Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-30

football players the world has ever
seen. and II is questionable IF II viii
eycr again see such a powerful Organl-
cation AS the Old North End invincibles.
All the forwards were expert drlbblers.
but the team developed what Is now
called the short passing system me
whole team played as one man, each
man being q kind " cog IN the mn-
chine There was no wild kicking No
Kicking Che ball anywhere as long as II
was I'M the direction OF the opposite
gouL 70 see the team play one would
think that the bah was attached TO the
North End PLAYERS b. am invisible line.
Whenever the ball dropped,eYen II the
opposing side had Kicked H. q North
End player was there waiting for It,
AS soon as he was attacked II was
transferred to- another, and 80 on, TINS
passing and repasslng completely be-
1yiIdcring their opponents, everything
go beautifully timed that clookWork
couldn't be surer or more regular. or
course all these movements We're done
with players going ~ top speed, no
stopping to steady themselves or th9
bali. Sometimes the player had 20 urlp-
ble through a couple of half backs be-
fore passing the ball, II all added to
the spectdCular play. Other teams soon
copicd and learned from the famous
North Finders but for at least six years
the name Preston North End was one
10 couhlrc with I'm football. The game
caught and took like wild fire especially
in the working class districts, Such as
the mining and manufacturing cehters
Of Lancashire and the Midlands and
today one OF the sights IN England IL
TO see the artizans, grimy golfers, the
men from the rolling mills, making
their way By the thousands every
saturday afternoon TO the gigantic
football enclosures IN order TO cheer
ON and encourage their pels, US lhH
players are called,
NOT POPULAR AT FIRST,
At first the colleges looked
| askaucc at tho seeker game but
| they couldn't stay the hand OF fate, and
| they had to adopt the game, In Eng
! land. to "a certain extent Rugby Is the
! game OF the "classes," while association
! IA the game of the masses" Anyhow
| I'm Britain the universities cut "A very
| sorry figure today either IN Rugby or
association. The association In some
| parts OF Britain has driven the Rugby
! code completely out OF tho field, and
that simply ana solely because II Is a
| fastor more open and better g9me, ana
also because it is cleaner and less dan
gDrous and less open for foul or dirty
t9rfrg British. crowds Won't stand
for dirty play ON the football ground.
If one PLAYER jumps or tries by unfair
WrtIus to iulure another "a huge groan
win h. heard with shouts of Send him
off even ID The offender belongs TO the
! home team. The crowds don't go IN
their thousands 90 see their town team
winning. although they like TO be on
tns winning side, but pay gate money
to See good football, &C doesn't matter
by which team, as long as they get
good football and if the opposing team
shows lt they win De aa vigorously
chrerta as n they were the home lot
The cheering no English football match
es is auuutaurous, and somes only toy
some special good play.
40 ORGANIZED ROOFING
organized roouugas seen I'm America
ls unknown 30 amount OF organized
effort could get am English crowd e.
cheer ST. the playing didn't deserve g., II
would soon develop into % roaring icol
Dc poor exhibition called for same. To
/ show tine popularity o( the "sockCr
! game in England and Sept last lu thi
M mutuhor ON the first division of on,
League. there was 1n aggregate attend
I aurn of $4,000, on over 10000 at each
game, tine highest number being OF
! sunderland with close on to 10000. OBJ.
lowest gt Stoke with 1000. Stoke has
about thir3 ut the population of Salt
I Lnlgu DIIH. ON the eight wJtUhcR u'
the a bern league, the average 1l
. ,unl.n.. #.s 20 shade under 10000 Last
I FaH.m. during the contest proper to.
hn EHvush cup, counting from first
! ,.rUj uI,uar tu the anal tie a mttuhps