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Football Jottings.

[by cross-bar. ] Bovs, don't forget the opening of the season to-day. All cordially invited—no Collection — as they say in reference to other gatherings which I hope our boys regularly attend, I again quote from “ Ancient Patriarch,” as follows; —

There seems to be an idea amongst foot- 4 bailers that the best time to get practice is in 6 the morning before breakfast—out of bed on the ball—and some fellows fancy that it is i necessary to pay a deal of attention to diet. < I have noticed that most writers ot flooks fqr ( young men have ». good deal to say about diet, and regimen, and physical culture, and all sorts of things, those knowing the least ' about these important subjects invariably ? being the most elaborate and specific in their 1 treatment of them. There have been some 1 awful sins committed in this business. AU 1 the spare cusses I accumulate, I dedicate to ( those white iivered, hachet faced, thin blooded, < scrawny reformers, who preeoite sawdust puddings and plank beds, and brief sleep, and I easy walks and short commons for the rising > generation of athletes. I despise them, and ■ f there is a being who always touches tlqe 1 profoundest depthd of my sympathy, it is a 1 young man who has become a victim to tbeir , notions. It is a bard sight to see a young ' man with all the plqck taken out of him hy l meagre d;et; his whole system gtarwd, ' degenerated, emasculated; Young men, eat aa much solid wholesome food as you have an appetite for, don't ba afraid of it; and take your hardest exercise two hours after your biggest meal. As a rule, fellows are wakened violently out of their sleep in the morning either by an alarm clock Qt a well meaning, but nevertheless, stupid comrade, and they start out taking the hardest and most violent exercise upon an empty stomach, Such a method of training is positively injurious, and no system however strong, can possibly thrive with it. Therefore, I say nnto all you athletes, however falsely you may deal with your backs, ba honest with your stomachs. Feed as well—as well as you can afford to teed. Sleep well, It Benjamin Franklyn ever originated the maxim * six hours of sleep for a man, seven tor a woman, and eight for a fool,' he ought uniformly to have practised by the rule of the last number, sleep just as long as you can, sleep soundly ; lying in bed from laziness ia another thing entirely. Sleep is a thing that alarm clocks and foolish athletes have no more to do with than with prayers and sermons. If any fanatic has made you believe that it is good for you to be violently awakened from your sleep at an early hour, and to go out into the raw damp air, morning after morning, with your fast unbroken and your body unfortified by the stimulus of food, forget him and his counsels and take the full measure of your rest, While lam talking of eating I would by way of cautidn remind players of the ' danger of eating hastily anfl heavily just i before stripping |qr encounter, J g&w ia i a hfltne paper the other day where a player I died from the above cause. He was tackled i somewhat roughly by the oppoalng full-back • after passing all the rest, The full-back’s knee struck him in the stomach and he died • shortly after. The doctor attributed his i death to the faot’that he bad eaten heavily 1 and hastily immediately before playing. Take ’■ warning, ’ i Smiler ' (says a London correspondent) f has been presented with a silver medal by i the Laneashire clubs, for whom he has ■ several times played. He is as proud of it d as a dog with two tails.

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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 283, 6 April 1889, Page 3

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Football Jottings. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 283, 6 April 1889, Page 3

Football Jottings. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 283, 6 April 1889, Page 3

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