The Archive · 1911

Pro and Con

There aroon the other hand many advantages that would sccroe to the introducer of such a team to a public that is ever ready to welcome a novelty, and not the least of these would be his immanity from strikes and the necessity for observing the onerous conditions exacted by the professional footballer. With no maximum wage of a week to pay, with no Workmen's Corapensation Act staring one in the face, and with no occasion to soothe the wounded pride of a disappointed centre forward who had mitsed a with his shot for goal, the managerial task would be considerably lightened. Woe betide the unfortunate wight, however, if his team suddenly decided permits of " tackling. for in that event the bills be would receive from the beman victims of his strenuous eleven for alterations and repairs undergone by them would undoubtedly make very considerable inroads upon the profits that would otberwise accrue, Saving in music halls and similar pisces of entertainment however, where highly trained dogs perform, the anime! who ventures on a football career does 80 at the peril of his life, There are, of course, isolated exceptions to this rule, as for instance when a bull, highly incensed at the appearance of some players who bad bedecked themselves in colours rivalling in bue the brilliant vermilion of the Notts Foresters' shirts, decided to take a part in proceedings and with an utter disregard for that portion of Role nine that states that although charging is permissible it must not be showed such activity that in the briefest possible time he totally monopolized the game. the players themselves becoming mere spectators and not in a figurative sense In no instance in the whol course of 5,300 matches played in league (Div. 1) football dnriog the past the opposition more completely put the home team to rout jan when the bull la question put in its appearance and la none had the referee less control over the players who without ing for marching order, softly and silently vanished over the nearest fence,

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