| Show AMERICAN FOOTBALL it Is a game well S suited tied to raying baying off OB old gr grudges udger it is admitted on all sides that played under the most favorable circumstances and by men who would consider a loss of temper almost equivalent to a loss of honor football under rugby union rules is a reasonably dangerous same game played as it is in america says the saturday review it seems admirably adapted for paying off old grudges and proving conclusively that good humored pluck and skill are no match for savage brutality yand and irrelevant violence to an aspirant for honors in the american football team we would say I 1 my son I 1 learn leam boxing learn football also if ii possible but first learn the art 0 of f self defense M moreover 0 r e 0 ver the pernicious practices are not e exercised x e raised secretly except with regard to the umpire but are tacitly recognized zed as a part and parcel of th the game true if a mau man is caught fighting he may be ruled out of the match ma it is made a logical outcome oft of this h is 1 law w that six or eight reserve men are always ready equipped to talce take the places of any detected bruisers the thinking man can and does easily improve the occasion if h he e feels exhausted as the short winter af afternoon t ernson is drawing in he can witch watch until he catches the umpires eye 1 slug l U 10 a a diminutive opponent and have his place occupied by one seven times mo more r e wicked than himself or being but a player of medium ability he can yet provoke to a merry bout of fisticuffs fisticuff 3 one whose ability in the game is greater and may thus arii bring ng about the retirement ti of both sacrificing his own pawn self for the opponent knight the american asserts that his game is more scientific which from a certain point poin of view is self evident |
