The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-02
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4 ) ofSport
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by N~4S S.SAA&9>

Fashions in sport appear TO be chang
Ing steadily in the United States.
Rather. perhaps. there l. greater stan
dard.zation OF sports anG games IN vari-
Gus portions OF the country. B3pkcth;t II.
punch hall" (which is an invention or
city kidsl. many forms Of water sport.
are rather new. CroSS-Country running.
which is one Of the big developments
OF recent years in schools and colleges
Is a revival Of one OF our oldest forms
OF sport. Thirty years ago and more
hare and hounds" and PAPER chaSeS
were among the most popular or boys
sports. There were variations. and
sometimes in tSe larger lilies | see N'dS
playing the OLD game. the hares marking
trail with chalk on sidewalks and build
lnEs as they run.
But there are lot Of The old-hoy
games that appear TO have passed out.
Al least I never see them any more or
perhaps they stlll may be found IN GER
tain districts. Fact Is. only a year or
so ago driving through the upper part
OF Michigan. I -~w a bunch or young
stfrS at q country schoolhouSe playing
Anthony over" game which | sup
posed extinct many years ago. / stopped
to talk with the teacher and discovered
that he had not Imported the game but
had found the kids playing II as they
had done for generations.
The game consists 81 sides. one
ranged on each side Of the schoolhOuSe.
The ball is thrown over the building. the
thrower crying Anthony" and the
catcher calling over" Then they race
around and change sides. In some places
the one who catches the ball may throw
It and hit any one on the opposing side.
putting him out and ic he misses the
throw he Is out" and so on until one
side wins
''ons, Two, Three" Game.
II used 10 be a great recess game At
country schools. hut the noon game us'
ualty was one. two. three n form 81
baseball with nine ncldcrs and TWO ut
three batters. the batter who gets OUT
being forced 10 so into right field and
progress through all the positions until
he is second deck" FIRST deck" then
batter.
This sport still holds forth in country
commrSitles where there are not enough
boys 10 make M two teams
Another recess game was duck or
the roct'-which still see played in
various forms. TheSs Is large stone
and each player has his duck" i
smaller stone. Usually we used I
round glacial howlder and each KID
trea Surcd his duck and carried two
pounds or more OF oowlder in his pants
pocket. Tommy North. | remember haC
magnificent Indian hammer head vi
granite which ne used for his duck.
The first victim was chosen by lot
He placed his duck on the rock and the
others from back Of a "taw" pitched
. theirs at Il. trying to knock II from thf
pedestal. II they missed each stood
over his own duck while the other.
pitched. If the duck was knocked from
the rock each could seize his own stone
and fee hack across the taw line anC
the duck tender had 10 replace his duck
give pursuit and II he touched one be
fore crossing the line that one had Z
take his place as duck tender.
"J'Evsr Play Bull Penn"
One of the greatest Of our kid games
WAS bull pen" The schoolyard was Sc
with trees in twenty-four foot squares
-Four keepers took the bases and toul
bulls" were looSed In the pen. The
game was played with n bali more OF
less hard. usually. however. homemade
halls Of yarn. This ball was tosse"
from keeper 10 keeper. and as IL was
thrown the bulls could run from has,
TO base. being safe IL they touched the
base but So long as they were in thu
pen the keeper could throw the ball and
hit them. II they were hit the keener: