The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 29

Th KnoxvtlU Nwt-Sntinil Sunday Jon 24 1 960 Fog 'h U-T Athletes Take Smartly To Dumbbells for Keen Muscles News-Sntlnl photos by Bill Dyt PAUL INGLETT Works with Trainer Mickey O'Brien on posture board for correction of posture defects GLENN With weight pan weighing 30 pounds a neck extension exercise to build up back and neck BILL MAJORS Working with 40-pound dumbbells for direct development of deltoid muscle in shoulders Muscle Menders 3-Phase Program Role Act Weights Play In Yol Body-Building By FRANK (RED) BAILES Many outstanding athletes credit weight-training exercises for their especially in foot-1 ball Billy Cannon the two-time All-America halfback at Louisiana State and this week named the top football player in thV' Southeastern Conference in the last decade speaking in New York last month when he received the Heis-man Award said: started lifting weights in high school to become a better football player I never stopped and I found it made me a stronger Cannon the first All-American to reach that status through working with weights Weight-training has and still a big part in the offseason training program for Tennessee's football squad Trainer Mickey O'Brien who gram includes ten exercises for the upper body The routine calls for eight to 12 repetitions of one to three sets of exercises The goal is three sets To determine maximum weight load athletes should start with dumbbells and graduate the weight until reaching the maximum doing the exercises correctly have found weight exercises valuable in our post-injury wrote in a report prepared for the American Football Association the case of a shoulder injury after the boy has regained his normal range of motion it would be very foolish to return the boy to contact work without his shoulder muscles having regained their normal strength Basketball players increase their jumping ability and rebounding by using weight exercises on their legs in addition to the upper body exercises was introduced to the program I while working with Naval aviation cadets during World War II added weights to the stadium training room facilities when he returned to The Hill in 1946 had several boys to reach stardom through says O'Brien name a few Horace (Bud) Sherrod Ted Daffer and Bill (Pug) Pearman all All-Americans They needed strength in their arms and and got it in the weight Today Tennessee footballers have a sparkling new weight room called by Coach Bowden beneath Section In the west stands It is equipped with many modern training devices in addition to dumbbells and bar bells Trainer and his assistants Chris Patrick and Jerry Walker supervise the off-season program The coaching staff keeps a close watch on the progress of each boy weight room is a vital part of our off-season training said Coach Wyatt prepares boys for the rigors of football And it helps prevent many injuries especially separations and joint A case in point in the post-operative phase is Jack Kile The sophomore guard from Sweetwater underwent a knee operation this month As soon as his knee is strong enough he'll begin resistive exercises to regain his normal strength action and muscle tone not looking for said O'Brien "We try to help the boys who need help Our program develops the back shoulder abdomen and arm muscles builds endurance and insures against injuries feel our boys get enough leg O'Brien continued "Although if it is indicated we use the weight exercises for the legs athletes get manual work Automobiles have eliminated the walking needed for development of young bodies A weight-training program is The Vol trainer says working with weights should start in junior high if properly supervised A boy should not exercise be-vond his weight capacity and should never strain or exhaust himself exercising with weights "Common sense must be used by the boy and the instructor to avoid injury You must take the exercise correctly or defeat your development o- BOBBY SANDLIN Ex-Vol wingback demonstrates rehabilitation exercise with 40 pounds strapped to foot following a knee operation KEN FROST Gets a hand from student trainer Chris Patrick with 200-pound bar bell Frost does the press to strengthen chest arms and shoulders Smoky Business Running Normal ed In op Shape Except For Chronic Neck Pains GM Year1 Prexy Ridley Acting Smith Foresees The Pitttsburgh Pirates signed one of their pitching aces Bob Friend The 29-year-old accepted a cut on the basis of his 8-19 weight program includes three phases development of players post-injury and post-and pre-operative tion baseball games in Cuba with the Cincinnati Reds feeling is not so much one of concern for the safety of our players in said Oriole President Lee MacPhail "But it's beginning to look like they don't want Americans down there "So why should we plan to take team to Cuba? It's beginning get very doubtful Right now' we're inclined not to Orioles May Cancel Cuba Exhibitions BALTIMORE Jan 23 The Baltimore Orioles are considering to cancellation of three spring exhibi our More Than 70 Switch debt-free with a reasonable working Ridley said Smokies will be decked out in new uniforms paid for and most of our supplies are ASHEVILLE Is perhaps in the best position