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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-15

college game. Travesties of the game,
known in football parlance as scrub games, !"
are enacted in almost every city, town and
hamlet in the eastern part Of the country,
but scientific football is exclusively college
institution.
OF all the out of door sports employed by
American students as means of keeping the
muscular end of their education abreast of
the intellectual end, football is the popular
favorite AS many as $4,000 people have
turned out at the Polo grounds at New York
in the sharpest kind of fall weather to see
one of the big football games The crowds
at these games are getting bigger every year
and there can be no question about the inn
mediate future of the game. Football has
come to stay.
The game is no parvenu in the field of
sports More than 1900 years ago the Greeks
and Romans played a crude game of football,
and when the Romans went over to England
they introduced the game to the Britons. 1t
gradually worked its way into public favor
until it became the national winter game, as
cricket subsequently became the English sum-
mer sport. Shrove Tuesday tthe Tuesday be-
fore tue 5th of November) was the great foot
ball day. James l speaks Of the sport in his
"Baskilon Dorow." Apparently it was as
rough in his time as the enemies of the game
assert that it now is, for the monarch writes
Of it: at is meeter for laming than making
able the users thereof" Fatal accidents came
to be more and more common features OF the
sport, and along in the earlier thirties Of the
present century the football observance of
Shroye Tuesday fell into disuse
There was revival of interest in the game
in England about 1860. and the Foot Ball as
sociation was formed In its efforts to do
away with the rough features of the game,
this organization hedged in the game with
rules which made it tame sport compared
with the kicking, punching, tripping and
pounding sort OF game played by the boys of
Rugby and other enthusiastic devotees of the
cid style game. So the players who pre-
ferred the livelier game organized the Rugby
Football union in 1871 and soon after the game
began to be played in desultory sort of way
in the United States. There was no formal
American football organization until the CEN
tennial year, when the intercollegiate Foot
ball association came into being. The rules
adopted by the Intercollegiate association
were based on the Rugby rules, and it was
Rugby football that was then formally intro
duced in this country, and which is still the
order of the day, though some more or less
important variations have been made
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l. Touch in goal. Q. In touch. 9. Touch or
bounds. 4. twenty-five yard line limit of kick
out s. In goal q. Goal line.
DIAGRAM OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL GROUND.
Stripped Of its technicalities es far as pos
st5le, the game is played something after this
fashion: The ground is laid out i'll the form
of paraueloSram, as is shown in the above
diagram of the field The field measures $50
feet from end to end and lG0 feet across be-
tween the outer side lines There are various
lines which cross the field, which are known
as the five, ten, fifteen yard lines, ETC., ac-
cording TO their distance from the nearest end
of the field An understanding of them,
however, is not necessary to a general knowl-
edge of the game. At each end Of the Geld,
midway between the sides, is an arrangement
Of upright posts and cross bar, forming an
immense letter II, twenty feet high and
eighteen and one-half feet broad. These let
ter Hs are the goals" The goals and the
outlined field provided, no further parapher-
MALTA, except the ball and the players, are
needed for game.
At the beginning Of the game the ball is
placed midway the goals, and the eleven men
on each side take their stations. The seven
''rushers" on each side form in parallel lines
extending across the field, the quarter back"
stands behind the center rusher, the two
''half backsn takea station ten or twelve yards
behind him, and the "full back" stations him
self in front of the goal which he is to defend.
The side which lost the toss for the choice Of
goals kicks OF the ball, and the scramble and
turmoil begins and continues for forty-five
minutes. the time OF interruptions being de-
Quoted. A ten minute intermission is fol-
lowed by another forty-iive minute inning,
and the side which has then scored the most
points wins the game.
In the football contest of today, as evolved
from the old Rugby game, actual kicking
plays very small part The object Of the
game, as of yore, is to get the ball over-or
at least back of-the enemy's goal, but there
are divers ways Of getting it there and scor-
ing points other than mere kicking The
game is scored by points, and there are four
different ways of getting these points, II
the ball is carried, kicked or passed across
the goal line by player of the opposing side.
and touched to the ground, his side scores
four points. If, when it Is brought out into
the field, the representative kicker of his
SIDE succeeds In kicking it over the goal,
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Though the game is more or less played all
over the country. its chief seat is in the east.
The western colleges and universities do not
