Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-11-28

Some one In writing recently Of the
evolution of ideas sketched the deyel-
opment of the palace car and the au-
that aid could be gained In moving
heavy bodies by the use of rollers of
wood or stone. Had this interesting
writer chosen to amplify his illustra.
ton he might have shown that when
the rolling-stone idea first dawned
contained great possibilities for the
amusement, as well as the profit of
the race--that from 1t there came with
the passing of ages not only the palace
car and the automobile, but many OF
the chief amusements of modern civil
iSation, including hockey and golf. In
fancy one may see Mr.. Stonehatchet
and Mr.. Skinclothes Ito borrow the
names invented by famous comic art
istD walking peacefully at the crest OF
q gently sloping beach. On the beach
there CHANGED to be stone worn smooth
and round by the action of the waves.
Stonehatchet stumbled upon this stone
and started It rolling toward the water.
By one OF those flashes of inspiration
that have marked the progress of hui
man affairs he saw that he had struck
"a good thing" and he instantly
pushed 1t along" by o blow with hts
club. Skinclothes sought to prevent
the curious-shaped stone from rolling
into the water, and, running after &C.
Knocked It up the beach. It is need.
less to explain why Stonehatchet sent
II rolling down again, and the process
was repeated thousand times In the
furious hour which followed.
Stonehatchet and Skinclo,hes were
under the spell OF shiny and golf and
hockey, which has remained potent
from that far-off day to the present
time. II only remains to suggest the
tragic ending that must have closed
game of hockey played without rules
by men OF fierce passions Skin.
clothes got the ball well under his con.
troll and Stonehatchet, not being able
to hit 1t, smote Skinclothes on the
head and slew him. This sad out
come did not prevent the new game
from becoming at once all the rage
with the caye-dwellers, but, as the early
crops OF ancestors were sparse. II be.
came necessary to make a rule that
any player killing more than three OF
his opponents in one game should for.
ever be debarred from play. This was
wisely deemed far more effective than
penalty of execution. Thus the
structure OF the modern game. with its
elaboration of rules, was started. In
this first rule one may see the essence.
OF which me modern refinement is the
rule of hockey as II is played by the
young women of Smith college at
Northampton-that player may
hook" his opponents sticks but must
not hook" the opponents themselves.
There is, II win be seen, today the
solicitous care against a dimlnution of
the number of players. From the time
OF that original game II was evident
that hockey on the broad and vigorous
lines which distinguished 1t up TO the
most recent stage of its development
was no game for women and girls.
Skinny is now girls game---only
they always use the other term.
hockey. They have played golf for
some time. but golf is only species,
OF which the genus is hockey The
game as played by the college girls,
who have recently adopted II as their
favorite pastime. is the real article.
only they have developed II to much
more scientific stage than the boys
ever did. The boys never got much
beyond the primitive method OF the
stone age, But the girls have made of
II modern game. without destroying
the "gaminess" OF tia game to be
played in matches and tournaments,
with rules that demand mental as we'll
as physical exercise. as most modern
games do. The great Skinny idea, as
worked out in the game OF hockey ana
played by the young women at Smith
college, calls for a hockey field 100
yards In length and 60 yards wide
The field on the Smith college campus,
AT least, is not graded or rolled. but
IL laid out on closely cropped grass
ground. The bounds are plainly
marked by side lines and goal lines
(the end lines). The goals are at the
middle point of the goal lines, and
consist of sticks l2 feet apart, with
crosspiece seven sect from the ground. !
At the goals there are striking cir. |
cles," which are half circles extend. |
Ing from the goals IL yards into the |
field. There is center line midway |
of the field and 25.yard bully" lines !
t25 yards from either goaD. The use |
OF the word bully" in hockey undoubt.
eddy proceeds from the rule that. when
the ball is about to be put into play,
two girls of opposite sides stand over
the ball and worry it--and incidentally
worry each other.
The ball is cricket ball. somewhat
smaller than a baseball, and more /
stoutly built and covered The sticks
are about the usual length OF Skinny
sticks, and curved at one end in the
usual way. They must not be more
han two inches in thickness, and must