Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MR. FULP TAJLKS AT BANQUET Give? History of Football and Its Origin.?Toasts From Sponsors Mr. Fulp in speaking of football said: "The name American Rugby may sound strange to football players in the United States, but it is the correct name for their game. Football ic nlflvpd nrinciirallv in the British Empire and in the United States. It is a very ancient form of exercise and amusement. The Indians of North America and the aborigines of many of the Pacific Islands played a similar game, and it is not at all improbable that football, in some form, was known in the far-off days when all Europe was in barbarism. It has been accepted by some skeptical persons as the real reason for the saving of Capt. John Smith's life by Pocahontas, the young Indian maid mistaking the round head of the captain for a football lying on the block and being punted for a safety by Pocahontas. The Greeks seem to have taught it to the Romans and the latter, through their soldiers, to the Britons and other races of the north. In the British Isles football was played by w)>ole communities, who kicked the ball without clear design through the streets or over the meadows between the rival ' towns, in such rough fashion that the game was sometimes forbidden j by law. Only in the nineteenth century did it become an organized game, with fixed numbers on each side and definite methods of counting score. It was at the great English schools like Rugby, Harrow, and Eton that( football was first made practical. The boys' playground at Rugby is large' and there is plenty of room for run-j ning and tackling. At other schools even as late as 1850, the game wasj confined to kicking and bunting the ball. Thus two distinct types of foot-i ball have developed: Rugby, which permits running with the ball, and Association or Soccer, which pro-! hibits it. The former type includes' English, Canadian and American Rugby, three distinct styles of play, j The PTpat famp wa? nrrwKnhlv. brought to this country by early Vir-1 ginia colonists, and soon after 1830 j several of the eastern colonies began to play it. About 1840 interclass games were common at Amherst, Brown, Harvard and Yale. In 1869 these games became so rough that the faculties of Harvard and ] Yale prohibited football. At Prince- ;j ton a more orderly game was play- J ] ed, more on the style of Association' < ball, and in 1869 the first intercol-Jj legiate contest took place between j j Princeton and Rutgers. In 1871 foot-!i ball was revived at Harvard, with J < rules which permitted running withjj the ball, as in Rugby. On May 15,Jr 1874, McGill College of Montreal, e having challenged Harvard to a p match, met the Bostonians in the t first intercollegiate Rugby match v . played in America. McGill's players t were accustomed to the English rules of play while Harvard had made v slightly different rules. So on the C day preceding the game, the two d teams courteously coached each other in tactics. On the 1.5th a match c was played under Harvard rules, and p Harvard scored three times. The e next day, under McGill rules,- neith- \\ er side was able to score. Soon all C I of the big colleges in America c f, C THE ECHO c M Offers gifts that will prove g interesting every day in the year. Do not worry with sending subscrip! tions, come to -The Echo and let us help you make r up your club. We take ^ subscriptions for s The Ladies Home Journal " Pictorial Review, vc Saturday Evening Post, ? 8cribners and Century, ^ The Red Book, d Thp fimAplrar) T< 0 and countless others. p Gome select your maga- t] zine. We will do all the > writing. ci s THE ECHO, o !T n adopted the straight Rugby style of play, very much like the style used today, and football has grown in popularity ever since." | While only a few of the football players were notified beforehand that they would be expected to respond to toasts, before the splendid j evening wound up, nearly every | body at the table had said * something good about the team and particularly about the sponsors. The-sponsors responded in rhyme, when called on, and here are some samples of their originaj poetry: "Here's to a bunch of boys you have met * They have won you many a bpt, J ^ They have held on high the garnet and gold Winning victories, brave and'bold. We are proud of each of jtou The football team of '22. ?Rachel Minshall. "Here's to the Abbeville Hi' Here's to our reds and yellows You