. St. Nicholas [serial] . THE WHOLE FIELD IS AFTER HIM. the netting. Away he darts on the full run for theblue goal. The captains shout, and the whole fieldrun after him as fast as they can go. Those infront try to head him off. This is fun ! Look at and forward, now here, now there, skimming alongthe ground, first on one side, then on another, fly-ing high overhead and bounding along the grass,the ball is hotly pursued by blues and whites, ?8So.] LACROSSE. 67 pell-mell. The captains run and shout, drivingon the players, or calling to the rescue as the ballcomes dangerously near home. The play
. St. Nicholas [serial] . THE WHOLE FIELD IS AFTER HIM. the netting. Away he darts on the full run for theblue goal. The captains shout, and the whole fieldrun after him as fast as they can go. Those infront try to head him off. This is fun ! Look at and forward, now here, now there, skimming alongthe ground, first on one side, then on another, fly-ing high overhead and bounding along the grass,the ball is hotly pursued by blues and whites, ?8So.] LACROSSE. 67 pell-mell. The captains run and shout, drivingon the players, or calling to the rescue as the ballcomes dangerously near home. The players keeptheir places as nearly as they can, but all are watch-ful, and run for the ball when it comes near their When the Indians played Baggataway, theystaked out a field thousands of yards long, and hada great many players on a side. The game wasfierce and wild, and many were knocked down badly hurt. This was a savage style of. the tries to stop it. side—if they have it and cannot keep it, flinging itto a friend, or sending it flying to the other end ofthe field. There she goes! Hurrah! Run, whites;the blues are upon you ! Ah ! Its down, and thereis a wild scrimmage. Here they are ! Pushing, wres-tling, and having a good, manly struggle for the they go on the grass, tumbling over andover in the effort to reach the ball. Whiz ! Hereshe goes ! There she goes ! Run, fellows, run !The blue boy with the long legs has it. Whack!Somebody knocked it away. It skims through theair. Another blue has it ! Run, short-legs; youare a good one ! Hello ! Tall white fellow in theway. Bang ! It goes high over his head, and,with a shout, the blues rush up to the goal. Fairgame ! The blues have it this time ! fun that we have no need to imitate. Lacrosseshould be played by young gentlemen, and not byroughs. It should be played with dash and vigor,but without rudeness and unfairness. Games are toteach man
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