The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . ely implied before, and held byplayers, is now a rule. The must vital alteration,however, is that to Rule 1 ; re the mens clubs this maligned person, it good, isan scarce, .nul consequently this rule will nowenable many clubs to secure two men who willeach take goal for half the game. Hut it should 140 THE SPORTS OF THE WORLD. surely have been also noted how manv timesduring a game the goal-keeper may be should also be clearly stated that before anyplayer takes up his position as goal-keeper t
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . ely implied before, and held byplayers, is now a rule. The must vital alteration,however, is that to Rule 1 ; re the mens clubs this maligned person, it good, isan scarce, .nul consequently this rule will nowenable many clubs to secure two men who willeach take goal for half the game. Hut it should 140 THE SPORTS OF THE WORLD. surely have been also noted how manv timesduring a game the goal-keeper may be should also be clearly stated that before anyplayer takes up his position as goal-keeper thecaptain of his side ;;uist inform the other cap-tain, the umpires and referee. This is sometimesignored in practice, or perhaps the captain is told, the other hand, too often sav, Oh, its goodenough for hockey ! and either disregard theirappearance by being untidy or else pay too muchattention to their tout ensemble to be suitablyarrayed for running and hitting the ball during aspace of seventy minutes. The say that the skirt must be at least six inches. ENGLAND V. IRELAND: A THROW IN. and not the umpire ; hence when the new goal-keeper kicks the ball there is an appeal, andlikely as not the game stopped by the whistle ! It should be the business of every player tomaster the rules and to play the game accordingto their true spirit. Xo artificial stimulus isneeded in the shape of shields or caps to make agame keenly contested, and such trophies arestrongly condemned, except for university collegesand such like, by the authorities. The game ispurely amateur. Let it so remain. The formation of a team is usually five forwards,three half-backs, two backs, and a numbers are sometimes varied to four half-backs and two backs, or to three backs, but veryrarely to six forwards. Occasionally, however,when having a lead in goals, a forward is broughtback to help the defence in the second half of thegame. The five forwards are disposed in twopairs and a c
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