Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1898 — An Unsatisfactory Explanation. [ARTICLE]

An Unsatisfactory Explanation.

Biggs—l wonder why they call it a foot-ball game? Diggs—Why! -I suppose it’s because they kick the ball. Biggs—But there is just as much kicking done at a base-ball game.