The 1920s were a time of fervent fad-chasing: There was flagpole sitting, the Charleston, bathtub gin and, locally at least, "soccer football." It was the first concerted effort in the 20th century ...

I'm attaching an old photo - roughly 1925 - of my father as a young man posing with members of a soccer club in San Antonio. My dad was born Salvador de la Peña in Pachuca, Mexico, around 1904 but ...