The sun., 1910-06-26

Inc 10 make an exhibition of myself In
NE prooenco q the exparts Who Rrncsd
ne courts later in the day. had heard
my instructor referred 10 a. a foxy
player. bat the meaning Of the term ala
not hreak upon mo fully until az the ex-
p'ration OF aix OF seven weeks, when I
had begun % locate the ball occasionally
and managed to make an odd kill az an
elective drive 20 the lower board Of the
court is termed.
1T was then that Barney commenced
oy serving high one. followed BY a ahort
one and then another high one. with your
humble servant dashing In and out ihe
thirty ton truck. the dizzy rally finally
Stnalng up with peewee tOas or drive
to the extreme corner OF the court where
Hamilton in his airship couldn't reach
~ 10 was on occasions like theae that
!haarney would slap his thigh and calculate
~ chiminy' and ID was on such Ocoa-
sions also that my weight fell on.
Every day ! played. though. my nesh
got harder, my eyes were brighter and
slept Ike a top. The cold shower with
rundown with a rough coarse towel was
one of the best things In connection with
the work and soon I began 20 pity thoas
who were not handban fans.
IL took twO months 60 take OH twenty
I'VE pounds. hut after that Il was easier
~ the end of that time ! could play
forty minutes straight at singles ana an
Indefinite time az doubles, and 1 became
regular and joined the simon pure hand
ball contingent.
AT the end of si1 months was dowr
60 $50 pounds and it was a cinch 10 10 any
81 The old stunts like bending over and
touching the noOr. l ilnd that am inn
proved In every way. and | don't blame
Jeifriee for doing the bulk Of his train
ing Tor Jack johnson in the hanuhaN
court.
'Ons Of tho most striking things In
connection with the game % hRndball
~ have seen IL IL the large number Of
men of middle age and even beyond
the sixty year line that play IL. The
beauty OF the game Ia that you can regu-
late the speed of your company.
.Once IN a while a man might nick out
frisky veteran like Matt IAmarche or
Doc Bell with the expectation Of getting
somewhere. hut those experts are cap
able Of keeping most of the free for alters
up 70 their wOrk and they arc a trihe
swift Tor the neOphyte.
james nunne. Sr. u a marvellous
exponent Of what handhall will 90 for a
man. Well on 10 the three score and ten
mark. there are few men In BROOKLYN
capable u taking his measure In a walled
court to-day. When his great friend Phil
Casey. champion of the world for many
years, was alive i was a treat 20 watch
those lrishmen play the game.
That handbal h getting more and
more popular 10 shown by tho signs seen
around New YORK.. ! noticed In the Wall
Street district few days ago this notice
Handban courts and shower baths for
business mem IL was an appeal 20 the
tired broker OF CLERK aftei business hours
n take some exercise that would ne him
all the better for the work at hand.
There Ia no game that will sharpen you
up like handhall. It h good for the eye
and brings into play every muscle Of the
body The STOPPING and reaching for
low balls takes on tho habby heah about
the hips and abdomen. and I've sForn
never 10 give up the game even II / have
~ bliid a court Of my own. Why. after
nearly a year Of IL feel when 30 out
into the street after a game a. though I'D
like 10 have somebody start something'