DUTIES OF No. i. 



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shouted directions should be left to the Captain, and 

 the other members should restrict themselves to in- 

 structions given in a quiet tone, and to words of 



encouragement. 



A selfish No. 2 may often destroy the enjoyment 

 of a young player for . the whole afternoon, by con- 

 tinually giving him directions to "ride the Back " and 



Photo by"] 



[M. H. Hayes. 



Fig. 19. 



Fig:. 20. 



No. I (blue) hustling the Back (white). 



" leave the ball alone." If, on the contrary, he were 

 to allow the No. i to hit the ball w^henever he got a 

 fair chance, and w^ere to take his own share of riding 

 the Back out of the way of the No. i ; the young player 

 would go off the ground encouraged and pleased with 

 himself, and ready to play No. i whenever he was 

 desired to do so. 



Players should also guard against the too common 



