The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 28, 1900, Page 17

. e Soitors aiter . Sats 1o college football ‘ T f great gt w Yort to keep from ner o e as a fclan - By changes of et or takinz him out of the practice few he ¢ racts any ten- it the coach may man in the practice nlar t and ess llow or the tralner's own field is absolute, trouble. first and most trying r—to keep the But there are e his work diff- yer—the quarter or bucking half whose brill- ted upon to score against rival team—goes down in a heap sow.s gs whick orite P even! at practice and when the other fellows get up he les on the ground tw pain from a sprained ankle or idon or a twisted knee. The r him in charge and assumes responsibility of getting the disabled r back into shape and doing it quick- If he bungles, his mistake may cost the college the game, to win which gll BAADAG/IYG AW Ene ANEL BFORE THE GATE ris .f the training season have put forsh, de from the beer. cener or less getting would prac- efforts of the ars, the g; there wp for whom the ctice. are what make trainer’s > in the , though ng of the school nd the ve les est some tk ngs that wonder how a will int people who college team is trained, and which ought to be of some assistance to high boys who have trainer. The foothall season opens in the first week of the college term and ts until Thanksgiving, when the team meets its greatest rival Of course, at first the practice Is very light and consists mainly of punting and passing the ball, falling on it, wrestling on mats in the gymnasium and so on, with maybe a sharp run down the field or an occasional slower cross- country run. All this 1s aimed at loos- ening up the muscles of the boys who ere muscle-bound and to harden up the muscles of those who come back soft from vacation. The boys that the colleges depend on to win their football games as well as other athletic contests are the boys from the farms or mines or shops, whose shoulders are brawny and whose backs are strong. These boys come to college, whether as freshmen or after vacation, in good phys- fcal condition. In my opinion, they ought to be put at the training table right from the start, so that unsuitable food should have no chance to get in its deadly work and put them out of the running before the season has fairly started. Boarding house ples and midnight ‘feeds” have rulned many & promising man's stomach school and smathered his chances to “make the varsity.” Whether the players are boarded at a training table or not, they must let all fatty and starchy foods elone. Those are fat producing, and the football man has no use for fat. He must religlously abstain from intoxicating liquors and from tobacco in any form. Intoxicants waste his strength 'and en- ergy, and any youth who can carouse, or even drink moderately, and still play good football can do a de’ll of a sight bet- ter if he takes care of himself. If he breaks training rules and yet is a star on the team he can become a great col- lege hero if he will deny himself his in- dulgences and develop all there is in him. The boy who smokes cigarettes can never be a great football player. He can- not even hope to make a good showing on the practice fleld unless he ceases the habit while in training. It is the worst form of the tobacco habit and the boy who fills his lungs with eig- arette smoke, who “Inhales,” is nb more good on the football field than a wind- broken horse on the race track.’ But I do not want to wink at the erime of cigar smoking during the tralning sea- son. A well-seasoned player with — = 53 ASL S BANOAGE oA AR | 4 strength and wind In perfect condition to stand up to a grilling game may go back to his clgars ever so moderately, and in a week it will cut his wind so badly that he s useless to his team after ten min- utes of hard play’ The diet must be plain. At the training table the meals are served about as fol- lows: Breakfast—Mush, the kind tsed to be varied from day to day; boiled or poached eggs or lamb chops; milk. No tea or cof- fee is allowed the players. A cup of hot water before breakfast is insisted upon. Stewed prunes or apple sauce is on the table at all meals. The football player must glve up hot biscuits, and. in fact, even fresh bread. Toast and once in a while graham bread is served at all meals. Lunch—Roast beef, medium or rare, as the Individual lKes it; baked potatoes: celery, asparagus, tomatoes or a baked apple; occasionally a plate of boulllon. Dinner—A strong soup. either rice toma- to, cream celery or beef tea with an egg in it; porterhouse steak, roast beef or chicken; lamb chops; vegetables; a light pudding, such as corn starch. On Sun- days turkey and ice cream is served. At dinner during the hard work after the tralning season is well under way the [TAJACE For A fuicie BRu e averase player eats two an¥ a %alf pounds of meat. Distilled water is furnished the men for drinking, and occasfonally oatmeal water is given them at the t:ble. The trainer cannot afford to the effects of im- purities or mineral cubstances in und tilled water. Most trainers allow the p P Did you ever see a field of wild gpur, with its rich deep biue, or white? In the center of each blossom the four petals form a little rab- bit, with ears alert and lstening. The white rabbit is especially pretty, and no one can fail to notice the odd lkeness of the animal form. The colored leaves, which seem to be a part of the flower, are really the sepals of the calyx. You can also find a lark in the flower by pulling off all the sepals except two, which are left for the bird’s outspread wings. The long spur, which runs back- ward, is the tapering body and long tail of the lark. When I was a child it was great pleasure to see my hidden bird appear, as the unnecessary sepals were removed, and It was just in the graceful act of flight from the stem! Another flower of the same family, the wild ~olumbine, takes {ts name from co- lumba, a dove, on account of the likeness of the bright petals to a group of doves surrounding a water bowl. As soon as the colored sepals are removed this likeness is very obvious. The snapdragon, one of the charming figworts, is another delightful flower to a child, because he can open the gaping jaws of the dragon's mouth and see its furry tongue, and the spots and blotches of color remind him of the leopard’s spots and the tiger's stripes. The beard-tongue, lark- colorz—violet-purple, BAarogc/rve