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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

SPORT IN THE MIDDLE AGES.

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FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1928.

LOCAL BASEBALL.

ST. JOSEPH'S TEAM FOR TO-MORROW,

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II. Young ....C.

H.A. Alves or A.M. Omar....P.

C. Periera...1st

Y. Hamanaka....2nd. D. Bautista....S.S.

B. Gosano....3rd.

F. Barros....l.f

Barros

LORD CRAVEN;

A. A. DESCRIBED AS A PUBLIC MENACE.

HAS SIX CHILDREN.

AND KEEPS THEM ALL WELL WITH BABY'S OWN TABLETS.

Concerning them Mrs. John A. Patterson, of Scotch Village, Nova Scotia, says: "I have six children, and all the medicine they ever get is Baby's Own Tablets. I would uso nothing else for them and can strongly recommend the Tablets.to all other mothers."

DRIVING LICENCE SUSPEND-

ED FOR TWO ' YEARS. MAYOR'S COMMENT IN CASE

No other medicine is of such ald ORIGINS OF POPULAR GAMES.

`OF DANGEROUS DRIVING. The Earl of Craven was charged

lo mothers of young children na in The following will represent St. The following extracts are taken

In a caso at Henley Pollee Court Baby's Own Tablets. The Tablets from a paper which, was road re-Joseph's in their gama with the at Barnstaple recently with driv

the Mayor of Henley, who was on are the very best medicine a cently on Amusements of Eng-Chinese Athletic to-morrow at 2jing a motor-car to the danger of

the public on May 23 at Froming the Bench, said that, in view of ovi mother can give her little ones land in the Middle Ages," and may

ton, He denied the offence.

Police evidence showed that dence, he considered the Automobile during the dreaded toothing time, be of some interest to our readers! The ball has over been'a means

Lord Craven just missed a man on Association "no longer a public because they regulate the stomach rather. a public and bowels and thus drive out con- a ladder, but the car almost im-service, but

stipation and indigestion; prevont of providing amusement. It must

mediately went across. the road, menace." have been man's earliest play.

An A. A. patrol said that he at-colis and diarrhoea, and break up- struck, the village war memorial, thing. Of the many various

and crashed into the wall of Fremtended on subpoena na it was colds and simple fovers. games played with the ball in the Middle Agos nearly all have

A.M, Onar or H.A. Alves,...c.f.ington House grounds. It then against the regulations for him to shot across the road and came to give evidence against a member. counterpart today.

A.M. Xavier....r.f.

H. a standstill ngoinat a cottage into The Mayor asked whether the Substitutes:-H.. In the first place there is hand-

the doorway of which a woman, motorist would have, been reported ball, which the London school boys Riberio, and II. Britto,

trying to avoid the car, was at-if he had been a non-member, and used to play annually in the fields

tempting to pull a perambulator in the answer was "Most certainly," upon Shrove Tuesday immediately

the the oal of their antayonists, which which was a child. The woman re- As the motorist was a member he In France after dinner.

leg injuries

the was not reported.

According to the evidence the game was known as feu de paune as being achieved the game is wonceived

When the exercise becomes perambulator was smashed. Tho

was unhurt. There were motorist Ignored the signal of the it originally conslated in receiving..

patrol who was on point duty and a the ball and driving it back again exceedingly violent the players child with the palm of the hand. At kick each others shins without the skid marks for 375£t.

Witnesses estimated the speed collision nearly resulted. There was a fine of £2 for dangerous firat it was played with the naked least ceremony and some of them! hand, then with a glove and after are overthrown at the hazard of at 35 to 40 miles an hour,

"Lord Craven said that the sole driving.

A member of the staff of the warda with cords and tendens tied their limbs."

explanation was his artificial leg "For Barbarians." round the playera' hands so as to

It would appear that football and the fact that he was in a Automobile Association, when in- make the ball rebound more forcibly. This is how the tannie was regarded as a game fit for strange car. Ilis artificial leg got formed of the Mayor's criticism, and given as a result of misunder- racquet derived its origin, and barbarians and not for law-abiding in the way and he put his foot on expressed the opinion that the ques

the brake. hand-hall is the forerunner of citizens to judge from this extract tho accelerator pedal instead of on tions and the answers wore asked tennis, which became so popular from a poem of 1508: . in England in the 15th Century

As when a sort of lusty shepherds

try and by the 16th Century covered tennis courts had become quite common in England.

Popular With Monarchs. Both Henry VII, and Henry VIII, were very fond of tennis and. In tho register of the former's expen dilure the following entry is in-or teresting:

at

Item, for the King's loss tennis 12 pence; for the loss of balls there, 3 penco."

