San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17
GREAT SPORT
IN MANY
/. CITIES
Schinner Says Game Not
Yet Appreciated As 1t
Should Be.
By A. j. SCHINNER

Chairman Wisconsin Boxing Commission
MILWAUKEE, Wis, jan. 16.-
Looking for a winter tonic guaran-
teed to shake off that dumpy feeling?
play hand ball.
Want game which will make you
thin if you are fat and build you up if
you are thin ?-play hand ball.
We make this recommendation
without reservations-the game is a
positive cure for all winter afflic-
tions; it will tone your system and
Keep you fit until you can stay out in
the open again next spring to chase
that little white pill about the neigh
bOrhood pastures. Nothing like it for
the glum winter days.
Although lost in the shuttle and
otherwise eclipsed by our more widely
advertised sports such MS football,
baseball and boxing, hand ball has
big army of followers and fans IN
every Y. NJ. c. A. and athletic club in
the country where it usually heads
the list of popular indoor athletics
during the winter months. Although
the rubber ball game as played in
America is of comparatively recent
origin. the game of hand ball is one
of our most ancient pastimes, being
evolved from wall ball. The Irish
brought hand bail with them to Amer
leo after which we adopted it,. elimi1-
ated the hard bal! substituting the
out the country.
TWO CLASSES.
Hand ball is still divided into two
camps-the hard and soft ball play
crs. but the rubber ball players are
by far in the majority and. having
played both games, we can truthfully
state that little of the old game is lost
in the new which calls for all the
speed. endurance, skill and headworK
asked by any sport in the lengthy
category Of American athletics. As n
conditioner hanl ball has no equal
and has so been recognized for years
by our professional athletes. 1t IS
especially favored by those who would
reduce. being strenuous enough 10
knock off several pounds in an after
noon Of play. The writer has had
some experience in football. baseball,
hockey and has dabbled in about
everything else. but we can truthfully
state there is no game which makes a
greater demand upon the resources OF
the individual than hand ball. This
you can quickly settle your mind on
the score by attempting n few rounds,
Handball enthusiasts are prone to
carry their play to extreme. Our adj
vice Is to hold yourself to three sets
week especially should the games take
toll of your strength and reserve. 1t
is not unusual for two well matched
rnd expert players to knock off from
three to five pounds in a set and it can
well be realized that this sort of siren
rous work engaged in daily is not con
ducive to the maintenance Of health
and good physical condition.
We are now in the midst OF the
handball season and the cold weather
acts as n spur. but temperance is adj
vsed Mt all times especially for bust |
ness men beyond the thirty mark. We
do not mean to infer that the game is
dangerous the contrary, in fact, is the |
case. but there is always danger of
OVERRIDING after once you become en-
Unused. Proceed along the lines of
common sense and you can carry the
sport well into your old age. We have |
men in Milwaukee who have been play |
ing handball for over thirty years and |
still enjoy several sets weekly although |
beyond the fifty and even sixty years |
notch. This is not only true of Mil |
waukee but otheS cities as well. This
is proof conclusive of the fine qualities |
Of handball in the matter of health |
maintenance.
For the business man Of today and |
the club man, handball is n boon since
it keeps him physically fit and while
it has not been exploited as other |
games have and really is not appreciat-
ed as it should be, it is only so be-
cause 1t has not really been "discov-
cred" Gold, you know, did not get |
anywhere until the light of publicity
shone upon it. In the meanwhile. If
You never have played handbal you
don't know what you have missed in
the way Of healthful recreation. If
You want game to tone up your liver
and shake the kinks out of your "in-
nards," join the town "Y" or athletic
club and start chasing the rubber ball.
You'll be surprised what it will do for
you.
Handball can either be played with
single front wall or in regulation
court Of four walls. The latter gives
you the best play and. in an average
size court of 45 by % feet, player
can find all the action he is looking
for. In tennis you have racquet TO
retrieve the ball-handball, which
might just as well be called palmball
you have your hand, either right or
left. bare or gloved, to recover ball
about One-third the size of n tennis
ball. The game is strenuous but,