The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-30
Points Out Difference Between
Football and Baseball
Men
|gAS NO FOND THEORIES
LIKE vEGETARIANIsM
FLive Naturally Is His Chief
Advice to Baseball
Players
sy HARRY TuTHlLL,

1NhNtA ttNNNos
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30.--In clos
ng my second season as trainer FOL
he West Point football team with TO
ay's Army-Navy game. look back
IN a good deal of pleasure over the
FORK with the Army.
Starting out In 1911 To train foot
Ian team for the first time In my
lie. was rather dubious as to wheth
k should like the work | had
rained every kind of athlete from
|gkters to baseball players. but had
scaped the gridders. like TO work
Iith them, I have discovered. espe
Daily at WestNPoint where they obey
trainer as a superior officer.
There Is great deal of difference
training baseball men and football
en. The Former don't require nearly
b close supervision as the latter DO
|ootball men must be on edge. and a
he edge. for only a few weeks In
year. During those few weeks they
ust oe In condition at least six OF
wen months In the year.
live naturally Is my chief advice
baseball men. IL they are used to
,oklng moderately, let them smoke
FIRING the season. Just so long as
ey carry nothing To -exeass4Earn SAT
Ted with what they do They are
,arly all men who know what is re-
iired, and II they exceed the limit
Is because they haven't sense
lough to realize what Is best for
em.
But football men must be handled
fferentiy. Their work IL more siren
bus and requires a more perfect
bysical condition Tor shorter time
In my own experience ] have never
ven too much importance to the the
les OF diet. Nowadays II Is com
on thing 10 see a great deal In print
bout courses OF eating and drinking
d exercise. There are many people
no think they can determine by a
d rule Just what Is the best course
a person to follow do not be
we Il can be done, at least, not to
" considerable extent. There are
me things which every one ought "a
and some things which every one
ght not to do.
II Is impossible to work out a sys
In which shall apply TO every per
n In every particular, for no TWO
ople are alike For that reason,
lieve that many OF the fads WHICH
3 so highly advertised by certain
formers NAV oftentimes do as mucn
rm as good. No trainer ever settled
lon distinct system which applied
eyery man on his squad beyond a
w simple rules which are good TOT
erv one. He has TO use judgment
a M his system to the needs ol
individual. System Is grea'
ing. and II has its place In athletlc
Inning. but common seLse Is sui
eater thing, and where system
pwds out common sense II is time
call halt.
Every trainer has his own ideas o.
lat is the best dietfor his mel. ~
bet cases his ideas are the result
his own experience based upon
hat he has proved to bring the bes'
suits. Trainers opinions diner like
opinions OF people OF any Other
pfession. Personally, ] have never
Vored yegetarianism. Some people
psider that this is the best course
pursue In athletic training, bat ! &c
think 40. I have never found II
In my experience.
ht is true that there are some ath
es who are known vegetarians anc
ho are successful In their profession
where there is one such athlete
Ere are easily hundred who ea'
bre or less. do not think that any
ecial kind OF diet is required te
Ing n man into the best possible
ape. II is probably true that
I'M can become good athlete OF
u kind OF reasonable diet. He na'
use brains. OF course, and take the
int kind of exercise. So FAR as
concerned. the more meat footbal
vers eat within reasonable limits
better like 1t. l-have my iau'
same as every one else.
always encourage the men TO ca
cream. I think Il Is very bene
ial to them. l dis courage the drink
of alcoholic liquor. will not al
the players under my charge a
est Point to drink coffee. Conee \
40 Injurious as liquor, but II i
bnr the same order. II affects tn
rres and football players have Z
en- cool under difficult circum
lnces. =.
A trainer sometimes has trouble II
forcing his commands. can sa:
thing In favor OF west rom
otball players give the strictes
edience 10 orders. The army DIS
bline permits OF no infractions, an
men who are trained in its har'
nrse are always easy for the traine
handle.
Consequently. whatever ! tell On
IN, no matter how foolish Il seem
them, they 60 right ahead and q
thont any questions asked. The
YER think Of complaining OF arguint
/ take my orders literally just a
ey would obey the order OF a 81
rior ofiicer.
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Ioh prfnflng Done Right. Time
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