Civil war veterans witness a contest at Sulphur while in reunion
there – played for ENTERTAINMENT.
Game is combination of
foot and base ball.
Two goals are arranged similar to football -- from 11 to 15 men play on each side.
Guthrie, Okla – When full-blood Indian men play ball they present
a grotesque sight. They strip to the waist and their brown bodies are greased
in order that they may more easily slip out of the grasp of their opponents.
Each Indian carries two clubs. Indian ball, or lacrosse, is as much the
national game of many tribes of the Indians as baseball is the white American’s
national sport today, and the game is particularly popular with all the five
civilized tribes in old Indian territory.
To see the actual article,
The Wichita Daily Eagle 1/16/1910 |