Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-25
SPEED IS NEEDED IN SPORT
without II No Athlete is Apt 10 Make
Good.
RUNEINa IS A III sCTENCE
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Their speed.


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thing that ~ most required IN every line Of
athletic sports Oive a man speed. be he
base hall player or runner. boot bail player
W weisht thrOwsr. and he ~ going 20
prnve a winner" said nernie WeferH.
trainer 81 the New York Athletic clubs
crack team and ono o. the fastest men the
snrintlng world has ever known.
Take the game ~ base ball. Why. u
the players were taught how TO spring
properly they'd improve their base running
= thousand per cent Running 10 one OF
the sciences that 81 entirely neglected By
n large number o. men who are playing on
the diamond today Those who have
learned how 10 spring can show fine rec
erds on the bases.
when 7 attended Georgetown I wanted
10 play on the ball team because knew
the exercise would help my running. but
they decided that 7 might accidentally be
hurt and that n was better for me TO
stick 20 the oinder path.
After leaving the college 7 wrote to my
old Baltimore friend. Patsy Donovan, who
was managing the s. Louis team in 1901,
and said that ! would like a chance With
rhe team. I told him that thought I
could teach his players something about
getting down 20 first, and he sent for me.
7 KNOW ANMN WNAA HAhNNNN WtAN HoAN AetAA
ere and clean living fellows as are most
~ the athletes who go out to win cham
pionahips. The only trouble with them was
that they specialized IN everything but
running. and 7 soon showed them how TO
gain apced on the bases.
- found that n Splinter could easily
master running the bases and learn how
20 ailds' without losing any time. They
cay that sprnters are 20 fast that they
can't stop when they get going and most
~ them can't Judge a slide at all. That's
rot The faster man Is the more control
he has over his movements. When ! was
Hurintnx IN worlds record form l could
puu w within fifteen feet Of the finish
line When ] broke the forty-yard dash
AZ tho Boston Athletic association meet
had only about ten feet leeway after the
finish There were a bunch OF hatracks In
the way and couldn't take any chances
81 humping into them.
Base Ball Good Exercise.
''saae ball doesn't hurt an athlete-its
Just ~ much healthy exercise" said Wei
ers - man who r. a good athlete is sure
20 make a good bail player II he has the
necessary nerve to face tho ball.
AT Traver's island there are several good
haii players among the athletes. Harry
liisHing 10 a great player. He IS fast on the
basos because he knows how to run. His
athletic training has been 90 good that he
IL able 90 throw bali as far as the best Of
'su jake Hartrsnft is another good
player When Jerry Mahoney was playing
on The club team he was 40 good he re-
coived several offers from professional
teams" continued wefers. Jerry was a
Jumper Of nc. moan ability. but he con;
sidsred that base ball. foot ball any
other branch OF sport wouldn't harm his
jumping"
Some Of the ball players who have been
before the public during the last few sea-
nons are considered as good men on the
track a. on the diamond. There's Harry
White Of the Chicago Americans. Some
years sgO he was considered one OF George
towns best sprinters. and today he IL g
very accurate Judge OF base-running. Arthur
Deviin graduated from the same college,
and he IL one OF the fastest men in the
game when he was attending Georgetown
he played first base on the college bali
team, and also held a position on the foot
bali team. Devlin liked foot ball and he
didn't believe that Il slowed him up at All.
Harry Day. who was with Cleveland and
while Keller we're fast men who were nat
usai athletes. and josh Devore knows how
10 run HNoNtfANs
Last summer Lawson Robertson and
Harry Iulluan. two OF the best known
coaches Of athletes in the country. wit
messed n number OF games at washington
park. They both claimed 70 be surprised at
the slowness on the bases Of the Brooklyn
players.
They could bat the baH and they could
catch a. but the way they ran the bases wa
Joke" says Robertson. They'd waIiop the
ball. throw the bat down and waddIe &c
frat Every man jack OF EN- swung his
arms In circles Arm action is half the
effort necessary 10 fast running. but not 4
single one Of the players that we saw
knew the frs. principles OF what Is prob
ably the most valuable science OF base
bail"
Paul Pilgrim is the only big coach who
believes that a man must specialize II h,
Intends making good in athletica He sAyi
that q has been his experieHce that a mar
can 90 only one stunt we'll