LA CROSSE.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 803, 9 August 1877, Page 3

LA CROSSE.

The following arte the principal rules of the game of LaGroase as furnished to us by the Secretary of the Frontier La Grosse Club:— The goals may be placed at any distance from each other and m • any positions agreeablrt to the captains of both sides. The top of the flag poles, must be six feet above tho ground, including any top ornament;, and six feet * apart; In matches thay must be .furnished by the challenge party. Th-re should be a lioe or .crease, to be calls' i tha goal-crease, drawn m. front of «aoh goal, six feet from the flag p»l>s, within which m o opponent mast stand, uuleaa the ball'has passed oover point. . ■>. . . . , A ma'ch shall be decided by the winner of three; games out of five, unless otherwise agreed upon. Either side may; claim at least five minutes rest, and not moie than ten between each. game. After each .tame the players must change sides. ■ ; No chin^e of players must be made after a match has commenced, except for reasons of aooident or inj'iry during the match. When a match has been agreed upon, and one side is deficient m the 1 number of players, their opponents nvay tither limit their own num- . , berto>qualise rhe sides or compell the o'her Bideto fill up the complement. No player must wear spiked,- soleai: ; J> Th* ball mu»t not be touqbjei w.ith*the . <Ur- : hind save m case of rules XII and XIII. XII Goal-keeper, whi'e- defending goal {within the goal-crease, may put away with nis band or block the ball m any manner. ■■-••■ XIII.' Should '- the ball lodge m any place inaccessible to the Croase; it may be taken out by the hand ; aßd the party, picking; it up,, must •♦face" P" with his nearest opponent. . ( XIV. Balls thrown but of bounds must be picked up with the hand, 1 ; and "faced" for at the nearest spot within the bounds. No pl»yer shall throw hit croase at a player, or at the ball under any circumstances. ... , XVI Should the ball be acoidently jut through the goal, by ope of the players defending it, it is a good game for the side attacking that goal. Should it be , . put ; through! a goal by ' ariy-onr not - actually a player it shall not oouot. XVLI. Should the ball catch m the netting, the oroßsa.muat immediately be struck on the ground so at to destroy U» - • .:- • .■'.•■ ■•' : - '• '•' XVIII. No ; player shall hold another with his worn nor shall he grasp *n opponents stick with 7{W hands, under his arms of between his legs ; nor shall any player hold his opponents orosse with- his crone m any way to keep him from the ball until another playr reaohea it. No. player shall deliberately strike or trip another, . nor push witn , the hand \ no munt any player jump at to shoulder anoppopent, nor wreath with the,%* entwiiied . so as to throw his opponent. ■.-... ... YIX. Any player, raising his fist to strike another, shall immediately be ruled out of the match. v - ■■••'■ .-': s # XX. Any player considering himself purposely injured during play, must report to hia captain, who, must report to the umpires, who "shall warn the player complained of. In the event of persistent fouling, after cautioning by the umpires, the latter may declare the matoh lost by the side offending, - or mey remove the offending player or playars, and compeU the matoh to finish ehortbanded. XXI In the event of a match being in-, ter'rupted by darkness or to any other cause eoosiderert by the umpires, and one side haying won two games—the other none—th" aide baying won two sames »h»ll be declared winners of the match, Should one aide b*ve wob>wo garner *t.d tbe other o»e, the match aball be considered drawn. ' NiMSB of Pla*bbß. The players of each side sh^ll be 4«sig»

hated a'B ' follows :— Goal-keeper,' who defends the goal ; point, first mnn out from goaU; coyer-point, m front of point ; center, who faces ; home, nearest opponents goal. Others shall be termed, nsldeif.