LACROSSE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 550, 3 July 1909, Page 9

LACROSSE.

N (By "Lbft DErENCE.")

A.few, not to: be deniedia game through: being cast out of the Basin,:; trudged up to a ground perched somewhere;' up iv ;.oiV!\the i ranges leading down to Island Bay-last &turday. The level of the patchiwas'somewhere':' near 45 degrees, and if.the"players-did , .not; attain proficiency in. handling)their; crosses,, ,they must have been recompensed amply'by the good. .pipe-operiers". obtained in chasing the ball down- in a ; gully-at the base of the ridge. They must; bo good sports, for it would have;made the bravost,.'.'Ca'nuckV big j game hunter : iri the.-Homeland - of -tho game think rnany.times before breasting >&uch ; a soutlierly,:a's,:p'revai)ed last: ' week'; and the: writer,'was .extrejnoly;disap T pointed that a match that;promised ito ■' be. brimfulof exciting. moments- should bo 'postK fponed; 'but 'perhaps' the..i"big./things!!V/expected' will materialise: to-day.',,;The; , .secre-; tafy of the association informed me a day. or'two ago .that the final team had been al\mosf I decided. ; iiponj. and that (with perhaps but one alteration) it would be':—Moron, Penliiigton; Jantko, Murray, Horn, Bulkley, Rankin/ Robinson, 1 .;Pama. Meyer,,'Montgomery, and' Hudson. t On .the';"wnole,''. the com-! bination is only a fairly 'strong:one;' and not. strong enough-iu the defence to successfully, combat-the onslaughts, of, such-an , aggressive lot of attackers as they .will hive\to,meet.'■': '.'I -hardly think,' however, jthat.our attack line 'approaches' the brilliant .lot Auckland has.chosen, and their defence division adopts extremely aggressive tactics,; which will liven ■up.'"Bobby!?, and C.0. ; I have x iibt hea.Td.who. the captain, will bejv but Jaiitke, should, be; an , , admirable general. . . v- ■■ -I- ; ;' ; • ■' ■■'■:■ ■'•;. ■ '■'•' .■'■. ' .■■■-. By the'way, Mr. Parkes-has" also "given' me the? Auckland, team. ; It: isV— J! : Watter's,, L. Stewart, P. 8r0wn,! , .: V. Carpenter. W.' J. Nolan, Fisher, H. M'Coy', A. -Walton' Firth, Borradale,- Graham, ,Busher,>Philson. Eight of these, played .against AVellington last ybar.' rho others are all. new importations. > • . Laorpsise has become'very pooular ,in Eng? land, .and at present there are 16,000'rheii olayniß the game in the Unite'd ■ Kincdom.. riiat; the'Englishathlete has taken kindly & ;he game may be fact that ;he Canadians had to play hard, to, win their natch at the Olympic contests last rear,": and that tho ■ Capitols—the premier earn : <jf- Toronto—had ma;hy- close "struggles luring their tour. V,England,' and that one" if ! th'e best games was a draw. , -; ;..■ . '.v. . : : \ Two: Australians, Harvey Suttbn, of .M«l----iourne,;'and Lionel Robinson, of? Adelaide ",' ook-partin'the ihter-'Varsity matchin EngSaysoue oi; xue AucKland papers:—Com men tine-upon : the of, the Victoria: Kough £lay Committee to deal with a'chargc of rough play against a player in the recent mateh Malyern; v. Fitzrby,: "the Auckland Association-may: have to appoint a 1 similar committee if prominent devotees of the game continue,-to 'get.'.black eyes similar to that dealt. out:,to one' of the most enthusiastic players ast- Saturday." ; The sentiments ' of the Auckland paper aro good,'but its EngJish is disastrous, as the English'of Auckland papers usually is. ■'■'. . . ; :,: • Such a committee, however, would go rusty. for : .want of work in Wellington.' This s'eason thero.has been an entire absence of anything approaching rough play; While on this subject Left Defenco!' would like to convince oiio or two, of- our, most prominent'-, crossers that good, hard, healthy, aggressivo checking' (such.aSwg are wont at'timosto