New Britain herald., 1915-03-01
"CLEAN LIVING" IS
 KEYNOTE OF SUCCESS
Wholesome Adv,ce Gwen by Frank
 ChaTCe, the Peerless Leader.

There's lot of common sense in what Frank Chance has to say in his latest advice to young men. Clean living is the keynote to athletic sue cess. he says, and it would not be anliss to say it is the keynote of all success Here's what Chance has to say
 "Remember one thing, boys, I am not going to preach to you, alth hougn at times 1 may appear to be doing so I know that a kid hates to hear his elder lnoralizisg over some topic or other that has to do with his play and amusement. But l am going to give vo,1 some pretty stiff lessons in lead ing a clean. athletic life, and these lessons l learned by what I saw in looking over the thousands of young players who passed before my eyes while l was managing big league ball clubs.
 "I suppose that it is the dearest wish of 99 out of 100 American boys to become real big league ball players. That is only natural. That was my earnest wish when I was a big, awk- ward yOungster squeezed into home made uniform about two sizes too small for me.
 "Physical condition is the greatest asset of professional baseball player As matter of fact. the same is true of any person whether he be boy or man, no matter what vocation he may follow through life.
 "A boy possessed of a delicate con- 5ttutlon who is growing up into a tra1l, slckly appearing youth may be- como great athlete and a wonderful ball player if he sets about it right, providing or course, that he has the natural ability and inclination to play ball.
 Temperance in all things is one of the keEnotes of success of the modern hero of the diamond. If a ball play CT leads an incorporate life he doesn't last long in the big leagues. He flames up like a comet today, but to- morrow he is gone, relegated to. some bush league, where he either bitter lE repToaches himself for having thrown away his lifes opportunity or else tries to shift the blame from his own shoulders and unjustly accuses something else of being the cause of his failure.
 Good, physical condition means good health. Good health is founded on clean living, and the average boy who follows certain rules of living can acquire good health, even if he has the misfortune to be naturally frail physically. Good physical condition is one of the most important things in the makeup of a future big league star.
 'Of course, not all ball players are strong physically. Some of the great est players that the game has ever known have been far from robust.
 ''One of the first rules that the flu ture ball player should lay down for himself is in regard to personal clean lincss. Nearly all ball players are SCrupulOusly clean. They have to be. After every game tho whole team breaks for tho Clubh Ouse and for half an hour there is the sound of shout ing and SplaShing as the players soap themselves and stand under the show CT baths. Boys, develop the habit of the daily bath. It will send vou to "chool or to work feeling twice as fit aS the man who bathes irregularly.
 Ii you want to be a Ty Cobb don't smoke. But if you do smoke. at least use tobacco in moderation
 Here is one of the most iooorto,+ rules for ball player no matter what ms experience, to follow. Be temper ate Tn your eating. Guttony, to my mlnd, IS one of the worst sins of tho decalogue. The average baseball fan doeSn know it. but many a great b,u player has fairly eaten himself o,,t of the big leaguc'"