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Edward III. enacted April 13, 1874, and
runs, Forasmuch as there is great
noise in the city, caused by hustling over
the large foot balls. from which many
evils rise which God forbid. we command
and forbid on behalf of the king on pain
of Imprisonment such games to be play
ed i'm the future The especial grievance
that provoked this repressive proclama-
ton was the custom of the boys of Lon
don playing their games in the streets, a
practice of complete incorrigibility ap-
parently. for Samuel Pepys in his diary
under date of January 2. 1865, three
centuries later. noted The streets full
of foot balls, it being a great FROST
Indeed. King Edwards prohibition must
have failed Of observance even in it's
own time. for thirty-five years later the
game became so popular throughout Eng
land that it threatened to submerge the
practice Of archery. then the mainstay of
a warning nation. Accordingly Edward
III issued an edict which is still extant
In the close rolls. IL Edward III, pro-
hhiting many sports, among which were
'manua1em, pedinam. baculoream ct ad
cambucam." Devotees of modern sports
atield will recognize with pain beneath
these names in law Latin their beloved
hand bail. foot ball, hockey and golf
To the OUTLAY ry of these games must
have been credited in no small degree the
marvellous success of the English bow
men of the period. for in 1880 Richard II
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ROMANS RESPONSIBL FOR
INTRODUCTION TO ENGLAND
English Schools and Trades in Twelfth
Century Had Their Peculiar Ball Mark
ing the Separate Sides or Teams.

most falls in the hurang and presseth
their contrary nearest TO their own goal.
In summing up the virtues of this game
Sir Richard says. When hurting is over
YOU shall see them returning home as
from a pitched battel with bloody pates.
broken bones and out of joynt, yet all is
good piaye and never attorney nor crow
ner troubled for the matter" This is the
game which elected from a French spec
tator the witticism still quoted in Eng
best path when they begin to fight
Early in Virginia.
erence to foot ball I'm America. 1t occurs
in the Relation of Virginia. by Henry
Spellman. Describing the sports of the
colony he says: They vse beside foot
ball playe Wch women and young boys
doe playe at They make their coolies like
ours only they never f1ghte nor pull an
other doone. The men play with littel
ball lettinge il falle out of their handles
and striketh with the tope OF his foote
and he that can strike the ball 1arthesl
WINES that they play for.
In 1851 the game had so ingratiated IL
self into the English character thai
Charles III organized a team and chal
lenged the Duke OF Albemarle, the team
OF the latter winning the ensuing con
test The most momentous circumstance
for foot hall in this period was the ap
pearancc of the game I'm the schools Aoi
England. for it was in these secondary
institutions and not in the universitfe:
that modern foot ball was Graded. Amoni
the schoolboy leaders of the game wa:
Joseph Addison of Charterhouse. Year:
after. when great man OF letters, ht
wrote an article for the Spectator. en-
titled Rustic Amusements. In which h'
spoke with pride of the many matches in
which he had played. Likewise the poet
William Cowper. who was student a
Westminster never ceased to recall witt
pride his excellence at foot ball while
at school.
The history of the game in Scotland
is not dissin1ilar to that in England
James II prohibited the sport in 14o1 and
James " in 1881 proclaimed that foo,
ball and gof be cryed down utterly
Nevertheless each game thrtved amaz
fnsly. Throughout all Caledonia or
Candlemas day foot ball was the es
pecial observance of the occasion. NJ
other festivity could compare with tn:
and excitement aroused 10y
the approach of the Candlemas Ba- A
times on this holiday the east end of Z
town challenged the west or more Otter
the contest would be played between thu
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INTERESTING HISTORY OF
THE GREAT GRIDIRON GAME
Augustus Caesar Kicked on the Rules and
Had Them Revised-Contests Too
Gentle for Roman Youths

