Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1924, Page 31

SP ORTS~ THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 185, 1924, Spartans Originators of Foot Ball, Which Dates Back More Than 2,500 Years HARPASTON OF ANCIENTS - DADDY OF GRIDIRON GAME o Adopted by Romans, Who Took It to England, Where Association and Rugby Forms Developed in Last Century—Got to U. S. in 60s. BY PARKE H. DAVIS, Foot Ball's National Jistorian, FREQUENT query heard this A Fall among the entiered thousands at the big foot ball games has been, “How did such a stupendous inslixu!ion as intercollegiate foot ball begin?” A periodical has assumed to answer this query, but unfortunately has answered it wrongly. Intercollegiate foot ball is not so old that its heginnings are not accurate matters in the public and college press and that its founders, fortunately, most of them at least, are not still among the living. To answer the query comprehensively, however, let us preface the statement by a paragraph or two on Foot ball as an organized group the extreme antiquity of foot ball. game was founded by the youth of Sparta, 2,300 years agoy and, therefore, is our oldest game. The Spartans plaved thelr game upon a rectangular fleld, marked by <ide lines, goal line and a center i The game was opened by a long for- ward pass, whence, after the Greek ord meaning to hurl forward, the ame was called harpaston, Play was zulated by a system of rules, the main object of which was to drive the ball by kicking, passing or carry- across the adversary goal line. Romans Modify Game. Romans adopted this game »m the Spartans, and, with some mprovements, played it under the name of follis, By the Roman legious the sport was carried into England, where it has flourished for 3,000 s. Down the centuries until 2, however, tha ball in the English | almost’ invariably was kicked, never carried Although the game the secondary schools of England | from earliest times, interscholastio games were not arranged ULt ious. Among famous men who also were famous foot ball players in thelr school days were John Dryden, m 1545; Matthew Pryor. fn 1150, and Jo- seph Addison, in 1684, all ut West- minster. An exclusively kicking game exist- ed at Rugby School almost from its foundation. Here in 1823 in the heat of a school game a voung Rugbeian by the name of William Webb Elli mmitted a flagrant foul by pickini up the ball and running with it. This foul was censured for a time, but eventually prompted the basic change in the Rugby rules and finally won amortality for William Webb Ellis 1s “the originator of the distinctive eature In the rugby gam. | From that Fall the kicking and the arrving ‘games of foot ball flourished roughout England among non-scholas- > teams. On the first day of Decem- foot ball teams in the of London assembled and form- ssociation known as the London Assoeiation. In the rules on that day carrying the ball | hibited, hence that type of game | uy 1o this has been called | after the London ot | The name “socce: derivative fro was played in fation' oclat L hume 1ssociation. £ that memorable Autumn of wo English schools, Charterhouse | r met in the first In-| o cver played, West- © winning by 2 goals to 0. the Game at Rutgers in 1848, the late 60s a modified type s being played at Prince- t Rutgers, two neighbors, but no inte cgiate con- r in England or America had empted. The foot ball leader at n in thai period was Willlam icre, recently chlef justice of New The foot ball leader at Rutgers | s Willlam J. Leggett, now high in « councils of the Reformed Church, of ch he is a pastor. These two men conceived the idea of 1 intercollegiate game between Prince- »n and Rutgers. This game they ar- anged. 