devote as much attention to athletics as
10 the eastern educational institutions, and
the game is not played in the west to any
sxtent, though the students of Michigan uni
versity have paid some little attention TO
football The members Of the Intercol
legiate Football association are Harvard,
Yale, Princeton, Wesleyan and the Universe
ty of Pennsylvania, and the teams of these
colleges are ball teams of the country. OF
these colleges Yale is eminently the success
tul college, in football way, her team hay
ing almost continuously held the champion
ship since the formation OF the association
Whether she will sustain her reputation this
year remains 10 be seen.
EDWARD BUNSELL PHELPS.
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for TIE SUNDAY HERALDl
Yesterday saw sad, sad reporter
He said that he had been regarded al
ways as a good all around newspaper man
who begun as a journalist and gradually
worked his way up. He had written every
kind of descriptive work on short notice,
and had done everything from prize fight
to a tennis tournament, from four hour
speech on the tariff to holocaust, and had
been generally considered a good man.
Lately, ne decided that he would strike
out for original methods and thus increase
his salary. He had noticed how well it
paid to do the detective reporter style of
work, and so he thought he would do some
of it. He had come on from an interior
city, and other newspaper men had told
him that to get on rapidly he should do
some difficult thing and then write it up.
Other people had tried in New York, but
failed, because they Just tackled the old
reliable stock Of dime museums, elevated
railroads, Castle Garden and the park, so
he ought to do some daring anu dangerous
act, after which he could write it up and
set big pay for it
car all day and talking with the driver and
conductor He picked out a good-natured
looking driver and bright conductor on a
Broadway car, and rode all afternoon with
them, getting good stories from both, while
he rode first on the front and then on the
rear of the car. Each man told him of the
hardships of his position. The driver said
that though a young man, he had quite
family at home, and that on his salary he
found it very difficult to clothe the little
ones, to say nothing of sending them to
school His wife was blind, having lost
her sight from the effects of Over-wOrk
with her needle at night without sufficient
light, SO shat the little ones were practi-
cally orphans. He had long, hard days
work to do, after which he had to cook
enough for the next day, and mend the
Children's clothes while they were in bed.
And yet the company docl1ed him at every
possible point, and abused him If he
dared to sit down to drive on a dull day.
The conductor told a sad story of priva-
ton also He said he had only one little
girl, but she was q cripple. The child had
come one day to bring his dinner to him,
and on the way had been run over by a
''Tawery wagon loaded with glucose beer
and fat driver. The conductor heard her
scream and ran to her in time to snatch
her out from under the hind wheels, but
the other wheels ran over her and injured
her spine. Now, he had to leave her at
home all day IN charge of his wife's mother
who was paralyzed on one side and habit
nal drunkard on the other.
Yes, he said, the company locked him
for the time he was absent when he ran to
save his little girl, though he only lost one
trip. He was not complaining man, he
said, but sometimes it seemed hard.
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The rising generation of colored youth il
the south is far from being polite and obse-
quiouS On the contrary, there is manifest
disposition 60 put on airs.
Not long ago an elegantly dressed white
gentleman rode his horse up to the sidewalk
In front Of an Austin, Tex, hotel, dismounted,
and swapping his fingers at light mahogany
colored youth, said:
"Here, boyi Hold this horse while &C
into this drug store for a minute"
Am dat az boss so spereted dat it takes
two men ter hold himF'
''Of course it don't take two men to hold
him" replied the white gentleman.
"Den eff one man can hold him what does
yer want me fort Why don't yer hold him
yerse'fr'-Texas Siftings.
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two more points are secured If goal is
kicked from the field by a drop kick-made
by dropping the ball and kicking it as it rises
five points are scored up for the side kick.
ing the goal, and if one side, driven into
straits, is forced to touch the ball to the
ground behind its own goal, it makes safe
ty touch down" and adds one point to the
score of the other side The rules OF the In
tercollegiate. association, hike the Rugby
rules, allow the players to run with the ball
In fact running with the bah is the prin
cipal method Of getting it toward the enemys
goal now employed, and the game is becom-
ing less and less Of kicking game, So, gen
orally, as soon as the ball is once put in play
- .- ,.-- e II" ti,.,c in tn bonds OF one or
Other Of the c1ntending athletes. As soon as
player gets the ball and starts to run with
it the opposing players concentrate their en-
ergies on stopping him and getting possession
of the ball The goal keeper and half backs
do not venture far away from their goal, but
the eight other players devote their attention
to the man with the leather bag
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Auxioua Mother

