Evening star., 1924-12-25
TY COBB
Rermaker of Base Ball
Cobb's Ideas of it
Plans for Future
Ctarkes Experience.
CHAPTER LII

one about the Il hours sleep each day.
but Cobb did not mean il exactly tina I
way. Still, 1t served well for publicity
purposes and Cobb got a great ueal of
publicity out of it. The question of
sleep is ever an interesting one and
newspapers hoped to the idea with
Cobb giving il new impetus.
What Cobb really meant was that he
managed to rest IL hours out of each
"a. Not the entire u was taken up by
sleep, part by lounging. But for IL
hours in every "a Cobb aimed to give
his body perfect relaxation. And in
this relaxation is found one Of the chief
reasons for Cobb's long career.
AS he protected his career and pro-
longed it so Cobb plans to protect him
self when his playing days are ended.
He has decided on a system that will
insure him for future years.
Men that indulge in strenuous athle-
tics and who quit suddenly invariably
pay a heavy price. Lung or heart trou-
BILE usually descends upon the man who
retires from sport. Cobb intends to
protect both heart and lungs.
A few years ago Cobb was exam
ined by an expert in Atlanta, Ga. This
man discovered Cobb had unusually
large veins and an enlarged heart
Cobb had exercised for years, ever
since early boyhood. The condition
was a natural result of that exercise
The doctor told him there was no i'm
mediate danger but warned him OF
serious consequences if he ever quit
playing.
On the day Cobb quits active play
he will start a course of daily exer-
cises to prevent collapse" of the
veins He intends to continue these
exercises.
49, LA Ia ~ t@ lyo
who managed Pittsburgh the year
that the Pirates beat Cobb and the
Tigers for the world championship
Clarke then related his own expert
ences to Cobb.
Clarke quit exercising when he
quit base ball and soon after his
heart began troubling him. He con-
suited a. physician. The doctor told
him his heart was bad. He told
Clarke to report for daily treat
ments, but after a week Clark e s
heart was not improved.
The doctors office was three blocks
from a. car line and the doctor was
always at his office promptly at
o'clock, so by being in the office
before 9 Clarke was assured of being
first called and avoiding waits in the
office.
One morning it was exactly
o'clock when Clarke got Off the car
Not wanting to be late, he ran to
| the doctors office. Examining Clarke
| a few minutes later, the doctor ex-
| claimed: Your heart action is per-
feet this morning. My treatments
must be doing you lot of good
So each morning for week Clarke
ran three blocks to the doctors office
| and was told that his heart action
was perfect. One morning he walk ed
and the doctor discovered Clark e's
heart was bad again, just as bad as
| the day he came to him. So Clarke
| told the doctor what he had been
| doing and the doctor prescribed q
set of daily exercises for Clarke. His
| heart trouble disappeared, perma-
/ nently.
Men who engage in sports enlarge
| the heart because of the action de-
manded of the heart. And they nat.
| urally enlarge the veins. The same
is true of the lungs. The more the
| athlete exercises and the greater
| demand made on the lungs, the larger
1 they become. When the athlete re-
tires, the heart. veins and lungs col.
| lapse because only the normal part:
| Of each organ are used. The result
| of this collapse is often fatal.
And Cobb is prepared to escape
| the same fate.
| Tomorrow, Chapter LIV-Cobb'l
selcctions.)
I Copyright, 19A.l