Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-20
SPRING TRAINING TRIPS
COSTLY BUT IMPORTANT

sure that | rollt get int rrat Il, ally
as good physical r"ndifiuu hy Stay.n4
| in Troy as can by going SDWM
depends entirely uD"n tue player him
self and his desire and Willingness 4
work hard 10 IN himself for The ions
| season 5 play.
Veterans Need Little Care.
Conscientious players can Cuud:tiuI
themselves almost anyWE ,-ro and the
veterans. like MathrN son. Wagner
Cobb and the rest. need no instruC
tons and watching over. They know
better than any one else Just how
much work they require to get into
shape and they do II They apprp
ciate the fact that upon their cOndi-
tiOn depends their ability 70 earn
money in baseball. They know that if
they do not get into condition and do
not stay in condition they cannot hope
to remain under the big tonr il they
were not conscientious players they
would never have remained in the
major leagues as long as they have
and still be able to hOld their own
yes, and more than their OWn-against
for places on the big clubs.
But | have known players who
think it is clever to break the rules
of training They imagine that they
are slipping something over on the
manager, but in reality they are doing
themselves a great deal more injury
than they are the manager or the club
owner. By breaking training they
cannot do themselves justice on the
ball field. If they cant make good
on the ball field the Dassagewav is
clear for their return trip to the min
OrS.
The best players-the ones who pa
Jade the ball parks year after year
are the ones who stay In good COndi-
ton the year round. They are the
ones who do not'require a great deal
of work in the spring and who can
afford to stand back and let the re-
cruits have the early fling during the
first week or so of spring training.
They bring themselves around by
slow and easy processes, but when
they are ready to cut loose the re-
cruits generally dwindle into the back
ground and the veteran Jumps into
the glare of the limelight This is
true and not because the recruit slows
up through his early efforts, as some
are inclined to believe. but because
the veteran has gradually generated
his full power until he is able to
travel at top speed And a veterans
best, as a rule, is ever so much bet
ter than a rockies best.
Good Start Worth Much.
Most successful managers are hard
and hard taskmasters in the
spring. Once they are convinced that
the players have Mmbered up. their
by easy stages they set a
pace for their charges that keeps them
travelling at top speed The managers
do this because they realize that
game won in April counts just as
much as one won in August. There
have been clubs that have got the
jump early in the season and have
placed so much distance between
themselves and their nearest rivals
that the difference has been big
enough to carry them to the pennant.
A notable example Of this was the!
Giants in 1904 They broke from the
barrier with a rush. They won game
after game during the early weeks Of
the race, but later they slowed up.
Other clubs began to press them, but
the early lead they haG gained was
enough for the New York club to win.
John McGraw is a stickler for be-
ing ready for the Opening of the sea-
son and a great measure of his sue
cess has been due to this fact.