The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 2, 1902, Page 5

THE SUNDAY CALL. ~i- ' BINDAGE, FOR INJURFP FRIBS . ROM year to vear the training of for their foot- s becoming more ar this State, as e various teams of play is & raised and the boy who WO he team must tral more rigor his brother five years ego. He mus himself to greater exertion to prive his right to a place on the school's \leven. He must, on the everage, develop greater strength, speed and power of ance, as well as knowledge of e and skill to play. is £00 ENOug’ f the game &nd is as it should be. It is good for the boy, too, provided precautions are taken egainst the dangers that have multiplied ith the growth of the game. For it is every addition to demands up- r's strength and skill and en iples the evils to which foo is heir. an ever before, the problem of school football player is how to Most of the ¥ excellent cos ba More the higk have of one of the universities . game well is generally » and glad to give the boys of experience. He does re of the game and the entive born of the hope that some crack player whom to his university to help overwhe -~ the rival team. There is generally, also, some physician whose enthusiasm for football or interest in all that concerns boys will prompt him 1 his ajd in looking after inju- If such a one his love lunt voluntee ries received on the fiel has not volunteered effort to find one should be made. For if the boys feel free - - | REMEMBER! : “The Leopard’s Spots,” by Thomas Dixon Jr., will begin in next Sunday’s Call, Novem- ber 9. You cannot afford to miss this novel, for it has rightly been pronounced one of the strongest works in the list_of standard fiction of to- day. i e e ————p to go to a physiclan with small injurles, knowing that it will not entail the regu- lar fees, many serious consequences from comparatively trivial injuries may be avoided. Very seldom, however, does a high school team have the benefit of the ser- es of a trainer of any sort. Every boy must give the matter of condition his own careful attention. If he does so, and has coupled with his care a little knowledge of training principles, he may reasonably hope to come out at the end of the sea- son fit. But if he shuts his eyes and goes in with little thought of the laws of health and training principles and reaches the big games of his school without hav- ing become stale or laid up with a sprain, a muscle bruise, or something of that sort, he will owe it to blind chance. It i much better for him to use his brains and look after his condition. A famous old-time high jumper had a most remarkable style. His run was a series of bounds, each higher and higher, the last before his jump being almost as high as his final effort. That may not be good in high jumping, but it serves as an illustration of what the training sea- son for football must Be. There must be an easy beginning, a gradual increase of exertion, until with powers trained to the uttermost the final effort in the school's “big game” need have no limits placed upon it. The football season is on. Let us hope that the boys who are fired with the ambition to *“make the team’ have kepy the exactions of a training season in mind during vacation and have come back to school in good condition. The boy who has roughed it on a ranch %r in the mountains has a long handicap over the boy who has loafed or lolled in a ham- mock at a summer resort, ruining ‘his wind and strength with cigarette smoking or his digestion with too much eating of sweetmeats. Whatever damage has been done in that way, however, has been done, and even a considerable hand- icap may be overcome in any race. Let the ‘beginning be easy. The team is not going to be made up this week or this month. It is not the boy whose prowess is the talk of the schools this week or next that has a cinch on his position. He is more than likely to fall by the wayside, and to be walking on crutches or shivering on the benches with thin, drawn face and dull eyes while mo PROTECTING THE HEAD . cUvr IV careful comrades fight the school's bat- tle on the \gridiron in the annual cham- pionship game. Let him have all the applause he can get now. Let him have the approval of the coach and the smiles of the girls, if to outdo him you must run the risk, as you do, of overexertion. Plod along in your own way. Harden your muscles gradually. Increase wisely your endurance by beginning with mod- eration and adding to your efforts day by day. Don’t try to be spectacular in the early practices or you're likely not to have a chance to shine whem\ the school most needs stars and a perfect team. High school boys, young and ambitious and overanxious, run great risk of getting “in condition” too early in the season and going stale. Symptoms of staleness are headaches, nervousness, loss of ap- petite, failure to sleep, constawe vhirst, aching muscles and feverish stomach. The nervous, high-strung boy must be particularly careful to guard against staleness. He must study himzelf and ask himself, “Am I nervous and excitable, or steady-nerved and beefy? Do I fret and worry and lie awake nights thinking out plays and going over the whole prac- tice again, or do I sleep like a child and take the knocks and vexations of prac- tice oxlike, with my good-nature undis- turbed?’ It is a good thing to know vourself, and unless you do you can’t be your own trainer. If you are beefy and have no nerves you can work hard. If you are a bundle of nerves you must not try to do as much each day as the stolid fellow who plugs away in the position beside you or opposed to you. A’ high school boy whose muscles are not so well set goes stale much easier than a college player. And once he gets - stale he is likely to be & wreck for the remainder of the season. Carefulness in the dlet and In the matter of overex- ertion are the safeguards aga'nst stale- ness. Certaln classes of Injuries are very com- mon on the football ‘fleld. Among these are spralned ankles, wrists and fingers and muscle brulses. Attention should be glven them at once. For a sprained ankle, tie it up at once as tightly as possible. Don't bear any weight on the injured limb and as quickly as possible put it in hot water, as hot as you can bear it. If it is at all serious have a physician examine it. He will know whether it is a case of torn tendons or a wrench or sprain with possible swell- ing. If a tendon is torn the ankle must be wrapped tightly with adhesive tape and given time to heal. If it is a wrench or sprain with swelling soak absorbent cotton with a solution of laudanum and lead water, in equal parts, and keep the : } BY ‘AL LEAN—= OLYTTPIC CLUB