PE flgs e FRTET 0N er a pint of ale occasionally at dinner. wo weeks before the 2 calfsfoot Jelly and sherry or sher 1 g% Is given the men at breakfast to tone up the svstem and allay nervousness. At night uf the player is before going of vin mar or of ale e, an to bed ext s & training season. The are dry skin, hollow drowsiness, slow- t as fatal to 1t is easter ness in play. good play as a broken leg tc remedy player is ke lar prac- tice few days eased up. Often his diet is e is given A man may be very “fine,’ and ce a little too hard may send him r the line and he will go all to pleces from staleness. Sometimes it i necessary to send a man away from the training table and -let him break all the training rules to di He s not a ed to smoke, howeve The art of bandaging is one that the football trainer must acquire. There are brulses and cuts got in every practice and game that need care of that sort. Mare serfous than tioese are sprains. pa - larly of the kne A plaver's knee is bad- Iy’ wrenched, and without proper care w r on the kne the resuit. The treatm prained knee is a nt for a rubber baneaze with a cuskfon of cofton These bandages are fifteen fe two inches wide. Druggists arry them in stock. The bandage is applied in such a way that pressure is put upon the knee- cap, holding it in place and preventing it from being wrenched. If a player has a weal knee, liable to injury, it is bandaged eet long and oo with its swollen throat, is one of the same grotesque group. The monkey-flower has only to show its odd, grinning blos- som to explain its Latin name, which means a “little joker.” or clown—mimulus. By the way, the pretty gold and purple pansies display queer little monkey faces in their open flowers, which seem to nod and grimace with every passing breeze. The turtlehead is named from its blosson, “shaped like a turtle's head with a closed ——— o+ IN PLACE OF wWOOD. What will we do when the wood is all gone? This question has been asked from the beginning of the scttlement of this country, and the question has been an- swered as rapidly as there was the neces- sity for an answer. Wood passed out as fuel, and coal took its place. Wood is rap- idly passing out as a buflding material, dnd stone and brick and fron are taking its place. Recently the farmers have been asking what they shall do for permanent fence posts. The answer has come in the discovery that most excellent posts can be made of sand and Portlasnd cement, prepared the same as for sidewalk purposes, and mold- ed to the required form. Before it hard- ens holes may bé punched where it is de- sired to insert wires, or slats set in, to wblc_h‘t_xgnfil may be nalled. before every practice taken off at the end e bandage being pla Sprained or weak ankles cause the play- ers and the tra r a world of trouble. They are treated by being strapped with one-inch adhesive tape. Thre ourths of a spool s used per ankle. It, too, is put on before practice and taken off at its close Of course, the dubs are not given such good care. Only men of acknowledged to the taa such at- 1ozen > tapes in use in a Muscle particularly on the thighs and are troublesome. Some- days to get rid of nd its age 1s used times it takes sev them. The muscle harde ieity. Dry heat and mas in treatment of them F Insignificant little scratches ev loses m must be given attention, for the football suits at best are dirty and sweaty. Blood-poi- soning has to be guarded against Scratches and cuts should be washed with a solution of lysol after every prac- tice. If there !s any swelling the player should be sent to the doctor at e All sprains and deep bruises are treated by massage and the appil of heat. The massage is done with a kn motion and in Lot olive oil. Simple bing will not reach sprains and br Such injuries should be massaged twice a dav. A The men are allowed baths as they Iike ‘hem, hot or cold, until tw@weeks before the game 1 shower alone. No t er that All the players are rubbed down in the course of the day, as they can be ndled by the trainer and rubbe As the time for the blg game approaches effort is made to relieve the mon v of practice n tle out- The men are tak ing trips and come back in the eve find the training table n lecc #nd a few friends present, may ¥ them along. 8o It is on the night before the rma. None but the m m the v ity or subs ance then, and each ¢ ones is watched with Some of the other co the quarters and sing a litt plano, and at 10:30 o’clock sent to bed Generally they go to sleep wit trouble, but often some of them a ous, and if they fall ep they n to play the game over and over their dreams. A si such nervous~ ness, if a man is fin and be no gooc if the trainer finds a m restiess he may talk to him a e or glve him a little ale, and by getting his mind off the game gets h to £ nto sound steep. The meal before the game is served at about 11:30 o’clock. It consists of toast, peas, ba bot! and a glass of @ With such care men may be kept in the pink of condition, and whether the game be easy or a grilling stru testing he- rofcally their powers of they are ready to go to it. durance, R o w maea an e St S S ger FIowers OF Figld and Garden. mouth.” This, too, s “woolly bearded fn the t which adds to Its general queerness of look. The foxglove sounds {ke a German fairy tale, w Master Reynard c aling his paw in an elf- made glove. The monk’s-blood also sug- gests a story, a bad one for the monks, for If you look well under dark blue hood or cowl made by the calyx you will discover, cunning! hid, two diminutive hammer-like claws, the only petals this flower possesses. The prettiest blossoms that mimie life are the bee, the butterfly and the dove orchids, and the charming moth-mulleins, clustered thickly with exquisite purple or canary vellow, moth-shaped flowers, to fly. They carry violet wool to e dry from rain, and this , with the orange pollen, make the central part of the blossoms as gay as a tropical butterfly The mouse-ear and the dandelion (the Non's tooth) and the ragged robin also suggest anima! likenesses and. assocla- tions, and many plants have seed vessels that are shaped lfke the beaked and the spurred foot of a bird, as the hook-beaked crowfoot, the cranesbill, or geranfum, from a Latin word for crane, and many others. Like children, the early observers of nature delighted in odd resembiances, and made a kind of a fairy story of their imperfect science.