Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-01-14

rer 81 tho hundrcdn q nov nnmos
r,at oro invented every yctr become
tcpnlar. They may Be ssen 81 uuy toy
rt1ro ~ the ooorc-lnwn games and
narict ennnca, Cranes o. cards and snmos
81 bali, games Tor young and for ola
They ne o molnncholy aiaht. for not
one q them win ever take the place OF
tho ola ttthGbyn q infancy and bog
hood Even the names Of most 81 them
viii never b heard 81 By tha majesty
q AmcEicnn hors and girhl This a the
loe.e 81 history.
"a seems IN easy matter % invent q
CANA The bot games are 20 simple,
yet q populnr game WA never yet IN
vented Every ono Of tIom has grown,
and the bcnt a them have been growing
for hundreds o. yoara Scientific men
toii ~ that all sorts Of queer creatures
onc5 lived on this oarth-mont lizards
with wings; oca monsters, half whale,
half seal, and r~hiuocoroeos larger than
elephants. An these have died away be-
causo they were not fitted 70 live. while.
those animals ehaf were 6t for lilo have
gone on growing better and better. till
somo-ths horse, for instanco-Wo could
not DO without IL Is Just 20 with
eamea Thogo hvo that are ht 30 live,
and che rest die
Orr best games form q SORT o. aris-
tooracy. Their podiRroos ran back 60
VeEy ancient times, and no modern up-
start can compete with them. Taxa
baseball ana cricket. for Instance, prob
ably tho most popular outdoor games 81
modern times, the d ia our WI cum
~, the other IN England They are
nrst cousins, and their hold on Amer
lean and Engiish boys "a IN All proba-
tihty due 70 thefact that they each unite
two strong lines Of de8oent-that Of the
bat and ball gamcs-to which tennis,
lacrosse, hockey, croQuot and, more dis
family, billiards also belong. and that
q The goal games, such e. tag. puas In
ths corner. ! spy and dozens Of others.
An The nations we know anything
shout had bat and ball games ares ago
Nobody invented che bat and ball They
grew up with our civilization from the
Time when little sagaees used 30 kn0ck
about q pebble on . fruit with a stick
90 with the goal games-they have al
wayn bean popular. Their name IL still
legion. Tho goal part-thst Il, the Eun-
ming from bnso 70 base-is q much more
important part Of the game IN baseball
than Il is IN cricket. and for this reason
we Americas ara Justified IN looking
upon baseball a. tho better game, all
other things being equal. To Be sure,
nsither baseball nor cricket is the game
Il was 800 years ago, but both have
grown, not changed
Any one who chooses may trace the
growth Of cricket from the year 1900.
e IL not - easy 10 trace tho pedigeo Of
baseball, for, just 90 with Q great many
American families. there Is B break IN
the record back Ia colonial times. 1t is
known 20 have been played BY tho In
diana Il is q thoroughly American
game. and no ono loves Il less because
some people claim FOUNDERS Ne it's an
oostor and others reject the claim with
scorn.
Az for indoor games, we may prove
their nobility In Just the same way.
Chess comes down 70 as from the an
cisnt Hindoos, by way Of Persia Check
ezB were played Ia Egypt, and them in
Gtcece and Rome Cards made their APP
poarahCs In Europe in 1850, and the
Chinese say that they used them two
centuries earlier than this Tenpins was
certainly played In tho thirteenth cen
tuEy, and probably much earlier. All
these have grown, but they have not
changed their nature.
Lawn tennis Is only an oRshoot of the
old game Of court tennis, said 70 have
been brought into Gaul By Roman sol
diera and still played Again only q
growth, not q new device. There 10
halma-only q variation Of tho old pyr-
amid game Of checkers How about
parohesiG The pompous title, "a Royal
Game Of India" inscribed on the old
parchesi board, IL often Thought 20 have
been only an advertising dodge, bat Il
was quito true. Pnrchesi, called BY the
Hindoos pachisi, Is widely played in
Asiatic countries, and the Spanish ex-
plcrers even found the Aztecs playing Il
under the name Of patolh in Mexico,
whittier IL may have BEEN carried aceosz
the Pacific.
These and many other instances are
worth thinking yer deeply, for they
teach q lesson. II any one IL tired Of
the old games and wants something q
little different. iet him alter tho old in
The direction o. growth rather than ~
70 inVont something quite different The
most successfal inventors Of games have
followed this rule Indeed Il IL more
than = rRleL It Is q law Of nature. YOu
might e well try 70 please the human
palate with food made ont Of sand and
saWdust ~ 70 force boy o. man 10 get
enjoyment out Of a game that does noi
contain the old. well tried game Gle.
montA-New York World.