The tennis which these monarchs played, though the forerunner of modern tennis, was not at all like tennis as we play it. Then it was

BADLY BATTERED.

Tom Heeney, the New Zen- land chaliengor for the world's heavyweight tille, who was badly battered in his contest will Gene Tunney. The re- feree intervened in the

cleventh round.

always played within doors and not only did one have to get the ball over a net, but one also had to make it hit a wall at the back of the court. People still play this game in the tennis court at Hamplon Court, but it is a game which more resembles Racquets than modern tennis.

How Cricket Developed, Stool-Ball and Club-Ball have given us cricket. The former was rather a mild game and was played by boys and girls, only occasional- ly by their mothers and fathers. The game consisted of setting a stool upon the ground and one of the players took his pinco in front of it, his opponent tossed ball from a distanco with the in- tention of striking the stool, whilst It was the business of the former to prevent it hitting the stool by beating it away with his hand "reckoning one to the game for every atroke of the ball". If the stool were hit the two players changed places.

Club-ball was much the same, but was played with a straight bat Instead of the hand. There was no wicket and the bateman himself threw up the ball. for himself to hit, but there were fielders who might catch him out,

Football

A type of football had been known in England ever since thei Conquest and it was very popular with "the common people of England" but it is only within recent years that it has evor gain- ed any hold an all classes of society. The game is first mone tioned by name in an edict of Edward III which prohibited foot-: ball becausa. it interfered with the practise of archery. The game, as it was. played, is thus described by Strutt:

"When a match at football je made, two partios, each contain- ing an equal number of compatl- tora take the field and stand be tween two goals (2 or 3 feet wide) placed at a distance of 80 to 100 yards; the ball, which is common- ly made of a blown bladder onças- ed with leather, is delivered in the midst of the ground and the object of each party is to drive it through

Their forco at football; caro of

victory Makes them saluto so rudely breast

to breast:

That their encounter seems too

rough for jest

from Sir Thomas Elyot's view of the game, which, he doclares to be "nothing but benstely fure and extreme violence."

Hurling was a game somewhat! similar to Rugby football and was played in two different ways. The first method was like the football of the Middle Ages, except that the ball was hurled from player to player and the player who caught the ball and performed the difficulti task (for he was surrounded by eager opponents) of carrying it through his ailversaries goal, won' the game. The other method of playing was for two or three, or more parishes to hurl against two or three other parishes. The goals were either the houses of two gentlemen who were partaking in the game or sonic towns villages thred or, four miles as- under. There was no rale about) the number on each side and as many parishlonora,as possible took part for their particular parish and the parish won who carried the ball to their opponent's goal.

Start of Golf.

or

Golf originates from one of the most ancient of games played with club and ball and it is very similar to a rustic pastime of the Romans called "Paganiea," which was played with a ball of jeather' stuffed with feathers the samo type of ball which was used for! golf as late as the 18th Century.

and

The Bench said they appreciated standing, confusion arising as to Lord Craven's disability and the reporting to the police or to the As- fact that he received it through war Hociation.

"Our regulations contain this in- 4 previous servicer There was conviction in the same court, and struction to patrols," he said:-

Cravan WAR fined £10 Lord and his licence was suspended for two years.

GENE TUNNEY.

. The smiling champion, who -knocked out Tom Heeney in last night's fight for the world's heavyweight title.

A

Communist congress

in

"To report to the Association all cases of rockless and incon- siderate driving, particularly when passing frequented thoroughfards, daugerous points or other traffic, and to render the police all reason- able assistance in this direction."

Members not Favoured.

"In this case," he said, "the patrol did report the matter to us according to his instructions and ho also assisted the police when asked to do 80,

"We should not like the public to think that our men are blassed In favour of our members. In all cases where reports are made to us by patrols we write to the driver concerned, whether he is a member or not, pointing out to him the danger of whatever fault he has made.

"To suggest that we favour our members In this respect is quite inaccurate, for I can remember ensen in which we have had reports of inconsiderate or reckless driving on the part of a member, 'have isaned a warning, received another report regarding the same driver and then expelled him from the As soclntion.

"Our patrols direct traffic for the benefit of motorists, membera and non-menibers," he added, "and ary- one ignoring their signals in be having very foolishly and asking for a collision. The men are not! policemen, however, and can only report to us. It is not part of their duties to take the matter up with the police, but merely to help the

needed." police if their help

Three girls werù slightly injured

In Edward III's reign the game was called "Cambuca" and it was popularly known as bandy-ball

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