, folls. Those VINO are weary with the
perpetual and periodic reforms of foot
ball today proba bly, will despair of reiet
when they know that these revisions be-
gan no less than nineteen hundred years
ago, for one of the first off cIal acts OF
Augustus Caesar upon settling his right
to succeed his great-uncle julius was 10
demand revision of the foot ball rules.
Augustus grievance. however. against
the two existing games was their gentle
ness which he deemed unworthy Of
Roman youths destined to become legion
aries and centurionS.
In this Thought lie antedaIed the Duke
OF Wellington to whom has been at
tributed the saying, 'EngIands soldiers
are trained upon England foot bal
fields" The emperor. therefore, selected
a philosopher to make the revision. rms
genius. the original member of the rules
committee, whose name is now unk1oWn
devised a game in imitation OF Roman mil
itary tactics. the idea being that of
mimic battle 1t was played upon a
square field marked by side lines, goa
lines and center line. with the goals
marked by posts. The players consisted
of tWentY-Seven men upon each side
divided into fifteen forwards. five de
fensive backs. four hafbacks and three
fullbacks. Carrying or kicking the nal!
between the posts constituted score
and two fouls, such as kicking the Dali
out of bounds We're equivalent TO goal
The partisans of the contending teams
provided with horns and banners. sat be-
hind the goal posts and paraded at the
end of the game, when custom required
the vanouiShed to deliver their banners
10 the victors. The game was ruled by
six Judges, three for each team, and
awarded at sunset 10 the side having op-
tanned the most goals. Viewing TINS
game from the standpoint OF the year
1910, we are forced 70 admit that sui
nothing is new under the sun.
iS
throughout Italy after the downfall o.
Rome and was called calcio- In the
hands of the medieval Italians coiored
costumes were introduced. ard the off,
Gals. indicative of their honorable ahd
impartial stations. were clothed III gar
ment composed Of one-half or the eos
tune of each of the two teams. y ceie-
brated game of this type and period
was p,ayed at Florence in 1874. one side
being under the captaincy OF the Prince
Of Mantua, and the membership of tn
two forces containing the leading sclons
OF the great families of d Bardoih. Gil
Medici Rido1fi. Ruccellai and StroZzl-
To many nations may be assigned
share in the honor of having foSteTed
this nos.le sport. the CeltS claim that
foot ball was once q rite among their an
cestors in the worship OF the sun-Sod-
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MONDAYS ENTRIES.
Louisville.

First race selling: six furopgs-sMay Bride
b: Gentle Bess. Celaret. Sporting Life sTorl
my Niece. lG2: Clevine. -I0j; Mettie Bereaud
Rebel Queen. Mac Hamilton. Ethel Day. Meiis
sa. Jacobitc Ada Meade 1O1 Home Rum 10
Second race. purse; maiden two-year -olds: SIX
furlongs- Starry Hcrrnann. Bright Maiden Flor
rIc Brown. Senator Hubble Detect, Starry
Night. Butter Ball. Rampant. Emma H.. BE
atricc. Stalwart Lad. 107; Old Boy. SigurJ.
General Phillips. ITO.
Third race. selling: mile and twenty yards
Col Ashmeade. ~: Zymole. Gall!nta, Tortuous
101; sStarpor,. 1902: Rustem, Rowland Otis,
Florence A.. Marcus. 10t: Topland. Rice Grain
Samarla. Fair Louise. 101: Markie NJ. no..
Fourth race. six furong<- Handza retta. -;
Harrigan los; r. NJ. Green. Royal Captive. 10:
Glorio. III: Prince Gal. Emperor William 1l6;
Mclisande. 10.
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trela. %: The Squire. lis: Black'ord lo6;
Grania III: NJ. Cambon. 1os: Sandrian, 10
Cheek. 105.
Fourth race Junior steeplechase: threc-yesr-
Odds: nilcs-fhames. liS Inc SPeakeT'
Liberty Lass. 1876: Meadow Boy. Chopper. Shove,
E;1. .
Fifth race. oriolc handicap: three year olas
and inward six ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 1o2: Mex
Dana 1nl: Sir .Ivcscot. 112: Love Tie III;
R.>tiCouche Brsom. lis: Rose Qneen. 1lo: Field
Mouse. l16: Asticet. 1o5; Coiorf. no; fauntie-
roy. 100
Sixth race three r-oldse mile and forty yards
Cant. Swanson I04 G.. NJ Miller. 100; Medal
Hon 1i;- Harvey F.. 1903: Busy. 1i6: Harmon
Pass 14:- SoteInia. 10l: Amelia jerks. III
Sandrian JOS: Uncas Chief. 113; Tasteful, JOG;
FauntleToy. 1l6.
apprentice allowance claimed.
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ny PtRkE II. DAVIS
or the Intercollegiate Rules Committee