1t was plaved at New Bruns- wick November 6, 1869, Rutgers win- uing by 6 goals to 4. This contest was the first intercollegiate game of foot | three intercoliegiate | ed. Their data is as| nceton, & at Prince- . November 10. ‘olumbiz, §; Rutg runswick, November Princeton, 6; Rutgers, November 23. The following vear, 1871, no {ntercol- giate games were played. On Janu 26, 1871, occurred in iingland an event destined to work . great effect on foot ball in inter- collegiate America. This was the ssembling of the Rugby teams of j.ondon, the organization by them of sot Ball Union, and the wn advanced and uniform Rutgers, 0 6; at New at Prince. ercollegiate contests in America. Prince- slumbia, Rutgers an d Yale declined. epted and was beaten, vhil> Yale arranged a game with Co- lumbia, the Blue's first battle, played . Haven November 16, 1872 ) 3 goals to Colu Rutgers a the ensulng year, Rutgers and Yale code of rules fol- ation system. in the city of New November 15, 1873, Prince- t and defeated Yale, 3 goals ) 0. | rd drafted ing the these ruls Haven, Marvard Starts Rughy Game. In 1574 Harvard made its fnitial| iow as a foot ball power, plaving a | game wit McGill Uni "ity at Cambridg This game is especially historic b se it was played under Rugby rules and led to the eventval adeption of the Rughy code. In the next vear, 1 Harvard et and defeated Yala at New Ha- November 13, under a modifica of the Rugby rules, known a time us the “concessionary rules.’ Princetoy in the 1876 took the lead in calling a convention Columbia, Harvard, Princeton and X to form n association and| adopt a code and schedule of inte collegiate games. This convention | ultimately was held in the old Mas sasolt House at Springfleld Novem- ber 22, 1876, In that convention the/ ugby Union rules were adopted and the American Intercollegiate Foot Ball tion formed. s il ven tion was now estab- lis Anferica, for those Rughy | rules with the many changes from 76 to date comprise the present in. rcolleglate game. The foregoing urate statement .of the of the pioneers in the t of Intercollegiate foot foz The Folks Who Use Them Know—Save Ay You Ride W..S. KENWORTHY CO. 1617-19 14th St. FPhone North 441 | evoked direct | ing: the side throughout the first three- | fourths of the back swing you will | TEARS AND PRAYERS WON FOR MINNESOTA MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, November 18.—Out of tears and prayers came the inspiration which fired 12 Minne- sota foot ball warriors to mighty decds in achioving one of the most startling upsets of the 1924 gridiron scason against Illinois Saturday, it has been disclosed. Just before the contest, Coach Bill Spaulding gathered his men about him in the locker room, and Instead of the customary last-minute instruc tions called upon his players to say a wor two. “Wha vou there, Ted?” Coach Capt. Co: Capt. Cox arose. mumbled a few un- intelligible words, and broke into tears. The same question was put to Louis Gross by the Gopher mentor, but tears were already pouring down the face of tho veteran tackle. Every man in the room was crying, sobbing out a “do-or-die” allegiance to their coach, When the were no tears, but them was still there. Just before the kick-off the players gath- ered in a group, and Clarence who turned out to be the star of the game, led his mates in a short prayer. going to do out Spaulding asked men took the field there S, Minn., November 18, s who saw Min- ois Saturday took with statements implying that the Gophers deliberately roughed “Red” Gran The penalty ag tackling Gran, after he st Minnesota for J ut of bounds came d returned an inter ide lin had stepped out fore On the to caused his re ment he was running.across th and lost 10 yards ou the pla been hurt a few pla the final tackle w opinion of local writers mad Zainst him. Twice before, when downed behind his line for losses, he was not tac- kled in the usual sense of the word, but eimply was held hy the stronger Gopher linemen, the writers sald. Inside Golf By Chester Horton. ertently tackled le that o field and the the hardest The right hand will twist the shaft at or near the top of the back swing if the tight elbow is allowed to get out far from the body while the club is takea back. That ix why 1 have al- W ays cautjoned wolfers to keep the right arm, near the shoulder, lightly close to the side during the back swing— | as if you were Ling the swin, hile holding & handkerchief im your arm pit. When the: elbow gets out away from the body t right hand pulls downward against the shaft near the top of the back swing instead of go- ing on up with the shaft. downward pull results in a twist of the shaft toward the left. The left wrist then will break go_di- rectly underneath the , which pomition is incorrect. The left wrigt nhould project out and be In line'avith @ line from the ehd of the shaft to the ball. The rizht wrist should be beneath the shaft.. By keep- right arm lightly