Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-17 | Page 10 | Backseat Driving

Lia t b 1 FRANK K K BAKER TELEGRAM SPORTS EDITOR EDITO 1 Ice cream and honey are regular features in the lives of football players at Mississippi State college where Coach Major Ralph Sasse has created a highly systematized program for his gridiron charges Contrary to one belief that a football player ought to lay layoff v of off the sweets during season Major Sasse argues that Ice cream i isn't sweet enough to hurt and neither is honey j 1 The Maroon squad often practices at night and after each practice the boys get a pint of ice cream deam cream apiece and maybe some cra crackers to go with it And theres there's always honey on the players' players table 11 The major also believes that pleasant environment also g helps an athletes athlete's mental attitude So in accordance with i s that belief the major had a handsomely furnish furnished d clubroom y i erected for his players and dolled up their dressing rooms so they take on a homey atmosphere The dressing rooms at State incidentally are about half halfa a mile from the practice field purposely field purposely so The major points out that walking to the field gets the players player's heart started and anI he figures that walking back cools the men off offS r S before they hop bop under the shower r J i The major firmly believes in a number of other deI departures departures de- de methods and d revolutionary revolution revolution- m- m from ordinary training a I seem seeni he figures the impressive im- im Im- Im ary or unorthodox as they may work by both Mississippi and the United States military academy teams vindicates their use One of Sasses Sasse's foremost doctrines is that football pl players must have their sleep and lie tries to arrange it so the Mississippi State grid candidate can get a nap each afternoon between 1 and 2 i I. I Another of his bis the theories ries seldom used elsewhere is the of the players to soak their feet in a brine j practice requiring solution for half an hour daily lIe He figures this daily routine routine rou- rou fr tine toughens the feet The practice of football fans celebrating a victory by ripping ripping rip rip- ping pg down the goal posts appears to be on its way out if an J k invention now being tried out in the Yankee stadium at New 1 York City proves successful The new uprights are arc built of light steel in a telescopic i fashion to enable r rapid pid construction and storage The entire rigging is capable of being erected in approximately one one minute min min- Ute and taken down and stored away within five seconds r The posts are fitted into position in a concrete lined box permanently imbedded in the ground When the posts are not in use the box is covered with a green rubber pad The box automatically locks when the apparatus is folded into it With such equipment installed it will be a simple matter to station an attendant at each goal post in the waning wan- wan r V 0 ing minutes As soon as the gun sounds designating the end of the game this attendant can pull a lever and the posts telescope their way into the box and arc are locked inside a before beCore an any of the spectators can even jump out of the stands to play baseball baseball base base- I 1 Such equipment also makes it possible ball baU soccer football and kindred sports on the s same me field without a lot of trouble in setting up and taking down the V goal posts While baseball practice for example is in p ss say in the spring the goal posts are underground to but hut one n minute after the squad leaves the field the posts c can n b bein bi i position and ready for the gridiron squad