Outing . ct muscular co-ordination and unlimited staying power,and these qualities he gains by a rigorouscourse of training throughout the tennisseason. He neither smokes nor drinks,nor in any way takes chances that mightdetract from the perfect condition that isso necessary for the game as he plays it. At the age of twenty-three he ranks al-most on equal terms with the three great-est players in the world, Brooks, Wild-ing, and Parke, but, unlike them, he hasmany years to go before age will stop hisfurther progress. His one weak point has been shownand its dangers demonstrated to him inhis re
Outing . ct muscular co-ordination and unlimited staying power,and these qualities he gains by a rigorouscourse of training throughout the tennisseason. He neither smokes nor drinks,nor in any way takes chances that mightdetract from the perfect condition that isso necessary for the game as he plays it. At the age of twenty-three he ranks al-most on equal terms with the three great-est players in the world, Brooks, Wild-ing, and Parke, but, unlike them, he hasmany years to go before age will stop hisfurther progress. His one weak point has been shownand its dangers demonstrated to him inhis recent defeats. With a year in whichto concentrate his effort on the improve-ment of his backhand drive he may ac-complish much, and should he come Eastnext year as perfect in that particularas in the other ingredients of his game,there is more than a good chance that hewill turn the tables on his conquerors ofthis year, and emerge from the fray theundisputed champion of the world in thegame of Lawn FOOTBALL COACHES—DRIVERSAND DIPLOMATS By MACK WHELAN Illustrated with Photographs \X7TiAT makes the wheels go round? Thats what we all want* * to know—in sport as in other things. Therefore we arekeen to know something about the personality and method of thegreat football coaches. Theres another reason. These men arenot only the great repositories of football knowledge and experi-ence; they are also, by reason of their contact with and influenceover their men, of tremendous importance as character-shapingforces. It is doubtful if many of the professors have the powerand opportunity for good or evil influence that come to the foot-ball coach. N proportion to the number of timestheir names are mentioned in thenewspapers, football coaches are themost nebulous class of persons inAmerica. It is as a spectacle thatcollege football makes the appealwhich has built stadiums. One of thefirst -demands of an audience witnessingany variety of popular drama is thatthere be an element o
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