tlOuTri-ht. 1910. ny fhTht IL bS''7''
Foot ball. OF. as il was called in oioen
times. camp ball. camping or hurting ma!
he traced from the present backward
through century after century untn tne
tail is lost in the remoteness or an
ti1uity Indeed. evidence abundantly may
he narshaIed to prove that this is the
Oldest outdoor game in existence.
In the twenty-second chapter of Isaiah
mav ne found the verse He will turn
ami toss thee like a ball" This allusion,
although slight is sufficient unto the an
t;uuary To Indicate that some form OF
game with bali was PLAYED early as
80 wears before the Christian era. the
epoch customaIily assigned to the Book
OF Isaiah \ more specific alluslon' or
the same period occurs in the sixth book
% the Odyssey of Homer. a passage ia
nilar To all schuolbOy ClasSicists. Then
having bathed and anOinted well with
oil they took their midday meal upon
the rivers hanks. and anon when salts
fed with food they PLAYED a game Of
hall" This game. are told. was not
foot ball but dance in which the ba ii
was tossed from hand to hand TO the ac-
comma niment of choral singing. This
contention may be correct. One step
more. however brings TO foot ball.
IN all Greek leNicOns may be found the
word harpaston. usually defined as "a
SUI plemNuted this meager definition by
asserting that il was a game strikingly
similar to modern Rugby foot ball 1t
played upon a rectangular field
marked with side Tires, goal lines and
center line. There was no limitation upon
Inc number of PAYERS, but these were
divided equally between the two SIDES
Two players corresponding 10 modern
center rushers took their stations at mid
field the one with the ball standing ten
wards behind the center line. At the SIG
nal TO PLAY the latter passed tire ball Tor
ward far down the field and this ancient
game was in action Scoring was accom-
p'fshed by driving the ball >ross the o.
posing goal line. and in advancing ii the
hall might he kicked. carried o. passed.
LIS rrcgress was in1peded by any form
% bloc king, taCkling or hold'ns nut Ine
camc va~ "A continuous struggle for the
hall without order IT technical p-oce
Early Reformers.
This game eventually made its way into
Eou1c. where il became a riNai OF another
game. native to that city ana known az
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WORLD SERIES GAMES.
Electric Board and Special Descrip-
tive Account at Columbia.

Local base ball fans who are Interested
in the worlds series games will have an
opportunity to witness these great con-
tests. and that. too, while seated in a
comforta bile. warm theater chair. The
ma na cement OF the Columbia Theater has
secured the exclusive indoor rights in
Washington 10 the Rodier electric score
board. and viii show thereon ALA tho
games PLAYED, starting with Mondays
contest This board reproduces the plays.
and a special correspondent will describe
every detail connected with the series. II
is announced that all seats will he re-
served and the management has extended
a special invitation 20 the ladies. The sale
of seats for Mondays and Tuesdays
games is now on.
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and in a participation in the diversion
of their respective sons
Barred the Game.
Some of our law students whose pro-
found incursions into the history of legal
institutions have taken them as far back
as the statutes Of nisi prius'' enacted
in the reign of Edward H.. have. return
ed with the startling information that
the pathway of English legislation is
marked with many a signboard relative
to foot ball The first of these foot ball
laws is denominated in the books as Is
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honor the mayor invariably kicked of
and every able-bodied citizen followed the
ball Occasionally one town challenge
another or the game would be waged be-
tween parish and parish. Upon such oc-
casiOns the ball would be kicked off mid
way between the two places and then the
game would wax furious by hill and dale
until darkness closed down or until one
side had kicked the ball into the other :
town.
First Book on Game.
For description of the ancient game
of hurting we are indebted 10 Sir Richard
Carew, the author of book entitled Sur
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Lowe and Egan Get Matches.

Kid Egan and Tommy Lowe, the two
Washington light weights. last nsght
signed articles of agreement to fight in
Pittsburg next Saturday right Lowe is
car0ed to go six rounds with Frankie
Madole. ard F.gan will take on Patsy
FIana gan for a similar number of rounds.
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Pin1ico.

