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LACROSSE. 



within a specified period wins the match. 

 Sometimes a stated number of goals, such as 

 best three out of five, wins the match. The 

 rules prohibit the ball's being handled in any 

 way ; it must be picked up, carried, and thrown 

 only by means of the crosse. The plan of the 

 field and the positions of the players are seen 

 in the appended diagram. These positions are 

 those of one of the twelves ; the other twelve 

 take up corresponding positions. The home- 

 players of one twelve face the point-players of 

 the other side, as do the attacking players of 

 one side the defense players on the other, the 

 center players alone facing each other. 



12-0 2 W HOME 



11-0 IstRoME 



10-0 3 ^ATTACK 

 9-0 2 # ATTACK 



80 I t ATTACK 



7-0 3C$ DEFENCE 

 6-0 CENTRE 



5-0 27J* DEFENCE 

 4-0 Iff DEFENCE 



3-0 COVER POINT 



20 POINT 

 I-GOAL KEEPER 



THE FIELD. 



Playing. The referee and umpires being in 

 their places, and the two outside neld-captaina 

 ready, the referee calls play, and the game be- 

 gins. This is done by the two center-fielders 

 " facing " for the ball, which is placed on the 

 ground in the center of the field, and the game 

 is begun by these two players struggling for 

 the possession of the ball. One of them hav- 

 ing got it on his crosse, he at once proceeds to 

 run with it toward his opponent's goal, while 

 the opposing players strive to knock the ball 

 off his crosse by striking it with their crosse- 

 ^ticks. If the runner finds himself crowded 

 by his adversaries, he passes the ball to a 

 player of his side, who then takes his turn in 

 running toward the goal, and, as soon as he 



gets near enough to it for a safe throw, he en- 

 deavors to send it betw.een the goal-posts, and, 

 if he succeeds, he scores a goal for his side. 

 In the contest for the possession of the ball 

 from the face-off, the striking peculiarities of 

 the game are developed in the form of picking 

 up the ball,, dribbling it along the ground, toss- 

 ing it from one player to another, catching it 

 on the crosse, throwing it swiftly and accu- 

 rately toward the goal or from one end of the 

 field to the other, dodging the attacks of op- 

 ponents when carrying it, checking the advance 

 of an adversary toward your own goal, and by 

 skillful strategic play doing your utmost to 

 score a goal in the shortest time. A goal may 

 be scored within a minute's play from the face- 

 off, or it may require half an hour's struggle. 

 The moment a goal is scored, from five to ten 

 minutes' intermission is allowed if claimed. 

 After each goal is scored, the contestants 

 change ends. The rules for foul play in the 

 game are as follow : 



No player shall grasp an opponent's crosse with his 

 hands, hold it witti his arms or between his legs, nor 

 shall any player more than six feet from the ball hold 

 his opponent's crosse with his crosse, run in front of 

 him, or interfere in any way to keep him from the 

 ball until another player reaches it. 



No player with his crosse or otherwise shall hold, 

 deliberately strike or trip another, nor push with the 

 hand, nor wrestle with the legs so as to throw an op- 

 ponent. 



No player shall hold the ball in his crosse with his 

 hand or person, or lie or sit on it. 



No player shall charge into another after he has 

 thrown the ball. 



The crosse or square check, which consists of one 

 player charging into another with both hands on the 

 crosse so as to make the crosse strike the body of his 

 opponent, is strictly forbidden. 



No player shall interfere in any way with another 

 who is in pursuit of an opponent in possession of the 

 ball. 



"Shouldering" is allowed only when the players 

 are within six feet of the ball, and then from the side 

 only. No player must under any circumstances run 

 into or shoulder an opponent from behind. 



The referee shall be the judge of fouls, and shall 

 call time to decide them only at the request of the 

 capta,ins or the men appointed by them. 



When a foul is allowed by the referee, the player 

 fouled shall have the option of a free "run" or 

 "throw" from the place where the foul occurred. 

 For this purpose all players within ten feet of said 

 player shall move away to that distance, all others re- 

 taining their positions. But, if a foul is allowed with- 

 in twenty yards of the goal, the man fouled shall 

 move away that distance from goal before taking the 

 run or throw allowed him. 



If a foul is claimed and time called, and the foul 

 then not allowed, the player accused of fouling shall 

 be granted a free " run " or " throw " under the con- 

 ditions above mentioned. 



No player shall throw his crosse at a player or at 

 the ball under any circumstances: and such action 

 will be considered a ' ' foul. ' ' Should a player lose his 

 crosse during a game, he shall consider himself out 

 of play, and shall not be allowed to touch the ball i 

 any way until he again recovers it. Kicking the 

 ball is absolutely prohibited to players without a 

 crosse. 



For deliberate fouls which occasion injury to op- 

 ponents or affect the result of the game, for the first 

 offense the referee shall have power to suspend the 

 player committing it for the rest of the game (not 



