Scouting Intramurals

One of the things about Scouting that has changed over the last 100 years is the intramural athletics dimension of it.  Back in the 1910s and 1920s, Scout troops did all the things that Scout troops do today–they went camping and hiking and the like.  However, troops also played other troops in baseball and football.  A troop was a team and they traveled around the area to play other troops!  And, even more interesting, these matches were printed in the newspaper!

“Columbia Scouts Play Locals Saturday,” The Tennessean, October 21, 1921, pg. 10

A Columbia troop plays a Nashville troop in football.