Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-30
local Authority on the Subject
declares That il Has Come
To Stay.
THE ORIGIN OF THE SPORT.
Iohn Morgan Tells Where it Began
And How it Has Developed Much
Interest Manifested Here.

IN, .N.,,.,, by .Ionp Morgan or tfis
Guy H' ~ '''''" 'N "' '" "".'''"'
on the game
Ehis fine. open. SPECTACULAR sport has
co,., q, .,,r and .,j, ,sgsgr gasa
now oigahlNs'N7 I'IH'I h'l only III
tho cities. but u Che colleges aud unI-
N.rgi.I.q uIEn have Daau rather dila-
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'''' i'' l''N
me winter h.Iht. NJ DPS H'l o's SUIT
cd 20 the uN but also TO Che spring
OF the year. 5rgG months Us ln1.HrE
March and April and cam uc played
throughout 90. winter whore tine frost
Is rot too severe
It is simply marvellous tho
gig l'''g S'l''' ,.,. ',g' g''
IauH of Bobby 6urle" some % years
or So ago. Previous TO Tine advent of
association football the Rugby game
had h,U sway 900 the British isles. Ih"
Rugby game has bc'W played iu one
form on other for many centuries ana
IN the o'1 days In Many INA'.ud,
tow ship used To- play township The
posts perhaps beng two tall trees u
this parlih, the other posts Che same
IN q nelgnborlng parish perhaps lo or
10 miles apart, ana the Whplt popula'H
took part bon the same. Those We're
bad days ior the umpire or referee a7
tho injured party were llAble "neh am
opportunity happened. or duohIng lhdt
most abused OF persons ln the nearest
horsepund, SOME ora parish registrars
IN England contain some quaint read
iug of such Ike happenings ON inc
days gone by There are some olu
- 10 la nNfg4AfnlN
rough and tumble football games tn
the days OF yore, Up hIll ANA down
dale, through hedges ana over bitches
aud along vliagc streets lhe boII traN-
elcd back ANA forth There was mo
grand stand lupl"rS ih lnoSe days.
Those who would nave been there took
part In the game.
pt-cpN. srtIoCr ,r1rr, ptssq,
Rugby school Were the first
~ formulate rules regarding same
and. strange 10 say Rugby College
play even today different type
or style of football to amy other I'm
Britain The Rugby game is played In
britain by teams l5 on a side, consist
ing Of full back. two half back four
ihree-duarter back aud eight forwards.
FIFTY years ago or less the Kruger
code" had the field To- Itself. The game
,vas dangerous and very rough but
Sailing long vay behind the present
college game in that respect. Tho peo-
Pc or spee'9 TORS, soon began TO- t get
vnma 10 form, so,ilun1apcs and fine con-
stant nuahiup and showing that nc-
Commanded aame go mo new game of
ussociatlon was avolyod AT first il
nc nia,.cd nv, tcotns 10 ON a aide hay-
DO, 80 ,antn,.g i'm tho fot,,urd limo
irstoad of ono AS nj pregeut. but thc
,,,, MAR I'm tine ne,, gnnc thore wore
DO stonnipp of tho nlgv to form SCUM
,p,gos mo- holding chewing and such
NIX ,,c,,,s nI,o,vod ,iso mar the guue
s.as wbat If woe called VIZ. football.
that is nrouoiled nv mo feet and po
handling or carrying allowed TN" con,
a aut IT, rrs ysnt an orourd tbn b,l
inc swine around a. trough SO hat
.ncctatore Couldn't soo tbn han and
,'hat v,as brlng done with H. mo ball
s,ae In O,Il vlry and even those who
rone could see the ide, OF the paml
srd unde,etand tho main rudincuts N
ro,y ,,irrtss ~, the p4ina canine,
"oty odhnronts daily Tine Rurby ann
tbo.itins looked doyyn ou tre came IL
a gontcn,ntuous sort of nauurr am,
,,,o,,hnsiod am e.rlv funeral f1
M now dribbling code tha
ta1 Tho o,,dg,it,- ia Invade
,b,i. sacrod prcerryes
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