The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06

Uncle Sy came into Bud Simpsons
shop the other afternoon, brushed of
carpenter horse with his battered SLOUGH
hat and sat down lie puffed great
clouds of blue smoke from his old cob
pipe for couple Of minutes before say
Ing a word. He nodded TO me. but. as
usual did not honor me by addressing
any remarks in my direction.
As soon as he had outlined his plan Of
battle he made an attack upon Bud I'm a
new direction. frst throwing our picket
20 ascertain tie enem-.s position.
7 see whar they've introduced bin in
the Virginia legislature to do away with
football"
Bud walked into the trap without a
moments hesitation.
IT think that's "a fool bill Why don't
they let the boys have their fUn?'
Uncle Sy.s eyes glite-ed Ike those Of
q serpent about 20 coil around a helpless
victim.
Bud. I mousht Of knoVed YOU wouidn [
have no more sense than 70 stand up for
that barbarious game II amt any more
fun than any other kind o. ightin'. an
not as much as those kinds where they
fight fair an don't take onfalr adyan-
tages'
Bud thought he saw an opening.
How did you come To ger acquainted
with such bad game
We'll. YOU see. / goes 20 see one O.
them college games in the city partly 20
please an old chum O. mine who was
crazy about the game, an about every
thing else. and partly so as 1 could learn
somethin about the game what they play
these days an cali football"
An most partly TO please yourself, /
bet said Bud
/ NO. it didn't please ne. ] was mad as
hops, an every time some fellow done a
dirty trick I wanted 10 wade into the
sc,lmmase myself an knock some fellow
eudways with my stick. l tell you il was
the brutalist game I ever seen, an the
! srrangest thing TO me was there was
thousands O. nice looking people there
We'll, wasn't you there" asked Bud
with a grin,
Uncle Sy ignored the interruption and
went on.
There was an awful lot O. swelI-look-
ing women there an pretty young gals all
| decked out with ribbons an flags and
bokays O. flowers. An the harder some
fellow got kicked In the mouth an the
more blood was split tho more these
women folks hollered an clapped then
pretty little gloved hands. Didn't tel
Won women folks was just natChelly
urule-hearted? Football an bull fishtin
would both go outen business II it want
for the women"
Go on an tell about the game SAID
Bud. we know you an women am
got no use for one another"
We'll. thar was a big brass band what
played every time one side made wha'
they called a touchdown. It looked like
la mash-dOwn to me. An one crowd Of
tother was always yellin together like
passeI o Indians. an a savager lot o
wells no human ever heard.
Now Bud. il you had three grains 0
/ sense you'd know il they didn't intend Z
nretty near commit murder they wouldn
take along two doctors OF tdth sue "
Hook after the wounded. 7 don't call /
no friendly game when there's blood ant
broken bones expected every minute.
|, call that a fight from the start An
tell YOU. blood was over that field thick
er'n water that day Think O them pad
5ed clothes they wore, They looked Xix
they was expectin' to be beat with club
an. throwed OF the top OF mountain
! Some of 'em wore shin protectors, 'csus
they l1nowed some onery sucker wa
= goin' 10 kick 'em on the shins when no
body wasn't lookn'. An l seen tina
/ curry trick played quite frequent. Som
o. 'em had long hard rubber things wha
! covered their noses. cause they knowe
some feIler goin' to throw EN- On thei