view) docs not come, within the category of rough play ■ v '-West End; by their : victory ovor Grafton last Saturday by 16 goals to 5 have s placed themseh'es in an unassailablp. position'for the x championship of the Northerii: City. For the former team, ,, the best 3corers',were Firth and Walton, Philson ■, bagged/' four- of the :fivo for Grafton. ,-Tbeso three should make anideal attacking division, and the WTiten is looking forward to , big things when they, tread thP.Basjnnext Saturday'.. : : :' The proposal to invite' an English' lacrosse team to Australia for 1910.has not yet beensettled by the Victorian ,-bodv. The "views of the South Australian Association have beeh <tsked, but at a recent meeting of that body the:matter was hung up"pro" tern. There is , a strong feeling, both in Victoria and South Australia, that the selection' oK the visiting team should not be confined to English universities,;. but a combination.(representing England's , best) should bo nsked, for. Australia mado a fair showing against Canada, and, was successful N in one at least 'of thetests., Sinco then has made rapid stride's.- V. -..- -_ , ; ..■''-.' :. : .7 ■'-.■ "; \;/j The following brief extracts from ,the rules should ,be carefully noted by : players:—A player shall not (1) ."move from his position when tho whistle has.sounded until the ball isajjain faced; (2) go within the opiwnentV goal crease nor shall ho; check the coalkfcbpbr within the create; (3) jump, at, , or shoulder, an s opponent; from' 'behind while running for or after reaching tlio ball; (4) intii-fere in anyway with another player who is in pursuit of an appbiient;.,(s) forcibly body-check any opponent ;or charge after tfaV (th« opponent) has thrown the ball; (6) check nn opponent's crosse or attempt to knock the same out of his hands in. any way unless Uoth players aro contending ; for the -ball; (7) kick the ball under any circumstances.; ■ Three laws this week Fouls! Section I—The ball shall /not be touched with tlio hand save incases of Rull) r !!ii,s7.:and 10! Section 2 —No player shall hit wildly with his crosse, or throw it at an opponent or at tho hall uuder any circumstances..: Section 3— Should 'the ball catch iii' the , hotting, the crosse- must iimmediately bo struck on the 1 ground and the ball dislodged. Section 4— An attackinc plajor afcall not 'stand nor

chock the goalkeeper within , the goal ctcaso 7 until the ball is * within the. bounds of the said crease. A player, whilo thus trespassing shall bo put of play, and no goal shall., count if obtained while -. ho is out of play. Sections—-No ; player shall, charge . into, j shoulder, interfere in any way.; with another ! ; who is in. pursuit of an. opponent. - L This'"''■-".'• does not prevent tho'; use/of the "body check"-(as strictly defined hereafter), nor the" J, pushing of an opponent with the shoulder in ground scuffles. Section 6—No player shall T grasp an opponent's crosßO with his; hand, IV: . hold it , with his arm or crbsse, '■ or between , his legs, or under his feet. Section-7—No, player'shall .hold. an opponent's crosso, ;^or; , t : puish him with crosso in hand, nor run in-..; ■'■,■[ front of him, nor interfere.in. any way to ' ';■ keep him from the ball until the other player •■: reaches it, nor shall,ho check; tho;crosßo of ■ ■;■ ah opponent who is not actually in possession, ';./'■ or.immediately about- to take poEscssion,-' ;' of tho ball. Section B—Kicking ':■ the.. ball " j under any circumstances with; the log or the"-::-. : foot is foul play in the-case Rule xi,'';' Section 7), but this shall not prevent a player k\ stopping the progress of the ball.in this man-,! ner.', Section 9—Tho ball is .dead'when the V : y referee calls "Foul," and 1 ; no player shall ■ v move until the refereo calls "Pfay." .? v> Kulo Xlll., Hough l'lay: Sectionl—Nβ/ player, with his crosoe or otherwise, shall' , ,.'". ; hold,--strike,, or trip an opponent, , nor \ wrestle,, with the legs entwined. .'