may look the old world far and ni' But you can't find better fellows* ?Judith Hill. "Here's to that glorious old team Who has fulfilled our dream, Of victories far and wide With a few defeats on the side. I am proud to sponsor a team so bold So here's to the' protectors of the garnet and gold." ?De^y Owen.' TViprp hnvp huen crr&n+ man its i"lom. son's line, But we've got them beat a block this time, I wish to call "your attention And of our coaches make big mention. They've been our hope, our pep, our all, They boosted us up when hope was small, So loudly forth lefs let if peal? Here's to George Cann, Hafner and Neil." \ -^-Grace Milford. j "Here's to the wind that blows and blows, Here's to boy that wears football clothes, v Here's to the girl who jumps for joy, When she touches the lips of a football boy." ?Jensie White. In. addition to the responses of the sponsors, Coaches Neil Swetenaurg, and A. R. Hafner, Joe Crawford, Claude Gamhrell, Tom Howie, Donald Harris, and others made , short talks for the good of the team md in honor of the sponsors. "All in ' ill, the affair was a delightful one, ?nd the boys feel that they can nev?r repay their sponsors for the enoyable evening. The moving elenent behind the scenes?the moth- , >rs?came in for a great share of iraise from the boys, who appreciate , he vast amount of hard work which , i'a6 necessary to make the banquet he fine affair it proved to be. "Crip," the high school janitor, ? ras chief butler, with Alexander, the Jreat, and Eureka McKellar as his ignified assistants. Block "A's", together with the ertificate, Were awarded to each 1 layer who had participated in three c ntire games. The l>bys who were so c icky as to get the blocks were: * llaude Gambrell, Donald Harris, Joe * Irawford, Bill Bowie, Frank Neuf- * er, Ray Swetenburg, Ashby Gal- 1 >way, Buster Howie, Hill Nickles. ^ ionnie Stames, Spencer May, and s ecil Tate. N * Block "A's" were also awarded to a Mary" Neuffer, mascot and to the ponsors. b BOYS SAVE LIFE v After sixty-Six hours of artificial ' espiratvn, Simon Shulin, 1G years f Id, of Brooklyn, who is at th? Or- ? [<opedic Hospital with paralysis usbained as the result of a broken " eck, regained normal breathing ? esterday, and is on the road to reovery, according to a statement is ued last night through the United , Ijospital Fund. The boy broke his neck when he ; ived into shallow water at Coney ?land lost summer and after appar- . ntly recovering was attacked by ,, aralysis in October and taken to ie hospital, whore several seriou? h perations were performed. Artifiial respiration was applied unti1 aturday night, when thirty bojv f f the various Y. M. C. A. branches ^ f the' city took up the task, work _ ig in rdays. Mechanical artificia1 tl aspiration devices failed to give t< 1 " WANTS CHRISTMAS GIFTS.?Seasonable and sensible gifts at Austin-Per rin Drag Store. 12, ltf. FOR SALE?Fine selected paper m shell pecans at 35 cents per pound. ~ 1 10 Ci-f Mrs. L). A. KOgers, JTUIIC X. ?H, uw. FOR RENT?Four room house on Richey street with lights and water. Apply to H. R. McAllister. Abbeville. 11, 29-tfc. J FOR RENT?Three unfurnished j connecting rooms. Apply to Miss Julia McAllister at Mrs. Cochran's I Z Store. 11, 27,tfc j j GIN NOTICE?The Southern Cot- [ ] ton Oil Co., and Dr. G. E. 'Cal- * | vert will gin every day. this 1 week. Saturday, December 16, . 1 will be the last ginning day for V this season. 12, ll-2t, col., I ? :?: [; LOST?Cord casing 34x4% auto ( tire, Friday night between Abbe- [ I ville and Calhoun Falls. Suitable j| ! reward if returned to John tarter, f 1 18 Brooks Street. 12, ll,2tpd. j 2 LOST or STRAYED?Small black 'Ij i horse mule, brown mouth. Last I going toward Cedar Spring. Find-, 1 er please notify S. E. Jones, K Hodges. 12, 112tpd. [ | WANTED^?To buy from two to J * twenty million feet, good *pine f timber, long or short leaf. Must S I be well situated, good grade and Of reasonable price. Advise location, j IK giVC atUUlAbC UCOWiiyMVUw ^ price and terms. Baptist & Go.ode; [ Boyaton, Va. t 12, 11. 7tpdJ.? ?i : ? |.i FARM FOR RENT?I have a good i} 1 4-hofse farm for rent for '1923. jj J Has two dwelling houses, one new i one, both equipped with the nec- | essary conveniences. Substantial!! ? outhouses, good wells and tht j11 land in a good state of cultivation.; | f See me at office of Abbevilte [ J Telephone Co. ?. W. Gregory. j[ 122, 7. 