Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-03
AT THE WRONG RECEPTION"

AT THE WRONG RECEPTION"
IGrundy Democrat
Five young men from the northeast
part Of the county who will go to Camp
Dodge on the next call came here Mon
day evening to attend the reception
held in honor OF the soldiers. When
the boys got here they saw the home
guard out drilling in the street and
thinking this was what they were in
vited to, they presented themselves for
drilling and were accepted and placed
in the awkward squad where they went
thru the entire evenings drill. After
the drill was over, they were asked
whether they wanted to join the guard
and they said it would be all right.
Their names were enrolled and the so
cents dues were collected from each
of the five new members. A little later
one of the boys was heard to remark
to himself that it looked like hell to be
invited to a reception and to be
charged so cents for walking up and
down the street Tor an hour. E. A.
Crary. who has charge Of one OF the
guard squads. suspicioned that may
he the new members got hooked up
with the wrong show and he asked
them what they came here for and they
told him they came to the reception
TO be given to the soldiers and they
thought the guard was II. Mr.. CrarT
took the boys over TO the show they
were invited for and they appreciated
the difference. Also no one at the re-
ception asked them to pay any dues.
THE GROWTH OF FOOTBALL.
Williamsburg Journal-Tribune.1
The origin Of football gives the game
a bad reputation to start with: Some
one with a nose for smelling clear
back to the first morning OF things
went after football. and this Is what
he smelled: In the year es2 the rovine
Danes were a source OF trouble and
annoyance to the Anglo Saxons. who
were just beginning to forget the art
Of digging roots with their finger nails
TO catch on to some Of the civili-
cation hommered into their skulls by
men like Alfred and his scholars. And
how they did hate the Dane! They
hated him more than they hated "pi-
zen.' and il was in 9S2 that the Sax
ons of Chester caught a Dane in the
road and then cut off his head. This
they kicked all over town for amuse-
ment, and the sport took well with the
people. and the head Of each enemy be-
came the plaything of the populace.
But 1t soon become difficult thing
to get mans head for entertainment
and a town ordinance made 1t incum-
bent on the shoemakers Of the city to
provide bale Of leather called a
footballe Of the value of four shillings."
So 1t appears that the barbaric rough
ness Of football Is simply barking back
to the barbaric days in Chester when
the long-haired Saxons kicked hui
man head for sport.
AS a game, football has strong
trace Of its original roushness. A fine
mental development Is. not among Its
requirements. All you need Is a big
burly and bushy head and a pair OF
abnormally developed legs. II you have
these you may become a gridiron hero
and feel the thrill that surges thru
your buzzum when you hear 400 gid
dy girls eXclaim. isn't he just too
sweet" Your mental equipment may
not be sufficient to enable you to tell
the time on the face OF the town
clock, but II you can ram the line like
a muley bullock and eat your own
blood, without causing a revolt in your
own stomach, your are hero all right
for the gridiron hour-but the
chances are that the examining board
will pluck" your hero feathers when
you come up for your FINALS"