Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-04
AS VIEWED sv A NOVICE.
Football Discussed From the Standpoint
OF One Not an Enthusiast.

Of one Not an Enthusiast.
Modern football Is IN one respect like
baseball, In that IL affords abundant facll.
tiles 10 kick on the umpire, but otherwise
It Isn't like anything else on earth. Tho
young mon who participate In tho game
src selected with great care, nobody being
eligible who cannot Withstand the Kick Of
q muls between the eyes or In the pit Of
the stomach. Other requirements are
luxurinnt growth OF hair, any color, and
muscular tiseus sufficient 10 meet freight
train on the down grade md knock " on
the track. Tho football Il an oval, leather
inclosod chunk Of atmosphere, the posses
sion OF which seoms 10 DO o subject Of
continual contention.
Two corpulent yonths, called tho center
rushcs, take the ball batwoon them, eneh
being In STOPPING posture, heads togoth.
or and legs very Wide apart. Tho teams
bunch up In tho rear OF their respective
rushos, one Of whom, at q given signal
from his captain, snaps the ball back bn-
tween his legs. A secret code Of signals,
called OF by the captain, conveys the In
formation not only whom tho hall Is 10 DO
snapped, but also which player is TO tnko
II anu attempt To get around or break
through the line Of the opposition, The
trouble begins IN tho center Of tho field,
between tho goals, which nre $50 ioot
apart. The relerco sounds his whistle, the
captain whose team has the bull calls oil
his ihrgnn Of numbers, and riot Is forth
with inouguratcd
The unfortunate yonth who has boon
selected 10 carry tho ball makesa break at
tho line OF tho enemy and 10 at onoc
pounccd upon by the other ei men and
Vnfarnn al Of xyhuttt fu1I I.,,,s,, ,v, Itv,,
and XIII or cripple him II possible Then
tho referee, who is provided with cane
for self defense, pokes around among the
wriggling arms and logs, asecrtAins who
has tie hall aud announces IN q llno tenor
voice so many yards lost or gained. Tho
follow who Is on tho bottom Of the pile IL
brought around with artificial respiration,
the teams line MP, and the good work goes
on. A bfokon Jog or fractured skull en-
titles o player to withdraw IN favor Of q
substitute Occasionally dispute arises
over some technical point, whoruupon the
pnrtisnns " the respective sdos flock
around tho disputnuts and howl for a rope
TO lynch the rcforcc II Is entirely immn-
tcrial which way ho decides 1horo Is al.
ways throughout tho game . manifest dis
position 10 XII Him, and every mani hand
IL against him. Tho life Of football
roforoo Is not happy ono II Is oonsidcr.
ed great joke to accidentally fall on him
and shove "a No. . hob nailed Shoe down
his throat.
There are great many fine points nbout
football ono OF them Is to pick out for
slaughter tho bost player OF tho opposition
The methods OF doing this arc varied and
unique, The point Of an elbow applied
TO tho pit Of u mans stomach when 10 Il
running At full speed has been found 70
he very effective But 10 is useless to onu-
mcrato further Tho foregoing hint IA
sufficient a touch down * made when
ona aldo succeeds in carrying tho ball DO
hind It's goal. This counts four points Att
or tho touch down tho ball Is carried out o
certain distance iuto the fold, and tho roy.
nj arch kicker Of the team attempts ID
send 10 over tho goal bar, IL no succeeds,
two additional points are secured, -Patla
Ulls.) Beacon.