The Washington times., 1925-12-05
RED MUST LIVE
WELL TO KEEP
STEPPING
Lou Little Discourses on
Oranges Ability to Hold
Terrific Pace
Bv r. d. THOMAS


| How long will "Red" Grange
hold the pace? Starting today he
win play six football games in
nine days, barring the unfore-
seen.
The American public, familiar
Lied withe the elaborate prepare
Ition Of the college eleven for
ZACH contest, eyes with two-ply
interest the ambitious efforts Of
Grange and the Chicago Bears,
Who must share with him the
test Of physical and mental dura-
bility.
That formidable program laid out
for Grange in particular ana mis-
team mates incidentally has con-
centrated attention on the question:
IL football a one-game-a-week sport,
or can it be played day in and day
out? 80
Now listen to Lou Little, foot
hall coach and director Of athletics
at Georgetown University, VINO
played about forty games at tacKie
FOR the University Of Pennsylvania
in four years and ninety-two IN
four years as a professional.
Asked for an opinion, Lltlle
thought over the matter and sum-
med up Oranges case thusiy:
His problems are to avoid In
iury. physical staleness and mem
! ~ sfaleness. III he Ii mot IN
iTIrAd I think he can 60 through
| vvith hla schedule I'm good shape,
| ~ least wen enough 20 give the
nutlic a run for its money. and
| and that seems TO be one OF his
| important ideas. There Ii no ques-
ton that Grange IL . great bail
carrier and that it ID worth WIn4o
for any football fan to watch
him In action.
..He IL obviously in excellent
shane now. and IL he remains in
good condition there is no reason,
I should judge, why he couidn,t
play football every other day or
80. with perhaps two or three
games in a row now and then.
His ability to keep going physi-
callv. naturally, on his condition
| and to keep in shape it will be
necessary that he eat well and
sleep well. Frequent train rides and
changes Of water and food take
away much Of an athletes stamina.
| I'm the matter Of playing FOOT.
/ ball day after day, with q Gay or
two off between at times, It - not
much harder in a physical way
than constant scrimmaging In
preparation for college games
Every football player frequently
does more work in a day OF prac-
tice than he does in an actual
game. I dare say that not large
| percentage of the spectators at
college game realize 1he amount OF
work done by the players In the
course of the week to get ready Tor
the Saturday contest.
"In a week Of practice . col
Iege player will use up enough
energy to play several games. In
q way, Grange will do little more
work as q pro, playing frequently
than he did as . cOllegian, play
ing once q week, but pract1clng
and scrimmaging almost every
day.
80 much for the physical end OF
it.. Plenty OF sleep and proper eat
ing should prevent him from be-
coming physically stale.
1.-THE mental side Of playing foot.
ball is important, too, very much
SO. To be at his best a football
player must be keyed to a keen
pitch, and this condition cannot b"
attained frequently. After a spirited
game the football player suffers
mental reaction and sometimes Is
unable to whip up his spirit asain
for days.
Two or three hard games in a
row, l dare say, would take more
out of Grange than two or three
weeks of meeting inferior oppo-
nents."