Evening star., 1926-03-20

| and let the pipe go until he is older
| Rules for training for base ball are
| not as rigid as they are for wrestling,
boxing and games OF team work in
which the exercise is more violent
! than that of base ball. Yet there are
no rules of training observed in other
sports that are not good in many
ways for base ball. because base ball
is that peculiar type of game in which
good training does it's share of benefit
| for the player, no matter what it de-
mands in the way of keeping in good
health.
Training for base ball does not
| make such severe demands for q
short period as some other sports
make. but the base ball player to be
good should be in training all of the
time to the extent that he is in per-
feet health and does not weight him.
self down with superfiuous flesh.
Develop Muscles Naturally.
| The boy who is ambitious to play
| base ball profesSionally-an when he
starts to plays professionally usually
he has in mind that some day he
may be a member OF one of the big
| league clubs-must decide that he
will not indulge in anything that will
affect his wind. his endurance or his
,
develop in their own natural way as
far as his strength is concerned.
There is no demand upon him to
exercise every day using "a lot of
rigamarole which would develop a
Sandow. If he starts on the SandoW
| basis he has begun to cut himself out
of the prospect of being a great ball
player, as men of the Sandow type
do not make great ball players. Over
DEVELOPMENT of the muscles, for
instance. would not assist a ball
player in throwing. His arm muscles
might become so knotted that he
could not get the ball away salts
cactorily and they might tie up so
that he would throw less eftectlvely
after he had acquired a lot or
strength than he could throw Deiore
he possessed it.
Nor is II necessary to overdeVelop
The legs. There have been lot of
| silly notions exploited as to what a
boy should do to strengthen his legs
TO assist him in running If he wishes
to be a ball player. Forget the ad-
! vice if you have ever seen Il. Let the
legs take care Of themselves in their
own natural way. If you fool with
the muscles of the legs you are likely
to strain them unwittingly end the
| next ndDDeTlIlS, dItc1 ST. am - q
attack of that incurable and little
understood affliction called charley
! horse" which has put more bal play
ers out of business without remedy
than almost anything in the whole run
of maladies. that mar the future OF
athletes.
Plenty of Running Advisable.
Plenty of ordinary running will not
hurt. Try it. 1t is good for the wind
and much oxygen is needed when you
are trying to get around the bases in
15 seconds. 1t also is good for the
legs. which do not need hardening un
til they are SO tough that hickory
nuts can be cracked on them, but
which should not be SO flabby that
they will give out at second base
| when a runner has started to make
| a home run. Walking never hurts
1t is one of the best training devices
that the big league players use. When
they are at work in the Spring trying
| to get their Winter fat off they walk
and walk, and run, and run, especial
| ly If they are in small towns.
Don't overwork the throwing arm
| There is enough work ahead OF any
player in professional base ball never
| to try to do too much with 1t before
getting where a demand will be made
upon the muscles to find a place In
big league base ball ond then hold it