Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-17
BY JAMES J. coRBETr.

~ everyone, and he we hates him
+,ould get rid OF the habit, but he can
r,,ptlls," or "coffin-nails," his will-powe,
,Detween the youth and petty vice. /
light they would take far more interes
ould find far more satisfaction IT. h
,me boys think II is manly to smoke.
liver to travel around with fellows
Tough TO get In the swim than 1t a,
~ ese things.
Baseball a Developers.
Baseball Is our national pastime, and
incline or other nearly every native
.prn American has played the game
A brings every muscl OF the body
Isto play, besides developing the brain
ND the lung power. 1t Is pleasing 10
~, ryone interested In athletics to
learn nov the public schools and the
private schools the country over are
giving the, youngsters a chaiice to de-
ielop their bodies. 1t Is he of the
fundamental principles of life that to
Q successful In any walk of life, you
1ust be sound OF body .as vel. as
hind. The schools are now giving the
Youngsters the opportu 1ity to ret an
ven start in both departments, and /:
! OF untold benefit. The nspney psid
20 athletic directors is veil cpenl in
Iced. Noted teach srs rs re told me
that IL is surprising to see the gen
eral Improvement In their scholars
since this athletic movement was IN
Stituted.
Baseball shows us what a wonderful
Niece of mechanism the human body is.
For instance a man Is at bat the
pitcher winds up and delivers the ball
II all takes but the wink of an eye
lash, yet the batter has ,ocated the
ball with his eye. and his skilled arm.
acting In unison with h thought,
meets the ball with the bat and away
the ball goes With the same movement
the batter starts for first. 1t Is all
done so quickly that the average spec
tator does not realize the marvellous
sl.t,ed with which the batsinan must
act.
seldom a Star Past 50 Years.
This Is also an instance why a man
must be In good condition to play the
game and why a man seldom stars at
the game after he has passed his 35th
wear. There Is a certain snap about
youth which man loses after he ha
passed the halfway mark in the race
of life. / know how 1t was with my
self. A youth seems to be able to
think more quickly and to act with tn
thought, while the muscles seem to re-
lax as one grows older and do not re-
spond with the same accord. | ne er
noticed this more than in Jeffries's
ease during the fight. jeff had a sort
of attack and defense that vas all hi
own, q little way of going about 1t
that was different from that used by
anyone else. not radically, but a sort
OF individuality. When he got into
the ring he found that with his advanc-
eng years he had lost that knack-that
snap judgment-and he was lost.
Play Ball Myself.
have played baseball and am a
great fan. 1 am personally acquainted
with all of the stars Of the game, and
never miss a game when 1t is possible
for me TO attend. We have two teams
in our company, and. though I do not
want to be taken as one who bows
his own horn, / wanteto say that I am
the champion player and have mana e !
the team that always wins. Honey
Boy Evans is some player, but his
team can't hold a candle to our n ne
I played the game before winning tn.
championship of the world in the
heavyweight class. and | have a broth r.
Joe Corbett, who was q great pitcher
and was once with Baltimore. He is
now the manager Of a telephone COM
pany in Frisco. My position is at
first, and 1t takes a pretty big and high
heave to get n over my dome. After
I had won the belt I Travelled around
for a time playing first for two or three
snnings each day in different Tri-Stat.
League towns. but ! W played pro-
Sessional baseball.
] am q great Giant rooter. and pre-
dict that the worlds series this fall
will bring together Johnny McGraw's
Giants and Connie Mack's Ath' etics.
In the Eastern I hope to see the Tigers
win the %pennant. for like Joe Nc
Ginnity. I have promised Joe that l
will run over to see a game or two In
Newark newt year and inspect your
new ball park.