close to ELBOW HELD CLOSE TO SIPE N BACK SWING* void this twisting at the top nnd the right arm will fall into its natural and corrvect position. (Copyright, 1924.) “Happy-! Some sho tisement. POND THR Don’t miss ft—Adver- EW YALE PASS AT SCORED ON TIGERS| Conn. P which led to a touchdown in the Yale game at Princeton last Saturday was thrown by . W. (Ducky) Pond, it was stated by Capt. Lovejoy today. An argument ad risen among students as to whether Kline or Pond threw the pass. Newspaper accounts diftered, cven the Yale News credit- ing the throw to Kline, Many students had backed their claims with cash and some of those who stood by Pond offered odds as high as 100 to 1. The players were umbered Your Old Hat Made New Again Cleaning, _Blocki Remodeling by T Vienna Hat Co. 400 11th Street CENTRAL AUTO WORKS 441-451 Eye St. N.W. Phone Franklin 6805 General Avtomobile Repairing. Fender and Body Repairing. Chassis Straightening and ‘Welding. * Blacl 'srkgl(hlng and Spring Work, Upholstering and Trimming. Painting and Lettering. Body Building. ! the spirit that| chutte, | This | ovember 18, | YALE BIG FAVORITE TO DEFEAT HARVARD By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 18.—Two rival gridiron gladlators, Yale and Harvard, meet in the Bow! in New Haven Satur. day In the forty-third renewal of. this blue ribbon event of the college world. As in 1923, Yale will be the top-heavy favorite, but the wave of upsets which has swept over the East may keep the Elis from thelr goal. By all the ““dope the Bull Dog should win. Princeton crushed Harvard, 3¢ to 0, and Yale in turn defeated Princeton, 10 to 0. Yale boasts an undefeated record, while Harvard has lost to Dartmouth and Brown, But past records means little when the JBlue and the Crimson mix on the gridiron, as all preceding game are regurded as practice tilts for the one final thrust of the season. Win or loso Yale's array of backfield performers will cause trouble in the Harvard forward line. In Scott the Elis have a toe artist with the accuragy of a Brickley and the nerve of a Mahan. In Kline and Cottle, the Blue boasts of a palr of booters who can hold their own against any similar pair in the East. And in “Ducky” Pont, Yale has one of the most elusive artiats in the game. Bench and Bunnell are a shifty pair of field generals, both capable of running the team and carrying the ball, accurate in handling punts and equally efficient in running them back. Allen and Cutler complete the array of the Blue backfield. Tha first Crimson backfleld quartet of Howe, Maher, Sayles and Stafford cannot be compared with the Yale first string quartet. The Harvard stars proved inefficient in handling the plgskin against Brown last Sat- urday and similar slips of this nature against Yale will prove disastrous to the Crimson in case the Elis follow tive ball as closely as they did in the Princeton and Army games. i But irrespective of the merits of the two rivals this game is alwavs one which attracts widespread in- terest. It will be a fghting Bull Dog, cager to keep its record clean, versus a determined Crimson foe, reluctant to allow a coveted prize to slip from its grasp without a struggle. NOTRE DAME'S GRID SUCCESS EXPLAINED November 18.—The the perennial success of University of Notre Dame foot ball { teams was revealed today by a Chi- cago newspaper. A npus full of he-men wearing Khaki pants and flannel shirts, no girls to “fu over and Knute Rockne's coaching, sald a sports ex- pert in recounting his observations of conditions, ere responsible for the playing which permitted Notre Dame |to ®o ¥ast and defeat Army and Princeton and return West to over- | whelm Georgia Tech, Wisconsin and | Nebrask “There is a foot ball atmosphere on | the Notre Dame campus that probably | @oes not exist anywhere else” sald | the writer. “It's a discase. No hardy | youn, man attend school there ! without contracting it | “If e cannot make the varsity | eleven, he may make the second, or third, or fourth, or clear on up to | the seventh, for there are scven full size teams practicing every after- noon in the gridiron season. Then there is a foot ball team for every boarding hall, and a big squad of | tresnmen.” ) | As for Rockne, he runs foot ball { at Notre Dame, sald the expert. He | runs the businéss and he coaches the team. “There is no