Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-27
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ATHLETIC TRAINING
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With the coming Of srring. the world
puts forth new appearance. The
trees and shrubs put forth their bright
est flowers. SO, also, Genes forth a
great hos; or young athletes, the flow
~ and the fruit Of tie etuntry; each
with the hope and salIt,On TO, at
some time. attain the goa. that all ath.
letes are striving 90. to, al some day,
he a champion.
Realizing Gs / do q . stakes and
pitfalls that strew the path of the
young athlete, and remembering my
mistakes and the losses of my early at
tempts and struggles; and also realiz-
ing that many thousands of our best
boys must make their starts on the
road of their choice without a proper
instructor, trainer or coach; it is for
these, for this purpose and with the de-
sire that l may be able to assist some
worthy boy on the road to success, that
| shall endeavor, TO the best of my
ability, to instruct you in the system
Of track athletics that | followed when
was most successful. / may also
quote the system followed by such great
athletes as l have met both as prOfes-
siOnals and amateur athletes; and as
| am at this time instrueting my own
boy by eOrrespondenee-aS he is away
at sehool-yOu may be sure that l feel
most confident that these instructions
will be successful to the majority who
follow my advice.
Remember this, no man or woman
was ever born great. Each is born in
the image and likeness of his God but
only by hard work and years of train
ing in their chosen profession do they
attain greatness. Sandow was a deli
cate child and attained his wonderful
strength only after. years Of endeavor. q.
Annette Kellerman, that divine Venus,
was almost cripple until she took to
the water to develop her limbs; and
today she is looked upon as the woman
with form divine. Charley White was
but a sickly child and today is con-
sdered one of the greatest light weight
pugalists in the world. John ", Crum
only became what he was after several
years of Indifferent running. Goeh,
Burns and Mcleod can cite you to
thousands and tens of thousands of
successful athletes who met defeat, not
once. but several times before they be-
came great athletes.
They say, GIANT heart e'er won
fair lady. I tell you here, a faint
heart never became champion. No
champion will willingly let you defeat
him. You must win it; you must fight
for it; and remember this, you must
win it from an older man, one that
knows all the tricks of the game; with
years of experience and a wonderfully
developed constitution and with cum
ming and judgment of his man-gained
by many and many hard fought con-
test. That is what you will be pitted
against and from whom you must win;
but remember this, youth must be serv-
ed. Youth will win. Are you the
youth9 On you and you alone, depends
the burden of defeat or the joys OF
success.
People will ask, "Why should per-
son spend all these years in hard train
ing and deprive himself of all the pleas
ures that are enjoyed by so many
young men, simply for the pleasure OF
few short hours or days of populari-
ty2n / tell you that is not all. They
develop the mind in all the schools Ind
colleges of the land but how few. very
few, take time TO develop that body
the home of the mind, your whole be-
ing. Unless it is developed properly
you are a cripple, or poor weakling,
nervous wreck or dyspeptie. If you
train properly, you viii form habits
that will last you all through life and
you can enjoy all the joys and pleas
ures Of life in its fullest and brOadest
sense, spurning that which will do you
harm and finding joy and pleasure in
life in the company Of friend, home
and family. As a husband and father
that is not possible without good
body and constitution to fall back up
on in time of need. Such being the
case, you have all to win and nothing
to lose even though you do not prove
to ca champion.
Dom t dissipate. Don't dissipate any
time, any place. in any way or form.
You will never amount to anything If
you do. You cannot win if you do.
The one that does is sure of defeat if
he meets a good man. He is sure Of
defeat as that the sun shines or the
water flows.
once heard Jo Merriman, champion
of Missouri, when he heard of GER
tain runner smoking cigarettes, say,
"I've got him. +" 81 can beat any
man that smokes cigarettes. / am
here to tell you that he got him. You
may say these little things don't hurt
you. 1t is the observing Of little
things that makes champion. / tell
You, don I dissipate.
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