Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1910 — THOUGHT ONLY OF THE GAME [ARTICLE]

THOUGHT ONLY OF THE GAME

Filial Affection Loot Sight Of by the Small but Enthusiastic Lover Football. Among the spectators at a match between the Blackburn Rovers end the Olympic was a little lad about nine years of age. Though the boy’s knowledge of the game may hnvg been limited, his notion of correct Play was extremely robust "Go It, ’Lympic,” he yelled. "Rush ’em off their pins. Clatter ’em. Jump on their chests. Bowl ’em over. Good for yer. • Mow ’em down. Scatter ’em, ’Lympic.” When his parent neatly “grassed" one of the opposing forwards, the youngster expressed approval by bawling, “Good fer yer, owd ’en,” adding proudly to the spectators, "Feyther ’ad ’lm sweet’’ “Yes,’’ said a hearer, “but he’ll get killed before the game’s finished.” “I don’t care a' carrot if he does," said the boy.—London Tit-Bits.