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Show OLD FASHIONED SPORT IS LIKED BY KIDS NF.W YORK. Sept. 10 (By "'' "Rack to the old-fashioned sports bids fair to become tha moat popular alogan among tha klddlea thla year. First It waa marble ahootlng championships, cham-pionships, then came the announcement announce-ment that Jeraey City girls are getting ready to challenge all comera at aged Kama of manipulating a handful of larks and a three-cent model rubber ball. Now we have U-year-old "lf-ford "lf-ford Ft. Hill of Woodhavan. N. T.. with the gold medal he won a few dnye ago from 1 other boys of tha Boy Bcout campa on Kanohwanka Iakea by outwheexing them on a tin harmonica. The Jeraey playground dlreetore are credited with Initiating tha Jacka and marble contests. Not long sgo they i put "Buster" Kech down on tha blue rlhhon Hat by making him known all over the country aa "marble ahootlng ahoot-lng champion." They now have 000 girls ready to enter the competition to select the New Jersey stats champion, who. when they are matched against tha best from other parts of tha coun- trTha tournament now starting will Inst two weeks and will ba open to all girls under fifteen. "Girls are forgetting tha otd-raen-loned games," Park Commissioner Moors declsred In announcing the Jack contest. "You see them In the city Elaygronnds playing haaeball and baa-etball baa-etball Juat Ilka the boya. The marble conteat got our lade to realise that the food old gama of mlagles wss pretty Ina after all. and they are playing marbles a great deal now. Jacks ars for girls what marbles are for boys. Tha gama la wholeeome and Invigorating Invigorat-ing and I believe will rival In Interest tha matchea we put on for tha boys. |