Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel], November 29, 1908, Image 39

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LOS ANGELES
Letters to Aunt Laurie From Nephews and Nieces
BOYS PREFER SIMPLE GAME
Regular Rules Require Much Training
and Uniform Size
(First Prize)
Dear Aunt Laurie:
IDO not thoroughly understand the
game of football, although I
havo seen big games played and
have played a little at our school. The
game is rough and the boys are of such
unequal size we do not play exactly
according to rule. But we can find
more enjoyment in choosing up sides
and trying to keep the ball away from
each other by kicking and throwing it
to'the ones on our side. I don't care
much for football myself on account of
its being so rough. Still'lf I under
stood it better 1 have no doubt that
I would like it better. For when I
have been at a good game and some
one makes a good play I get more in
terested in it and make inquiries con
cerning the game. Now that I have
stated why I dislike football I feel
that it is just as important to men
tion why I like to play football. Of
course there are different ways of
playing this game. This is the real
way in which regular teams play and
the way the boys make up to suit
themselves. I like the way we play
at our school, because I naturally find
enjoyment in trying to kick the ball
as high as I can and still keep it
away from the other boys. I also think
it is good exercise for boys, especially
when they are going to school and
have little or no other exercise.
EARL W. MAGEE,
Inglewood, Cal.
BASKETBALL PLAYER
DESCRIBES LINEUP
(Honorable Mention)
My Dear Aunt Laurie: 7-,- «*-'.->.
I am going to tell you about the
basketball at our school here ln Ingle
wood. It Ib very interesting .even to
just watch the .'game.
I have played basketball several
times, but have always been a center.
Perhaps you do' not know what I mean
by a center, ao I will tell you how It
is played. You may not understand It,
but I will do imy best. .:,
. There are two sides with the same
number of persons on each side. At
each end of the court there is a pole on
which a basket is attached. At each
pole two players should stand to throw
the ball Into the basket. Those at
one end would be for that side and
those on the other side; would be for
that side. They are called forwards.
On each side are two guards. They are
stationed on the opposite side from
their team so they can guard the ball
and throw it to their sido when they
get It.
In the middle of the court are the
centers, one for each side. There is a
captain, who has a whistle which he
blows to tell when it ls a foul ball.
The captain holds the ball and throws
it up in the center of a ring, which
is made in the middle of the court.
Each center (there are two) stands on
the edge of this ring facing his own
team. When the ball Is thrown up the
centers try to hit it and knock it to
their side. When the ball is thrown
into the basket it counts two points for
the side which got it in. ■-*'* ■-•.".* •■•-;
I hope you will be pleased with my
letter. , C; EDNA SPAULDING.
Ipglewood school. Age 13 years.
A SUBSTITUTE WRITES
, OF her CLASS GAMES
(Honorable Mention)
We have Just had a basketball team
established in our school. • The boys
and girls of the seventh and eighth
grades and also a few of the sixth have
bought a basketball together. The boys
can play much better than the girls,
but they have had much more practice.
Wa. girls intend to practice hard and
beat the boys in a few months.
I am to be substitute for the eighth
grade girls.
I admire The Herald Junior very
much and like to read the letters and
unfinished stories. I will try to take
part In some of the contests next time
if I find my letter in print in The
Herald Junior next time.
■*'': VERNA NELSON.
Grade A 6, Oxnard City schools, Ox
nard. '■!___ ______." 7f
AMBITIOUS BOY EAGER
FOR GRIDIRON FAME
i.' -' . (Honorable Mention)
Aunt Laurie: •» ".v.^"*' :
Basketball ls a nice game for girls
to play, and ln playing basketball the
Washington Street school is "it." . Our
team is the best in the city. We win
everything at all times. We never lose,
for I guess we never learned how, for
in playing basketball the Washington
Herald Junior
Supplement to Los Angelea Sunday Herald
LUNCH with FATHER
When father says to mother,
"I'll take the boy to lunch;"
I have to give my brother
A celebration punch.
It makes me feel so happy,
I could chop a cord of wood;
. For I don't get any scrappy
Monday dinner kind of food.
