Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-17
ABOUT FOOTBALL
An English View Of the Great Fall
Game.
Rouqhcr Features Have Disappeared and i
Healthiest Of Sports.

London. October 1.-The ancient. prln.-
tiv. brutality. which formerly disugur'i
football. ana especially Rugby tuuthAl.
in this country. practically disappeared
with the abolition OF hacking s"n'
~ years age. Hacking consisted chiefly
in stopping player running Win iht
ball by the tripping ~ kicking INN "Nti
by Il player OF the opposing side. his
operation WAS performed with gTcH
force. anu III" runner IN mtd-cat'Cr wa
brought To- tn" ground with dNl"nlsh'r&
violence. The KICK WIS administered
usually an I'll" instrp or some latt NIX th'.
shin bone. ana its Successful application
req aired very considerable dizziness and
address Sometime tl." rHuEtr would
evadc the deadly stroke VA hAins I"It
or Sudden twist st a hiEn itit ~
speed. but MOI" ua}lN me Was bTuu-ht
{" the earth like 4 f"!l"d nN- bthrr forms
Of hacking w"r" permissible. fhc tIr-t
men on Sidc were Liable t. Ice clit over.
IN some games = PLAYER "!fs!dc could r.
hacked. and IN Ia, ~ timntEr IRE" ana
terrible hac King usUaily Took place l'-
;w"en the opposing i"5" ards. This FER
lcadlY part ~ the Whri' SN~t'D There
VAS no escaping II. except by n'ttr
r"untcr-attack. aud bleeding flesh aud
notch"d shin bones were ItS normal ,uu-
vumitInts BlGCkheith Proprietary Svh".
was wc!1-knowu hacking establishments.
ind. IN ITS annual match Wlih Ninlhlr-
don school AT tho conclusion Nj thc
game. an oNtrdorliaar, practice. known
III IN. wear fN-n' INV, fnntb,II NM tit-nvr,
| III nnc i'll. thc back pIaycrS uI came
.p int, the =, rimnI.-c and tho ,,tn,-tft.-
cams went tor one auuthcr's shin.
"ith quito extraordinary ;.rptIty trr tnr
Spac" Of three ar four inmates.
Tim" was then called. but can WI!
remember that herr ant there 10 Yar ~
plaIcrs engaged fiji fierce. siuul. ,lunh,t
were i"athc To- rcliupuish their du,'u and
had To h" hauled of bv the other PLAYERS
Il was an absurd ana I'm haTrlI- custom
90 ,f,.it Il
both teams separated in excellent r.ifd
humor 1t is ctirinlS to remember that iu
the first International match. AT I;u=h.
rules bctw"cu England ana Scotland In
1871. hacking over" ;tithnugu f.rm.liv
abolished in club football. wlt M; IuIJ
rracticcd. Il had only iatrly accH hau-
ishcd from tn" field. and players found /,
almost Impossible To refrain from what
was to them practically Nh iu~tfurrj,r Twill
ton. In fact it was SERIOUSLY proposed III
some Of the players to allow hacking in
this match. ana ii III. umpire. Mi AL
m"nd. had MT ii, clared I'LL ,nt.ntiurI IN
abandoning his Office. il il were persist!
in. no doubt it would have actually l.-,l-
led in An international game. 1ni~. til
nrsi Rugby iutcrn,,inn,I match i.I'IN'l
at Edinhurg WAS won hN Scotland f..
III" frantic delight al h.r supporter. .,u,r
The winning football sils the i4t.. II
" Irvine. :, ,anois S,,tti-b ,,I.,,-,., ~,
captain. hung for MANY a daV in tb.
shop az Johnnie Eowtnn Al III. St,.L
bridge adorned with rii,,nlls ike IN. With
of a tIVdeSdsilo stallion at "A hov.f, ebnu.
In those DAYS the Rugby iut.rn.,tinr.i
match was contested iii N tlny,,s I. ei.I,.
instead Of H. AZ ~ i.rclruf anJ VIII
''SCrtmtnacr' with - mon an u.rlt~j
tigntIv together striving viii n,..,r..
thew ana Sincw stretched and .tr,i,..j
for the honor Of rho cni,ntr, ,...
worthy Ia No drsrr,n.I Ia. ri',,.
was l, tr,m,ndnus gtrieric ,md III, ,h
end Of tho match M fniw.,rds h ~,
o1,r aro,,.h nt !, ,I. ''' .id
pIavcrs acton ,s nn.,ll..nnr. ,i,',,. i"
one thrcr-,u,artcr h,,l. Will thra tIf
backs huui mon ~. ,,,'if -, v' ""'a-
wards. ali ~, ,..t a., ,,,,,..! NV ~.
in thr srr,,n,m,rr II Il" u KIT. '.s NH
~ runrn,n,,'i ~ j., i'i''hu't
nack "f iT3, uhan ,, ~ ,h Inc 80" tSi
nl,vipc al L.nci.ma ! iau .i'' hoh"r 81
nxrcm.io.oil h.ea,.'' ir i'I,tS were ~
for ~ -, h.it ~ ''''u nt'iGid''i i'i
Tim. az - -, hir ~ 'Hc ma Il n"td I
fnnte5 ~. ~ NV n'r Owl = nnc ieft-
nj tbrno $50, ~, !! ! tIei'aM, "oh'tf-
c"i,oli" Vel, ,,;,I, ..; nhch' VINO dionned
i,n% ~ WI I'n ri.hcI lo2t. gave eng
~, H. ~ ~" ~ we iaSt !" minutes ~
~ - :" "G''N a-siue Hia,ch,,s were |
~ ~ "pp'',Ec4 w N''' beyond all doubt |
h ~ t"' s'cd' advantage 81 modern foot !
III n,; !,
bard MFG, ,i II may ne mentioned. died Ne"y !
tests from, n NJ sr pIrieH nnder many PR