FOREST AND STREAM. 



189 



the time when a Crane Island chasseur thought he had had 

 a poor season if he had bagged less than one hundred 

 outardes (Canada geese), together with a few dozen snow- 

 geese? Wary in the extreme are those noisy swamp-feeders, 

 who during the summer months, wing every alternate day 

 their wedgelike flight from the St. Joachim beaches, to the 

 Crane Island flats, where they congregate at low water 

 mark, some 3,000, feeding beyond a rifle's range. We know 

 of a hunting ground not one. hundred miles from Quebec, 

 in which the protection of game is; strikingly exemplified. 

 None but the proprietors have access to this preserve, in 

 which outardes, wild geese, and ducks assemble in astonish- 

 ing multidutes. Recently two men shot fifty wild geese 

 there in two days. The place is a source of revenue to its 

 owners, and those birds, which are not sent to market, are 

 salted and preserved for the farm servants' daily use. 



Sf¥¥k Uptimes. 



— » — 



— The month of October closed the cricket season of 1873, 

 and locally, it has been one of the most successful for many 

 years past. The season of 1873 has seen the St. George and 

 Manhattan Clubs of this city, the Prospect Park of Brook- 

 lyn, and the Staten Island Cricket Association, in success- 

 ful operation, the two former as regular cricket clubs; the 

 Park Club as an organization of journalists for afternoon 

 recreation, and the latter as a club combining cricket and 

 base ball. These clubs have the advantage of having ex- 

 cellent grounds, the Park Club especially, the latter playing 

 upon the finest cricket ground in America. 



— The St. George Club closed their regular season on 

 Oct. 18th, on the oecasion of the match, which was fully 

 reported in the last issue of this journal. Their record for 

 the year is as follows : 



May 30.— St. George vs. Staten Island; at Quarantine; won by 22 runs. 



June 4.— St. George vs. Manhattan; at Hoboken. Won by 51 runs. 



June 11. — St. George vs. Staten Island; at Quarantine. Won by 55 runs. 



July 3.— St. George vs. Germantown; at Philadelphia; drawn game. 



July 4. — St- George vs. Merion; at Philadelphia; won by 52 runs. 



July 17.— St. George, vs. Waltham; at Hoboken; lost by 7 runs. 



July 30.— St. George vs. Manhattan; at Hoboken; lost by 9 runs. 



August 6. — St. George vs. Manhattan; at Hoboken; won by 24. 



August 12.— St. George vs. Staten Island: at Quarantine; won, 1 inning, 

 by 34 runs. 



August 16.— St. George vs. Staten Island; at Quarantine; won by 53 

 runs. 



August 29.- St. George vs. Boston; at Boston; won, 1 inning, by 57 

 runs. 



August 30.— St. George vs. Waltham; at Boston; won, 1 inning, by 24 

 runs. 



September 9. — St. George vs. St. Louis; at Hoboken; lost by 36 runs. 



October 4.— St. George vs. Germantown; at Hoboken; wort by 71 runs. 



October 18.— St. George vs. Field Eleven; at Hoboken; won by 53 runs. 



It will be seen by the above record that out of ten first 

 eleven contests, with strong teams, the St. George Club 

 were victorious in six, and in all the. games played they 

 w®n eleven out of fifteen. 



The following are the averages for those who have played 

 in five games and over: 











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9 

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14 

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167 

 228 



34 



81 



34 

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5 



1 



18.5 



J. B. Casiiman 



17.2 



Smith 



12 



19 



256 



54 



61 



1 



14.4 



W Lemon 



11 

 12 



15 

 19 



150 

 184 



42 



27 



58 

 33 





 



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Basset Jones 



9.13 



E. H. Moeran 



10 



17 



147 



35 



36 







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J. B. Sleigh 



10 



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18 

 12 



114 

 77 



27 

 25 



31 

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6.6 



J. Hai'comoe 



7.0 



P. Satterthvvaite 



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30 



15 



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Clubs. 



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Philadelphia . . 



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Mutual 



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Messrs. Bruce, Souther, and Gibbs played one match' each, scoring 

 double figures. 



— The Base Ball championship question is practically 

 settled, and the well-trained and honest players of the 

 Boston Club win, as they deserve to do, the championship 

 honors. The Professional Championship season closes 

 Oct. 31st and up to Oct. 28th — the day of our going to press 

 the record of the five leading clubs stood as follows: 



Total 



won. 



39 



36 



30 



26 



28 



— The Washingtons by retiring from the arena before the 

 close of the season lose the remaining games they yet had 

 to play. It will be seen that the Bostons have a winning 

 lead even if the Pl.iladelphians "win their remaining games. 



— The record of games played in the professional arena 

 since our last issue, is as follows: 



Tuesday, Boston vs. Baltimore 18—13 



Tuesday, Mutual vs. Athletic 15— 3 



Wednesday, Boston vs. Washington 11_ % 



Wednesday, Atlantic vs. Athletic 4—4 



Thursday, Boston vs. Washington 9 — 8 



Friday, Athletic vs. Boston 5—4 



Saturday, Athletic vs. Boston 10— 6 



Saturday, Atlantic vs. Mutual 14— 4 



— On Monday a rain storm prevailed, the effects of which 

 will probably leave but two days wherewith to finish the 

 season's games. 



— Election day will be observed as a ball-players' holiday, 

 and both amateur and professional players will be on the 

 field. The Knickerbockers will make a day of it at 

 Hoboken on that day. 



— The game of Foot Ball is truly pleasing, not only for the 

 spirit and amusement which it affords to the mind, but the 

 good results which the constitution derives from such active 

 exercise. There is no game, not even base ball, which 

 combines so much bustle, so much " hurrying to and fro," 

 or heathful pastime for the young men of our Universities 

 and Colleges, as foot ball. In fact, it is one of the prettlesl 

 of all athletic pastimes, and quite exciting to see forty of 

 the flower and youth of our country combating on a bright 

 November morning in this manly and much to be respected 

 game. 



— The Foot Ball season opened on October 18th. 1 lie 

 following Colleges sent delegates to the convention which 

 was held in this city, namely — Rutg'erSj Yale, and Princeton* 

 Harvard College having adopted rw?< s oi their own, it was 

 useless for them to send any members to the convention. 

 Columbia College was not represented. The first match of 

 the season was played on October 25th at Hamilton Park 

 between Rutgers and Yale. The following are the names 

 of the players, being twenty on each side : 



Rutgers— Lydecker, Captain; Allen, Marline, Davis, P. 

 Fuller, Staats, Hendrickson, Vreeland, Watson, Nevins, 

 Hauxlmrst, Van Aken, H. Fuller, Pumyea, Anderson, 

 Kemlo; Walser, Cutler, Ross, Fischer. 



Ycde — Halsted, Captain; Deming, Bowers, Bushnell, 

 Henderson, Porter, Scudder, Stokes, Avery, Hotchkiss, 

 Peters, Bristol, Dunning, Melick, Robbins, Sherman, Os- 

 borne, Grrinnell, McBirney, Ferry. 



The first game was won by Yale, the second game was 

 won by Rutgers, the third and fourth games by Yale. Time 

 occupied in playing games — two hours and forty-five 

 minutes. Referees — Messrs. Searing and Babcock. Judges 

 — Yale, Mr. W. Kelly; Rutgers, Mr. Johnson. 



— Princeton vs. Yale play on Saturday, Nov. 1st, at New 

 Haven. 



— Rutgers vs. Princeton play at New Brunswick, New 

 Jersey, Nov. 5th. 



■ — The following laws are those which bear the impress 

 of the Football Association, and are not only very exten- 

 sively employed in London, but most universally in the 

 northern counties. The object of this code is to encourage 

 "dribbling," or working the ball with the feet to the exclu- 

 sion of all usage of the hands, and simplicity has also been 

 carefully studied by the abolition of all clauses and techni- 

 calities calculated to prevent an easy comprehension of the 

 rules : 



FOOTBALL, ASSOCIATION . 



1 . The maximum length of the ground shall be 200 yards, the maximum 

 breadth shall be 100 jards, the length and breadth shall be marked off 

 with flags; and the goals shall be upright posts eight yards apart, with 

 a tape across them eight feet from the ground. 



2. The winners of the toss shall have the ehoice of goals. The game 

 shall commence by a place kick from the centre of the ground by the 

 side losing the toss; the other side shall not approach within ten yards 

 of the ball until it is kicked off. 



3. After a goal is won, the losing side shall kick off, and the goals shall 

 be changed. In the event however of no goal having fallen to either 

 party at the lapse of half the allotted time, sides shall then be changed. 



4. A goal shall be won when the ball passes between the goal-posts 

 under the tape, not being thrown, knocked on or carried. 



5. When the ball is in touch, the first player who touches it shall throw 

 it from the point on the boundary line wtiere it left the ground, in a direc- 

 tion at right angles with the boundary line; and it shall not be in play 

 until it shall have touched the ground, and the player throwing it in shall 

 not play it until it has been played by another player. 



6. When a player has kicked the ball, any one of the same side who is 

 nearer to the opponent's goal line is out of play, and may not touch the 

 ball himself nor in any way whatever prevent any other player from doing 

 so until the ball has been played, unless there arc at least three of his op- 

 ponents between him and their own goal; but no player is out of play 

 when the ball is kicked from behind the goal line. 



7. When the ball is kicked behind the goal line it must be kicked off 

 by the side behind whose goal it went within six yards from the limit of 

 their goal. The side who thus kick the ball are entitled to a fair kick-off 

 m what way they please without any obstruction, the opposite side not 

 being able to approach within six yards of the ball. 



8. No player shall carry or knock on a ball. 



9. Neither tripping nor hacking shall be allowed, and no player shall 

 use his hands to hold or push his adversary, nor charge him from behind. 



10. A player shall not throw the ball nor pass it to another, nor shall 

 any player handle the ball under any pretence whatever. 



11. No player shall take the ball from the ground with his hands while 

 it is in play, under any pretence whatever. 



12. No player shall wear projecting nails, iron plates or gutta percha 

 on the soles or heels of his boots. 



DEFINITION OF TERMS . 



A place-kick is a kick at the ball while on the ground, in any position 

 in which the kicker may choose to place it. 



Hacking is kicking an adversary intentionally. 



Tripping, is throwing an adversary by the use of the legs. 



Knocking-on is when a player strikes or propels the bail with his hands 

 or arms. 



Holding on includes the obstruction of a player by the hand or any 

 part of the arm below the elbow. 



Touch is that part of the field on either side of the ground, which is be- 

 yond the line of liags. 



Williams College, October 20th. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: — 



Notwithstanding the disastrous defeat which "Williams" sustained at 

 the Springfield regatta, there seems to be an unusual interest felt here in 

 athletic sports. The term was opened by a very spirited game of 

 football between the Sophomore and Freshman classes, which resulted in 

 a victory for the former in four straight innings. Last week occurred 

 the grand College tournameut on the grounds of Hoosac Valley Agricul- 

 tural A ssociation . The contest embraced those in running, jumping 

 putting the weight, &c. 



The first thing on the programme was the vaulting with a pole; but 

 two entered for this prize, a silver cup: Gunster, 74; and Rankiu 76. The 

 vaulting of both was good, but Eankin succeeded in clearing 18 feet, and 

 thus taking the prize. The next feature of the entertainment was a 

 jumping-with-weight match, which was won by Barnhart, 74, who cleared 

 10 feet 8 inches 



Gunster was successful in putting the weight some 33 feet out of his 

 way in a manner quite calculated to discourage his unsuccessful rivals. 

 In the half mile race eleven started, but only one came in first, Ballard, 

 who won the cup in the remarkable time of 2 minutes 7 seconds. Smith 

 then threw the base ball 276 feet, taking another cup. This was followed 

 by the scrub races, Siamese twins, three-leggcds, &c, which of course 

 caused much sport. The event of the day, however, was the mile race for 

 the junior cup. The entries for this race were Wood, 74; Gould, '75; 

 Whitcomb, 76: Hallock and Wilder, 77. Hallock and Gould were the 

 favorites before the race, hut both spurted too soon. It was an exciting 

 contest throughout, and was finally won by Wilder in 5 min. 21 sec, very 

 excellent time considering the small amount of practice had by the con- 



testants. 



e 



— Louther Loomis, a young man residing in Somerville, 

 N. J., walked a mile on Saturday last in seven minutes and 

 thirteen seconds, for a purse of $50. Loomis is six feet 

 four inches high, and as slim as a rail, weighing only 

 ninety-four pounds. 



—The National Amateur and Gymnastic Tournament 

 will take place at the Academy of Music on Saturday even- 

 ing, November 8th. 



— Secretaries of Athletic Pastimes in Universities and 

 Colleges will please mail their reports not later than Monday 

 of each week. 



Ert mid JBnwiB. 



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NUMBER of the most prominent Italian gentlemen 

 of- the city on last Friday evening gave to Signor Sal- 

 vini & dinner, as a mark of respect for him personally, and 

 in admiration of his genius as an actor. The introduction 

 of the best material of the French and Italian schools of 

 dramatic performers within the last few j^ears has done 

 much to enlighten our theatre-goers regarding foreign 

 udards of excellence. The Bateman Troupe, that per- 

 formed so satisfactorily in opera bouffe, created the most 

 marked admiration for the finish of their performances. 