But father lets me order,
Whatever I like best;
Street school team Is always the big |
"I" and the other team Is always the
little "U." I don't play the game my
self, but I always attend the games
when played on our school grounds,
and I always thout and throw enough
somersaults to let the girls see my ,
heart Is In the right place.
As for football I do like to play It
and I want to play it well so I can I
join some good team and play like they
do on the St. Vincent or Harvard
teams. I have a good football and |
suit and I am going to get a nose |
guard and then I will be able to j
"tackle" anything around Twenty-flrst i
street. I can kick the- ball a little |
and I can tackle a little, but in yelling j
I am there with the goods. When I
get to be a big boy I am going to get
on a team and then Aunt Laurie you
will hear me shout. JAMIE GIBBS,
1782 West Twenty-first St.
Washington Street school, 84.
Earned Their Football
Dear Aunt liaiirle:
I never have had very much experi
ence with basketball, but I will write
about all I have ever had.
Last year the seventh and eighth
grades raised enough money among
themselves to get a basketball. Our
teacher got the ball for us, and we
were all glad to have it to play with.
But after a little while it began to
wear out as it was being used so
much.
The seventh and eighth grade girls
and boys used to go out in the court
and play the regular game of basket
ball, or sometimes Just play "keep
away."
I used to play as center most of the
time and as guard the rest of the
time. I liked to play as center better
than as a guard.
Our basketball got broken last year,
atid we have not purchased another one
yet thia year.
Our teacher said he would get our
ball for us, but we have not collected
enough money from the two grades
that are in our room to buy it yet, but
will have it before long.
The Week's Roll of Honor
WRITERS' CONTEST
Los Angeles, first prize, $I.oo—Hildreth Kotsch.
Honorable mention—Jamie Gibbs, 1782 West Twenty-first
street; James Nelson Corbett, 137 West Adams street
Out of town, first prize, $I.oo—Carl W. Magee, Inglewood.
Honorable mention—Verna Nelson, Oxnard; Edna Spaulding,
Inglewood: '-77 .■,,-y .y. ■**• ■
LIMERICK CONTEST w
Los Angeles, first prize, book—Glen Rice, Station V.
Honorable mention—Hazel Lambert, 1820 Vermont avenue;
Rose Purcell, 1-35 North Kern street.
Out of town, first prize, book—Bertha Michel, R. R. No. 3,
Santa Ana. . - yy.-Ari
Honorable mention—Harvey Bartow, Hotel Del Mar, Long
Beach; Jack Pierce, 423 Melrose court, Long Beach.
UNFINISHED STORY
First prize, book—Helen M. Howell, 117 North Avenue 66.
Honorable mention—Viola Spengler,- McKinley avenue school;
Bertha Michel, Santa Ana, R. R. No. 3,. *
Like hot cakes with a border
Of sausago nicely dressed.
And then a chicken sandwich.
And a piece of lemon pie; ._
And tapioca, and which - ■
Fa says will make me die.
Strawberry shortcake, loaeled
With strawberries and merancue;
I'm sure I'd have exploded
If something else was brang.
CRID EVANS.
I am 14 years old and in the eighth |
grade. -'. i
VERA HOLDREDGE.
Inglewood Grammar school.
Our court will have to be fixed a lit
tle before we use it.
7 A Football Social
My DjurjAunt Laurie:
"Football and Basketball at Our
School." The boys at our school have
a football which was purchased by one
of the boys with the money that was
taken In by a box social that was given
here. They have a great deal of fun
playing. * ... * **.\. -i:
We have not a basketball for the
girls yet, but I hope that we will have
soon. Instead we play croquet. This
game is for the girls, but the boys will
play too, in spite of everything. We
would like to have a game of basket
ball, but we have to Walt till the time
comes for us to have It. Mrs. Hart, our
teacher, says lt ls just the thing for
exercise, and then Jt furnishes fun.
Aunt Laurie, won't you please send
your photograph out to Bell sometime?
We are fixing up the gardens now for
Prosperity week. Some time I will tell
you more about your school. Tour niece,
EDITH WALKER.
Bell school, grade 8; age 14.
We hope to send the photograph to
the out of town schools as soon as pos
sible.