financially The Tourists report a profit of $30-673 and a full working agreement with the Phillies for this season Community Baseball Ine the Asheville operators plans many improvements on McCormick Field as soon as weather permits TED HOWE Sally umpire who calls Knoxville home will be retained by President Smith mailed Ted a contract a week Smith said working winter ball Smith added that Don Blackstock the veteran of the Sally staff will likelv work as a reserve Don's ley club president serving as acting general manager board of directors called It a Ridley quipped get the work done My daily schedule says president of Laundry about four hours and Smoky president-general manager the other Ridley worked late last night getting out the final Smoky contracts He has tickets for sale in his business office on Magnolia Tab Sterchi a Smoky official last season is working on the program and fence advertising has provided us a couple of prospects for our general manager Ridley added plan to check on these and other suggestions as soon as possible But in the meantime baseball business will go on as THE SMOKIES will go into the By MARVIN WEST you thought the Sally League bordered on sensational last season just wait until April 18 expecting the greatest year The speaker was Sam Smith calling to say the Knoxville Smokies would officially open the 1960 season at Asheville an optimist all right but baseball is on the upswing all over the continued the progressive-minded president have eight clubs In much better shape than this time a year Knoxville for example The Smokies sold themselves to the fans last August Detroit still has a fine stock of young ball players This could well be the year all attendance marks are rewritten in PRE-SEASON Smoky business is back in full swing with Neal Rid BOSTON Jan 21 ifft-Ted Williams a terror with a hat until last season when he suffered his celebrated pain in the neck today was pronounced in better physical condition than last September The veteran Red Sox outfielder as examined The elder ath- lete (he'll be Williams 42 next Aug 30) was declared in top shape except for a chronic pain in his spinal cord about four inches below the neck Williams complained last year that he could not turn his head to the right sufficiently to watch the ball from his left-handed batting stance Fadden said Williams today seemed to have full range of motion In any case the doctor and Fadden prescribed a course of exercises for Williams Dr Fager's examination showed Fadden relayed to Sox officials: Muscles perfect no atrophy no nerve injury no infection Williams had said earlier if the pain in his neck didn't improve won't play List of Players in Major League Deals NEW YORK Jan 23 iff) More than 70 ballplayers have switched major league clubs by of trades and purchases since the close of last season an Associated Press survey showed today The Kansas City Athletics head shift parade with 10 new additions followed by the Philadelphia Phillies with 8 the Chicago White Sox with 7 and the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds 6 each The list of shifted players with Player ond Club Coleman Cincinnati Valo New York RBI 110 Pet 353 196ft season in solid financial con- school job keeps him out of base- HOMEWORK Smoky President Neal Ridley takes time off from his business to serve os "temporary general manager" of the baseball club ball until early in dition the Official Sally League Schedule Clip It 23 67 71 92 48 46 13 25 88 43 79 60 92 24 31 99 25 72 72 53 57 70 20 62 45 40 42 24 21 52 33 4 39 40 40 69 15 34 22 16 39 30 29 47 22 4 28 16 3 17 10 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Brown Chicago -L Fernandez Detroit Simpson Chicogo AL Webster Boston Colavito and Lane Just $12000 Apart CLEVELAND Jan 23 ift-Cleveland General Manager Frank Lane said today outfielder Rocky Colavito wants $45000 for or about $12000 more than Lane has offered Lane said: "I got a letter from Rocky He told me he wants $45000 or The Indians' general manager who has only live more baseball players to sign in addition to Colavito continued: "Stars must maintain a certain standard of play When they go down they should get cut We pay On what they did the past year and in case I offered him a raise despite his batting slump "Rocky is my favorite right during the season Right now not playing any ball but Rocky keeps improving with each IRA 187 269 283 294 320 353 364 400 401 i 403 408 414 414 ATI 426 438 4 34 43 A 73 4 S3 6 QQ I Lest 5 1 8 12 3 11 8 6 4 4 7 2 1 3 13 2 7 6 5 10 0 Pitcher Chib Halt Kansas City Henry Cincinnati Striker Chicago AL Deli Son Fran Far'-arese Chicago AL Boston McLish Cincinnati Garco Chicago AL SchroH cogo NL cage Lots Sen Fran Acker Kansas City Johnson Oevetond Cleveland Kline St Lous Jones Be mere Larsen Kansas City Shird-von Buzho n3 Philadelphia Semproc- Detroit Trowbr cge Kansas City Sherry Doubles' Friend Takes Cut united PrM isternottnnol A ball dream of having his salary doubled came true today for World Series hero Larry Sherry The 24-year-old Los Angeles relief ace ended ihe 1959 season earning $7000 and will start the 1960 campaign with a contract calling for an estimated $14000 Htw nm Atril It cns iw 4 AH-Stnr Gen Ally IH frrej undurwwe enes tvMer-.