Here (U.S.)

[Richard Prowse]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

You can't tell a Football from a Baseball and your talking about MY spelling?

Gee, talk about being clueless..

Ken, my friend, you misunderstand. All games evolve, well the first game called 'football' was probably played in England before your War of Independence, and I'm sure the ancient Egyptians invented a similar game involving an object coming into contact with one's foot. Maybe they called it Skullball? Or Deadlittleanimalball? Anyway, what I was suggesting is that it would be interesting to see a group of your football guys play a team of your baseball guys. Sure, the rules might need to be slightly modified; maybe they could mix up the teams - half the football and baseball guys on each side. Rugby Union supposedly started when some guy picked up a soccer ball, during a match, and took off with it wrapped tightly in his arms. You're football game probably owes a lot to that enterprising moment some time in the nineteenth century. Now, call me modest but, I'm prepared to let you put the idea forward to your Yankee mates. Who knows, if it works out, they might decide to call this new hybrid game Kenball. No need to thank me, old buddy.