Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-14
Wednesday, January II, 1914
Control"

what is the one greatest requlsi'e
of the star pitcher? I put that ques-
tion TO a dozen of the leading twlrlers
Of the two big leagues last summer
majority of them without the silgh'-
OCT hesitation answered Speed, OF
course, others favored change Oh
pace.
..coief Render of the Athletics was
the only twirler who off-hano eA-
nressed the opinion that all the other
tw;rlers finally agreed to. Controi Is
.ba greatest requisite said Bender.
without control you are like snip
without rudder. No matter no"
much power you may have, you are
unable to get results
Render is an Indian, graduate Oh
Carlisle school and good citizen. ne
- credit to his school and his race
He has condensed modern philosophy
into one word-CONTRoL. 1t is ev-
erything. in this age. Brain Is the
control of the human machine. fhe
mighty steam engine has its 'controi.
Great financial. industrial, and poiiti-
cal systems are under control.
The limitless universe is subject to
t,,e most marvellous control OF all. II
&c bevond the comprehension of man
with his thousands of years OF prog
ress. The hand that iuggles countless
worlds in ceaseless, frictionless, unln-
terrupted perfection, is CONTROLLED
bv Mind-PERFECT Mind.
Today the earthly problem OF life IS
CONTROL. We cannot expect to at
tain PERFECT CONTROL of any
thing. because we are of evil, sur
rounded by evil, living evil, and pro-
duoing evil. But the measure of evil
which we escape metes out the degree
of CONTROL which we put into the
eame-of baseball or of living
CONTROL should be the modern
boys motto; it is ideal. practical god
like. If the boy wishes or expects to
"get anywhere" he must not befuddle
his mind CONTROL with intoxicants,
intemperate eating, social vices, las
civious dreams, or clogging indulgence
in anger or other passion. He must
keep clean and frank and above board
He must come to his parents, his
teacher, his employer, his friend, look
ing wholesome and honest, smelling
clean, and feeling confident.
Practice CONTROL every day Of
your lives boys and girls. You need
it in every phase of life. If you play
ball, practice and work for CONTROL
of pitching, throwing. batting. Plug
away at it; master it, and then you'll
be a ''way-upper" in the game. If you
are leraning a trade get CONTROL
of it's principles. master them. If it is
newspaper work. practice curve balls,
and straight liners. and in-shoots, and
homers on the English language. If
you are taking up farming just get
right out and practice on CONTROL
of the latest quirks in soil needs, pure
seeds and improved stock.
There's your cue to the game,of life,
CONTROL. And SELF-CONTRoL is
superlative. The degree of CONTROL
which you apply to the habits and Gus
toms so easily picked up, measures
your worth to yourself, your family
and associates. and to posterity. If
you are to be we'll represented in the
next generation, perfect your CON
troll on the pure seed of life. Don't
curse it with the taint of poisonous
intoxicants, insidious drugs, or social
evil. Live wholesomely today, for the
record in tomorrow finals. You will
win according to your CONTROL of
each play in the game.
Here are few questions for the
boys to consider:
Why are school and college athletes
placed at the training table, for
Why are prize fighters held to strict
training under rigid and careful man.
agement for months before cham
pionship battle?
Why are baseball players of the big
leagues fed carefully and required to
keep regular hours?
Why are none of these ball players,
prize fighters, oarsmen or field ath-
letes allowed to drink intoxicants-
beer wine, whiskey or liquor of any
kind?
When you have hunted all these out,
you will find that every kind of liquor
contains alcohol which is a narcotic
poison and DESTROYS CONTROL of
MIND and MUSCLE.
Trainers and managers of athletes
strictly forbid the slightest use of liq-
uor. by their charges. Cigarettes are
also forbidden and, in some cases, all
kinds of tobacco are under the ban.
This is also true of the management
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