Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-22
FOOTBALL ST|RS UP
PEN|MSULAR FANS
Ovidiron Game Will Soon Oc-
cupy a. Much Attention as
National Pastime.
Special Correspondence Every Evenin,

Special Correspondents Every Evening
Ssafurd. Nov. 22.--roothau, which /
has not hccn indulgcd i'm TO any great .
extent. ON this peninsula, outside the /
college towns. is rapidly growing in /
popularity, and Il is predicted that /
within the next few years there VIII |
hc mntv football played down the Dell |
mnrVia peninsula than ever before. !
The principal thing making II 80 popu- |
lnr nnw ~ the different way the game |
iH plnNUd-that iS, Il H. not 50 rough !
nnd less liable tu cause accidents to !
the PLAYERS. Another thing is that |
the majority of high school teams now
have vuachrs who thoroughly under
stand the ramc
They are nli principally college men
Who have played ON college teams.
There la greet rivalry IN SUSSEX coun-
a. huiwoen three high school towns
NNutnutuWn llrldgvVillp and Scaford.
iut the county championship. These
ivamE are ao evenly mdtChcd that Il
iA hnrd 90 decide which school is en-
Titled a. the honor The season IL
over With the teams. hut there is
Hlrnnr talk of arranging series of
nhnrH iu he played on neutral grounds
tn dvridv which uf the three teams e.
entitled io play the Newark High
kvhnul eleven fur the championship
ui the hieh ahuols OF the state.
There are utrnr high school tsams
ln HuHauN setting stronger each year
Laurel aud Milford huth have teams
uud they viii hnNe to ho rcckoned
With neat yvnr lnwes is also expect
inn io nvi in the ganc, l'ntil a few
ArhrH nuu. upurgvtown High was the
klnn hu' n football down this way,
lni both stafford and lhdgcVille have
hvvn uumlng tn lho front rapidly untr
now they are able 10 play the county
rvNt hHNH tu stnndslill Each of
these teams have rnllvrr coach. and
lhp Auunu hlnh nnhool hoy who make
ihe ioothall team, IL now taught ho,
lu play thv namv from scientific
aiaudimlnt.
Tho lAuivl lilgh Sohool eleven also
has hn nhip coach In Marvel. formerly
W ihv tnlyVrsuN eft Delaware team
fhis npW hind ul football playing has
attracted thu spuit.lo,inK fans. and
ihpi hrV Hltundmu ln great numbers
in tHH, Ai rUVnt nnmu here fol
,uuuli hunurs the rooinr was a.
litNt 90 80 e. championship baseball
namr.
A. tp Whi,h team is the hrsi in sus.
ttN county that uucstuu may have O.,
m luU tn the Inter. .schulastir Assn-
citation ~ the state. as thr season
nHnN ulaim, H. tno Tar advanced Co
rlny series ct Eamcs between the
thrvU teams The Rnmc for the cham
rlonship ~ the. State among thc high
aOhuuls was set early In the fan by
Ia. I.H .I..1u A.
Thnnksr Day. n the game j.
played on Thanksgiving Day. this
YEAR. the question of which eleven Is
entitled 90 play the Newark boys will
have 60 he decided by the association.
There II also talk OF picking the hest
eleven from. the county high school
teams to play Newark II is said that
Newark H. perfectly willing that this
>, done. The game to decide the state
championship is 10 be played AT New
ark. The Inter- Scholastic Associa-
tlon met at Dover Saturday, to en-
dcavor to select the team in Sussex
county which had the best right to
play the Newark team. but were un-
able 10 do so. owing Co the fact that
Scaford. Hridgeville and Georgetown
al claimed the right. One of the
strong objections 10 some OF their
claims was the fac, that il is said
'ringers' were played In some of the
games To be- eligible 10 play on a
high school team I'm Delaware the
i'laycr must have passed at least three
subjects IN his studies and be a bona
Fed scholar of the school. This. IL is
alleged, has not been lived up to by
some Of the teams.
The keen rivalry for football honors
,his year has brought TO memory tho
days of ycsterycar among the football
teams down this way-principallv
Scaford Dover and Mlford-engaged
in many gruelling struggle. Sea-
ford IN those DAYS had team that
averaged 100 pounds. and this team
lccunc 80 formidable il finally had to
disi@nd owing Go the fact that they
could gct no one within "A reasonable
distance to play with them. Back in
the old days, Il is said that certain
Scdord physician. who was an en-
thusagic football rooter. always took
so the gridiron with him. his grin filled
with antiseptics, bardages. surgical in
Nrumcnts. ETC. TO render aid To the
hoys who were invariably laid low in
those games. Many OF the PLAYERS of
the old Scaford team ere stin here and
have been witnessing the games on
S'ai"fds grdiron this year. They say
the same H. tame today To what il
was when they were n their hevda,.