Show PUSHBALL PUSI BALL GAME FINDS MUCH FAVOR FAVORIN IN ENGLAND Yankee Invention Which Never Found Favor Herer Here r Seems to Have Caught on Abroad A game that Is 18 rapidly rapilly growing In popularity on the th other side Ide of ot the Atlantic At At- lantic la 18 pushball Although the game wo wa Invented In and d developed In America In Sn IS lS S It H failed tailed to catch the fancy of ot Americans In Europe however the game is regarded ns Of an excellent one to develop mu muscle cle and one that furnishes unlimited to both ti the conte contestants and spectators At first Ot glance pu pushball requires neither fleet I proficiency shrewdness nor In fact skill of ot any kind The only requisite for tor a 1 star tar player would seem It m t to be ie w weight brute force Corce and endurance The ball used I Is something some pomo- thing thin like an ordinary football but Instead of or being small mall and easily handled It Jt has a a. diameter of oC from six to eight feet and weighs about 1 io pounds Apparently r the object great obJect Is la the attacking party pany from getting too much f pace on the ball for tor when so large a sphere Is In rapid motion It Is extremely ditT tit to stop fc not Infrequently happens happen that when hen two to sides s of ot almost equal strength are oro pushing the tM ball Is forced up In the air all between the tho contending parties It t generally d descends on some flome unfortunate player with enough force to make him think that hilt ne M be I is I In a pretty prett h house tough uee sort of ot a game When the ball geU moving cr very rapidly In on one direction j direction pushed by all the players of one ole side It Is likely to bowl over oyer the opposition as though they were r A championship contest recently took place at Leeds England between teams representing England and America As might be expected the Yankees 1 the most mot push pugh and b 11 t displayed won by a score of oC to toc 4 The teams were com com- rt d of ot eight men each och side having a center two Juar guards 5 two forwards or tackles two ends and a back The backs gave the signals which were cUr call the same as In the American Rugby game Ram and acted as captains There Ther were six Innings consisting of oC five minutes each of actual play The contest was held on a 11 gridiron on lO feet long by leo feet teet wide marked off with The ball was always In play except when It went over the sidelines side sidelines lines Jines or a goal o l similar to a touchdown was made |