The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-14
as VIEWED ey A NOVICE.
Football Discussed From the Standpoint
of One Not An Enthusiast.

of One Not An Enthusiast
Modern football IL In one respect Ike
baseball, in that IL affords abundant faoil-
tiles 10 kick on the umpire, but otherwise
1t isn't like anything else on earth. The
young men who participate In the game
are selected with great care nobody being
eligible who cannot withstand the kick of
a mule between the eyes OF In the pit of
the stomach. Other requirements are
iuxuriant growth OF balr. any color, and
muscular tissue sufficient 10 meet freight
train on the down grade and knock it OF
the track. The football Is an oval, ieathei
inclosed chunk Of atmosphere, the posses
zion Of which seems To be n subject 81
continual contention
Two corpulcnt youths called The center
rushes, take the ball between them, each
being in a STOPPING posture, heads togeth-
er and legs very wide apart. The teams
bunch up IN the rear 81 their respective
PUSHES, one of whom, at a given signal
from his captain, snaps the ball back be-
tween his legs. A secret code Of slgnnis,
called Of by tho captain, conveys the in
formation not only when the bail j. % be
snapped, but also which player Is % take
it and attempt 60 get around or break
through the line 81 the opposition. Tho
trouble begins Ia the center of the field,
between the goals, which are $50 feet
apart. The referee sounds bis whistle, the
captain whose team has the ball calls OF
bis jargon Of numbers, and a riot Ii forth
with iuaugurated.
The unfortunate youth who hss been
selected to carry the bail makes break at
the line Of the enemy and l. at once
bounced upon By the other ~ men ard
the referee, all Of v bonn fall down ON him
and XIII or cripple him II possible Then
the referee, who - provided with cane
for self defense, poses around among tho
wriggling arms and legs, ascertains who
has the naii and annDUusss In a fDc tenor
voice 50 many yards lost Or gained Tie
fellow who "A CT the bottom 81 the pile ~
brought around with artificial respiration,
the teams line Up. and The good work goes
on. A broken leg or fractured sk1ii en-
titles player 70 withdraw In favor %
substitute. Occasionally a dispute arises
over some techuIesi point, whor.upon The
partisans Of tbs respective sidas focs
around the disputants and howl for q rope
70 lynch the referee. II 10 enti-sly imma-
terial which way &c decided There u al
ways tbTegg hout tbe game n manifest dis
Poz.tiOn % Ill hsra. snt every fuaE. . hand
is against bim. Tie life CT = football
Tsfero4 j. nos q happy oua. IL - consider
ed a l,rent joke o. scCicentsljy fan on him
and shove . 20. . hob nailed shoe down
his tbroat
Tbsre are q great many fns points ah,ou.
football One q them i 70 pick cot fox
slaughter the sest player q TIE opposition
The methods Of dGsag thas are varied spd
uuiqne- I lie point q al elbow applied
70 TIE -. % 9 fEsn : stomach when he -
running 80 fol. sPeesi has been found %
be Tery eeeeiiSe- DGf = is useless 20 emu
rsersts farmer. T.fs foregoing hint 4.
Sufficient 4 touch iowa i usscs sbsn
one side szccseds ~ csrTrlrg sbS BAH b.
hind is rraL i ia cunt four po!nfa A.,
er tbs toucs eo<n tie tall "a carried ous a
curtain d-staHee into he feId, and gns roy
o. arch Kicker G; tie team st.eupss s1
scud Is over Ale goal bar IL hs sueesea.
two additional points are secured. -P.x,s
fllis-D Bez1ca