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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 afew 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 arifle’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 owtaurdes, 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. 
sUhletic Zlastimes. 
— The month of October closed the cricket season of 1878, 
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 55runs. 
July 8.—St. George vs. Germantown; at Philadelphia; drawn game. 
July 4.—gt. George vs. Merion; at Philadelphia; won by 52 runs. 
July 17.—St. George vs. Walthain; at Hoboken; lost by 7 runs. 
July 30.—St. George vs. Manhattan; at Hoboken; lost by 9 runs. 
August 6.—St. George ys. 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 
ruos. 
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; won 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 
wen eleven out of fifteen. » 
The following are the averages for those who have played 
in five games and over: 

















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WLR. Bowman ..i...)...; 9 14 167 34 384 5] 18:5 
J. B. Cashman...... 9 14| 223 81 81 il a yee 
Srrbth hese ce vee h-it a0 i 12 19 256 54 61 1 | 14.4 
WW eMON ae. oo eye ee 11 15 150 42: 58 0 | 10.0 
Basset Jovies.....--...-.. 12 19 184 27 33 0 | 9.18 
Be Pl MLOCPAR force pic casei 10 17 147 35 36 0] 8.11 
ISIE. Geena < 10 18 | 114 27 31 0 | 6.6 
De ELBr COM Degas chs ti aelasicia= ou 12 eas 25 25 ied 
F. Satterthwaite......... 5 i 30 15 15 2) 61.0 
DAL DOUG es cnceieacte eres 13 20 72 9 i 2 | 4.0 
BOWLING AVERAGES.. 
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Fones.... . .:.| 242} 56 | £48 [Moeran..- 73 | 26 | 6.17 
Srmithosee as. | 305 69 | 4.25 |Cashman......: 82 ala eras) 
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: 


Games Won by Yet to Total 
Clubs. played. Won. Lost. forfeit. play. won 
Boston. .........+++- [ete OSE FBO hie oA: | 0 0 3 
Philadelphia ........ onde i 282) 6 16 4 2 36 
Baltimore..... he vosusts Ca eee: 22 | 3 1 30 
APMIARC 6 22 5 aoe sees 48 | 25 23 3 | 3 26 
Mutual 49 25 R44 | 4 1 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 beseen that the Bostons have a winning 
lead even if the Philadelphians win their remaining games. 
—The record of games played in the professional arena 
since our last issue, is as follows: 
Tnesday, Boston vs. Baltimore... .....0..0-- .j-0-+- 22 ence reese eeeees 
- Tuesday, Mutual vs. Athletic... ..........0- cece eee eee eee n enone 
- Wednesday, Boston vs. Washington............. 02. . sence eee een ee 
Wednesday, Atlantic vs. Athletic............ 0.6. s cece cence cence ee 
Thursday, Boston vs. Washington...............-+--- 
Priday, Athletic va.) Boston... 0.5.0 560s scecsene see e’ t 
Saturday, Athletic vs. Boston................2...55 
SAtaTAsy, AtlAGMCny ss MUPIAL ee ciel se sein nn airsivie oiaieca peices esinedeles 
—On Monday a rain storm prevailed, the effects of which 
will probably leave but two days wherewith to finish the 
-geason’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 Ballis 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 prettiest 
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. The 
following Colleges sent delegates to the convention which 
was held in this city, namely—Rutgers, Yale and Princeton. 
Harvard College having adopted rules of 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 af Hamilton Park 
between Rutgers and Yale. The following are the names 
of the players, being twenty on each side: 
Rutgers—Lydecker, Captain; Allen, Martine, Davis, P. 
Fuller, Staats, Hendrickson, Vreeland, Watson, Nevins, 
Hauxhurst, Van Aken, H. Fuller, Pumyea, Anderson, 
Kemlo; Walser, Cutler, Ross, Fischer. 
Yale—Halsted, Captain; Deming, Bowers, Bushnell, 
Henderson, Porter, Scudder, Stokes, Avery, Hotchkiss, 
Peters, Bristol, Dunning, Melick, Robbins, Sherman, Os- 
borne, Grinnell, 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, Noy. ist, 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 yards, 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 whenthe ball passes between the goal-posts 
under the tape, not being thrown, knocked on or carried. 
5. When the ball isin touch, the first player who touches it shall throw 
it from the point on the boundary line where 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 tbe player throwing it in shall 
not play it until it has been played ay 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 dving 
so until the ball has been played, unless there are 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 ballis 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 
in 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 ball 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 flags.- 
Wi.irAMs CoLLEeGsE, October 20th. 
Eprtor Forrest 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 Association. The contest embraced those in running, jumping 
putting the weight, &c. 
The first thing on the programme was the vaulting witha pole; but 
two entered for this prize, a silver cup: Gunster, 74; and Rankin76. The 
vaulting of both was good, but Rankin 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 amanner 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-leggeds, &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, but 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. Hy 


—Louther Loomis, a young man residing in Somerville, 
N. J., walked a mile on Saturday last in seven minutes and 
thirteen seconds, fora 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. 



“Art and Mrame. 
eters 
NUMBER of the most,prominent Italian gentlemen 
of the city on last Friday evening gave to Signor Sal- 
vini a 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 years has done 
much to enlighten our theatre-goers regarding foreign 
standards 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 and 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- 
ard. This is after all quite natural, and to be expected, for 
the Italians have at the bottema 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 surprése, confounding them at first, and then 
compelling admiration. The result was that the popular 
sentiment encouraged Salvini to play nothing else but 
Othello, and he could with perfect ease, 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. 
We have spoken of his Othelio 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-dves 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 his 
theatre, and commenced the event by the popular comedy 
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. Hardcastle’s stately home 
at the same time. Mr. Wallack’s young Marlow and Mr. 
Gilbert as Mr. Hardcustle 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 tie 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 cmpty seats. ‘‘Popular prices,” however, carry 
