A 'varsity Man's Day

The occup&tion of a 'varslty elaven from the moment the men get out of tlii'ii1 bede in the moming until they get hito Ui m ag&tn at Dtght attraits wldespread interest and some very eurious s] ■ ? by questlons put to me, through tha post, ' ■ ' . ' ■ i cplion of the , player'e day is truly It Ilias hian up with the l1 iiv" miles before . aa au appetiz:T ; a i o'clöck h? Is Biipposed to start off on a ten o-r fifteen m'l ■ jog acro3a country to ' i and hard n that whieh is lert on h!;? bonss; At noon lii.s feadtag la somewhai af i manne.r oí animale a1 the Zoo; he must needs tli'yct-.ty ■■ ' sef, to gr'vf bodily t;trr.;lu.(]i nn,i tone liis öfeposltion nr to thf deigree o! feroity ; he a oot-ball all 'i? nfternorm. break ■insj a.n arm. a leg, or at least a j'ib. whi ;n his eondition for the ! ':.' . After the practice ev-ery day do b v es prssed up ím a blanket and dpopped on thie tteld to condiVi-i tiiem fo.r t!u ma-tjh gamee. At ■ er, more raw b -ei ■ tank; man and lu-11 r!i ■■ wi. ■;:"! d spirit into a beatiíic ss. After an hour's rost, th:' co&eh-ers airl the pi lyera 'imi conelave, with armall iii' doors an3 windo"ws, and there thp tricks, sisnals, and p!;iis are dtecussed until late into the rógïit, whien the tired mpn retire to isnatch a littla pest agalnst th? work of to-morro'.v. P-í'li seiema to bs the provincial i lea oí the foot lall player's day. Unfocbunately for ite picturesquenees, it is mivli move pros.ii '. Work he does, inJed, earnfstly and npparontly tireIf's'lr, buit he eats 110 raw beef, nor does he the ohor extra ordlnáry things edited to hirn. Hls life is one of alsolnte nbstemiousnsss ; early to be 1 and early ito rise, wfth just enough ■work to g!ve him endttrance, harden ]iis musrl'-s, fin'l put spring in his moramente, and plenty of jiood -vhol"some foo'1. He is tra.ined to get the maximum peenlt from thp minimum oi effort. mr"! bis physical condltion ;; po perfect that bruises which won! ■ the average 011-looker -!.■: away a-tor a little vigorous ag !. If gets wp at ,ii)o;it eeven o'oloek, ,-4nil Breakfasts on substantial plain fare at from half past sevcn to eight o'clock. The time until noon is given to his college dntfes, or, if bo has no ."tures to attoiid, he reads, Tsrr or amuses li'msclf as woulü any other man wlth a bit oí leisure on hand. At noon he puts on his loot ball e, and sojs out on the Held for a. litll pi-actice. Grenerally thjs hour ■ mid-day melil; 2alled luncheon, but as substantial, in fatt, as the age dinner, is devoted to inöividlal work, The guarter back n gaes vigoi'oas coachimg to quicken lii Dg, the full back practices kicking goals, and bo on throuiiii the team, man receiving the partii attent ion he needs. in at three he t?o?.i ont lor the egular afternoon's praatice, Avh'ch onsists oi an hour's play a'gainst the 'scrub" team, followied by a drSU'ng n rh - a id new plays. A; th ■ nd of tha day's work he h.aa h ■ s ilt shower-batb, a good rub-down, and any bruies or cuta, they aiioii: aged. At half past i a heartlly, being permi ; il of ale and öometimes the ■ 'am. In the last eoupïa oí weeks ol the m thie men meet Íot a little while after dinner every nijgiht to go over ,!■; and dL.-seuss plays ftr.d ice oí the evening d lm studying or in any Vay at with traini: At hal! past ten the 'rarsity man's bas run ita leiiigfch, and he soes e 1 -to dr;" i,-per of touchdowns ama wonderlul soul; ki ironi impossible anglcs. ■