Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-11-11
FOOTBALL PLAYED
100 YEARS AGO
xARiY HISTORY or THE CANE
as PLAYED N ENGLAND.
HUMAN HEAD THE BUFFET
Game Has Been Characterized With
ReuEhness, and Was Prohibited by
Early English Statutes.

VERY few OF the present day stu
arnts 90 football have any idea as
&C the origin or early days OF the game
nov 80 popular everywhere. and which
has. unfortunately. reSpca 3 heavy
son ~ seath in the struggles Sor su-
premacy on the Eridirons IN America
SAYS Z r Woodall. in the Richmond
Evening Journal
II Is even said by historians that the
GrSt tootoah game WAS PLAYED ~
Chester. England. hundreds % years
EEo. when on Shrove Tuesday cortcrl-
por&ry ChrCuiciers state that the hea1
81 q Dane that had been captured and
slain WIS used Ss a bah and Kicked
about Tor sport on AprA As 4-l q
EcwarG Il ISSUED s. proclamatic1 for-
hioduE football or pain OF iruprlso-l-
menL As Tar hack as lS4s Edwa-c
III objected 20 football iu that 10 had
a tendency 20 discourage shooting
npon which the military strength %
EnEiand depended
Forty Eears later Richard II passed
q sor7eu-h hat similar manifesto p-ch- D.
EtnE al PLAYING az tennise. tootcal.
Rnd o-her slcn iuDOrtuue E1ncs-
Henri ~ re-sLaCred the same statute
m 1Ef1 thus showing THAI 500 years
NEo the game furnished as much r c-s
fcr the surgeons as IL does nov II
1a5E James III 0eCrecc trlt tc--
times each year reviews ana q ls---t rs
O. rHIr.r Z" .T. II.
halle ard rclfg hc utterly c-1c1 coUr
End not BE- used
In are sixteenth century. Sc histo-
rizux record. the House ct Tudor 40
the reign az Henry VII tried 20 aaol-
tsh ~ game
Durirr the -sfr- O. cueen Dezs ths
ET1uG rE-y GO Al1l essex cr-rr. tuaro
true e.u a-aLust several F--.r-
pants -- -nrtla-. same u l--a
a plzyer vas severely injured
H. e. H .--.H I.
heth q rc-r-e-s lrrl.z.l.o- was heels
CVe- 1re remains 90 player -l-.--
h same. rhe folcwfrE ntI0E enc
cODClUll-E r'--ra graph ot t1etr -na-r
Thai -nereruor ffnEer Lldfc-le ran
aCWlrGs the hall wrth tht Intention to
kirk it where's pom NtclClls ~
viii ths fcreuarr cf his rtcr- arm. ans
Eicrl-l IurEeT. W-tD rne turtf-r- IS
kn lCft lrU- srruck Roger LU-tr---
O. the tcTero~- cf tne tQ-F l--r-
tn h~elEr. swing n.n mortal rlrU
arc conclusion. 81 uEich ne q e1 "a .-h-
20 uulrrer 90 l- hour. ans ral'
Kichclas and Richard in trls r14rl-e-
1tlCulCU E.T slew -rE Eltu Roger.
Thcr CT FOR wears follCwel So
rs 90 Ike -rllrss
Erult.es la his -Anarc-ic 90 Abuses
an rhe Eealme cT EuEia-1. show.
ElAfniv rhc Puritan attitude regard
t1E foCrtall wheu. iu r-e1ic-luE tre
end q 1he Wo-lt ir 1855. be gave CO
ane o. his reasons rhrt football play
Enr znE other teElL.sr- V1E-iUes were
rsaved an the sabbath dad his fcre-
niEhz regarding the end % the wpri-
hesu as clear as hts irre-pretation c
q mo6eTl fouth4l game rhis CID rrc--,
~ouit have been . tang % the pas
konE Eru.
Be sid regarding foofh1u (nnd hh
HnnEuEEe evidently Indicated rnat Pa
AA6 taken p1rr ln Eaue or 500 =
1Ez1 ~ this means Sometimes t1eu
ne<kz are broken. sometimes t1e-
kackE. sometimes 1heir legs some
ttmea their armeE sometimes Ihet
n0ses rlsh cut wiki blood. sometime
Ehesr eyes stsrt CIT and scnierirre
ku-1e in one place. EoDeumes IN an
uGher Eur wnusoeFe- arE-E ava
tn hest Eoerh not scot free. b-t
ef1her fcrewuIu1et. cratEe1 %
hrutseE - a. he cyefn o. it or els
nzpeth very ha-tlle- and 20 merl-all'
Tar hey have Ele-Eh-s 90 meet c-@ 20
fwzrr two f-e--err1e- Roger Llcfur1e
q cAEh him against the hart Vit
Nheir El pcuez. 20 b-L rim --1rr -
nhCrr rfbs with the.r Er-ped ts-s. az
wz1h rhe-r knees 20 C1rrh him on r1
Ar anc pic1 him on re neck with
NuDGrec Elch u-rth@rilg ceF-ce
ear
He evidently shows that ne kne
oouettirE GO tackLlDE 90 10 IA -c1e
ne pTesert time
Al through British history mel
Ten be- made 20 slrtols -feettal Gays
and a. IRE present tlr-e -ccrlal - ca
knUWl-crec as the most popular
a. E~flsc spo-ts- IhLE w- see "a
feottar has been rlaTec Tor near
So years ard slth practically L--
ehanEt. aE far az tre safety @ 90
PGrtcf Esanrs IL concerned