Prefers Basketball
Dear Aunt Laurie:
I have played both basketball and
football and I like the basketball bet
ter in some ways. We are trying to
get -a new basketball. We c use the
girls' rules mostly because we wanted
to satisfy them. Sometimes we play
so that we get too hot. .-•■ /;•
There are different ways to play bas
ketball, but we play the real game.
We also had a hard time to learn the
rules, and when we got started we
learned to play pretty well. -
FRED SENARD,
Inglewood school. -
NOVEMBER 29, 1908
MOTHERS PROVIDE APPARATUS
Parents Work to Have Modern Ath
letic Arrangements
(First Prize)
Dear Aunt Laurie:
I ATTEND the Temple Street school.
I think It the best in town, and
get homesick when I have to go to
any other. The school house is on a
hill from which there is a beautiful
view of the Santa Monica mountains.
Sometimes the pink clouds hang over
them and the purple shadows and danc
ing lights play over old Saddle Back
and the foothills.
Temple school has recently installed
playground apparatus. The mothers
met at school lately and talked for two
hours about It. They worked pretty
hard to get it, so I guess they had the
right to talk about it.
We have two swings, Maypole and
basketball for the girls; a Maypole,
rings, acting bar, volley ball and hand
ball for the boys.
We organized our basket ball team a
few weeks ago. At that time there
were only three girls who knew how to
play, but now we all play fairly well.
We have had plenty of bumps, and
scratches in our efforts to learn to play
well, but we don't mind that. -We are
not yet expert enough to play any other
team, but are anxious to become so.'r'
I am a forward, and the guard seems
to have as many hands as a centipede
has ;?et, and she brandishes them
around like the spokes of a wheel, and-.
I have not yet learned. tcr>throw the,
ball through the spokes. ' I don't know
where that guard keeps all those extra'
hands In school hours, lam sure. Be
ing a new team there is not much to
write about, so goodby.
HILDRETH KOTSCH.
Temple Street school.
DESCRIPTION OF ONE
MOST EXCITING GAME
(Honorable Mention)
Dear Aunt Laurie:
IT WAS only four months since I saw
dear old Tucson, but that seems
like ages to a boy who has not once
before seen the slightest glance of
boarding school (as was the way with
me) before. ■--'■>
I had been In school about four
months when they called for me to be
the center. "What!" I almost shouted;
"I play football for your team? I play
the daring position of half back?'! I
was soon out on the field, and I was
staring at the ball, which lay on the
ground ln an upright position, ready to
be kicked. "Wake up!" said the cap
tain. "Tou have to kick off this time,"
and he gave me a hit on the back with
his hand.- ■-.■,--■
How I ran at that ball, and how I
kicked lt. I saw it go over the goal.
When I went to our bench I was
cheered, and the captain came up with
a big glass of soda pop which he had
bought In the grand stand. When I
reached home I had a game of basket
ball with my school mates, but I must
admit that the football gave me more
pleasure than any other game I had
ever played before, although it was a
rather short one.
- JAMES NEALSON CORBETT.
137 West Adams street, Los Angeles.
-
Class Clubs
Dear Aunt Laurie:
If I were to have my choice between
basketball and tennis I think I would
choose basketball. Last year the sev
enth and eighth grades organized and
got a basketball and football. The
watchers enjoyed it about as much as
the ones who placed.
My only * objection to basketball Is
that the taller ones have the advantago,
and It gets tiresome after it is played
awhile. .
Our two classes are going to organize
and get a basketball for the girls and a
football for the boys. I am sure they
will be ln use whenever there is any
spare time to play.
MARGARET HALL.
Inglewood, Cal.
Center Bail Best
Dear Aunt Laurie:
We have played basketball at our
school, and I like it very much.
I think football is too rough for girls
to play and, although basketball is not
just as good as some games, it Is cer
tainly just as much -fun and is much
nicer. than football. When we play
basketball we get so excited and in
terested in it that we don't like to
stop and rest, and when we do rest
sometimes we take a drink or some
thing to cool us off quickly and we
are liable to catch cold. That ls one
trouble with basketball.
We nearly always played girls' bas
ketball at our school, because there
were only girls that played. I have ■
played two ways, and I like the one