sore this morning. nevertheless they were all called from their beds at 7:30. and at 2 o'clock were ready for the morning drill at the ball park. There Is not another club in the country that will work harder in camp than the Cardi- nals. Bresnahan believes there is a certain amount of winter kink to get out of their systems and the sooner they can get them out the better 1t will be. Nothing but steady grind of heavy work will do the job.
 One year ago, when the Cardinals were training at Houston, morning practice was not attempted. Now his players enough work in the after noon to get them In condition, but he has another purpose in making them get out in the morning also. If the noon 1t means they don't have to get up early In the morning. Under these conditions, 1t is not necessary to go to bed early at night to get satisfac- tory amount of sleep consequently the player is going to sit up late or go out In the evening and spend his time and money and in no profitable way. He will sleep late in the morning. miss his breakfast part of the time, which makes all his meals irregular and his habits bad and not conducive to good health.
 But let the player know he must be in uniform at in the morning and get up at 7:30, and he'll not care about staying up late at night or missing his breakfast before going to work It makes his habits regular and gives him a healthy body.
 "A victory in the early spring counts just as much as one in August" said Manager Bresnahan last night That's why I believe in hard work on these training trips. Get the players In condition and they will grab a few victories in the April and May days that might slip away otherwise.
 Tn my experience with the New York club. I always noticed one thing a bout McGraw's team. It worked harder in camp than any other club. He was laughed at for taking his players down South the last of Febru- ary and for putting them through so much grinding but the result was al ways apparent. New York fans al- ways saw the Giants in shape to play ball at top speed from the very first day of the season. They did it by hard work. and when I got the job as manager of the St. Louis club, I made up my mind to one thing at once. and that was that I would get the fellows into the training camp as soon as possible and work them just as hard as I could until the beginning of the season.
 Well, we are doing 1t, and unless bad weather or accidents prevent we will have a team fit to go the limit in the opening game in Chicago on April 12 Just supposing we would go along in the second or third place for month next Spring. 1t would be pret- ty fine, wouldn't 1t. even If the strong clubs did finally shove us down fur ther. I think we're going to give them all a battle right from the start and the fellows must be in shape to do 1t. Only hard work down here will put them In shape"