Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03

a man take n tumble the enthusiasts
in the gallery would shake their heads
and murmur, Dangerous, frightfully
dangerous. then lapse again into
silent contemplation Of the match.
What IS that enormous racket"
inquired the English friends when the
din from the adjoining field swelled
INTO mighty roar as somebody got
loose for a run or something.
That" we replied, SIS an American
foot bali game"
We moved over TO the gridiron
where the sandlot classic between the
Froggy Bottom Teddy Bears and the
Georgetown Props was being smeared
all over an extremely muddy field to
an accompanying din from several
hundred threats.
There seems to be no consistency
of costume whatever" exclaimed our
visitor.
Nor was there After the fashion of
sandlot classics. maroon jerseys
crouched shoulder to shoulder with
baby blue, gray. black, white. Alice
blue and navy. Stockings with orange
stripes, red stockings, blue stockings
and blue and gray stripes waived in
a tangled mass as the ball went into
action. BY some miracle the players
seemed to know their own team
mates despite the general mixture.
The Britishers watched in amaze
ment while bewildering signals were
called by a dilninutive quarterback.
and one they dubbed BLACK" Grange
tore holes in the opposing Teddy
Bears line for long gains, which sent
the rooterS into paroXysmS of Joy
After each play they rushed ON the
held to pat their hero on the back and
express their enthusiasm generally.
Y x *
DOLCE reserves pushed them back
across the line repeatedly, but
1alled utterly to dampen their ardor
even by threats Of Punishment and
Jail.
After a line plunge, in which the
entire % huskies piled up in one
squirming mass. one of our visitors
remarked ut is 4 frightfully clashy
sort of game, what? Frightfully
clashy. They seem to make no effort
whatever to avoid each other. And
they spend most of their time in the
mud. 1t must be very disagreeable to
play"
1t doesn't move along smoothly at
all, remarked the other. There are
so many Interruptions There YOU
see" he continued as a forward mass
the man was downed as he turned to
dash for the goal. Every time they
start to play. there is some sort of i'm.
terruption. 1t is most annoying"
In vain we tried to explain that what
he had just witnessed was not an in.
terruptfon but an extremely good
tackle. Our European cousin was
convinced that the game was just a
rough-and-tumble affair, with no sci.
ence involved. He actually seemed to
THINK that soccer was more scientific,
What is the scorer" he INQUIRED
next, shouting to be heard above the
roar
"Dey amt no score-yit,' was the
reply from a 'Gawgetown" rooter who
had paused iQ admonishing Caesar"
to kill EN-" while he mopped his
beaming brow.
Then. why all the shouting?" puz.
zied our friend. Fancy that, now
shouting themselves hoarse this wav
when nothing at all has happened."
However, several hundred rooters
seemed to be under the impression
that things were happening right
along, despite the to score.
Wen ride ride oil Gawgetown on a rail! Rah !.
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iae euu dhSeA !eouy beahsl
roared one Side of the field in frenzy
of enthusiasm.
rRah b.d Bah h, Rah,
E Eit, rough s Cit tough
advised the rooters on the other side.
AS bedlam seemed about to break
loose. we retired to the soccer field
where the game was coming to an end
and the two teams were permitting
themselves to give vent to their pent-
up emotions in dignified
Rail- Rail- Rahi"
before retiring for afternoon tea.