The 5-year-old boy of Lewis Stewart, en-
ployed in the extract works of Dovis s. Wal
ton, at Houlton, fell head first into barrel
half full of water, Friday. No one was near,
and after few minutes kicking he sue
ceeded in turning in the barrel and crawled
out, and presented himself to his astonished
mother gasping and begging her not to whip
him for spelling his clothes. "Why didn't
you CALI" said the frightened mother, after
the drowned rat" had explained matters. 81
did" said he shyly, "but nothin' come but
blubbers. Bangor Commercial
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pIdYtIS, iIlU IlOHbII IiIOlIAo d bONtII
went to the Oshkosh club, with which he
pitched in twenty-five games, and lost only
two, winning the championship of the North
western league His greatest feat that sea-
son was the retiring of the Milwaukees for
only one hit in nine innings BE ranked
third in the official pitching averages. In
1888 he was signed by the Omaha club, of the
Western association, and pitched in forty-six
games. and made most excellent record for
himself
In these contests he faced some very heavy
batsmen, and twice retired club for soil
tary safe hit in nine innings, disposing in that
manner of the st. Paul team May Is and the
Sioux City Sept. 20, 1855. At the close of
last season no was secured by the Brooklyn
club
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hit. He ranked viz
tuany first in the
official pitching ay-
erages of the New
England lie a que
that year. In 1887
he began the season
with the Bridge
port club, of the
Eastern lie ague,
and when that club
had taken a long
lead in the race for
the pennant, it sold
off all of its leading
Iz- zlT ozA4
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The Supreme SIoment.

"Adelgitha, kin yer tell why arsked yer
ter accompany me ter this sickkluded spoti
no, yer kinnot. 1 viii tell yer why-it wuz
to breathe inter yer ear the larst sad shrek
of dispairin' soul, ter Whisper one fond desolit
farewell, an then ter hurl merself ter dis
truction. amt got nothin' ter live fur
since yer went back on TO me fur ther butch
er's boy, an am prepared fur ther wust
Should / excape instunt deth when leap
from here, 1 have purvided mersef with
deadly poison. life.
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Had Quit the Culture Business Entirely.
Winchester surprised at finding old college
chum acting as clerk in Missouri grocery
Why, Chugg, is this youi l thought you
were publishing The American Educator and
Exponent of True Culture
Chugg-No. The venture, regret to say,
did not prove as remunerative as had an
ticipated, and was reluctantly compelled to
abandon it and seek livelihood in other
fields of labor. Ito customer) How many Of
these molasses wuz ye wantin today, Mr.
Geehawln -Chicago Tribune.
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ONE OF THE sMARTEsT.
The ColoneL Tries to Surprise His Friends,

