Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1919 — FOOTBALL SHOE HAS HINGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOOTBALL SHOE HAS HINGES

Ankle Support Devised by Chicago ‘ Firm Minimizes Chances of Misstep by Half-Back. , At the quarter-back’s signal for a run around right end, the half-back sets his into the earth and waits for the; ball to be But a husky guard on the Opposing team breaks through, the quarter fumbles and there is a. wild scramble. The half-back swings in his tracks and dives into the middle of the struggling players. A moment later the referee’s whistle sounds, the human omelet is unscrambled, and the halfback emerges with the ball. A misstep in making the lightninglike change of direction might have

put the half-back out of the game. It is to minimize such mischance thata Chicago firm has turned out a football shoe With double-hinged* ankle support. The shoe combines flexibility with perfect ankle support. —ropular Science Monthly.

Hinges Give It a Freedom of Movement Impossible In a Rigid Shoe.