Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26
UNCLE SILAs SEES A GAME
on Foot: Bali ms an Educa-
tIonal Asset.

well, Mirand v" said Uncle siias, in
dulgipg in a long drawn out puff at his
Icorncob pipe simultaneously with a sigh
of satisfaction at having gotten out OF
his store clothes and into his shirt
sleeves, ITS jest y well We didn't cum
along o. me t the foot ball game today
We cud never hev stud 1t. Aour Hiram,
he SEE he's feelin' all, right, but haow he
ever KEEP frum bein' Kilt g rnore'n / kin
tfiggeF aout-
Il never see ner heard tell NV sech a
game. It's played. err fit, on a field
'baout the size of our pUtato patch. They
call it a gridiron IN the newspapers. L
don't know why. but 1 sfpose it's cause
lduriu' the game the folks along the sides
keeps roastfn' the players They's eleven
on 'em on each side, en- Mlrandy, We Orter
see 'em. They got blindtTs, muzzles an
shin plasters en- pads all over en- Ye
can't tell 'em apart, en- I'd never a
knowed aour Hiram only by his feet.
He's the one they make do the kiekin'-
He seq ter me, ser he, fore the game
started, Ye wanter watch me- dad, Tn
goin, ter be full durin' this game 1 seq,
IF yer do yen cum home long me en-
git the rest O. yer dedication on butter
milk Then he told me ct fun means
fulfback. en- theys a couple err half
backs, which ekais the fullback, bait Std
er bein' four quarterbacks they's only
one, en- he's smaller'n Hiram. That
didn't seem ter me ter figger aout very
well, but drat It. Mirandy, We can't figger
nothin' aout NV foot ball game. no
haow.
Purity soon Teller hloved a whistle
en- they started in. Hiram, he kicked that
thar hogskin thing dts 'baOut the size
NV a Giant Yaller punlSin. only egg
shaped) ez fur ez frum here about ter
the hen house A Teller on tOther side
got it en- up en- run with 1t, then another
Teller duv at him en- knocked him galley
west
| by this time the whole blame bunch
he'd cum up, en- they lit on the Teller with
the ball like thousand NV brick. He
give a grunt en- sed, 'Down!-jest 3 II
they didn't all know he wuz daown I'M
der 'em en- probably suffocated en-
waounded. Pretty soon the Teller bowed
his whistle en- them as cud got up. The
rest wuz either carried often the field er
rubbed tell they cum to.
when it wuz faound that none ov 'en
wuz dead, they lined up and put the ball
in the middle. where they cud all look az
lie. Then a little feTler got daown on his
knees en- sed his 'rithmetic lesson. While
they wuz all lstenin' he up en- passed
the ball 20 a Teller behind him, en- he
stuck IT under his arm en- duv head first
Into big Teller ct wuz facin' him, hittin'
him a powerful wallop in the sIummick
with HIS head He never stopped ter say
he wuz sorry fer windin' him nor nuthin'.
but Jest up en- tried ter run Off ter the
end ov the field. He probably knowed
the other fellers would be mad, en- wanted
ter git away afore they 1T inter him.
But they wuz too spry. They ketched up
ter him en- knocked him sprawlin', but
he froze on to that ball en- wouldn't let
none NV 'em hev II.
while they wuz fightin' the feller
Iblowed his whistle agin, They must NV
all thought It wuz the constable. by the
way they quit fightin'. He seq. of side
play but 1 Nnowed better. because the
whole fracas happened on the nigh side
NV the field. Then he SEE, Take the ball
back ter stringtaOwn's twenty-yard line
en- Mirandy. they TUX Il en- put Il on a
whitewashed line et wuz four rods long.
! II don't reckon Hiram's learnin' emmy
ting but fightin en- bad manners daown
ter Stringtown coolidge. Them stewdents
amt ackerit. en- they amt gentlemen. L
Jest nacherly got plum disguised en- left
en- went up ter Hiram's room en- waited
tell he cum, He wuz feelin' great when
he cum in. en- sed he he'd made a taoueh-
daoVn en- eud wear an on his sweater.
told him ct you'd er probably Hewed
one on to him without his hevin' ter so
through all that fightin'. but he jes'
LATED en- sed l didn't understand. Foot
bail may be a great game, Mirandy. but
drat me ef kin see what It hez ter DO
with higher dedication. York
Times.