4trol. j ? THE MERCHANT OF VENICE jf! IE Will Be at Opera House January 9 jjl For Benefit of Schools ' l An excellent Shakespearian com- - J pany will present in the Abbeville . 1 Opera House on the eveping of ! 1 January 9th "The Merchant of ? Venice" in its entirety for the J i benefit of the City Schools. The J | company is on? of the best Shake- I j spearian companies on the road Mid L . is headed by Pierre Pelletier, who ? j was for many years associated with [ Julia Marlowe, Sothorn, Madam J Fisk and Mrs. Stuart Robson in J J presenting Shakespearian plays. J 1 Mr. Pellcjtier will take the part of f I, Shylock in "The Merchant of j f ] Venice," and is ably supported iby|| | motors bf unusual merit in produc-Jj J ng this most .popular of Shake- , - J ipeare's great dramas. 'i I It was for the primary .benefit to |Ofc he high school English classes hat Supt. Fulp and the other CUi cachers in the high school assumed Co juite a large guarantee to this bavo lompany to come to Abbevillei. In <Joul< act it i-3 the most expensive com- undei >any that has over given a per- ginia, brmance for the school, and is r0w, mqueationaMy the 'bedt of its j asyhr :inr?. Not a munil in the hich _ r-r- ? ^ -=- jre?.i chool can aff?rd to miss seeing his e; his presentation of the play wkjch j uorp .11 are required to study during. GoUi< heir school career. held The prices of admission etc., will | witho * announced later, and th? tickets! preve rill be put on sale in advance. amon ilf it should happen that the ne?Wj Th' chool auditorium is completed by news his date, the presentation* will be j these ,-iveci there instead of in the city j gover pera house. January 9 was the j perso, nly date available for the prosen-' -Gads< ation to be given hero this winter. J S. C., 1 j been Women of the United States >*ear 1,600,000 different styles Tofno* 0 hoes, William A. Durgin, chief of | '^<y he division of simplified practire ofj^a* ^ he Department of Commerce, de-!^f^101 lared here today bef}>re the annual P1 onvention of the Shippers Ware- ma<^ Morrc ousing and Distributing Associa- * ion. b* th' went I o r\/-I The old story of casting1 pearls be """ " ore swine has a parallel in feed- P1^s ig good corn to scrub hogs. I comTn &d ii tie boy relief and it was necessary Charl< 5 work his arms continually. in the i 9 111^ V. .X JUST Christmas Brinf - "What "What I "And Your perplexity h solution comes! child member of "Just the Ve But a^word of ca very thing!" Do you have your m: "Do your C? gan. We are goii what you want. ' ( pb i " - m? Taj Be Heir of Jay Gov hwn/bia, Dec. 7.?("Claiming !been adopted by the late . i, New York multi-milliona r the laws of the state of \ , friends -of Jay Gould '24 an inmate of the insj m in South Carolina tare lg to Governor Trinkl? to i fforts to establish the fact t aw is entitled to share in 1 fortunes and that he is be in the} asylum unlawfully i ut any cause other than nt him from b ?:ng inclu< tr thf? heirs." as reads a paragraph fr advices from Richmond e continue: "In a letter to ; nor (Trinkle) today from n who signs himself Paul len, a resident of Columl , it is stated that Morrow 1 kept in confinement for 1 eighteen y^ars and that he ,f ?ri<LnrtinH mm/1." pernor Harvey stated toe be had recently made inve: 1 of this case at the state h and that a report on it is to public at an early date. J >w was questioned thorougl e governor and others, w with him to the, state hospi/t t is understood the state h i handling of the case v ended. Mr. Gadsden, mentic i the Richmond advices, i.? ?stonian and a former patic hospital here*. Ufis for > WO W nid I N 11 i a~3\T / ' / THE VERY TH * * i its Happiness Ands ylts : shall I give Mother?" shall it be for Sister?" I must not forget little Sister and as become our problem?see how Irresistible suggestions for every the family give you a wealth of r Ty Thing!" You'll say it. Wek: ution.?Thousands of others will n't let titadays slip by and with ind and heart set upon. ' Do your Christmas Shopping "I more than early and you as well i tunate as to be the recipients of be thankful you did. iristmas shopping now"?is a goo 1 g to look forward to helping you :OME TO SEE US NOW. IILSON IZIiifilliiJSUiSIEraiHIEIZfgiEIZiiJZIilfiU' ld The 1921 Yearbook of .the U. S. represent *? Department ^'of Agrlwdture teould, Even c if printed privately sell for not less see ! 1.1 A#* AA .1 A. * 1 X ?A A tnan *3.uv, 'dux iaraiers can g^er, k mg or cc /jp. . 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