The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-04-26

him that thought / could teach his
PLAYERS something about getting down
to first and he sent for me- knew
that bal players were hard trainers and
clean living fellows, as are most of the
athletes who go out to win champion
ships. The only trouble with them
was that they specialized In every
thing but proper running, and / soon
showed them how to gain speed on the
bases.
i found that a Splinter could easily
master running the bases and learn
how TO Slide without losing time
They say that sprinters are so fast
that they can't stop when they get
going, and most of them can't judge a
slide at all. That's rot. The faster
a man is the more control he has over
his movements. When was sprint
ing in worlds record form could pull
up within fifteen feet OF. the finish line
When broke the forty yard dash at
the Boston A. A. meet, I had only
about ten feet leeway after the finish
There was a bunch Of hatracks in the
way and / couldn't take any chances
of humping into them.
Baseball doesn't hurt an athlete
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said Wefers. "A man who is q good
athlete is sure to make good ball
player If he has the necessary nerve
to face the bal
At Travers island there are several
good ball players among the athletes
Harry Gissing is a great player. He is
fast on the bases because he knows
how to run. His athletic training has
been so good that he is able 10 throw
q ball as far as the best Of them Jake
Hartranft another good player. When
Jerry Mahoney was playing on the
club team he was so good that he re-
ceived several offers from professional
teams" continued Wefers. Jerry
was a jumper OF no mean ability. but
he considered that baseball, football OF
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 seasons are considered ais good
men on the track as on the diamond
There's Harry White of the Chicago
Americans. Some years ago he was
considered one OF Georgetown's best
sprinters, and today he Is a very ac-
,curake Judge of base running Ar
thur Devlin graduated from the same
college, and he is one Of the fastest
men In the game. When he was at
tending Georgetown he. played first
base en- the college team and also
held a position on the football team
Devlin liked football and he didn't
believe that 1t slowed him up at all
Harry Day. who was with Cleveland
and Willie Keeler were fast men who
were natural athletes. and John Devore
knows how to run properly.
Last summer Lawson Robertson and
Harry HiIlnian. two Of the best known
coaches OF athletes in the country, wit
nessed.a number Of games at Washing
ton park. They both claimed to be
surprised at the slowness on the bas-
es OF the Brooklyn players
"They could bat the ball and they
could catch it, but the way they ran
the bases was joke says Robertson
They'd wallop the ball, throw the bat
down and waddle to first. Every man
jack OF them swings his arms in cir
icles. Arm action is half the effort nee
.essary to fast running, but not single
one of the players that we saw knew
A1he first principles OF what is proba.-
ply the most valuable science Of base
ball."
Paul Pilgrim is the only big coach
who believes that a man must special
I've II he intends making good In ath-
1etics- He says that It has been his
experience that man can only do one
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