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Title: American football
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Camp, Walter, 1859-1925
Subjects: Football
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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should be taken. The breakfast need not always con-sist of a broiled mutton-chop or cutlet;a broiled steak, broiled chicken, orbroiled fish, or some of each, may betaken with tea or coffee. 156 AMERICAN FOOTBALL. Dinner may be far more varied thanis usually allowed by the trainers sys-tem/ Any kind of butchers meat,plainly cooked, with a variety of freshvegetables, may be taken, with ordinarylight puddings, stewed fruit, but nopastry. A good time for dinner is oneoclock. An American athlete, when thirsty,ought to have only one drink—water.The climate and the custom in Englandfavor the drinking of beer or claret;but, beyond question, the best drink fora man in training is pure water. Afterdinner, rest, but no dozing or siesta.This sort of rest only spoils digestion,and makes men feel slack and ^^ limp. Supper, at six oclock, should not bea second dinner; but neither should itconsist of ^^ slops or gruel. The ath-lete ought to be in bed by ten oclock,in a room with open window, and a
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E. C. PEACE.Princeton. TRAINING. 157 draught through the room, if possible,though not across the bed. The American football captain orcoach should bear in mind, when read-ing these various systems, that the useof ale and port seems to be much bet-ter borne by those who live in the Eng-lish climate than upon this side thewater. Also, that stiff exercise before break-fast has not been proven advantageousto our athletes except as a flesh-reducer,and then only in exceptionally vigorousconstitutions. Also, that tea is not as popular withus as with the men who train in Eng-land. SLEEP AND CLEANLINESS. To come to the third agent of healthenumerated some pages back, Sleep.As a rule, it is not a difficult matter tosee that members of a football teamtake the requisite amount of sleep.There are occasions, as in college, whensome society event of unusual impor-tance tempts the men to sit up late, butwith such exceptions as these there isno great difficulty experienced in mak-ing the majority of t

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