Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-12
EAST ENDERS START EARLY PLANS FOR OLDEN SPORTS
ElIZABETHAN GAMES WILL
BE SHOWN AT BIG PAGEANT
Arrangements for Huge NTnir Helm.
Mndr-Drsrription of Diversions
OF Days Conc Iy.

Mndr-Drscription of Diversions
OF buys Conc By.
Tho sports committee Of The shakes
p""re pageant met yesterday artcrnoon
! III In" y ". 9. ~ and assigned tho
parts in tue games that will 10 ,r,
duccd ~ the big outdoor Sp.ctarlc.
chairman J. :. Ford, physical director
/ or IN" \ NJ. e. y. has been working
. Tor the last month on the sports end
Of The pageant, and Yesterday =,
meeting of III" committee The rames
were assigned ana the participants ,,ilI
begin practice at once
From tournaments bv gallant kn;.-b.s
on horse back 10 sc".sa,N is ;b. scnDa
OF TN" games, ana it is expected, tina;
u" less than 500 persons will take ,,nrt
/ III this most ambitious attempt 20 re-
produce the sports Of the time OF Good
Queen BeSS. or course the Spor,s ,f
to-day are on a much higher plane.
but many modern games and pastimes
can be traced back 10 the sports of our
ancestors in England.
n" list OF tn. different contests IS
long one Til" first aud most inn
portant is tho tournamcnL contests in
dhlSed in by the nobility. suuircS and
kntGh's The contestant dressed In IN.
hrrr"r of the time. armed with a smear
would attempt to disod:,c an opDoneu,
| without breaking his own spear or be-
coming dislodgcd. y group Of sixteen
riders will he in this feature OF tn.
sp"cth"ic. AMI already negotiations
nave hc"n completed with tho horse
| men owners Of trained animals =.
i.estor Manor. TO take part
FENCING BOUTS SCHEDULED
BETWEEN MILITIXMEN
Fencing bouts will he arranged be.
tween representatives from the Blues
battalion and from the Cirays. Vaughan
lloyd the fencing master. will aIsn
have n humber Of his pupils in the
contests. Going from these NOR. o,
less noble tests OF skill is tho more
simple game Of lIoodmam blind which
VIII be played by the boys from The
ner spence viii have charge Hood
| man blind consists Of those piayin-
forming circle and tho blindfolded
one in tho circle trying TO catch the
one who hit him.
\ group OF boys from the boy scouts
VIII play fl!prin' the Toad \ board
about three feet long rests on n stick
| siN inches thick The toad rests .m
III" ground. the other end being struck
with q Srcdgel The boy sending the
toad the greatest distance wins.
me public will bc asked ~ PLAY
shovel board, which IL nothing more
than Switchboard of the present day
! me board Is three feet wide and thirty
rect long divided into three uncur,,
PARTS. and each player has three pieces
| "i NAT IRON which ig showed along the
BOARD mp to u certain mark. Eleven
| points constitute tn, game r,hcr,
Miles, Jr, playground director, will h.
| in charge
COACH DORSON no TEACH
HEN On THE. BACK
| Frank NJ. Dobson Will rlkc n it'll,
| TIME OFF from coaching his champion
! snip baseball team. 10 tear'l the stu
tents a. the college the game Of Hen
| on the Back. This game gre ttly amused
queen Elizabeth so that n will ha
reproduced once more before her royal
hiGhncsS. One OF the party of lnayes
faSttns hen on his hack, and IN.
others playing are bindfolded and are
! armed with sticks. They try to hit
! win the rod the chicken on the mans
back
Losgats is a game similar To bow,s
the pack consists o: a piece OF wood
liht inches in diameter and threa
inches thick. At which is thrown tho
inEEnt Each player has three lorrats
,har'es TAYLOR vii lhavc charge OF this
diversion OF the nobility. Leauinr i'm
: IN" time OF Shakespeare consisted
i"oNti! OF SomcrSaultS and :sro;nS OF
boys from the public schools will take
phfi III this sport. Miss Sia,rid DE
trichscn will have charge Lean fro.
mas undergone no change since SbaLn
Spctrc was a boy and the school rh,l
o'sn VIII also play at this. Or Spenc,
VIII nave charge of the groups OF chill
| areh IN the game of prisoners base.
oou. twenty are on side At n base
| twenty yards apart. Each side would
'ct loose and run and then the pIaycr,
on the other side would give chase AMI
capture their rivals
.euintain was n game that had ALI
ths elements OF punching bar mar
rebounded in the unskilled borar's ra".
u consists of a wooden figure OF a mar
~ Whlch the common people would
| r'de a stick for 4 horse. and poke ar
~ WIN II wooden spear. If it was hit
, 'I'," Snoush 1t recalled back and let
me rider past. but il only hit a GENT,
o,oW' reooundcd and slapped tho
payer. The Chamberlain School and
~ one IS held in the water. the Vir~i,io
'""' 'iuh will have charge OF this
ANCESTOR OF FOOTBALL.
WILL. BE DENIONSTHA vED
'"S Esm",e ancestor OF the football.
PiaHen between our high school,
ana colleges was PLAYED i'm S,nLa
Sprhfes day. II was more like n gan.
hSht IMAM game. The contest W.
n nr.N on field eighty yards long bv
nitN feet wide. \ bladder US. -,
Hated and on rare occasions US ~
t"S'a IN leather The PLAYERS lined
up ~ the end OF tho ground tho h,n
Wis paced in the middle. and the two
! "pp"S'hE SIDES swept down on eacb
.ne shock was terrific. The oh
Je't OF the game was TO >icl, ~ III,
Trough The goals. which were tLrcn
i''t apart Arthur Van Ruren win
! .'"it III. hcnsdic'inc College cadets
10 play this contest
SANDY ball Is a gcntlcr game which
VIII permit the young women from ~.
"nnS NomcnS Christian Associ,tion
an" from Wcsthnmpton College IN tuL.
ph't MISS i'cairicr iscrthold and Mias
"nnH ,'ehSha" VIII he in charge The
uH.IE Al
w. I'm a leather ball suck with fc,thnrs
nc Dali was driven into holes i'm rho
nL"nu certain distances apart PLAYER
making The least number OF stro;;e.
won H''ones
Charles Taylo, NIL in4,r,,, ~.
f'"Eers IN the game tillinr at IA
ana coach Dobson VIII have SONG
o! ms star track and baseball men nlnw