extensive coaching system; Rockne does it all” said the | report. steps out into the midst of 80 or 40 p ers on the field and perscnally directs the drill He can hop into a line position and show 2 what to do, or take the e of any back. Hours and hours tegy, the absence of the khaki pants and flannel are the things that have mado Dame supreme on the gridiron,” the summing up. | CHICAC | secret of of drill, stra- ‘fussing’ and shirts |PARK VIEW SOCCERISTS IN PLAYGROUND FINAL Tark View S r won the rigl to enter the fingls of | the Distric ind series 48 @ ult of th >0 trivmph o Jotinse team in one the third division mnes v erda) Harry Lirpold and karl CGrant ured prominently in Park win. > Jolinson-Powell eould not penetrate the winners' territory with con- | sistency | The champion Mouroe School team fell before Park View carlier in the season. 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N OTRE DAME still storms along clearly in the lead of all. foot bafl The South Benders have the will to victory and the means thereof, In Cilifornia the Berkeley team stands out among all West Coast outfits, and, if the writer is not mistaken, the Bears stand an excellent chance of developing into one of those well known and justly famous “wonder teams” that Andy Smith has turned out so frequently in recent yea rs. Of all the so-called big teams in the country Notre Dame and Stan- ford have neither been tied nor defeated. From this fact one of two con- clusions may be- drawn—oither ex: cellence has prevailed ypon the grid- fron as never befors, or else the general rule of play has trended toward mediocrity. One might without hesitation ac- cept the former conclusion were it not for the demonstration which Notre Dame has made and fs- still making of the abllity of fine ma- terigl, ably coached, to speed along to _victory on high gear. Illinols, for instance, went along relying on a strong ‘attack to dis- count defensive flawa. In the end shq paid the penalty. Until the Princeton game Yale was othing to brag about, and it re- ains to be seen Jf her splendid form in that game s due to Tiger staleness or to a radical access of ®eneral proficiency. Dartmouth, on the other hand, is better than she hae been in several years, but for some time back the Green has been well below her standard. Now she {s just an av- erage strong eleven. Rutgers, on the contrary, is high above her nor- mal class, an exceplion to the rule, Tho big ten boasts no brilliant eleven. Not a member of the South- ern Conference has escaped defeat in games within or outside the organizations Just the same medioc- rity does mot prevail in Dixie. Never have there been o many teams playg ing foot ball of quality so high. The rankings follow: EAST, FIRST GROUP—Yale, Dart- mouth and Rutgers, bracketed; Penn, Lehigh, Army, Columbia, Princeton and Penn State. WBESTERN CONFERENCE—Minne- sota (wherever the Gophers ranked last week or may rank next, and ir- respective of games won and lost their 20-to-7 defeat of Illinols en titles them this week to the head of the column); Chicago, second. Then Illinois, Michigan, lowa, Ohlo, In- diana, Purdue, Northwestern and Wisconsin PACIFIC COAST—California, Stanford, second. SOUTHERN (rated by Zlp New- man, Birmingham News)—Geovgia, Alabama, Georgla Tech, Mississippi| A. & M, Florida, Auburn, Loulsiana, | Kentucky, Sewanee, Tennessee, Mis- sissippl. % SOUTHWEST (rated by Sam Fort Worth Star Telegram)—Baylor | and Southern Methodist ceted: | Texas A. & M., Arkunsa | Christian and’ Oklahoma A. & ) i ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERE) (rated by Les Goates, Salt Lake Deserct News)—Colorado University | Colorado Aggies, Utah University, | Denver University, Utah Agzgies, Mon- i first; Pace, | = FLEET MEN READYING FOR GRID GAME HERE ANNAPOLIS, Md. November 18.