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."
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(Continued en Tags Nine)
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