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Show Modern Grid Training Real Strenuous Ordeal Training for college football Is a serious se-rious thing nowadays. A man going out to make his eleven must often sacrifice bis ambitions in the field of baseball, basket hall and other sports. Of course the man who has won liis letter In three major sports still exists, ex-ists, but lie Is becoming rarer and Is found mainly nt the smaller Institutions, Institu-tions, where athletic competition is not so stiff. I'.ig colleges, and little ones, too, for that matter, have spring practice. There ore summer occupations of arduous ar-duous work to keep in condition There is the early autumn session of intensive training nt a camp or secluded se-cluded establishment. Also there are the regular practice sessions and the Informal practice sessions; there are tlie matters of clothes, sleep, assoiates. mental attl. tude. On top of all is the coaching system. In the football season the day of the members of the squad begins usually about 7 a. in., the men having breakfast break-fast nt the training table. The rest of the morning and early nfternoou is given over to studies and lectures. Practice begins some time between 3 and 5 p. m., depending upon the scholastic program. Nearly every coach get two hours or more of work out of the members of his squad every weekday, and several coaches are resorting re-sorting to niiilit practice, using either a,, "ghost", ball, the leather being painted white, or powerful arc lights overhead. |