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180 A PRIMER OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL

training for athletic contests, and that is

this:

All training must be adequate to the

demands of the particular kind of contest

to be entered into. Light athletic con¬

tests, light training ; heavy contests, heavy

training. The same training requisite for

baseball would not be sufficient for row¬

ing ; nor can training for track athletics

be at all adequate for football. Different

sports make different demands upon the

physical man. And the training for each

must be adapted to meet the demands of

each.

Now, football is the most vigorous and

hearty of all our athletic sports. When

properly played, it is also the most ex¬

hausting". It requires the quickness and

speed of the sprinter, the endurance of

the cross-country runner, the strength and

power of a first-class wrestler. In fact,

when critically analyzed, football seems to

be a sort of composite of many sports.