A NEW GAME.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 196, 13 May 1908, Page 2

A NEW GAME.

-'.' BASKET-BALL AT THE Y.M.C.A. • Nothing ..is-.so kindly. welcomed. ,by . tjiis, youth: aS a .new .gam'ej, aiidv,:ri.,iritr6ducijig ' bapket-ball as a gymnasium game wood,.'the -jiew\ physical 7 instructor of the Y.M.C.A., opens, out 'a, new' field of} activity.' in the. gymnasium. ..Basketball is a game of ball,''but is neither footbaE hbf handball.. It is played by teams' of. fireT-two. forwards,.! one centre, and two backs,'and the object,, after the ball is.tossed ud! in the centre by," the referee, is to force it, Ly-a series 'of. rapid passes, .up to;:the- goal, '■'. which takes- the. form of .an .iron ring projecting .horizontally from the centre of the end wall) about twelve feet high,-and a goal is scored.by tos-. sing this-ball, up with suffieierit:'cunnirigUn order that if may.pass through .the..'ring'..'in: its des'ccnt. , The ball. ,may "be passed; in . any direction,,, arid for * the., full : length- ofctha „ room, .'but the' popular itiethpd,; when "tha". ■game is', scientifically played, -is to . take. the' ; - ball up in a zig-zag fashion, at top . .speed .'; % means of. short,, sharp passes, .Thp; ball''is an ordinary; " soccer football,' ; witness it flying from hand to 'hand'with lightning rapidity is exhilarating; to a deThe fine gymnasium of the Y.M.C.A. was christened last ovening, 'when''thirty .'oV forty. • strapping young fellows were < initiated unto ; the mysteries of basket-ball by; Mr. Green-v wood," who' is an adept. The boys wero naturally crude.'at the game, and penalties were numerous'-through obstruction.. iTheso .are serious advantages 'to the other : side,, who are allowed to stand' about twelve feet away from the ring, which is/about two feet '' in diameter; and take, a freev"'lob'." -But it is not so easy to throw a football throilgh'■ a fixed ring high above .thi. head, ; &nd v ;the'.' of the body, goals should not be,"so difficult ■ efforts of the players'- fot ;'iiveniug" : were;'dis-.: tinctly amusing in their lack ' of' success.' Practice counts for much,) 5 however, and when the eye becomes as'trained as the rest 1 to obtain as they were last'evening.'" During, the progress of. the evening \a'.flashlight photograph of the Y.M.C.A. gymnasts was •taken by .Mr: Hardie Shaw. • '-i'-Kh-.