The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 20, 1901, Page 10

conse In k and d work w a boat—any ulders. set your You'l growing ndurance. it than in ning season prohibi- sking nor drinking he most dangerous thing that do. It cuts smokes car This means smok- than cigars, “inhaled.” 1 layer should han one misera- e cigars training can who o or al chewing as we ttes ere worse s usually good garette. £ of alcoholic beyerages 1is boy is not train- require an high school e occasional ale, sometimes Ite use by y and is gen- e form of the cakes, candies, salads o8 Or tomach is weak- school fried ld greasc training for the training for he For the benefit « who w 1 » this T will Remerr A mg, healthy g 7 blems of trainix the boy who solves it for himself n ve pr Dor 3 1y mort, partic fter practice. They produce " A lttle jced tea I ] ght Jifting. There is ining or rupturing muscles, A s muscles are not prope: 5o ny n-mile cross-country y tire you out and put you training. A three or four ss-country run with a sprint at roper thing. This ap- Plies to the carly training for track and [ the mac g. wearlng ntry runni Don’t overtrain. That means 3 ke 0o moch of that good . ex n much to do w nervous lad g rainec x that will id b The high study himself and x AT 15y -golng W aining a « t etite, fail irs r stom e pink of tior Ay ma » one night by ying awake and t r and over the next day’s big game The on feguard is for you to watch carefully r own condition, and if any of the symptoms glven above appear con- sult'a physician or a trainer. Above all use common sense, which is the gre: factor i 1l athletic training. it an ete doesn’t use his own brains there’li not be much chance of his win- ning glory w h brawn I bave In mind the ¢ sprinter se of a college the hope of his college, an athlete who was | One day by foolishis way to hix enormous appe- tite anc ridiculously large amount of beefsteak made him sick, he went sriorming wor s gave stale, his trainer fafled to get him baek in condition, and he lost all his events and nis g the annual field day. Don’t indulge In the luxury of a hot bath. When you come in from practice %0 over the body with a rough towel, then take a luke m shower to get the dirt off, graduating It to cold. Finally, rub alcohol and water, half and half, on the chest and back to prevent catching cold. Boys can help each other out in this rub- bing, as usually two or more of them are taking thelr showers at the same place. A cold batb in the morning is very fine. Leave the water cold as it comes from the pipe, fill the tub, rub down with a rough towel, jump in and then out at once and dry the body with a rough towel. Don’t expose yourself to colds. Great care mugt be taken both on the fleld and while in the bath or the rubbing room. Look cut for drafts. Don’t stand around unclothed after the bath until you are chilled. During practice don’t lie down to rest in your W clothes, This is very important, A bigh gchool ca aln or manager shoull sce to it that If a man 15 taken out of a practice game bhe elther be sent 1o the d rub-down or else be kept stand- nd moving around, During rests practice or game the boys should not llowed to fiing themselves down on und. These indiscretions lead to nd poeumonia and sometimes to permanent lung trouble and early death. A strong, hugky boy is likely to look with indifference upon advice of this sort, but be Is as likely to be a victim as any one. Eoth in athletics and in soldiering it is a matter of statistics that the big fellows arc the ones that succumb colds, pneumonia and consumption. Don’t neglect »our sleep. If you can sleep ax late as half past seven, go to bed to at 10 o'clock—that will be ample sleep. Tt ou become nervous and find you cannot g0 promptly to sleep, stay up later for a few nights until you find yourself able to sleep nine hours again. Don't g0 to bed with a full stomach. At bedtime if you fcel hungry don't go (o the pantry and eat everything in sight. A glass of milk and some graham crack- ers Wil satisfy you and will do you good d of harm. t neglect muscle bruises, ut and abrasions. mor sprains, High school boys subject to muscle brulses than ollcge players, as they are not so well foned and their muscles not so well Kneading on the fleld immediately Is rgceived often gives rellef and sayes much trouble later. proper treatment for a hardened esulting from a brulse Is to let water as hot as can be endured run on a towel thrown over the Injured muscle. Give this treatment half an hour three times a day, with light massage after- rds. An application of laudanum and rdwater, half and half, 1s good for the bruise. Soak absorbent cottoa in and bind i over the brulse. muse the tiquid Zflfi’&wer, 2Aroace. 