Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28
THOSE worthy men, the
i anthropologists, who hunt

THOSE worthy men, the By Horace
i anthropologists, who hunt "-
up old skulls. finger bones, lost
teeth, toenails and other such cheerful relics
of departed monkeys and try to make YOU be-
lieve that your aunts newly arrived son and
heir is a reincarnation of one of the progenitors
of the human species, spend part OF their time
in learning how the peoples of the past con-
Quoted their affairs.
Professor Starr hopes to clear Cain of the
charge of fratricide by showing that Abel died
as result of injuries received IN footoall game
instead of by being hit in the temple by
knotted club in the hands of his brother. The
hope of removing this stigma from the name OF
one of our common forefathers is based upon a
summary of the conclusions OF the worlds
greatest scientists, which shows that IN all ages
certain fundamental characteristics have
marked human beings of every color, religion
and stage of civilization.
The most important of these common and
world old traits has been clearly set forth by
Master Philip Studies in describing the game
of football as PLAYED in the " Realme of Eng
land" thousand years ago. He says:
For as concerning football protest unto
you it may rather be called frlendhe KIND OF
fight than play or recreation, a bloody and
numbering practice than felony sport or pas
time. For dooth not every one lie in wait for
his adversary, seeking to overthrow him and
pickle him on the nose, though it be on hard
stones, or ditch dale, or valley or hill, SO he
has him down, and he that can serve the most
of this fashion is counted the only fellow, and
who but he. So that by this means their necks
are broken, sometimes their backs, sometimes
their arms sometimes their noses gush out
with blood, sometimes their eyes start OUT and
sometimes hurt in one place and sometimes IN
another; for they have the sleights to mix one
between two, to dash him against the heart
with their elbows, to butt him under the short
ribs with their griped fists and with their
knees to catch him on the hip and pickle him on
his neck, with a hundred such numbering de-
vices"
The Worlds Lodestone
A FRIENDLIE kind of fghtr' That is the
n kernel, that is the meat of the nut; that is
what drew the whole world to the plains of Ellis
to witness the Olympic games IN the days when
Zeus Apollo, Hercules, and the rest were names
to conjure with: that was the magic which kept
the scepter in the trembling hands of many an
Emperor while the millions OF Rome made hoh-
day; and that is the lodestone which makes
the youth of to-day burn the midnight OIL,
studying signals rules, and plays that makes
him eager to suck nourishment from sponge
that has bathed the faces of heroes dragged
from untimely asphyxiation IN SIX inches OF
churned mud.
"A friende kind of fight" at this very mo-
ment commands more attention from the in
habitants of own and other planets than
money, love, ambition, and revenge. The fol-
lowing lines from Sir Walter Scott show why
this must necessarily always be true:
Then strip lads and to it, though sharp be the
And if by mischance you should happen to
fall,
There are worse things in life than tumble on
heather;
And life is itself but game of football.
Life is itself but game of football" The
game means look forward; look up on to the
goal
The sturdie plowman, lusty, strong, and
bold,
Overcometh the winter driving the football,
Forgetting labor and many grievous fall.
Football with VENGEANCE
TT was customary for the shoemakers of the
town of Chester to deliver football to the
diapers on Shrove Tuesday, with which they
PLAYED from a cross on the Rodehee to the
Common Hall of the city. The ball was of the
value of three shings four pence.
The custom was productive of much incon-
venience for often for half hour the ball
would lie unnoticed in the street while the
players were fighting and chasing one another
through alleys, into houses OF respectable clt1-
zens, sitting upon one another, and practising
all of the " numbering device" mentioned by
STUDIES, until some victor returned and con-
tinued the drive of the ball. Then with a
mighty shout all immediate differences would
be forgotten and the struggle over the ball
would be resumed. Often the whole day would
not see victory won for either side.
This was common practice. Sometimes
one town would play against another. putting
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