The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06

WRITTEN FOR H SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The association game of football will
launch another season this afternoon,
when a brace of double-headcrs will be
played on local grounds.
At Kulage's Park the St. Louis Football
Association. consisting of the Diels.
Woman's Magazines. Ben Millers and
Thistlcs. will attempt to popularize tho
sockcr sport in a section where football
has been played in a desultory way only.
At ~Sports,nar's Park the st. Louis
Football Association. consisting of the
Rawlingses. Lacocks. Srortsmen and
Comets. will begin their regular season.
The two leagues are displaying rivalry
in trying TO land the stars of the game.
Up TO date it appears as though the
new organization which will hold forth at
Kulage's Park has landed nearly all the
oid-iine stars.
The rivalry between the leagues should
10 much to popularize a sport that is one
of the brightest and cleanest of the out
door winter sports.
AS a garne association football is ex-
tremely spectacular. 1t abo,nds in critical
situations. and the spectator has very
uttP ITDuUie III 1OltUVf1S llc plays ds
the game is open.
All the elements that go to make sport
manly are combined in the old game of
association football, and, barring barked
shins there Is very little danger and plen-
ty of excitement.
Foot ball OF the socker variety in ST.
Louis is not a new sport. AS far back as
1852 the game was played here. At that
time the Thistles were champions. and
held the field practically u%ndisputcd.
Later other teams were formed and the
laurel wreath of victory was snatched
from the ThistIes.
FOOTBALL AT ITS BEST.
football. however. did not reach its full
development locally unit. the st. Teresas.
champions Of the Sodality League. played
the Dies. champions of the Association
Football League. and beat them. Shortly
after thi. the st. TeresaS entered the reg
ular football organization. and with their
advent came a general strengthening OF
forces all along the line.
As soon as it was certain that the
Teresas would contest for supremacy in
the st. Louis Association Football League
the sport took a bound to the front. The
teams. in the city. began to strengthen
their forces in anticipation of n very hard
rival In the kinsells team. and before the
end Of the season the Cycling Club had i'm
ported six Of the greatest players st.
Louis has ever Known. in less than a
year. Heavy" Roseborough. then man
aGer of the st. Louis Cycling Club. had
lanied Dick" jarrett. Ben Covier. jog
Myddleton. Arthur Dixon. Spike Madi-
eand and George Ashton.
Jarrett and Govier came from Chicago.
where they formed the left wing of the
famous Chicago Thistles. probably the
greatest football team ever organized i'm
the United States. Myddleton came from
the same team. while Madigan and Dixon
we're recruited from the Cor Wales, the
most stylish football organization in the
entire Dominion.
Then began a season of the socker sport
IN ST. Lou that bade fair to make asso-
citation football the prevailing winter
sport.
The st. Tercsas had a large following
and their rooters were the most loyal that
the game hiss ever known in this city.
1t was in the middle nineties that the
Cycling Club. the wearcrs of the Maltese
Cross. n the st. Teresas. wearers of the
REQ and blue. fought the bitterest battle
70. a football pennant that was ever
waged in this city.
The intensity of the struggle and keen
ness Of the games attracted the attention
OF the sport-loving public. and the game