Friday, September 15, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine 9 Friday, September 1 5, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page ANNUAL STORY: - . n I L Rugby popularity4widens, By CHUCK DRUKIS- While most people will be cramming their way into Michi- igan Stadium this fall for an aft- ernoon of Boone's Farm, girl passing, and watching from the endzone microscopic football huddles, the Michigan rugby football club will be playing a no commercial-time-out contest on Palmer Field. The ruggers, having turned down opportunities of playing in. the stadium, have decided to schedule their games on un- bleachered Palmer Field, thus allowing the fans to be on top of the action with the autonomy to follow the play. In the past ten years, the pop- ulgrity of rugby has grown to the extent that most major colleges in large cities have teams. Yet, with football at the topof* the heap as the national pas- time, why the revival of rugby? Rugby flourished as much as any other sport in the early part of this century. But then the in- dustrial revolution seized the ex- citement and hearts of America. New. activities with anti-Euro- peon origins gained popularity -strongly supported by the phi- losophy that American ideas were superior. Consequently evolved a stepchild of rugby - American football. But as with other segments of the industrial sector, the en- vironment became polluted. Money replaced sport. As sport fans' are again beginning to rea- lize the essence of sport,trugby has become a viable alternative. Rugby was born in 1823 at Rug- by College, England. During a soccer game William Ellis disre- garded the rules of soccer by picking up a bouncing ball and carrying it across the goal for a score. Probably for the best, history has not recorded the comments of Ellis' opponents. The purpose of rugby is to score, much like in football. The ANN A R B O R CIVIC THEATRE needs Set'De- signers for the 1972-73 Season. 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The second row .is made up of a wing forward on each end. pushing in'at an angle, with two. second row forwards in the mid- dle. They.are somnewhat like two ends and, tackl s, and provide 75 per cent, of.the forward thrust. of the scrum. , The final row is simply the number eight,. who can best -be. compared to a linebacker. The back who stays near the. scrum and -receives the ball is similar to a split-T quarterback, and is known ,as the scrum half. He controls 'play to some extent, especially when the ball is thrown into the scrum. Angling back from the scrum are the standoff; the inside cen- ter, the outside center, and the right ,and .left -wings. They, .are all like halfbacks, while the rug- by fullback acts as a safety man who often saves the day with an open field tackle or a kick back into the opponent's territory. The game begins with a kick- off. When the player with the ball is tackled, he must release ::the ball. 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