.-•'•■■';', v /.: : . ■ Section; 2—No player shall ~deliberately, ■•', with his crosso'or otherwise, , Btrle , anothor-; under any circumstances', and-.', any player considering himself purposely ' injured during play, must report through his captain,: \; or one other player by him, appointed to. the' referee. : Section check commonly;...'■■ known. as,the "square" or-.'-!'cross" check,, which consists of one playerV charging inti I another, wifh both hands on the crpsso, so; :.'-':, ae to malne the etick meet the body ofhia; opponent, is strictly forbidden.-■'■ Section.:4^fi- : :-'- A player .shall not deliberately kneel, lie; down, or .drop in front of an opponent who; i, ".-.■' ,■ is in. motion-. •'. ;' .■; ; ,'■■':', ; . '-i ~' . ■'' Rule:,XIV,- Penalties: Sectioa 1--Foi ':]'"" breaches' of. Laws 12: ajid,': 13, the referee .may , ..'; give a face off ,or free position at the,place:', where ;• the . foul occurred,v yet' not • nearerN ' either goal post than 10 yards, unless tho ■ :■ ■ : foul,he made by, tho defending side,' pr -hef may disqualify, the: offending player or play-; ! ers for" such time during the- game; as ho 1 ■''--. \ thinks, fit.: i Section 2—Claiming fouls; on A ;* trivial?grounds, as when in,the opinion.ol? : : the referee no, foul was intended, cannot ( be tolerated, and the referee shall-first cau- : '' tion a. player so. offending,-, and,' if persisted ■■> . in, disqualify him for the remainder of tb'e:-'.,'■/ game. The' referee shall bo bound, in .all■; ' cases, .toinflict one or other of these penal-' ties when, appealed to,"should ho' , consider-, ;; the; rules;,tb', have been traiisgresscd. ■ Sec-;;i h tion : 4—Any. player the decieioW of >' J the; referee ;or umpire during a : mafchj'or for,' \ -otlierwise misconducting; himself j'may; 6e0r~ ; .; ;;■ dered off -the field ;by the referee .without'*, • 'caution: •..'■•' : - : - ;;-- : \':' ;; . '.;• '...'.'..'.''-.'i: ,, ' / Definition'of terms used'in OThnectioa ,witli6 \ ' the: game i-fi'Fafce ■ off'': The ball,-'is . V upon;theyiground between, the oros'so of -two;, opponents; each of whom shall have; his left.'' ' ; side towards the'goar he is attacking;-ThpJ--' ii? a 'L , m ? ? ® : un^il ''Ptoy" » called, when.;: '''■ the ball shall be drawn clear, Iβ.;; the use of tho legs.or crosso, to tliroW an,,' opponent.', "Body .check" :;.Body, check: iiv ~ the; placing of; one's body; in.: the .way of ani;' approaching opponerit, so that the latter is,'; ; simply impeded.. No, checker shall use force '. lntlie |Kid ? check.' Chhrging -; ? v or. shouldering-implies, motion; and Hunhecos- > sary fprcej'n checking, and .is forbidden, be- '' f ' : cause the object should bo' to play the ball, : not the man. ,''Free' Tho player- : awarded _ "free position, "shall fie placed' in ■-■'* ; such position of advantage as in the opinion ■ ,of;:the referee he has been robbed: 6f, and'.' r allother p ayors 'shall remain in tbepoßition'•'. -v in which they- happen to;be at.the^moment. oxcßpting, it ;,bo rthe- goalkeeper,, who' may- '• resume his; placein goal. The player awarded •' .-■■ free position shall then take'tho ball on'his : orosse.m front;of him; , and,- at the signal' - f T rom , the referee, the ; camo; shall -procceo/ i. :ln-.tuo event of the goalkeeper being guilty '• of r. a-breach of the rules; by which an op- '" ponent obtains ai free position,; lie (the goal- L - keepor). shall not be allowed'-to-resumO'uisft position in goal.; ;, ;■ : : ,-'- ■ ' ■: :- :: ; , v:;