First race. two-y ear-olls: selling: five and one
half furlongs-%I;ooGkin. |Nora Emma 1e4 Lad
asettc. Golden. Miss Jonach. Eagle Bird, Stare
Spcs Nostra. C1rinth. Whin. 100: Blue Mouse
Chiffon Sauaw. Susan, Region. 112: Rye Straw,
III: *Moncricf, III.
Second race. mailcns. all ages; mile Su-
pervisor Troy Weight Virginia Cur. Ivyton
Huetan,o. t;oljbug Spin. Cuttyhunk. Jcc Ken
ron. Rounder. ~: Tom Cat ia: Sand Hill.
Roebnck. %: OgiiwaaH. Eulalia. May. Ill.
bird race. three year-ods and upward: sell
ing; mile and One-siX acknowledgements M: Gin
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played in full view of the very placards
upon which these proclamations were
printed. In London the apprentices as
sembled in great numbers to play on Fins
bury Fields. At Teddington and Twick-
enham each Shrove Tuesday prudent
householders covered their windows with
bushes and boards until the mighty game
that roared through the streets for hours
was ended In fact, in all market towns
throughout England on this holiday bust
ness was suspended and the afternoon
gwen over to great game in which his
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Sporting Editor Star.
Did ,Foxcn OF the Cubs pitch against
the Athletics in the spring series between
the FhiilieS and Athletics. and if so did
he win or lose his game, and by what
score? e. NJ.
Foxen started one game, but was taken
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hacnelofS ana the married men. NJ jed
burg on one occasion the bali was acci-
dentally kicked into the river. but every
contestant fearlcssly followed the ball
and waged the battle up and down the
rivers bed amid Splaches aud hcdah7
Elements" and to the strident applause
of the female population who lined the
rivers bank.
Married and Single Men Play.
BY far the most celebrated game in
olden times i'm scotland was that held
each year at Scone between the married
and the unmarried men. The ball would
be tossed in the air promptly al on Can
dlemas afternoon. Frederick Eden, in his
Statistical Account Of Scotland. thus de-
scribes this famous game:
He who got the ban i'm his hands ran
with il until overtakPn by an adversary,
and then If he could shake himself loose
he ran on again if not he passed the ball
to another Of his side unless il was wrest-
ed from him. The object Of the married
men was To hang the bali-that IS to
put il in hole on the moor which was
their 'dool' or goal. The bachelors tried
to drown it-that is to dip II i'm the
river. which was their dool.' If neither
side Won by s.;ndown the bali was cut in
two and hai given to each side. From
the tricks and traps that characterized
these games originated the old Scottish
PIONtTa y Is gdlT N inc "a q StbDt
And now We cone To the most famous
contest I'm oidep o. modern times. the
game PLAYED by the men Of Ettrck. under
the leadership Of their sheriff, against the
men of Ysrrow. led bv the Earl of Horn.
at Carterhaugh. December II. 1919. and
won by the sheriff and his men. No de-
tailed account Of this game is extant, but
the tales OF its individual prowess. its
encounters. haps and nrishaps for many
years had equal place In Scotia with lie
legends Of Re bert Bruce. William Wallace
and Prince Charlie. This game. however.
never can pass into oblivion. for it's VIC
toricus sheriff. who was none other tran
Sir Walter Scott. has preserved IL i'm inn
mortal verse. whose sweet cadence links
foot ball Of olden times with foot ball or
the present:
-'T'rom the brown crest of Newark it, summons
extending.
,b'Ir signal Is waving in smoke and In namr
And each forester hiithr from his mountain do
scendinC
Bounds light DER the heather 10 Join in the
game.
Then S;gip lads and 10 II, though sharp he the
weather.
And If Ivy misrhaarr you should ba ppcn to fail.
There are thugs IN If than tumble on
caiher.
And life is Itself but game Of foot ball.
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Crex. Helen Burnett. Annie Nelson. County Tax.
Loween. as: Aviator. French King. Big Osage.
ToGs Cottage, lei: Any Port. 105: Jack Den
man. Iabold Little Father. I12.
Sixth race. selling: mile and one sixteenth
'Mermsn, -92: Sligo. 81: Claudia. 'Falcada. 81
Agreement. Molesey. Maid Militant. 102: Ralluf,
10.: Pirate Diana. 1o4: Dander. Coven. 1o':
Queen Marguerite. los; Alma Boy. 1903; Doran:e.
lI3
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Sporting Editor Star:
Two out and man on first. The ,uatte
knocks a roller between the pit her and
first Daseman. Tho first bascn,au fed:
the bail. but cannot retir2 the batter Tie
man who was on first passes second and
goes 10 third. The first baseman throws
the ball to third and reti1es the runner
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Origin Explained.