The Colone. Tries to Surprise His Friends,
but Gets Left.
"Come over and get introduced to one Of
the smartest girls in Philadelphia" said the
colonel tie other morning, after we had fin
ished our cigars II don't call her beau ty,
but she is highly educated and as sharp as d
razor"
Detroit, Detroit, she unused, as we were
introduced. "Oh. yes, can place it now.
was wondering whether it was in Quebec or
Ontario. was there once"
"Indeedg"
"Yes, and the people were celebrating the
queens birthday"
~ see"
"They were celebrating it by snow anG
ice carnival You are very patriotic PEG
pie"
''Well, yes"
81 suppose the Johnstown horror has rem
dered them somewhat apprehensive in De-
troitg"
"As to what, ma'am3"
'Why, that Lake Michigan might burst out
and sweep you all away"
"Oh, we don't feel any fear of that"
Don't you, indeedl Ali yes, but how
stupid of mel The Rocky mountains are be
tween you and the lake, of course. Are there
many wild animals left in DetroitF'
"a few grizzly bears and mountain lions. ,
"And the Indians7"
''They never approach within mile of the
stockade, and they don't kill over dozen
people a week"
"How NIGEL must sit down sometime and
talk to you whole half day"
When the colonel and had returned to our
end of the veranda looked at him. He had
his face turned away. 1t was all of two
minutes before he slowly wheeled around
and brought his fist down on his knee With
the exclamation:
"Well, I'll be hangedI"- Detroit Free
Press
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FOOTBALL IS NEXT.
The Game as Played by Ameri-
can Students.
A FEW HISTORICAL POINTS.
Well 1900 Years Ago-Ths Games OF
Previous Seasons in America.

LII sports have
tn cir season and
the accepted time
for that most ex-
hilarating Of out
d or sports, the
game of football, is
at hand.
! Universally pop
ular though it is
with the youth of
all ages and condi-
lions, the game is,
by tradition and
custom, peculiarly
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IL is no longer rumor. 1t has grown to
~ Il stern reality. Brooklyn will so into the
League if it wins the Association champion
shin. Mr. Day or no Mr.. pay
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Smart Bow.

Lady Guest ito small boyl-Why, Willie
how tanned you arel
Willie franklyl-Yes'm; father done it,
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Pooling the Landlady.
Eli-This steak is awful.
Joe--Then why do you eat it,
Eli--To keep it from being made into hash.
The Epoch.
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A Rise in Corn.
Corn always comes up quickest about the
time young crows begin to fly.-The Epoch
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AN AMATEUR SLEUTH
Bill Nye Tells How a Reporter
Became q Detective.
AND ALSO A sADpEYED MAN.
He Went In for Original Methods and Was
Diseharged-Is Now Doing Time
ep 2 Fanny Paper.

loOpsrighted, 1889, by Edgar w. Nye. Written
for THE SUNDAY HERALD.l
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For the Protection and Promotion of Trade
and Collection of Bad Debts;
Terms made known and Observation-Disclosures
at our flcss.
oFFICE-Nos g. 30 and 81. Scot.Auerbacb
building.
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l. Touch in goal. .. In touch. 3. Touch or
bounds. 1. twenty-five yard line limit of kick
out s. In goal q. Goal line.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-30
CattIemen Organize.

4 Chicago dispatch of the first instant says that some weeks ago Samuel Lazarus, Y. T. Bugbee, A. B. Gregory and T. Eaton, western stockmen, issued an invitation from Kansas City to several well-known stockmen throughout the country, asking them 10 join in organizing the American live stock commis- sion and to convene for that :pur- pose at the Union stock yards. 4 meeting was held at the Transit house and was quite largely attend ed. Those present are reticent as to the object and scope of the com pany. Commission men at the stockyards assert that it's sole aim is to evade the payment of 50 per cent commission. The members are heavy cattle ralSers and propose 10 open branch house at Kansas City. The company, it is said, will sell no cattle not owned by it's stock holders. The following board et directors were elected: II. ". Cress- man, of Pueblo; George Smith, oi Sherman, Texas; J. c. Gunter, of Dallas, Texas; A. B. Gregory, ot Winthrop, Ill.,; F. P. York, of St. Louis; P. Phillips, of Kansas City W 4. Towers, of Montana; B. R. Fant, of Goliad, Texas; Y. T. Bug bee, of Kansas City. The capital stock is 100000.
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Arrived at TuCs0n.

