American football . n shouldhave separate rooms, and particularlywhen off upon trips they should notsleep together. Plenty of fresh airshould be admitted to the sleeping- l6o AMERICAN FOOTBALL- room, but draughts are to be is not because every time the airblows upon a man he is liable to con-tract a severe cold, for the chances areagainst this, but because there are timeswhen he is particularly prone to suchan accident, and if he is in the habit ofsleeping without regard to draughts itis not likely that he will take precau-tions then. If a man has, for instance,played an especiall
American football . n shouldhave separate rooms, and particularlywhen off upon trips they should notsleep together. Plenty of fresh airshould be admitted to the sleeping- l6o AMERICAN FOOTBALL- room, but draughts are to be is not because every time the airblows upon a man he is liable to con-tract a severe cold, for the chances areagainst this, but because there are timeswhen he is particularly prone to suchan accident, and if he is in the habit ofsleeping without regard to draughts itis not likely that he will take precau-tions then. If a man has, for instance,played an especially stiff game andupon a muggy and exhausting day, hewill undoubtedly turn in thoroughlytired out, and perhaps still somewhatheated. Now if he, when in that state,sleeps in a draught, he will probablyfind himself very lame in the morning,even though he escape other more seri-ous consequences. Just one more wordof caution regarding sleep, and that isin the matter of obtaining a goodnights rest just before the important. W. HEFFELFINGER. Yale. TRAINING. l6i match of the season. To insure this isto do much towards securing the bestwork of which the men are capablefrom the team upon the following and foremost, they should not beallowed to talk about the game or thesignals or anything connected with foot-ball during that evening. If possible,they should do something to entirelydivert their minds from all thought ofthe game. Nor should they be hustledoff to bed an hour or two earlier thanusual. Rather ought it to be a half-hourlater, for then the chances are that themen drop off to sleep immediately in-stead of tossing about, thinking of theexciting event of the morrow. Finally, as to overtrained men, andthat restlessness and inability to sleepthat almost always comes with theworst Cases of this kind. There is butone thing to do with a man when he II l62 AMERICAN FOOTBALL. ^ goes fine to this extent, and that isto sever his connection with the teamfor a time. If it is early i
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