Origin Explained.
Such a primitive diversity of foot ball
throughout the earth Is not difficult to
explain Human nature is uniform the
world over and children who have been
forced to find or make their own toys
naturally have turned to the same OBJ
jects. Thus, who of us who were born
upon farm have not eagerly awaited
the coming of "butcherng day" each
fall in order to get the bladder, to knead
and roll il until pliabIe. then to initiate
1t with quill for rare sport across
the close cropped fields of autum , Even
the oval shape of a foot ba | indicates
that this was its origin. and to this day.
at Elton, the leathern case incloses a beef
bladder instead of the. modern rubber
bag If further proof were wanting we
might recall to mind a stanza from the
Ec.oges of Alexander Barclay, an English
poet. who celebrated this custom of child
hood no less than 400 years ago.
And now in winter when men Kill the fat swine
They get the bladder and blow it great and thine.
II rattleth. sonndeth and slimcth cpre and fayre
Nhle 1t Is thrown and cast up in the ayre.
Each one contendeth and hath great dclite
WIN fo"ie and with hanGe the bladder. for to
Smitp.
If it fall 10 the ground they lift is up again.
And this way IL labour they count II payne -
The introduction of foot bah into Eng
land has been attributed to the Romans
Even in olden times antiQuaries claimed
that the great game annually played OH
ShrOve Tuesday at Chester had come
down the centuries long before in COM
memoratiOn of the famous day in the
year 21I when their ancestors formed a
mighty wedge and rushed the Roman
leSiOns out of Chester Symbolic of that
historic event the goals invariably were
the town hall and cross that stood in
an open place outside Of the city, called
the Rood Eye and still known as the
Rodehee. thus leaving a vast intervening
space marked with trees, walls. fences,
houses and city squares. but none too
vast for the throng of several hundred
players who participated.
The earliest specific mention Of foot
bali in English literature, and this also
is the first mention of any game, is to
be found in the History of London, writ
ten ny William Fitzstephen in 1115. This
genial old chronicler recording the GUS
toms of his day thus plea sanity pictures
our comrades at foot ball 800 years ago:
''.After dinner all the youth of the city
go into the fields of the suburbs and
address themselves to the famous game
of foot ball. The scholars of each par
ard the particular trades have, most of
them. theirs. The elders of the city.
the fathers of the parties and the rich
and wealthy come to the fields on
horseback in order TO behold the eXer-
cises of the youth. and in appearance
are themselves youthful as the
youngest, their natural heat seeming to
revive at the sight of so much agility
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out in the early part of it. The Philles
We're beaten in that game.

Sporting Editor Star:
Men on first and second. The batter at
tempts to sacrifice, but hits little pop-up
fly about ten feet high. Can a double
play be made, or rs il an infield fly, batter
out? r. G. NJ
The batter is out if the umpire decides
the ball can be handled by an inielder,
but a double play can be made just the
same if the runners try to advance ON il.
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The national and American leagues
arc believed TO have a war fund of
is 500 900 slowed away to use for third
league emergencies They propose to
20 after promoters with a. red-hot poker.
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Sporting Editor Star:
In d game of base ball 4 is on second
base. 3 hits the ball to the shortstop.
who is playing deep, A starts FOR third,
but the shortstop plays the ball there.
They play back and forth trying to catch
\. In the meantime r. reaches second
base. Can ne go back to first after reach
ing second base" SANDY.
in
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sacrifice hit. If tine pitcher could not
have tn. own ont lie gets hit
Sporting Editor Star:
l. In the game at Cleveland Monday.
Sept ember 2i between Boston and CleVe-
land. which went eleven innings To a
tie will the hits made by I.ajoe be count
ed in figuring his yearly batring average
=. Is it not fact that all tie games last
ing over four and IL half innings are used
in figuring batting averages? y S ".
/. Yes > Yes
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The old Teutonic tribes which Caesar
found in Gaul not only used the skulls
of their enemies for drinking cups, but
they used their severed heads for foot
balls in a savage game. The earliest
explorers of the north found the Es-
quimaux playing upon the foes with a
foot ball made Of leather. cleverly sewn
with welt and filled with moss TRAY
clers In the South seas found the ma
tiNes playing with a foot ball made of
bamboo fiber, and even stout Cortes has
described similar game among the AZ
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for the third out. is this a fieder's choice
OF does the batter get credit for hit?
G. J. FL.
The batter is credited with Il hit
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INQUISITIVE FANS.

Sporting Editor Star:
When a man is at the hat and don get
a hit or gets a base on oails Is ID not
coun;cd at the bat: Or does it only count
when ne flies out strikes out. or gets
hit HAkfh Mn"
Bases on balls being hit by the pitcher
az a sacrifice do not count time AT
bat
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This game eventually made Its way INTO
Eonlc. where il became riNai OF another
game. native to that city and knoHn az
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Sporting Editor star:
What = the address of Sc cre TAR Far
rell Of the rational commission? @. N.
\ letter addressed to John II. Farrell,
secretary OF the National Association. Au-
burn. y. Y. will reach tina: officer. who
il not secretary OF the national commits
sion