Deputy U. s. Nlarshals Brocken- ridge, Underwood and Neustatter arrived in Tucson yesterday morn ing having in charge Cyclone Bill and N. E. Cunningham, the only two that have so far been arrested in connection with the robbery, Cunningham is we'll known in Tue son. The Citizen says he was there as a witness during tie session of the United States Court in April. He Is q cattleman in Graham coun- ty. Both of these men of course claim to be innocent of the transac- ton, through they answer the de- scription of two of the men. The negro woman who was near the scene of the robbery was also brought along as a witness, and is held under surveillance by the off cers. She is watched very close, and no doubt the officers suspect that she knows more about the rob- bery and who were in it than she has yet told.-Prospector.
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ScnatGr Hear Interviewed.

San Francisco, May S.-United States Senator Hoar, of Massachu- setts chairman of the select com mittee of the Senate on the relations of the United States with Canada. stated today in an interview that the main subjects which the committee will investigate are: First, the fisheries second, the military works at Esquimault, British Columbia third, general interchange of pro- ducts between the United States and Canada. The State Board ol Trade made q formal call on the committee this afternoon during formal session of the committee this afternoon. General Miles spoke at length on the subject ot coast defenses, stating what had been and what ought to be done for the pro- lection of the Pacific coast in par ticular.
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Unpleasant News.

The Albuquerque Citizen of May 22d, printed the following:
 "Lieutenant Lockwood and two non-commissioned officers of the United States army arrived in the city to day with ten Apache Indians from the Columbus, Ohio peniten- tiary where they were incarcerated on various charges, principally murder, for terms ofimprisonment ranging from five years to a life time. The Lieutenant's orders are to turn the red skins over to the agent of the San Carlos agency. The Indians were tried by the Uni ted States court in Arizona, but the supreme court of the United States recently rendered decision setting aside the verdict of the lower court through some technicality, or lack ofjurisdiction. During their i'm prisonment the Indians have be- come civilized"
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Two zuni Indians Bite the Bust,

From pr. c. E. Canine, who came in from Fort Wingate Saturday, reporter for this paper learned the following
 Three packers named Hainm, SomerviIIe and Davis, from Ouray, Colo, who were on their way to Arizona, camped on the Pescado river, about twelve miles above Zuni, within the Zuni reservation. During the night six horses and two pack mules got away from them They found them next day with the exception of cne horse and one mule. They remained all that day hunting for them and were found among a herd of Zlni stock. The stock was rounded out and the par ty started for the Box s. Ranch. where one of them was acquainted. When they got to the Nutria, We'd nesday morning, party of nine Indians jumped them and fired a shot. The packers turned on the Zunis and killed two outright, fa- tally wounded third, and fourth one was shot through an arm. The Zunis at Nutria tried to intercept them, but they got past and reached the Box s Ranch. About 150 or 200 Indians held them there and regular battle was had, but no one was hurt. The Box 5 men took re- fuge in a cellar and the packers were quartercd in a stone building and remained there until they were relieved by troops from Fort Win. gate. Tine Indians took three riding bridles and two plck saddles belonging to the packers and drove offall their stock-kilIing one of the Box s horses. The men were at Fort Wingate Thursday and the sheriff of Valencia county came after them. A company ofsoldiers hasbeen sent to Zuni.-Galiup Cleaner.
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i Black Wonder.

James Clark, ;t negro boy of Al bany, Ga, is one of the wonders of the place, because, though never having been tuaght, he is we'll edu- cated, a good mathmatician and
 writes a good hand" He buys many book and says when he studies textbook and tries to master a lesson he can't understand it; but at night in his dreams the entire
The St. Johns herald., 1889-05-30

nothing with 1t because of the saw age Indians. Then he obtained an- other grant in Sonora. which he was forced to give up to the conn pany that paid the large expenses of surveying it. For many years Grammar lived at Guaymas, but recently he came back to this State and settled at Escondido, which is large orange grove. Though broken in health, he was brave in spirit and alway declared he should again become millionaire. He be- longed to the Masons and Odd Eel lows, and no doubt a monument will be raised to his memory.- Globe Democrat.