TANFORD, . - TUDIS Prioxre injured member moist with this and give it absolute rest for some days. Of course these directions apply with equal force to all injuries of the kind, whether of ankle, wrist, finger, knee or elbow. A muscle bruise is one of the most troublesome injuries of the football fleld. Any muscle that stands out prominent, as that of the thigh or calf or the biceps of the arm, is particularly liable to it. The player suffers intense pain at the time and the muscle hardens and becomes inelastic and useless and a source of great pain. For this injury give hot ap- plications three times a day, for half an hour at a time. Make a mush of common table salt, put on a thick layer of it and bind up with ofl silk. After such appli- cation for several days, massage the in- jured muscle with hot ollve oil. A hard- ened muscle can be softened and healed quickly by this treatment, while nature unaided will be a long time working out its remedy. Kneading at the time the BAVDAGING ANEE A JIAY IN ’ \‘I . FHRAINED PILAYFR THE GATIF— JO N 2 . bruise 1s ed will do much toward relieving the pa Cuts, even if neglected. mall, should not be should be washed out dhesive tape If the cut i deep, ) to a physiciam - at once to t properly cicansed and sewed carefut to keep culs should be kept - them well after reases im- poisoning, feared as even scratches y will not come s anything and then trouble the neclk, serious for a few ed neglect in There are two emerge of banlaging= the fleld and « t methed. ot a slig prain ror a boy tu conme in most mstances r him to quit the fleld until 1 ¢ ne to do its work. Put ¢ tight. If adhesiye ed » ankle, put several strips around under the foot, extending up cither side the ankle, and then wind the tape about the ankle and the ends of these strips. It a shoulder is dislocated snap it back into place at once by pulling, and wind a te bandage around the body, with: removing the clothing, to heold the shoul in place without strain upon it until a physician can be reached. For “water on the knee,” coming from in, the player should lay off from Apply hot towels three times & the knee and after massage A few days or twa ought to cure any case, ile neglect of this injury, which is very may result in forced inaclivity ve weeks. The high school training season is very long, usually lasting after college football practice has ceased, so be very careful about overexertion and injuries. Never play on ‘your nerve. If you are exhausted or an injury Is giving you great pain ask your captain to put In some one else. : Sometimes the mistake is made of give ing a player who shows signs of ex- haustion a stimulant during a_game. It should never be donme. The effec: wears off very quickly and the reaction .s very great, If his stomach troubles the player twenty drops of aromatic spirits of ams noria in a drink of water may be given during a game. The high school boy seldom has the ad- vantage of a training table, but he can have the same diet, prepared by his mother or under her direction, and that is better than the training table. Omly he must make up his mind and stick to it to have nothing to do with sweetmeats and the dishes forbldden on the training table, The usual training table diet is about as follows: Breakfast—. Mush, varled in kind from day to day: lamb chops er boiled or poached eggs; milk; tea and coffee are not permitted and a cup of hot water be- fore the akfast is essential; toast, and graham bread occasionally, is the proper thing—no hot biscuits or even fresh bread must be allowed on the training table; apple sauee or stewed prunes should al- ways be on the table; give up butter while you are training. Luncheon—Roast beef, either medium or rare as you may prefer; of bouillon; asparagus, occasionally baked potatoes; cel- tomatoes or a baked apple. Dinner—A strong soup,, either cream cel- ery or rice tomato, or beef tea with an egg in it; roast beef or chicken or a good preferably porterhouse; lamb vegetables; a light pudding, such as corn starct Occasionally, say on Sundays or whepn re {s no practice, turkey and ice cream are served. Distilled water is given the players for drink, and oatmeal water Is occasionally served to them at table. The high school boy has no need of ale in his training. It will seldom do him good and will nearly always do him harm. Of course he must leave intoxis cants absolutely alone. Do not imagine that you can smoke an occasfonal cigarette or cigar and train successfull, They “cut the wind.” You must give tobacco In all forms as well as alcoholic drinks. Don't drink the ordinary carbonated waters. They are bad for the stomach. Leave iced drinks alone, as they produce cramps and dysentery. A little iced tea at meals may be used without harm. Butter, fried or lyonnaise potatoes and other dishes that hold grease must be kept off the table. So must pastry, cakes, candles, sweets of all kinds, spices, sauces, sala These things “sour the stomach.” The stomach is weakened and when the game is on the player is seized with nausea. A strong, healthy stomach is as necessary as a broad back, deep chest or heavy shoulders, Cold baths should be the football play~ er's delight. Don’t indulge in hot baths. When you come in from practice rub down with a coarse towel, then take a shower with the water lukewarm, gradu- ating it to cold. After drying, rub alcohel and water, half and half, on chest and back to prevent cold. A cold bath in the morning brightens a player and makes him less subject to colds. Fill the tub, rub down with a rough towel, jump in and immerse the body and at once get out and dry the body with a coarse towel. Dress promptly after the bath always. Don’t stand around and get chilled. Be careful of draughts. Don't lie dJown on the field In damp clothes to rest. If you are taken out of practice to give some one else a chance go at once and get your bath and rub down or you may take a cold that will develop into pneumonia or lung trouble. A fine physique developed through in- dulgence in a pleasurable game is wealth to the boy who has it. But he must give some thought to the method of bullding it up or mishaps may prevent immediately the gratification of his ambition to play on his school team and ultimatsly may result in allments that will affect his life’s career. P e —— DON'T FAIL TO READ THIS In its issue of November 9, The Sunday Call will publish the first part of one of the most virile novels of the day, “The Leopard’s Spots,” by Thomas Dixon Jr. This book is proving the sensation of the day. You get it free with The Sunday Call. Begin it and you will not lay the story aside until the last chapter has been read. . S D o b e N ML D