The Washington times., 1919-11-05


half insane with enthusiasm
Every Saturday the few weeks the pectacles
will be repeated with growing crowds and increasing mad
ness
On the days preceding these coming contests you will
find the sporting pages of the newspapers tables present
ing for your study the height weight and of the oppos
ing players As you read these over you WILL perhaps
decide in advance which should which player
should outdo his opponent.
But make your conclusion any value there should
be another column to the tables which will tell you the
THINKING capacity of each player you knew that you
could discard the of the statistics and pretty
the actual result In advance.
On of the big university eevens the other day
Of the best physically removed from their places
sent away from the training table, and eliminated, tenn
porary least from all consideration available
rial because they missed signals.
That was another way of saying they were not or
could not THINK
It made difference that they strong; that they
could physically overcome their opponents If the men
opposite could outthink them they were useless
football furnishes pretty good parallel to
Both of them require training
Both Of them aided by experience the learning from
ones mistakes well from the mistakes of others
Both OF them make necessary certain characteristics
without which efforts will be without results.
One Of these is physical condition man, as long as
he believes he sick is under tremendous handicap The
physical trainer of the football would reject him The
employer viii not hire him.
There thousands of men who have started out in
life with physical weaknesses but they overcome them
There is no patent on the process You do the
same thing.
Thousands of other young have started out with
fine bodies and splendid health and ruined both by
by late hours By drinking BY oyereatng. BY wasting
their energies In frivolous and useless activities
Don't be alarmed discouraged by some physical lack
you lose Of your hands make the that is left
twice as useful as it used to be-
One of the most mentioned football players of few
horJ
every man he played against.
One Of Americas greatest scientists badly crippled
hunchback
But whatever your physical condition you must learn
to think.
Harness horse a wagon. Put man on the seat to
direct the horse and accomplish good days work
Change them around-harness the man and let the
horse do the directing, and you will accomplish nothing
1t Is the brains of the making of the muscular
power Of the horse that gets the results
1t Is the cultivation of your thinking powers that will
enable to to the greatest advantage either on the
football field in the office, wherever you are the
strength of your body.
In the writer's Judgment although he does not claim
particular value for his conclusion the greatest foot
ball player that ever lived was Hinkey, of Yale
The writer him at the height of his career when
largely by his individual effort Harvard defeated after
the Cambridge eleven had gone Springfield Mass the
scene of the game, certain of victory.
Hnkey was not a big, strong looking fellow. He i'm
pressed one as rather lacking in physical requirements
But he played with his head well as his body and what
his muscles lacked his brain supplied.
Anatomsts and physical and mental experts write and
talk about thing they call eco ordination" That in
simple language means working together
Train your mind and your body to work together Do
not develop either the of the other and then
viii get the best results from both.
Another thing required in football and life is COURAGE
does little good to think plan of action unless
you have the Determination and Courage to carry it
through
Many with the possibilities Of success lust in
front Of him has failed for the lack Of courage
Don't be afraid.