, 1876-08-13
OTHER SPORTS.
HANIS-BAII.

Tomorrow Will be the first dag in the West
cru Hand-Bal1 Tournament, for which active
preparations have been going forward for soma
time past. The result OF the conferences held by
professionals, owners OF ballcourts, and others:
is AL arranging OF the players into first ana
second class. So classified, double games viii
be played in three courts to the number oi
thirty,-ten to each court Best three out OF
five in each alley for each Of the classes.
The opening ten games of tomorrow will be
played in Carmody s. O'NaHey's hand-ba1
court, on the northwestern corner OF Chicago
avenue and Franklin street, commencing at =
p. m. sharp. Five tirst~class games will be play
ed between AID. James 0,Brien aud Joseph
Ahern, and James Feron and John Carmody;
and five second class games will be played be-
tween Thomas Mckenna and Patrick Lynch,
and Thomas Markey and Thomas Cullen
The players throughout the tournament haVa
agreed to be governed By the following set o1
rules:
4 game OF hand bail shall consist Of twenty -ona
aces, to be played with q ball about 2 inches in
4 game to be played By two persons shall b
gnHe.
When a match Is made, be It double or single,
the players latter entering the court} shall toss for
the first hand, the winner to have one hand only In
the first inning.
The winner OF the toss shall stand inside OF 1ins
called the ace-llnc (which is supposed to be in tho
CEEtEE Vi tuE CUAIt!> 00uMu jail On the 101f4
striking it with his hand against the front wall 81
shall serve it to the player or players beyond thu
ace line.
The striker failing to strike the bali over the ac4
line three times in succession Is hand ont
either side wall hcfore striking the fronl w. it i
II the striker his partner stops the ball inten-
tiona'ly before it bounds after leaving the front
wall, it il a hand out
II thd striker or his partner stops the ball iuten
fDnallT while on its WaY to the front wall 1t il
II bail struck by the player strikes the striker
or bis partner 1t Is hinder, and it shall be played
When ball is served short to the player, he has
the privilege Of striking it with his hand OF foot
II struck with the foot, and it fails to 60 upon the
front wall, it does not score for the striker. II
struck with the hand, and it fails to strike the front
wall. it is an ace for the striker.
A ball that.is served short to the player and lle
strikes it with his foot upon the front vail the
striker after returning it ON the wall, has the priv
iese Of preventing the player from striking it
II ball is strnck with the foot and assisted by
the hand on to the front wall, it ~ foul
When the player Is about to strike tho ball. and
his opponent ostle him or gets in his way Intention
ally. It is ace OF a hand out
When ball is served to the player, ht shall
counts an for the striker.
In = match for prize the contestants are allowed
one Minute for refreshments at the end oI each
game before commencing another The one fail
ing to respond to the call OF lime loses the match.
in double match the strikers partner shall
ktand with his back against either side wall, inside
failing to do 70 is foul.
II . bail served to the player goes over the back
board OF strike the cutlery before bounding on tho
floor, 1t is a foul.
The striker shall call time before serving the
ball. and ahall not serve the ball before the player
or players are outside OF the line.
In all cases when ball ~ taken FOUL and tho
players play it or not, 1t shall be decided as foul
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the ball with any part Of hf. person other than the
hand or foot, undes the forfeit Of IN ace or hand
ont.
II the striker in serving the ball. strikes himself
or his partner with the bali and it goes over the
!inc 1t is at the option Of the player whether
he plays to it or not, as it can be called hinder
no side walls, II the ball. after striking The front
| wall, rebounds outside the side boundary line,
9I is fGn has 1nd be t.
chosen BY the players, whose decisions in all csses
| shall be fnai.
The same players will appear Wednesday At
AID. O 'Brcn's court on West Harrison street,
| near ncsp1aines, and Saturday at Condons
| court, corner Of Cologne and Deering streets
BILLIARDS.
Mr.. Emanuel Brunswick, Of this city, received
dispatch yesterday from Albert Garnier, the
billiard player, dated at Council Bluffs, saying
that he would be in Chicago this morning: 9th
er dispatches received previously indicate that
the great tournament at San Francisco, which
received so much advertising and was expected
to be so extraordinary n success, has come to
premature end, and that the players
who went from New York ars
on their way home. Messrs. GARNER,
Daily, Slosson, and Sexton will stop in this city
few days, and will give m exhibition Monday
in Mr.. Brunswick's hall, in Washington street.
1t is also expected that proper arrangements
latter there Is yet no certainty.
Mons. Perat, another French expert, has ar
rived in New York. and is exciting the usual
comment, being looked upon rs tile most PROM
ising OF any who have come across the biz sea.
an e es h as ua ins bco, gss to tIc,n
proposes walking away with Rudolph, Garnier,
and other Franco-Ameriean experts.