Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-22

Nineteen cents provides n meal for tho
University OF Pennsylvania football team
The menu includes everything necessary to
nourish body and mind TO the best possible
advantage. This is the experlenc OF
coaches of the team that defeated the Uni
versity OF Michigan Saturday and promises
co be one OF tho most successful the Uni
versity has ever turned out.
The twenty,four men on the Penn football
squad eat three meals day, seven days
each week through the season Mt the train.
Ing table of the Athletic Association under
the eyes of coaches ever watchful that
nothing but the best In served them And
Il can all be done for 81 week each The
actual cost TO the men and the Athletic
Association. which makes UP the deficit. Is
more than that but the excess is not
charge for food 1t is the overhead" the
commlssnry pays for four walters who
eerve the squad the three cooks, laundry
fuel and maintenance
COST ONLY 10 CENTS
The nineteen cents that goes Into the
Penn squads meals pays the retail costs
81 the food served at the training table
II makes provision for all the meat the
men should have each week. for potatoes
d cereal and vegetables. diet more elab-
crate and costing more would do the foot
ball men no good, Dr. Charles NJ wharton
line coach and captain of the Penn team
twenty years ago, declared today What
the Penn men eat liz the food experience
has shown is the most beneficial II would
be possible to put on the training table.
The training table diet differs in no ex-
traordinary way from that many are accus-
toned to. It's most salient characteristic is
that there are no second servings Foot
ball men cannot come back for more. Once
cmptied the plates are carried off the
table. Even the first serving. their normal
allowance. would strike many as niggardly
This view was taken by 80 many new men
of the squad in days past that the lnfex-
ible rule. mo seconds" was put down.
and there are no leniencies shown any one.
Breakfast at the training table s an
event seldom salted with variety. The hrst
course ID stewed fruit prunes, peaches or
apricots After that 10 oatmeal or some
other cereal. eggs, unaccompanied by ham
or bacon, and never fried, and a few pieces
of toast. There is no tea, coffee or milk for
the squad.
Lunch usually starts with soup. Then
there may be lamb chops, limit of two
being set Tor each man. or steak. end from
this there lis but one piece served at the
meal slice OF steak might be enough
% suit any one were not the coaches care
xul to see that It is no longer than three
Inches nor wider than two nor immoderately
thick Creamed potatoes go with the meat
and there may be hominy or boiled rice. Tea
and coffee and milk are under ban
Dinner is the most important meal but
there also the trimming IS carried on by
the coaches as at the other two Dinner In.
cludeB soup, roast beef, roast chicken or
roast lamb. OF none Of these, however
may any man eat more than the equivalent
OF one fair-sized slice Of roast beef The
potato is again present and there are
usually canned string beans, peas and pos
Elbly stewed celery. At this final meal of
the day the squad has dessert This, though
IS limited TO rice puddings or ice cream.
NO "AIAKE-oVERs"
The training tables nineteen cents a
meal provides food like this throughout the
football season. Everything served is OF
good quality and there has been no in
crease In the price this year The rate
II made, furthermore, without reckoning on
the economies OF 'make-overs", Food ap-
pears on the training table only once.
Hash is unknown there. The food Is bought
and served fresh for each meal.
1T is the best diet we can figure out"
Doctor Wharton declared. ut must meet
the most severe demands ever put upon a
scheme OF feeding, The men must be nour-
ished into condition that viii give them
the surplus vitality to withstand punish |
ment oeatinsa and the stress OF bodily con- |
ntct spread over longer period than any
other group of men undergo.
''Bssides that, they must be fed for their |
brains. There must be enough food TO |
maintain the boay at its best pitch yet not |
% much that mental alertness and capability |
viii be in the slightest degree impaired"
Doctor Wharton declares that hunger is |
merely psychological after n small amount |
q, food has been eaten
Let any one tiy eating slowly and talk
ing 4 good deal between bites" he said
fIhe person may bsleve the contents OF
the nate viii not be nearly enough. but IL
Instructions are followed Il will be found
that half the usual amount OF food is more
than plenty. The get-up-hungry' slogan
Is not such calamity 10 hearty eaters if
they eat more slowly. They will find II
easy