The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29
SPORTS AT ENGLISH scuoo.
The Wall Game at Eton-o
Ones FIannels-Tubs ,,a '"s

~. 'a'''e'S-'ubs and Packs
Most of the big English sosA s'
play either Rugby or Associ,+;. senools
ball in the winter. At Eton W loot,
d queer revival known as the ' v Is
i game .ue wall
One goal is represented bv
door In the wall. says Baily's NJ old
zine, While a mark on an o,,. sa'
does duty for the other goal NJ res
object OF the game is TO go, ~ Inc
which is somewhat smaller ,he. 0ail
ordinary Association footbsi; az
caix, and then TO touch ). >o. quo
the wall without letting it res, - s. ~
ground. W the
Inc player who succeeds in acco,
fishing this manoeuvre cries CO..
and then has a shy at the goa, Nv,
however, he seldom hits as !, i Aoa
way off. Some
Moreover, if the ball is touched ).
any OF the opposing side the gos, =!
disallowed. Hence the mareir os' ~
perlorlty between one team and ~
other IS never marked by any prsa.
difference in the scoring. '
The walls, or those who nIor
inside against the wall, wear n.as..
caps, with sacking over their cha,
ders, and with Knockers fastened h.
low the knee present a weird CIV.
tacle speo'
When speaking of costumes il 10 !,
teresting to notice that at Chel,enh.-
the members Of the football sftoo.
have little mother-of-pearl buttons =,
the outside of their knickers, probahl,
survival OF the time when footh.n
Knockers were worn long and hinton.
ed below the knee.
AT Rugby the cricket eleven vo.,
light blue shirts, the more faded tha
better, as showing longer nossoa
sion of the distinction. At som.
schools only the privileged few ara
allowed to wear white fiannels and
white boots, the others wearing srav
hence the term ITO get your fan.
nels."
1t is also interesting to notice tha
different formalities which attend tho
giving of colors. At most schools thev
are given by the captain, who some.
times honors the recipient by shaking
hands with him; at others they are.
given with the compliments Of the
Sixth Form"
Cricket colors are given in the payil
hon at Harrow after a match. when
1t is the custom for the boy who has
received them to issue forth wearing
the black and white straw hat which
betokens his new dignity; this hat il
lent him by one OF the members Of
the eleven; but should the leader be
a monitor and the borrower one of the
herd, the latter must perforcs
wear it the wrong way round. with the
monitors badge at the back Of his
head
The Easter term is invariably the
worst at school, a sort of betwixt and
between, when regular games have
stopped. and when the weather Is
vile. This is the term for
epidemics, mumps, measles, chicken.
ocx and the like, which seem, like the
swallows, to return with the spring.
1T some schools football is continued
veil into the Easter term, and, where
owing is possible, house tours on tx.
d seats in tub boats, or clinkers, are
he order of the day.
At other schools-Marlboroug and
,lifton, for example-no football =
'layed after Christmas, its place being
aiken by hockey at the former, while 4
t the latter the school is divided into Y
Jig pack, little pack. third and fourth
'acks, which divisions 60 for runs and ID
aper chases, leading up to the long
enpole and the short penpole, Of
teeplechases, at the end of the term.
1t Elton they have a pack Of beasleA
Which is far more interesting than the
rdinary school paperchase.
OF all the pastimes at school, per
APPS none appeals less to boy tnaR =
inging, yet the school songs are those
'hich live longest in the memory, ana
'hich always bring back remlns.
ences of the glad springtime o
outh. House singing is quite reg
ire at many schools, the varlosg
ouses competing against one ~
Their.
At Winchester they have common
rs or collegers' singing to celebrate
victory, every new boy being CON
elled to assist with some vocal enoIt
n one day in the summer term 'ne
hole school walks round clolslels
nging a Latin hymn, while the ce'0
lony of Domum is held in Meads =
le last evening of the summer 'e'M
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