 The attention paid to the minutest details was in singular 

 contrast to much of " our management," where the actors 

 may be slovenly and inattentive to their heart's content, pro- 

 vided the scenery is gorgeous, and its mechanical move- 

 ments unexceptionable, The effect was good, at least for a 

 time, and more study and elaboration was perceptible in 

 many of our popular actors, which result proved to be a 

 great comfort to the audience and a decided advantage to 

 the gentlemen who were willing to learn. 



The Italian troupe which, under the guiding star of Sal- 

 vini, has just closed its advertised engagements, has shown 

 to the careful observer that the Italian stage has the grand- 

 est characteristics, and that its spirit is broad, comprehen- 

 sive ami worthy to be ranked as a lineal representative of 

 the days of Roscius,being entirely different from the French 

 school; in fact, closely resembling the best American stand- 

 aid. This is after all quite natural, and to be expected, for 

 the Italians have at the bottom a grave and subdued na 

 ture, with traditions of greatness that chastens the minds 

 of the living, making the wonderful past and the struggling 

 present harmonious and most thoroughly characteristic. 



What we most particularly wish to notice at this present 

 moment is the fact that Signor Salvini made his best im- 

 pression in Othello. The English version was so closely fol- 

 lowed that all persons familiar with the original could un- 

 derstand the action of the play, though the words were in a 

 foreign tongue. The "new readings" struck most of the 

 critics with surprise, confounding them at first, and then 

 compelling admiration. The result was that the popular 

 scnti nent encouraged Salvini to play nothing else but 

 Othello, and he could with perfect case, and with better re- 

 ceipts possibly,have fulfilled all the nights of his engagement 

 with a specialty. 



But this was not in accordance with his ideas. "The 

 continental" audiences have not yet become reconciled to 

 a season occupied by one play, however excellent that play 

 may be, and he went through the entire selection of his. 

 best pieces, at first much to the regret of some of his, 

 friends, but to be crowned at last with a greater triumph. 



W e have spoken of his OtJiello as in many respects unsur- 

 passed; we may heartily record that his comedy is equal 

 to his tragedy, and that he may be justly ranked with Gar- 

 rick, whom Reynolds properly painted, Garrick standing; 

 undecided between tragedy and comedy, hesitating to give 

 preference to either. It is a great misfortune to the mass 

 of our play-goers who have been compelled to see Mr. 

 Sothern's David Garrick for weeks at a time, that Salvini 

 could not give his version in the English language. Salvini, 

 in his rendition, is throughout a most delicate and refined 

 gentleman; the absolute pain he shows on his face at the 

 part he is playing before the poor girl "to disgust her love" 

 is the very perfection of the highest sentiment, and at no 

 time, intoxicated as he is presumed to be, does he leave 

 the impression on the audience that he is doing else than a 

 most offensive act from the keenest sense of duty. 



Mr. Sothern, on the contrary, over-d<.es the scene; the 

 young lady is disgusted thoroughly at sight, and all of his 

 subsequent maudlin, rolling about in the old womens' laps, 

 upsetting the table furniture, and suggesting at times that 

 he is in the preliminaries of a first-class sea sickness, abso- 

 lutely produces on the ladies at his presentation the same 

 impression that he diametrically desires to effect on the 

 infatuated young heiress. 



On Monday evening Mr. Lester Wallack returned to hla 

 theatre, and commenced the event by the popular comady 

 of "She Stoops to Conquer." The "mounting" is most per- 

 fect, and what makes the scenery particularly genial is that 

 its vernal effects are so naturally imitated that our "stay at 

 home in the summer denizens" can view English landscape 

 and enjoy a trip into the country and get acquainted with 

 the internal arrangements of Mr. Hardcmtie^s stately home 

 at the same time. Mr. Wallack's young Marh'w and Mr, 

 Gilbert, as 31r. Ilardmstle are a conjunction that cannot be 

 equalled on any other stage than "Wallack's. The play 

 throughout was thoroughly satisfactory, and the patrons 

 are turning out in the best attire and most delighted faces. 



Mr. Daly has set the example of putting down the price of 

 admission to the theatres. It was a necessity at the Grand 

 Opera House, for the venture may hereafter fill the house, 

 and thus redeem it from its heretofore constant interior ex- 

 pression of empty seats. "Popular prices," however, carry/ 