— Atlantic scouting_fleet gridmen, who will tackle the all-infantry Fort Bens ning team in Washington Saturday in Grifith Stadium, battled the Navy sauad yesterday for two hours, and several hifts were made in the sail- ors' first eleven. Leak, who made that sensational 90-yard sprint agalnst the Quantico Marine Reserves, returned here after a temporary absence. He is likely to replace Libby. one of last vear's stars of the U. 8."S. Arkansas team. The fleet backfield now will be composed of Leak, Marker, Rooney and Carroll from all indications. It je almost certain that Capt. Saunders will be replaced by Blck- man. Coaches Dorney and Wallac tend to subject the sailors to s arduous treatment before they name the team that will face the Fort Ben- ine me ning aggregation. Strange has been playing hie old position at left ckle, having just recently been re- | 1 for Lawrence, The flect mentors wers not par- ticularly pleased with the serim- gainst squad B. The sailors | nerally were on the defense. Mark- | however, gave a good account of ainst the Navy's aerial at- | { RUSSELLVILLE AGGIES WIN. | CLARKEVILLE, Ark., November 18§, —Russellvlile Aggies defeated the| College of Ozarks eleven lhere yester- | day, . tana State, Brigham Young Uni-{ rsity, Colorado College, Colorado Mines and Wyoming Univers MISSOURI ~ VALLEY (ratec Frederick War. World 1d)-—Drake, M Nebraska, Jowa | te, Grinnel 4 | wa by | Oklahoma, I ey Her-{ GRID BATTLE DUE WHEN APACHES MEET EAGLES ANDLOT foot ball teams have completed the larger number of theis games, but several important engagements remain before the 1924 campaign cads. If red-hot rivalry and Strenuous practice count for anything, the game between the Anacostia Eagles and the Apaches on Thanksgiving day at the Washington Garracks will provide enough thrills for the most ardent fan. Contenders for the 150-pound title and each well fortified with an array of clever athletes, the rivals intend to toil as never before in preparation for the clash. g In thelr struggle with the Palace|are leading in the 133-pound race fof Athletie Club the Eagles revealed u|the title of northern Virginia. The driving offense and & much-improved | Clarendon pilot should call Manager &, defense. |Johnson at Clarendon 848-F-2. The Eagles planned to try several 2 new plays at practice today. at 5:30-| Practice will be the order for the ‘clock at Fairlawn Jeld. They hope | Mount Rainier Emblems tonight and to book a rugged opponent Sunday | Thursday on the field at the Dise on their home field in final prepara- | trict line and Rhode Island svenue tion for the Apaches. Manager Pea- | Coach Flesier wants the players to cock may be telephoned at Lincoln Teport at 7 o'clock. The Mardfeldts 4366 after 5:80 o'clock. | Will be the opponents of the Marye = lauders Sunday on the latter's gride, Sherman Athletic Clgb, averaging | iron, pounds, is casting about for a game to be played on Thanksgiving day. Get in touch with Manager Martin at Columbia 6268 between 6 and 7.30 o'clock. 11 RS Argyle Preps may have downed the champlon 135-pound Stantons, bdut they have yet to tackle the Southern Preps beforc they can claim the Franklin 4950. Southern pllot is snze in | 1ous to arrange « game with the Ape eir clubrooms at Georgetown. [ oan. "Z‘a"u:‘fir:‘:fl'&?&‘:m“ Mercury Athletie Club is hankering | asked to report tonight at 7 o'clock. for aotion Sunday at Union Park, The |at the Washington Barracks. 3 Winged-Foot gridmen hope to recelve So5ons B Ll ttfi)re; Aetna Athletic Club, undefeated tackle the Geoknicke and the | this season, is willing to tackle th Mohawks. Waverly Athlet 1b | Argyle Juniors, who rank with the may mect the Mercury team Sunday. | leading 120-pound contenders. If the, b | Argvle pilot is interested, he should With five wins out of six starts to | call Manager Moran at North 6379. tts credit, the Corinthlan Athletic | Club has =ued a challenge for me Sunday, as well as Thanksgiv- | ing day. Manager XNichols can be telephoned at Main 110 between ¢ | Geoknick gridmen have called a meeting tonight at 39 o'clock THRONG GREETS VILLA. MANILA, November 18.—A cheers ing throng of many thousands greets” | ca » Villa, flyweight boxing champion the world, when 1:.' landed here Ariington Junlors are anxious to ‘larendon Lyons, who now ) o et There’s no stopping ’em! T'S a clear field with nothing in front but the goal posts! Football or merchandising—it’s the same story— you can’t stop a man or a product that has the stuff to come through. Chesterfield is making gain after - Chestertield “ Copysight 1924, LiceTT & Myzrs Tosacco Ce. gain—like a swift, smashing drive to a touchdown. Everywhere smokers are changing from other cigarettes to Chesterfield. Why? For the best of all reasops— taste! That's what convinced smok- ers the country over. CIGARETTES Thoy Sl mition Such populari ot s