September 28, 1922, Menasha Record
Similar to our football roundup last week from 1899, again we have an "aggregation," this time the Manawa team which is purported to be speedy and husky. As we've reported before, football at the turn of the century was a dangerous affair, so much so that the country considered banning it permanently until President Theodore Roosevelt stepped in. When I first saw this article, I thought it might be that it was still looked upon as too dangerous to continue, until this year of 1922. Instead I found the article below from 1916 which reported that the team had disbanded, mostly due to size problems. Apparently, the Menasha boys weren't "husky" enough to keep from physical injury. And, again, it was the Manawa team, which averaged a 30 pound weight advantage. I guess the Manawa boys were...how should we say...well-fed.
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