The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . om the rulesfor the season1902-3, the altera-tions passed this yearin quotation marksas fixed by theHockey Association, and as the little official bookonly costs twopence it would be well if it were arule in every club to supply annually with thematch-card one copy to each member. It would take up too much space, particularlyin view of the slight cost at which a copy can beobtained, to give the rules in full, but a few noteson such as have lately been subjected to alterationmay not be out of place in this article. In R
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . om the rulesfor the season1902-3, the altera-tions passed this yearin quotation marksas fixed by theHockey Association, and as the little official bookonly costs twopence it would be well if it were arule in every club to supply annually with thematch-card one copy to each member. It would take up too much space, particularlyin view of the slight cost at which a copy can beobtained, to give the rules in full, but a few noteson such as have lately been subjected to alterationmay not be out of place in this article. In Rule 13, touching general details, it is nolonger insisted that the captain shall name thegoal-keeper before the commencement of thegame ; and the goal-keeper may now be changedduring the game, in which case the new goal-keepershall be allowed to kick the ball, as already men-tioned in the rule. In Rule 14 the prohibition as to the stick risingabove the shoulder is now specifically applied to no part of the stick. In Rule 17, touching penaltybully, the following words are. SUSSEX. SURBITON : SURREY GETTING INTOTHE SUSSEX CIRCLE. HOCKEY FOR MEN AND WOMEN. 39 now added at the end : A penalty bully shouldonlv be given for a wilful infringement of a rule,or when a goal would most probably have beenscored. In Rule iS, touching penalty goal, the followingwords are added at the end : A penalty goalshall be of the same value as an ordinary goal. To Rule 21, which deals with corner, there aretwo additions. The first few lines now read : If the ball is hit behind the goal line by the at- an addition at the end of the rule, thus : In theevent of the respective captains so agreeing beforethe match, it shall be proper for the umpires togive decisions without appeal. The alterations for this season are certainlv inthe right direction, as they mainly consist of em-bodiments from the notes to the rules. Itwould be well if the notes could be entirely in-corporated in the rules, as the fact of th
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