Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-11-29
Foot Ball.

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! The Britt Tribune describes game
which took place in the town in the
following manner:
The Mason City foot ball team came
down Saturday and after greasing our
boys a little proceeded to swallow them
nose, corsets, ear mnffs, Shin guards
aud all. There wasn't enough of the
aggregation left to swat a humble on
the first half. We thoroughly UNDER
stood the game though we never saw
oae before Ii takes % heads of HAIR
cpmhed a la zulu, and shin guards on.
They all get down and lcoll at the BAN
like a tom turkey cycling tumble bug,
one fellow counts, and then everybody
hops on the other fellow aud tries to
kill him. With their Interfering pads
on their ears, and corsetS on their legs
4 they resist death i'm a wonderful man.
ner. The trick is to get the ball some
where where the other fellow don't
want it to go before death overtakes
them, so they defy the messenger, draw
in their breath and try to fly The
/ mercy of God was apparent after the
first rush when the Mason City fellows
walked over Our boys sticking their
boot heels into their pancreases and
making clothes pins ont of them for
! half an hour. No.a darn one OF them
died, they inst drew in their breath,
csawled INTO their shin guards like an
Armadlla. and lei the Mason City fell
lows crunch They could not break a
stay in the guard nor reach a vital
point, and when they blew out their
breath aud flaw to their feet again they
look d like Things OF life. The second
half was worked like Il bnnr Starter on
a frosty morning. The BAL Kicked too,
anl Then the Britt boys got both feet
il illelr bread baskets and MlggIed
their toes; there was miXup like Il
md OF Sioux Indians drawing beef
r.Jlons after mentf.s fast. The
Mason City fellows has IA .nrh armour
a. We the water line with IiaTNeylZtd
b lSilons, but our fellows rammed them
am.dship, Knocked their sternshees
abaft tine tinnakle, and run them
aground high and dry; they then
backed off across the bay for break
fast while one captain yelled "lloly
Moses and the other said "Dummit"
il is nice game. After a man works
Is nr 20 years to raise a boy aud puts
50 90 worth of nose bottles and shin
guards on him and sees him rush smil
feeling of pride in which his heart
swells up as big as three quart basin
and he just don't know what to do, go
. out and get a.hal bat and murder the
man who introduced foot ball into
town or take his son and run him
through an ensilage cutter, salt him
down sllo, andlet him make" through
the winter. The game stood Is to |
without the consent of any other dun
town on EARTH There will be another
: game tomorrow and both undertakers
ildNS UouSllu llCN il1to VII Ulo oGiopSbii
! of it.
i w II Jones looked after bust
ness matters in Omaha to day.
Miss Mary Sahn arrived from
; Sidney to day and will spend
some time here visiting at home
D After the performance Of Two
married men which will be the
2 attraction at the local theatre to-
4 morrow evening the next booking
is that Of the original Brass mon
/, key" company which will be here
! Saturday evening Dec lst. This
piece, was written by Mr. Charles
8 Hoyt when he was at his best and
is accredited the best of the num-
erons Hoyt productions now
g travelling.