Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-17

LIE XII
want to be worried trying 70 figure out
where we could stand IL we won such
ana such number OF games, or vice
versa
That is why the baseball player doesn't
go through the agonizing moments at
night that disturb the sleep Of the foot
palI player. We have a longer season
and must accustom ourselves to accept
victory or defeat with the same calm
manner
season 1 was invited to a golf club to
play the game of n thousand worries.
1 went either Is or q holes, 1 10 not re-
member which, and enjoyed II thoroughly.
That evening l ate hearty dinner and
spent the evening driving my auto
through the country. The next day 1
was due to pitch a hard game against
tered my head.
Several days later I met the friend
who had been my host at the golf club,
and he said.
ALEX, I sure am glad that you won
your game against the Giants. was
AFRAID l had put you on the blink when
/ took you out and trotted you around
the golf links for more than half a day.
/ would have regretted It the rest OF my
life II you had lost"
GOLF GOOD FOR NERVES.
Now, as a matter of fact, pitched one
OF the best games of my career against
the Giants They got only one hit of me.
and l might have prevented that one had
! guessed right. The golf had been mem
tai and physical recreation for me- and
| really had fitted me for the hard battle
on the following day.
or course. would not recommend golf
as tuning up process for all ball play
ers. Some are better off, I imagine IL
they never visit the links in the course
OF the baseball season. But 1t just hap
| pened that IL was the tonic / needed,
and would not hesitate to go round a
golf course the day before I was slated
to pitch a game that meant thousands OF
dollars to me and the players.
1t has amused me to hear fans express
amaZement about a player who spent the
| greater part Of the night previous to the
first game of the last worlds series
searching for tickets for members Of his
| family. They imagined that the manager
| or president of his club would send the
tickets to him in a gold envelope and see
that he spent the evening where he could
! not become upset by the goings and com.
ings OF the great crowds in Philadelphia
/ for the series.
I'll bet that the search for the worlds
series tickets was the best thing tha
could have happened to the player. HI
| was worried for fear his family wouldn
| get to see the first game, and his minC
| was taken up with the hunt for the card.
| of admission. When he got them he wa!
satisfied and went home to Sleep forget
| ting all about the big game he must TAX,
| part in the following afternoon.
II I had to sit around training house
or a hotel, hour after hour as do tn,
| football players, with nothing on my
mind but the game to be played, I'D los,
sleep, too, imagine. 1t must be a strair
on a man, mentally and physically.
NATURAL HABITS BEST.
do not want to appear to criticise tn,
| methods in vogue in the football train
ing camp. But l do know that 1 ca
when / want to eat-except just befor,
| the game, OF course-and smoke when
think a pun or two will be enjoyed. Tn,
| baseball player doesn't have any stric
training Jules except those dictated b!
common sense, and that is why he car
sleep and forget all about the fight o
| the morrow.
1 once heard a manager say that h
| didn't mind his players smoking occa
sional cigarettes or taking an occasiona
| drink of beer or ale, but he did rails
the deuce with the player who was ou
latter hours" In other words, an ath
lete must have his sleep and he can
expect to deliver the goods on the bal
field unless he has rested between tn
sheets for the accustomed number o
hours.
Sleep is my idea of the best tonic 70
the ball player.