Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-19
ENGLISH WOMAN IS
MUCH IMPRESSED BY
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Writes Her Views of Penn
Navy Game Saturday and
Gives Interesting Informa-
lion on Subject.

NE
prsssi5rs, the football match of SATURDAY.
| was a delightful affair. The sun was
! shining and the bands were playing and
all The world and his wife woro hasten.
! ing to the scene
! The trolley cars were crowded, AMI IN
! sdch the betting hopes ana aspirations
/ OF youthful Philadelphia were free,v
! aired. Gee whizr' s-oal and snua.
! noEed schoolboy :nurfEured TO adinIrlnz
! friends, "f've put my very last nickel ON
/ Pers s chSaccs. Annapolis is very stronr.
/ Their men are heavier than ours. guess
I'VE shellsd ovt sar too much on PENN
| Once at the field the scene was most
festive one. a sed or faces thrcnged IN.
stands. Tho very air was hoarsu with
shouts and cheers.
Seer with an EngliEn eye the whols
affair vas quite spectacular and eminent.
u sporting Why, who or earth vera
the excited gentlemen In tie scarlet jer-
seys wildly waving megaphones7 The
expla natlcn soon came ringing through
the air. Some player waB hurt and thew
sere speeding the parting guest from
off the field with cheers Of sympathy.
To the calm and conservative English
mind these strange gymnastics did seem
to hit somewhat theatrical note-onR
Al. first, however. for the spirit OF these
twisting, leapng. shouting aorobats was
most infectious. Soon England cheered
and hoped and halloed with the best!
II was a most exciting game. Nay,
more, 1t proved a veritable battlefield
The slain and slaughtered, after being
kneaded and twisted and, In fact en-
couraged by variety OF fierce remedies
that seemed infinitely worse than tho
disease to come back to life" again,
either got UP revived and proceeded with
the battle, or retired pro tenn to re-
cuIHrate among the reservsts at the side.
In either event. the acrobatic dancers
with the megaphones lauded the heroes
praises to the very heavens. The crowds
responded Cheerfully. Yes. II was a giddy
time, both for the players and the spec
tators
Right opposite. a crowd of navy men
seemed suddenly to go quite mad The
most appalling wall all in one dreadful
unison rent the air. TO one who has but
recently passed through fogs in mid
Atlantic, and has listened nervously
through long sleeplcss nights to that
same SIRENS sound, in momentary ex-
pectation of the final bump that is to
send one to the bottom, such a melody
is scarcely cheerful. Yet It filled the
Navy men with widest glee Each to
his taste!
The English football field is e mere
tame and dull affair that pales beneath
such episodes as Saturdays. True, Eng
lish football runs without such stmu-
lants as trumpets drums and mega
phores. Yet the gcntler sex lutter
around the English field more frequently
than here, and probably their presence
is REGARDED as sufficient encouragement.
This solution is put forth tentatively.
Re that ptharuIEp ha fpOthaII
match of Saturday was a delightful af-
fair. One hears so much in these enlight-
ened days about high art" and tho
beauty and symmetry of Greek gods, but
for sheer huskiness and overpowering
muscle n certain gentleman called Dorizas
quite took the palm away from his ances-
tors of ancient Greece With one great
arm uprased he swung a Navy man.
who must have boasted at least 100
pounds, right into the air and backwards
like ball of thstledown. A dreadful
person to quarrel with that Dorizas
must be!
Next to the mystic mounting OF the
meSaphones the oldest thing that struck
an English mind was the band playing
The humorous was introduced by the con-
ductor, patriot in khaki IS inches high
or thereabouts. He waved his baton In
true military style The students sang
most Justify.
Another great uPheaval came TO tho
English viewpoint when Pennsylvania
rose to a man and warbled for the royal
Red and Blue! 1t was a most imposing
sight. and must have brought good busi-
ness to Philadelphia hatmakers, since so
many headgear upheaved themselves too
high and shared the fate of other loyal,
overzealous aspirants. Great was the fall
thereof!
The game itself was fascinating. Eng
land do NALL 10,
playing and the pomp and circumstance
attendant on the American match.
gay lieutenant in his naval uniform
went striding past the stands. pretty
little lady in futtering blue scarf and
uwo enormous yellow chrysanthemums
was with him, blushing quite divlnely.
They really were a handsome pair.
Why do the women of America fail to
turn out more freely To the football
match? The Stands were crowded with
men. Where were the girls7 In Scot
land the fair sea gets :r4c admission to
the football games! Frequently I'm Eng
Lana this happens, tee; but not so hers
"hat we're those curious lines chalked
all across the field at intervals on Satur-
aayf Where had the "!nau." 81 ''scrum'
OF England tsd to? !; were better So no
doubt for from Sny suos official scuftls
AZ those named the nsTcA American
player %ouid hRvs come .OrLh perma-
nently disan!sd Ins English pisYer does
play EaTa. but the game IL mol played
wtn the S.M rush End onslaught! Of
A'nenSa- TherS may he equal 'Ttesnuess'
on ooth sides, out for sheer dAshlng forcS
ana power OF iayinE out opPoEents. Amer
iea takes the azlEl
The scoring IN tbs soothaiI match
seemed most Peculiar TO an EFsllsh m!nd.
EHeht delightful feature was the
whcis-hsar:ed sn;huJlssm o: ISe audience
sset "'tle details IS la dnE on4'E eorns
violently pounded By she upward bounds
ana 'saFs OF SEeG ySlllng rseiSkSor only
Asos VIA 10 :Ae snas Goo Tesla that poi
S.Ae 40 se''N.s suffer on tAs asld. Spec
ea'ors Fksr= ire woEnds ss VIS;ary.