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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1925)
THE DAILY NEBRASKA N Study Shows Football Held Sway Twenty-Five Centuries EDITOR'S NOTE This history of football was rIv en as a part of the broadcasting program of the University Studio November 18. It was written and delivered by J. W. Searaon, of the extension department According to Park H. Davis, form er Princeton star and member of the national football rules committee, football was plaj-ed at Sparta, in Greece over 2,600 years ago. The game, as then played, was called in Greek 'barpastonn meaning to hurl forward. It was played on a feet angular field with goal lines, similar to our present-day gridiron. The ball was rut in play by a long for ward pass from a player at the center of the field. Any number of play ers could take part just so the aides bad equal numbers of players. The , players could kick, pass, or carry the bH The opponents could block, tackle, trip or hold. The g-wie usually resolved itself into a ro i and tumble scrimmage. When the Romans conquered Greece, they adopted the Spartan form of football as a sport to make their soldiers bold and hardy. This game was carried into England by the invading Roman armies, where it was adopted by Britons and Gaels, and where it has flourished for almost tweny centuries. EnclUh Called Ball "PtrtkiatM In England, the first footballs were made from pig'a bladders. The ball was oval in shape and called a "pig skin," a name still clinging to our present day manufactured product. In the poems of Alexander Barclay written four hundred years ago, there is a football poem in which all lovers of the game will be interested. It read: "And now in winter when men kill the fat swine. They pet the bladder and blow It great and thine, With many beans and pe814 Put therein, It rattled, soundeth and slimeth, cleere and fayre, While it is thrown and caste up in the ayre; Each one contendeth and bath a great delight With foote and with bande the blad der for to smite; And if they fall to the ground they leap up again, And this way to labor they count it no payne," Shakespeare, Chaucer, Isaak Wal ton, Sir Walter Raleigh and many other noted English writers have giv en us many clever allusions to this sport, for many decades favorite in "Morris England". In the quaint old days of football, one town would challenge another which was often miles away. Every citiien was expected to play. The ball was put into piay at a mid-way point between the two cities, and the fierce contest would continue often a whole day or until either side landed the ball in the market-plate of its opponents. WhoU ParUW JoiaeJ in Sport Similarly, whole parishes joined in the sport and the victors were those who could finally drive the ball against the side of their opponent's church. Often, ferocious contests were waged between tho Scots and the English along the border. In the fa mous contest in 1915, at Caterhaugh, the Earl of Horn led the Men of Yar row against the Men of Ettrick, who were captained by their Sheriff, Sir Walter Scott who was an ardent lov er of the game. Football captain, Sir Walter Scott summoned bis men to the contest in the following rhyme: From the brown crest of Newark its summons extending, Our signal is waving in smoke and in flame. And each forester blithe from bis We believe that the dress that shows taste and sentiment is elevating to the home-, and is owe of the most femi nine means of beautifying the world." ar.. 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