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FOOTBALL in the Good
Old Days
LASTED A GOOD DEAL MORE THAN NINETY MINUTES
WOMEN HAD A SHARE IN THE FUN
" and
'Oh, very wall," Bays little Michel.
Many English, Scottish Welsh towns played football as their traditional Shrovetide game;
At Scarborough. and this, originating in some places over 900 years ago, survived in Noteworthy was the Scarborough several districts until nearly the game. Women, children and men, end of the 19th century. A few all wearing party colours, all arm-
Ala ed
with sticks, repaired to the wick, play their historic game-15sands below the old town. There men to a side-to this day.
they engaged in a football-cum- hockey affair, in which one party tried to get the ball into the soa while the other tried to keep it out.
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Medieval schoolboys observed the custom. Fitzstephen, clerk to St. Thomas a Becket, writes pleasantly of the London scholar's Shrovetide, when the scholars of every sebou. had a ball and went out after din aer to the fields to play. The an. cient and wealthy men of the city" came to see the game, delighting in The boys' agility.
the
DEATH OF DR. HODGKIN
FORMER SECRETARY OF THE N.C.C. OF CHINA
(Special Air-Mall Service)
London, Mar. 27.-The death has occurred, at the age of 8, of Di Henry Theodore Hodgkin, M. A., M. B. (Cantab.), Secretary of the National Christian Council of China from 1992 to 199
Dr. Hodgkin, who was born at 1 Darlington, went to Chengtu, West China, as a medical missionary 1905. Actually, however, he was pioneer secretary with Mr. Roy R. Chengtu. After spending five years Service at the Y. AL C. A., at there, he returned to England and took up a position as secretary of the Friends Foreign Mission Asso- ciation, which he held from 1910 to 1920,
Dr. Hodgkin was the author of ing Issues in China," "The Mis- many publications, including Liv sionary
Spirit," "Mission and Message of Quakerism,"
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TO-DAY'S WIRELESS
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PROGRAMME
BROADCAST BY Z.B.W. ON 355 METRES
to 11.30 a.m.-Stock and ex- otange quotations, weather re- part, eto,
11.30 am.-Chinese recorded pro-
gramme.
12.30 p.m.-European programme of Victor and H.M.V. records from Z.B.W's, Library. p.m.-Local time and weather
report.
1.30 pm.-Rugby Press news, selected London and New York stock quotations, etc. A relay of the Rotary Club tifin speech- from the Gloucester Building Restaurant-Mr. O Champkin "Government Offices and
on
Things,"
2 p.m.-Close down.
4 to 5 p.m.-Chinese recorded pro-
gramme.
3 to 6 pm—A relay of the Band;
of the 1st Batta. South Wales Borderers, conducted by Bard- master J. L. Geeks, from the Military Hospital, Bowen Road, by kind permission of the Off- cer Cominanding.
China's Tallest Missionary. Dr. Hodgkin entered upon his work as a secretary of the Nation al Christian Council of China im- inediately after the National Con- time the N. C. C. took vention in May, 1939, at which 6 to 7 p.m.-Chinese recorded pro- work formerly carried on by the 7 to 10.30 p.m.-European pro- China Continuation Committee,
gran me. During the years he was with the to 722 p.u-
over the
Observe that women played at Scarborough: women's football is not altogether a modern innovation. Chester girls played Shrove foot hall outside the Popper Gate, while Cumberland's Game,
the Mayor and Sheriffs watched Seven centuries Inter Cumber the youths play within the Walle land boys still had their Shrovetid: Women of Bury St. Edmunda pick football. Some schools evened sides at Shrovetide for trap, C... he travelled extensively
barreri out "
in China and be brought, as à nister on bat ani "ball," less energetic than "Fasten's Eve"; when he capitu football, but involving plenty of enbor of the Friends' Society, a inted, the boys demanded, as Fitzs running. In a Midlothian parishnese church. He held retreats for distinctive contribution to the Chi tephen's young friends might have the Shrovetide match was "women done, a cockfight in the morning, girls "-and the fiatrons always then football. A strenuous" match; "pr this was, too. The ball was thrown off in the churchyard, the goals were the rospective
A similar game. peculiar captain's houses, and the game was played Scone in Perthshire, was played by over two or three miles of country.all available bachelors against the Benedicks of the parish. From 2 More strenuous still were the 'clock until 6, the married men games played in other towns, where tried to get the ball three times shopkeepers and residents generally into a bold on the moor. The un- found it advisable to barricade married men endeavoured to drop doors and windows on this day. it there times into the river. If Derby, Dorking. Bushey, Epsom,
neither side won by 0 o'clock, the Kingston, Teddington and Twicken-all cut in two and a half given to
am, all played famous football,
each. that of Derby being especially liated.
No wonder it was noted; in some years the players numbered 1,000, The contest was between St. Peter's
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was waged through the streets, St. Peter's men trying to shoot the ball into a brook that flowed into the Derwent, while the All Saints'
party strove to carry it westward.
Church bells rong for the throw off in the market-place, church bells of the winning parish greeted the victors in
the evening. Local rhymes commemorated the game, ton;
When will the ball come?" Rings the bells of St. Alkimund, "At two they will throw," Says St. Wereix (Werburgh).
In Scotland.
to
Some authorities ser in this raditional football "the last ves- tiges of immemorially ancient ball ceremonies, symbolising or welcom- in the spring aus. Others hold that in certain places where the game was between rival parishes such game was the metamorphosed survival of tribal forays.
Possibly these prehistoric doings
have influenced ancient ball games.
