The games of lawn hockey, tether ball, squash ball, golf-croquet . the English game is played The field on which the game is played is a little smaller than afoot ball field, it being one hundred yards long and not more thansixty nor less than fifty yards wide. The longer sides are known asside lines, and the shorter sides goal lines. In the centre ofeach goal line two upright posts shall be placed twelve feet apart,with a cross bar seven feet from the ground, which shall constitutethe goals. The ball is an ordinary cricket ball. The stick is curvedj^tone end and must be small enough to pass t
The games of lawn hockey, tether ball, squash ball, golf-croquet . the English game is played The field on which the game is played is a little smaller than afoot ball field, it being one hundred yards long and not more thansixty nor less than fifty yards wide. The longer sides are known asside lines, and the shorter sides goal lines. In the centre ofeach goal line two upright posts shall be placed twelve feet apart,with a cross bar seven feet from the ground, which shall constitutethe goals. The ball is an ordinary cricket ball. The stick is curvedj^tone end and must be small enough to pass through a ring two inchesin diameter. There should be eleven men on each side, but it maybe played by six or seven. The men take their names from the posi-tion they play, viz.: three forwards, five rushes, two backs or guardsand one goal tend. When there are less than eleven men take outfirst a forward, then two rushes, and a guard, and so on. The following diagram will explain the best position of the men atthe beginning of the game : Spaldings athletic Spaldings athletic library. ii Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Advance Forwards. No. 4 Forwards. Nos. 5, 6 and 7 Forwards. Nos. 8 and 9 Advance Guards. No. 10 ; Guard. No. II Goal Tend. At the beginning of the game and after each goal, the ball is put inplay at the centre of the field, by what is known as the bully, to beplayed as follows : one of each side shall stand facing the side lineand shall strike the ground on his own side of the ball, and the stickof his opponent over the ball alternately three times ; after whicheither player may strike the ball, and the moment the ball is touchedit is in play. During this bully the players on either side shall be?*on side, i. c, between the ball and his own goal line. When the ball is put in play the forwards rush down the fieldon their opponents territory, and the rushes, by a system ofdiagonal passing, advance the ball past the rush line of their oppo-nents, and endeavor to get the ball
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