# Lacrosse: The National Game of Canada

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Text of the 1879 New Edition which included the revised and amended Laws of Lacrosse as well as the Constitution of the National Lacrosse Association of Canada. The original was published in 1869.
An errata included with the 1875 London edition corrected the following errors (the errors were not corrected in the 1879 New Edition):
* On page 10 of the Preface, "1861" should read "1860"
* On page 92, "expirment" (text actually reads "expeirment") should read "experiment"
* On page 94, "disposi-" should read "disposition"
* On page 193, "followy our" should read "follow your"
* On page 195, "success" should read "sweep"
* On page 195, "bath has passe" should read "ball has passed"
The corrections have been marked using tooltips.
PUBLISHED WITH THE SANCTION OF THE NATIONAL LACROSSE ASSOCIATION OF CANADA.
LACROSSE:
THE
NATIONAL GAME OF CANADA.
By W. G. BEERS.
New Edition.
Containing the Laws of the Game as recently amended, etc.
MONTREAL: DAWSON BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.
* Entered, according to Act of the Parliament of Canada,
* in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine,
* by Dawson Brothers, in the Office of the Minister of
* Agriculture.
CONTENTS.
| PREFACE | PREFACE | v |
| CHAP. I. | THE ORIGIN OF LACROSSE | 1 |
| CHAP. II. | THE ORIGINAL GAME | 7 |
| CHAP. III. | GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE PRESENT GAME | 32 |
| | SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT | 51 |
| | THE NATIONAL GAME OF CANADA | 57 |
| CHAP. IV. | HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS OF LACROSSE | 60 |
| CHAP. V. | MATERIALS FOR PLAY; THE CROSSE, &c.—RUNNING, TRAINING | 76 |
| CHAP. VI. | POSTING AND DIRECTING THE PLAYERS | 90 |
| CHAP. VII. | FACING | 97 |
| CHAP. VIII. | THROWING THE BALL | 106 |
| CHAP. IX. | CATCHING AND CARRYING THE BALL | 134 |
| CHAP. X. | DODGING AND CHECKING | 146 |
| CHAP. XI. | PICKING UP, TIPPING, FRISKING, &c | 180 |
| CHAP. XII. | FIELDING | 189 |
| CHAP. XIII. | GOAL-KEEPING | 212 |
| APPENDIX—THE LAWS OF LACROSSE | APPENDIX—THE LAWS OF LACROSSE | 251 |
KEY TO THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
| | | Names. | Club. | Locality. | | Representation. |
| 1 | { | N. H. Hughes, | Montreal | Montreal | } | Facing. |
| 1 | { | L. Cushing Jr. | Montreal | Montreal | } | Facing. |
| 2 | | E. Cluff, | Ottawa | Ottawa | | Picking up. |
| 3 | | W. Macfariane | Chebucto | Halifax | | Catching. |
| 4 | | W. D. Otter, | Toronto | Toronto | | Flat-catch. |
| 5 | | W. L. Maltby | Montreal | Montreal | | Long-throw. |
| 6 | | J. R. Middlemiss, | Montreal | Montreal | } | Checking |
| 7 | { | J. B. Hutchison, | Crescent | Montreal | } | Checking |
| 7 | { | Alex. M. Davidson, | Crescent | Montreal | } | Checking |
| 8 | { | S. R. MacDonald, | Montreal | Montreal | } | Checking |
| 8 | { | R. Tate, | Montreal | Montreal | } | Dodging and |
| 9 | { | E. A. Whitehead, | Montreal | Montreal | } | Checking. |
| 9 | { | T. Ralston, | St. John | St. John, N.B. | } | Ditto. |
| 10 | { | J. Watson, | Montreal | Montreal | } | Ditto. |
| 10 | { | F. Dowd, | Montreal | Montreal | |
| 11 | | A. Grant, | Montreal | Montreal | | Throwing. |
| 12 | { | S. Stephenson, | Dominion | Montreal | } | Throwing and |
| 12 | { | W. G. Beers, | Montreal | Montreal | } | Goal-keeping. |
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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