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Show England's Oldest Bowling Green. Which is our oldest recreation? There are not wanting archeollglsts who profess to be able to trace references refer-ences to football and baseball on Egyptain moral tablets. However, when It comes to actual records, the fine old English game of bowls would appear to be as old as any. Southampton. Eng., has records showing that one of the local bowling greens was in existence in 1299. Many interesting customs are associated asso-ciated with the game on this historic green. Every summer a "fire jaok" competition is held, and an order of knighthood is conferred on the winner, win-ner, who kneels In the center of the green while the other players gather round him and the master touches him with a sword and dubs him "sir." |