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Yet, regarding the Shrovetide sports, as apparently even in early medieval time, football was favourite pastime, it may be that these traditional games, like the Continental carnival,
the ebullition of energetic youth on the holiday preceding the austere medieval Lent.
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spiritual fellowships with many groups of Christians and endeared himself to everyone through the friendliness of his own nature and the depth of his religious ex- perience.
An excellent speaker, deccused was one of the leading inissionaries in China. He had a riost attrac tive personality which won for him.
host of friends in Shanghai and other parts of China. It is be lieved that he was the tallest mie- ionary in China.
At the time of his death, Dr. Hodgkin was principal of Pendle Hill, a graduate school of religion founded two years ago at Walling- ford. Peunsylvania, fer resident students.
UNEMPLOYMENT IN
SINGAPORE
FUNDS BARELY SUFFICIENT FOR ONE MONTH'S RELIEF
Singapore, March 25.-The funds of the European Unemployment Fund have fallen so low that the balance they now have in hand is barely sufficient to meet .one month's demands for relief. This statement was contained in a lot- ter which Mr. John Bagnali read fnet. The to the members of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce at their annual meeting, in the Exchange Room.
Mr. Bagnall said he had been asked to make an appeal to the members on behalf of the Fund. The letter he read was addressen) directly to European firms and business houses, who were asked to lend their support to the Fund to enable them to carry on the work of relief for the unemployed Euro peans:
gramme.
Band Selections from Opera.
Tannhauser "March (Wagner) -Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards.
Il Trovatore "-Selection (Ver. di).-Creatore's Band, ... "Tales of Hoffmai"-Selection (Offenbach).-Band of H.M. Coldstream Guarda,
7.22 to 7.30 p.m.-Closing local stock quotations, selected Lon- don and New York stock quota- tions, etc.
7.30 to 3 p.m.-
Selections by De Groot and His Orchestra,
ק:
"Waldteufel Memories" (arr.
Finck). Selections Iran La Boheme"
(Puccini).
"Fantasia" on Scottish Aira"!
(arr. Mulder),
"Autumn (Chaminade). "Traume" (Wagner). SP
5 p.m.-Local time and weather
report.
9.08 to 9 p.m.-
"L
Musical Comedy Selections.
"Monsieur Bemcaire"— Selec. tion (Rosse, arr. Bucalossi).— "New Light Symphony Orches
tra.
Blue Roses "Selection (Ellis). "Folly to be WiseSelection.-
New Mayfair Orchestra. Merry Widow "-Selection" (Le har)-Marek Weber and His Orchestra, "Dolar
Princess" Medley
(Fall). Nat Shilkret and His Orchestra
Princess Ida "-Sélection (Sul- livan). New Light Symphony Orchestra,
"Lilac Time "-Selection (Schu
bert, art, Clutsam).-New May! fair Orchestra.
"The Gypsy Princess "Belec! tion (Kalman)-De Groot and the Now Victoria Orchestra.
At present this relief amounted 9 to 9.35 p.m.-
to about $20 per head and amount
ed to a total of $8,000 per month. The present, funds were barely suf ficient to enable relief to be given for one month more.
Previously the European commu nity had made their contributions to the Fund through their clubs,. but they were now being asked to make a special direct effort to keep the Fund going.-Singapore Free -Press
The Gangsters' Latest,
in
Chicago drink racketeers, search of alternative employment when Prohibition passes, are turn- ing their attention to what is known as" the trade union racket."
The technique is simple, and de pends on the fact that most of the effective American unions are local in character.
The gangsters approach the exist ing union officials and take one of three courses: (1) they buy out the fficials, (2) they onrol them in the gang, or (3) if the officials prove completely recalcitrant, the gang-t sters "bump them off."
in
The initial acquiescence of the employers is secured by arranging a small preliminary reduction wages. Any opponent is drastically dealt with.
Once the system is established, the gangsters take a double "rake
off."
The first is a payment from each member of the union. This is parti- cularly easy to collat now when -jobs-and-un-donroer
A Concert.
Orchestral Carissima" (Elgar). Orchestral" Salut D'Amour
(gar)-New Symphony Or thestra conducted by. Sir Ed ward Elgar, O.M., K.U.V.O. Song By the Waters of Minne-
tonka" (Lieurance). Song- The Lass with the Deli. cate Air (Arne).~Mavis Ben- Bett (Soprano).
Piano Solo"Pierrette" (Cha-
minade).
Piano Sulo" Dense Creole'
(Craminade).—Una Bourne. Song The Devout Lover'
(White).
Song" Joggin' Along the High- way" (Samuel).-Percy Hem- ing (Baritone).
the
Violin. Solo-" Dance of Mationette" (Winternitz). Violin Solo-" Polichinetto " Ser enade) (Kreisler).-Fritz Kreis- ter;
9,35 to 10 p.m.--
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor " ("Unfinished") (Schubert);-- Philadelphia Symphony Orches- tra conducted by Leopold Sto kowski. 2nd Movement Andante 1st Movenient-Allegro moderato,
moto.
10 to 10.30 pm,
From the Studio,
Con
An Instrumental Concert by Pro- fessor - Baron Anatol VicEng -haff-Scherl(Planto" and "Olavi cembalo), Remja Waschitz (Violin) and Professor Wolf- gang Schneider (Violoncello), delivered, or per article manufac- 10.30 p.m.-Rugby mid-day Press tured.
The second profit is collected from the employers by the imposition of a toll per man employed, per local.
Chicago police calculate that 10,35 p.m. Close down.
more than 140 local unions are al-All recorda in the above Faro ready under the direct control of pean evening programme are from the gangs.
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