Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-12-12

Win, tho other Was the gut OF a nur-
.'iy ,u.ally a. Tar from liz, rnI,r in
thr opposite ,!irctinn. y goal WIS OBJ
tanned by tcuching the bal aea.ns. onc
Of th 81 objects. At > O'Clock a globe of
skins about "A foot II diameter filled with
cork, was thrown llt" ,he market place,
and The game began as til two s'dvs.
All SAINTS and 81. Peters. rushed or
ward to possess it,
-. Peters obtained II and gained
ground; then All Saints COX il away
and by "A swift runner carried il to tina
banks OF che river: helr il WAS again
gotten possession of by IL 81. Peters
man. no plunged IL mt" the WAGER and
began rapidly swimming away. Some
thing had to be done quickly. and Il
brawny opponent stripping of his out
clothing. dived IN after him. Then
occurred an exciting race. but Til. i'tr-
suer was steadily gaining, and at last,
reaching his victim, caught him in The
hair and souscd him under. lloldin. him
there until the ball ioatcd up. He
seized it and away he swi'ns. but by
this time many others are iii the river,
and a fierce struggle ensues. which
carries it closer and closer, 90 the bank.
At last a ST. Peters man succeeds in
throwing it to his friends on shore.
They carried it ii little distance, then
lose 1t to an opponent, who. lodging
behind fences become lost to the
crowd. Then there is u rush of the st.
Peters men to the mill to guard the
wheel. Perhaps they can Il the day
yet. No one is allowed to approach.
and as dusk falls IA struggling bowling
mob are before it. Both sides are there.
II is getting late. and the miller and
his wife clamor for entrance; obey must
have supper and go To bed. At last a
lane is made through the crowd, and
the pair make their way toward the
door. AS they approach the wheel the
ball drops from the matron's skirts. and
one of the All Saint men. who had
planned the affair. catching it vi strikes
it against the goal, while the shout "All
Saints forever" rings through the night.
Probably no game has been objected
to rs much as foot ball, yet ii has
thrived. n at the present time hOw
no signs of coming into disfavor. AS
early as 1874 Edward III forbade the
"hustling over big balls uasaries de
crosses pelotes). Yet it SO owed by
the populace that it continued. and we
find edward III, in 1865. f~orbidding it
for fear it would interfere with the
practice of archery, from which he had
derived so much benefit in mis- wars
with France. Then. later. in 1888. we
find Richard ii interdicting il for the
| same reason, though, had thes" sover-
eigns but known it. their subjects were
gaining much training from these
games to fit them for the wars. They
acquired deXterity in outwitting the en-
envy, endurance and daring, and always
were in good physical condition from
participating in contests of this kind.
Again, in 1401. Henry IN forbade the
game, and after him Henry VIII. Will.
in the time OF Elizabeth he who took
part in the sport was liable to be Sc
verely punished. Yet it survived. and
was so popular thai in the time of
James l the heir apparent took part in
1T. and was finally forbidden t. do so by
his father on the ground that it was
"meeter for tanning chan making able
use thereof" Nevertheless. foot ball
ssill remained a favorita game. md it
was not until Puritanism. which al
tered so many of the established GUS
toms with it's stern edicts. had acquired
u firm hold upon the kingdom that it
began to declinn. The middle OF the
seventeenth century saw the game no
mere popular. as it formerly was,
though Shrove Tuesday OF foot bah day
did . cease to b. observed until 1890.
However. with the advent OF Puritan
ism we may say the first decade in the
from thai time nothing much is heard
:, La,,t ;t ,,ott1 4I.> .a1-ir .A. ,tf1At;n. ~
the beginning of the present century.
In 1872 athletics began to revive in
England. and football once more took a
prominent place. But il was 40 longer
to be played by whole communities. as
was the former custom: now it is on
fined to clubs, schools and universities.
Once brought to life again. it soon be-
, came the favorite pastime. though as
yet the game was restricted by no rules
and was exceedingly rough.
However. we soon find that measures
We're taken to remedy this fault. Hack
! ing and tripping, which We're allowable
in addition to mole dangerous practices.
were causing too many injuries. SO rules
We're formulated to guide the game.
Now, it is interesting TO note that the
two styles OF the sport. nomely the
Rugby and Association. were the out
come OF the nature of the ground on
which different institutions played the
game. At Rugby. a smooth. grassy
meadow was at the disposal of the play
ers. II they did no. mind running
with h ball and being thrown. This
being the case. the style of play named
after the above institution, and which
is the popular II in our country. did
o prohibit running with the ball. But
then some communities were not so fa-
vcred by nature: the ground vas stony.
and in some cases the only places avail
able We're paved courts. OF course 1t