2 A4 OipgocaArED T Iectofe S ® Abrasions and cuts should be treated caretully to prevent blood polsoning. The wounds must not come in contact with the clothing and they must be carefully cleansed and disinfected. Neglect of these precautions Is criminal. it may lead to long filiness, loss of a limb or even to death. ‘Wash the cut or abrasion with a solu- tion of lysol. If not too deep use col- lodium to heal the wound. In deep cuts that have to be washed out from day to day 1 use aristol-a powder—and a cov- (——:lw"’) Py N ering of sterilized gause and the usual bandage. If the wound becomes inflamed and swelling sets ‘in, go to a physician at once. That is for him, not for the tralner or the player himself, to treat, Bloed polsoning Is too dangerous an afl- ment to be neglected. A weak knce or ankle or elbow may often be maved from further injury by bandaging. "It the knee, for instance, has recelved injury a temporary bandage may protect it so that the player can continue in the game with slight chance of further LI ] _ll!flfll_ ot ‘the damage to the weak member. In the case of a dislocated shoulder, to which high. school boys are peeulinrly subject, the shoulder should ‘be snapped back Into place at once and a temporary” bandage wound about the body, without removing the clothing, to hold the should- er In place until the boy can be sent to & physician for treatment. In nearly every game some player has “breatti knocked out of him. H presents & sorry sight to spectators as he rolls on the ground In agony through [ g7 lack of alr in his Jungs. He should be turned over upan his back, his belt loos- ened, his legs lifted into the air to re- lieve all strain on the muscles of the stomach. In this way the diaphragm is ~ased and respiration encouraged. Smell- ig salts are a good a ance. The usual training table diet as follow Breakfast—Mush, the kind to be varied from day to ds poached eggs or lamb chops: milk. No tea or coffee i= permitted. A cup of hot water before breakfast is insisted upon Apple sauce or stewed prunes are kept on the table at ail meals. Toast and oc is about to be used v; botled or stonall; tits graham bread is served. Hot bis and even fresh bread must be beet, medium or rare, ac- ed potatoes; celery, or a baked apple; of bouillon. either rice to- or beef tea with an roast beef tomatoes D r—A v strong soup celery porterhouse steak lamb vegetables; a such as cornstarch. On Sund ey and i ream are served. Distilled water is given the players, and occasionaily oatmeal water is given them at the table. 3 The Luck of the Firsi-Barn HE law is by no means alme in fa- voring the first-born of a fam! vl + e h comparatively neglecting inte ers, for a careful examination of biographies of our most em prove that quite a prepor bier of them owe their fame Ia fact that they de their entry 2 Svorld in advance of their brothers and slsters. To such @ be the case'that if a doze tinguished men were taken at random it would be quite safe to assert that four of thew (or possibly five) are first sons; of the remainder three are second sons, while younger sons, ranging from number three Jownward, must be content with dividing the small remnant of celebrity among them. Occasionally a very late comer acquires fame; but the odds are all agalnst him. Thus, Benjamin Franklin, the great nat- ural philosopher and politician, had no fewer than fourteen brothers and sisters in front of him: Sir Richard Arkwright, the famous' Inventor, was the thirteenth ¢hlld of his parents, and Sir Joshua Rey- nolds was number seven in his family. Dut by far the majority of the world's Gistinctions are shared between first and second sons, the llon’s share going to the first-born. Fame In the world of letters has gora tm quite undue proportions to the eldest born. If we may take Dante, Goethe, Bhakespeare and Milton as the four great- est names In the history of the world's literature we find that all four, with the exception of Shakespeare, the greitest, it is true, of them all, were eldest sons. This privilege of the first-born is claimed for Shelby, Byron and Heine; and In modern times, to mention names without regard to relative merit, by Ruskin, Max Muller, Frederick Harrison, Sir John Lub- bock, Bir George Trevelyan, Mr. Pinero, extent does this appear to names of dis- ar too numerous to mention hammed, Talleyrand ni, Chariemagne, Luther and 'l were all eldest sons, as also are such eminent nen of to-day as Mr. A Balfour, Mr. Chamberia Mr. Brodrick, Lords Rosebery and Goschen and Mr. John Morley Among great soldi we have Lord Wolseley and Lord Kitchener; among lawyers, Sir Franels Jeune and Sir Ed- ward Cla in the church. fhe lata Bishop of London, and on the stag enry Irving. Of famous second sons the list is dis- tinzuished, If eomparatively short, for we find such gian the past as Michacl oven, the.Pope. Gari- Wallace and Sheridan, John Wesley and Montaiome. Of famous statesmen of our ow me we have Sie Willlam Harcourt and Mr ith. as well as Lord Salisbury, to ion ohiy three names. The list of second sans contains a great soldier in Sir Redvers Buller, an eminent judge In Lord Alverstome, still better known as Sir Richard Webster; a clever actor in Mr., Beerbohm Tree, an artiat in Mr. Phil May. and men of letters In Grant Allen,_and Sir Edward Arnold. No¥are the third sons by any means to be despised in point of quality, although thelr number is relatively very small. They include the greatest soldier of modern times, the Duke of Wellington; the greatest anthor of any time, Shake« speare, and the most famous fiction writes of the last century, Sir Walter Scott. Voltalre was a third son. and so wers C. J. Fox, the famous statesman and orator; Lord Lytton and Sir Robert Wal- pole, while Lord Halsbury has proved - that a third son can fill with distinetion the highest place in the law, and the late Sir Walter Besant that he can win laurels in the field of letters. \