The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-27

eAtcnu the uue measure vi CIeuit W
a man who, in the face of real OBJ
stacles, scores clean-cut success.
Faithful -------->
ence Is an at HOW JAKE
tribute which most TOOK OFF
OF us are prone TO 50 POUNDS.
leave out of ourS
sport. We like the pastimes that are
easy for us and shudder from those
which imply a preparation OF self
denial
The case In point right now is that
OF Jacob Mazer. Everybody in De-
troit knows Jake and his relation to
basketball OF the high-class character.
His ID. A. c. five, apparently stronger
than ever, is again contender, fer
the state championship and Jake him
self is playing as fast a game as he
did ten years ago when he was just
as much OF star as he is today.
How Jake got into form this year,
shedding an envelope of 80 pounds
excessive adipose tissue is a matter
OF history around the Athletic club.
Jake started training Sept. L." said
one OF the attaches of the club the
other day. Il saw him step on the
scales that day. He weighed 1856
pounds stripped He got into heavy
clothes and went out on the track
There he ran FIVE miles-20 laps over
the cinders, He told me that he'd
get down TO 1856 or he wouldn't play
DIT all this year
Day after day he punished himself
around that track. The big clock en-
the Central High school building tow
er was his stop-watch He allowed
40 minutes for his trip and made his
last mile his fastest Forty minutes
is the length of a basketball game,
you know. Jake wanted TO be able to
keep runDig every secod of that time,
ad his traiig included no rest, be-
tween the halves.
Well. for one solid month Jake
sawed wood, sometimes alone. some
times accompanied by one of the
other boys for a part of the distance.
At the end of that month he was just
exactly where he started He's a good
eater and never stinted himself when
be wanted to hit the water tank.
Most OF us cam TO the conclusion
that Jake would never manage 10
make that weight. We felt sorry for
him. Several OF us advised him TO
help his traiing with a little dieting,
but Jake was firm. Then, all of q
sudden as ii seemed, h ebegan to
make progress. Early in October
some OF the weight he was taking or
every day began to stay off, Even
three big squares a day didn't put IL
hack. One pound. two pounds, some
times three pounds a day. he began
to reduce. BY the time the football
season was we'll under way, he had 20
pounds the best OF his battle. When
the time came in December to start
indoor work, Jake was down to the
weight he had set, and cut the run.
ming out OF his program.
He's down TO weight yet and he's
in as fine physical condition as ever.
But | wonder how many men, situat-
ed as Jake was, would have stuck to
il az he did. II was a star or nothing
for Jake and he knew just what he
had to do"
il jitsu may have made Jack John
son yell NUM-" when Jack passive
ly submitted to those holds. It's
grand system of self-defense when tho
object stands still, but a good right
cross is barrier that greatly impedes
its effectiveness.
The quest of higher education at
Michigan next year will be featured
by two big football games, 500 miles
apart in a weeks time.
There is nothing that emphasizes
the durability of Cy Young more than
the steady approach OF decrepitude
which is becoming apparent in the
Young Cy who, years his junior, is
now quivering in the balance between
major and minor league ball.
We don't know the magnate who
runs the Vernon, Cal club, but we've
got to admire his spunk in accepting
battle once each year with the De-
troit executive, over the possession OF
some ball player-Vance last year and