The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-08-01

humble Peg-Base Ball Bound
to Decline--A New National
Game Demanded-The Want
Can be Supplied--NTunble Peg
is the Thing-Its Advantages
{ Shown. It3<1lL
Ia; BY THE s'FAT CONTRIBUTOR"
+ Anticipating the time when Base
Ball, that is having such. a run just
now all over the country, win decline
in popular favor and finally run out,
and knowing that some other Ma
tional game must supercede it, we
have been casting about for the
proper thing. We think we have
b IN at length. -
AiUMBLE PEG!
There are numerous reasons why
humble Peg should be made to sue
ceed Base Ball as our National game,
for be it known to all foreign nations,
we wiU have a National game. but,
as Richard III rem arked with regard
to .'having" Queen Anna. we'll mot
keep her long g-we like Change
Mnmble Peg is played with a Jack
knife. TIL : jack knife is a National
emplem with us-for is not our
Brother Jonathan invariably repre-
sented holding. that useful pocket
utensil in his right hand? Then the
game Of humble Peg originated
among American school boys. as
will be seen by reference to Stan
berry on humble Peg" page 172,
and if any body knows anything
about ns'lmsbling things, Attorney
General Stanberry does. The pegs
used in the game should always be
made of our American pine.
We hear that humble Peg clubs
have already been formed in various
parts Of the country; in fact we have
just received an invitation to be
present at a match game of humble
peg, to be played between the s.Jack
| Knife Handle. humble Peg Club" of
Goshen, and the Bow Legged Num-
bic Peg Club" Of Mud Lake. for the
champion jack-kni of Ohio. 1t
will be played at Goshen on or
about the coming autumn. Some
of the most expert humble peggists
in the State are expected to be pres
ent. We shall furnish a full report
OF the game.
| A National humble Peg Conven-
ton should be held at Washington
as soon as a sufficient number of
Clubs are organized, for the purpose
of establishing standard rules and
regulations for conducting the
game. z.a-..s
Among the numerous advantages
that may be claimed for ''Mumble
Peg as popular game, we may
cite the following:
/ ANY number of persons can play
! There is no running in the game,
as in Base Ball, unless some outsid-
er runs off with the jack-knife: and
the Club has to recover it. .a..
| r 1t affords = exercise to the knee
Joints, as the player has to kneel in
playing, the knees being padded for
| that purpose.
There is no ''batting,' with the
exception of the cotton batting
used in padding the knees.
! 1t is exceedingly strengthening to
the muscles of the arm. through the
exercise acquired in Tipping the
jack knife.
The muscles of the teeth are also
strengthened by pulling the pegs out
Of the ground with them. Weknow
one player who got so strong in his
teeth, through raising the pegs, that
he could lift "steak'' with them
fHe assured us that it was something
that was done very rare.
1t promotes perseverance and in
dustrv, as it encourages you to keep
pccging away.
| Serious difficulties often arise from
the reckless use of knives. humble
Peg tenches you to use your knife
with great deal of care, if you want
t. make it count.
One great objection to the game
OF Base Bali IS, the liability to being
injured or disabled This cannot
he urged against humble Peg
Only two instances are9 recorded
where accidents have occurred in the
game. One man had to carry his
eve in a sling for week or two. on
account of trying. to draw a peg
with that member instead of with
his teeth, as the rules of the game
provide. The other injnfed his
knee pans by neglecting hisfpadding.
He sent his pans to the tin-smith and
had them soldered over again, and
are now as good as new..
We trust that we have shown suf-
fcient Inducements for establishing
Mumble, Peg, as our next national
game, and shah calmly await the re-
suit. - ia : - ~'
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