The Washington times., 1913-01-04
SIMPLE LIFE FOR
! PITTSBURGH STAR
KEEPS HIN YOUNG
Dutchman Seeks Open Air
and Has Good
Health.

Hans Wagner. the Pittsburgh shorts
STOP is one Of the youngest" veterans
in the National League ranks. Ply
sicians ascribe the Germans greatness
to his rowing disposition. his fondness
for nature and his habit of eating
what he p,eases. In commenting upon
wagner's ability to keep IN good shape
year after year. James Jerpe Of Pitts
bursh. who has known the great snort
stop a number Of years. says:
When man of bis natural physique
can eat what he wants. drink what he
Wants and do what he pieases In the
open air all the year around. il isn't
any real wonder that he proIongs his
dtnletic career and stands on the slow
ness and staleness that come to the
pest OF them as the years go by.
No Complications Set In.
Honus is the living ideal Of the sim
PIE life- He clings TO nature. He spends
MS fali and winter in the woods and the
spare time OF the summer at the banks
OF a stream. fishing. He loves the free
dom OF the open air and he Is at home
in the widest woods. He has the nature
OF an Indian in tiiis respect. You don't
eaten Honus browsing around I'm the
CITY OF on the streets Of his home town
he keeps to himself or in his own pst
little circle OF woodmen.
nave known him personally for
years and / know that his fondness 70
hunting and fishing and life in the open
ar mas Kept him from going to the iIe
card as a really great player. Hopus
s soams tne woods from pure desire He
doesn't worry. He sleeps q lot and he
eats what he pleases and when he
pieases. Ham and eggs look roo6 M
nm tnIee umes a day Between meals
ne seeks the open air-either In his au-
tomobile or on foot
"Honus has poetic nature I'm mi.
Respect although he is anything but a
poet But the open air, the trees tbe
streems. and the wild freedom OF the
.n2 M0oos nave a fancy for him. and in
IL any wonder, then. that he retains
- visor and conserves much Of that
dash and speed that make him the
annual wonder Of the bali field?
Might Have Been Different.
Let US fancy another kind OF wag-
ner. What IL Honus had been an m
dinerent kind of chap with a fancy
for the iimelight and the streets OF the
city In the on season? What IL he just
loafed around and did nothIng. -Four
or hve years ago Honus would have
passed from the realm OF the truly
great. But to his rowing nature and his Z
Aof buC o1fupic nLe the E1II40urKn
club and the fans Of Pittsburrh owe
the fact that Honus comes around ev-s
cry year, and Is the mainstay OF the
frateS. Yes. str-F-e-c-e. But the de- I.
sire Tor outdoor life has toe be part OF
a mans nature. and Hans Wagner has
that nature. - 49,
There Is nothing tempting on the hotel
or dining car menu for Honus. He pre-
iers the simplest kind of fare and plen-
~ OF II Honus would stop at the
w and calmly order
characteristic contempt the alleged
tempting merits of lobster a la New
burgh, pate de fois gras. crab ravigotte
and the pastries and knicknacks OF the
steward 8 : batting order. For fifteen
years they have tried to wine and dine
honus and educate him up to these
CITY notions in the culinary art, but THE
Gep:nan would rather order his own
meals and nay twice as much for them
Is the cnap who fuses over the Frenchy
menu and its varieties.
Likes the Movies.
As for the evenings In a large city,
fonus always enjoys himself. In New
York he hunts out the big moving-pie-
ture shows. where the movies, may be
showing African game hunts or some
'ort OF adventure In the jungle. woods
sr on sea The next morning he may
De I'D bright and early and within an
hour or two he will be forty-five min
ites from Broadway, where the fishes
nave no idea of the closeness of little
Did New York town
Yes. It's funny how the Dutchman
keeps his shape year In and year out"
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