Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-28
THE SPORTS OF LONG AGO.
Ahcy Were Substantially the Same y,
IhOse Of The preaeut IAn,,

Ahcy Were Substantially the Same &c
} Those of the Present Dav.
Tho boys and girls of the present dov
: VINO become enthusiastic over some new
sport and boast that their particular
cup has the very "newost thing
out would be surprised if they could
discover how closely many of the old
tlne pastlmes resemble our own,
Inc Esklmos Of the frozen north tbo
Iuplnambras Of the Brazilian pamnas
inc Samlns of the Paris streets, the tovs
ana girls CT London, of Boston and Of
Philadelphia, have enc kindred te-tbo
io'e Oh sport. There is nothing new nm.
ocr inc sun, said the wise man. and o,-
poclally is there nothing new in vo,,th
ful games '0'''''
Archnoloslsts have found dolls in
egyptian pyramids and on prehistoric
'ohDs; the name of popular ball clnb
was found scrawled upon the ontor
walls OF Pompeiian houses and ono -
the most exciting matches ON rcoond
was the one stubbornly fought between
.he rival hines of Montezuma. king of
Mexico N and Nezahual pill, tim If
Tezcuco. '~in Vi
Inc boys Of ancient Greece and Rono
prayed at whip top, and ouoits md
BASEBALL and pitch pennv, nnd h1;n1 '
man buff, and hide and seek md
1"ohstones, and follow my leader in ,,yt
"S 10 inc boys of today. The girls wero
5Al'c!'S a0 seesaw, and swinging. ana
uahclng, and grace hoops, and p d Iaa
throwing, and ball play, and, in Snor+ to'
u'en at running, wrestling and lna1,i,, ,n'
a nu1o ,S'5 Is as old as ice and snow w.
a,'n when you play at cherry pits vo,,
aro only doing what Nero and Comn, NO"
Jus ana young Themistocles did anoa .
'so III Tome and in Athens, '70' ;
CO. Whatever the age or whotorou a..
'i y boys and girls of tho world ha 'no I
uWays lived moro for NAV than N" s ,
u 'l else, and however harsh ' or !
Id i.'-u I !helr surroundings ha4evcr ston W, !,
=, T. 9'llc' 'hor fathers and their motLori i,
he hey ,,, "lway S found and always mazda $
nc o most OF the time for Play. maui n
oald critic recently On tho s,A,. D.
u lecreatlon "Iho sports Of tha d auJUo' Il
ls' reducing themselves into so 10y 'Sa are W
o ltnI,f' "ver"oishted with rules any ~ a.
Is'ile'lohs that often take the rc,l , ,,''. l.,
'oll;ont from them and mako thon p'" ~, tn
~ t,, ioi''lilg as a rrotlcm in algcbra I'D 70
nero Is no fun in making nn, ''"' in
"a, utter or life and death. IIuou ' pr1 d h 10
- people who in these DAVIS os s'uw- ~
VIZ oins IN al manner Of games ca or tno
'elr whole desires not on tho f n'''or
70 game, but On the prizoS d lpil OF
t5cr re an seem as much disappointed nj,
ev 5,d DO no na' carry off a trophy as If me-
1t US take our fun with n in1l;t. loss cy,
,;4, l interest is one thing and ; NV .4o'
NY IS quito another. '''' 'iflta-
W U -have only to watch tho ;, -
in non1l OF some of the amateur plnSl
tin n , ropuiar games to realize that tHo
~ T TaS lisht about that algebra nro (IIo $
H. Inc complaint of 'unfa;r'1 -" PROD !
,n a,a ,o and of disagrccablo trjnrp on s
q" ''n tl seem to be the most ti nu,i :
o features at the close of , u' ilotlco- :
t If tIi ana we cannot help wo nllrS s
en- t Inns was Is feature of the games af 81
ing people of tho presnrt lV'' the d
nos now '-rhiladclphia 4.