STOUTS. 



index-finger as in the ont-cnrvo, with tlic difference 

 tlmt tbe palm, which is now brought over the shoul- 

 der, is turned directly upward, with the little-finger 

 side facing tho breast (Fig. 4). The arm is first 



thumb side of the index nnder tin- hand. This is a 

 necessary movement to impart the proper twist, uiul 

 at first is found difficult to execute. Tho ball leaves 

 the hand with a remarkably sudden jerk, and on that 



Fio. 4. Down-curve. 



swung back behind tho head, from which position it 

 is brought forward on about a level with the tup of 

 the head. In this the mode of drop-ball delivery tho 

 elbow is of course necessarily bent. Immediately 

 after passing over tho shoulder, the arm is as sud- 

 denly and as forcibly as possible pulled down, tho 

 palm is turned np, and tho hand bent in toward tho 

 chest on the little finger side, and the ball permitted 

 to roll off tho thumb side of the index-finder. Tim 

 sudden, shoulder motion must be mainly depended 

 upon for speed, while tho wrist mot ion 'determines 

 the rapidity of the twist, and hence the extent and 

 suddenness of the carve. 



The lip-curve, or rising ball, so called because it 

 has a peculiar ascending motion, and falls to the 

 ground farther away than if it had been thrown in 

 the ordinary manner, is the most difficult to master, 

 but always the easiest curve to make when nnee 

 learned (Fig. 5). Here tho bull is also rolled off the 

 thumb side of the index-finger, but in a manner that 

 at first is extremely awkward, and, in fact, seems 

 almost impossible. The body is bent forward, and 

 tbe arm drawn back and veil up so as to get a 

 good start for the forward swing. As it is brought 

 down at full length it comes forward at about the 

 bvel of the knee, and just here the palm is turned 

 is far upward and backward as it can be twisted, 

 frith the little-finger side directed upward toward 

 the face of the pitcher and also slightly l..-i,t 

 back, when the ball is permitted to roll off the 



Fio. 5. Up-curve. 



account gets great speed and a very good twist and 

 reuniting curve. (A. H. P. L.) 



FOOT-BALL is not so popular in the United 

 States ns base-ball, and has no professional clubs. 

 Its principal favor is with students in academies and 

 colleges. There ore amateur associations, and several 

 in:. 'i -collegiate leagues, and by those the game has 

 been made somewhat scientific. Iho principal foot- 

 ball organization is the American Intercollegiate 

 Association, comprised of " elevens " from Harvard, 

 Yale, Princeton, Wesleyan, and tho University of 

 1 Vnnsylvania. This body yearly arranges a schedule 

 of games which are played" for the championship of 

 the United States. The contests between these 

 "elevens" create wide interest and are played be- 

 foro crowds of 5000 to 15,000 people, who pay liber- 

 ally for the privilege. Yale has won the cha'mpion- 

 sliip pennant in 187f>, 1881, 1882, 1883, and 1888. 

 -ball, as played in the United States, resembles 

 the Rugby game more than the Association or Har- 

 row game of England. Under the rules of tlm 

 American Intercollegiate Association the game is 

 as follows : 



Tho field is rectangular, 330 by 160 feet. Tho 

 'rectangle is outlined by broad whitewash lines, as 

 in tennis. At each end are the "goal lines." Inside 

 of these and the side lines the game must l>e played. 

 Parallel with the goal lines and running across* the 

 field at a distance of 7") feet from each goal are lines 

 called the " 25-yard-line limit of kick -out." la the 



