Spalding's official college base ball annual1911- . e college player during a training season. Thisdepartment of the work as well as the treating of injuriesreceived during practice should be left entirely to the discretionof the local trainer, who is in a position to know the physicalcharacteristics of each man in his squad. I can only say thatthe college player is better as the result of the strict trainingdiet than the professional. This is due to the fact that his seasonis of far less duration than the league ball player, who wouldgo stale if required to hold to a given diet for a period o
Spalding's official college base ball annual1911- . e college player during a training season. Thisdepartment of the work as well as the treating of injuriesreceived during practice should be left entirely to the discretionof the local trainer, who is in a position to know the physicalcharacteristics of each man in his squad. I can only say thatthe college player is better as the result of the strict trainingdiet than the professional. This is due to the fact that his seasonis of far less duration than the league ball player, who wouldgo stale if required to hold to a given diet for a period ofsix months or longer. I can only say that the collegian should have plenty of good,substantial food, properly prepared and served in an attractivemanner. The use of tobacco and alcoholic drinks should beabsolutely barred at all times, and whenever the player is indoubt as to his physical condition he should take up the matterwith his trainer, who is always on the outlook for the firstsigins of overwork or staleness among the members of his srALDlNGS ATHLETtC LIBRARY. 25 Coaching the College Base Ball Team Bv Andrew ]. Coakley, Coach of Williams College Base Ball Team, Eastern Intercollegiate Champions, 1912. Coaching a college Base Ball team is like teaching the rudi-ments of Latin or Greek. Trying to make the young playerperform at once like a major leaguer is just as sure to spoilhim as neglect of the foundation in the classics. The coachwho has not had experience m college Base Ball is very aptto expect big league things from the college player, and nothingso tends to demoralize a college team than to find itself unableto execute plays that are practically impossible for an amateur. While there is a similarity in college coaching and managinga league club, in one respect at least there is h. great league manager has, or should have, his own system of playand he gets players to fit that system. On the other hand, thecollege coach must use a system that
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