Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-30

From the N. Y. World.
For the information of those unnitiated in the
mysteries Of football a synopsis of the principal
rules of play is given below.
The teams consist of eleven players on q side
and they are placed as follows: The Shack
stands in front of the goal. The ''half-backs' in
front Of him, the Quarterback still nearer the
center and in position to take the ball from the
'snap-back" to pass it out with his foot from a
scrimmage. The six forwards stand in the
center field and form the line of offence or de-
fence In the scrimmages, according to the side
having possession of the ball. The play begins
with the kick off. and fy-catch of kicked ball
entities the side to free kick. When the ball
is secured bv fielder and he can successfully
evade the opposing forwards or s'rushers "
and runs with the ball so as to touch it on the
ground back OF the goal line of the opposing
side, he is credited with a Touchdown" and q
majority of ''touch-downs' decides the match.
In kicking the ball ''drop-kick'' is kick of a
bounding ball, ''place-kick" is the kicK of a
ball held near the ground by fielder and a
punt" is kick of a f1y-ball
goal counts as equal to four touch-downs,
and it can be obtained from place-kick follow
ing touchdown or from free kick on the field.
A touchdown" gives the side making it the
privilege of ''try at goal, or chance to kick
the ball over the goal crOss-bar.
The terms ''On sde' and ''Off side" so often
heard, refer to players who are either playing
legltlmately, or are, under the rules out of
play. A fielder is "Of sde"-Out of play
when he either enters scrimmage from his OPP
ponents' side of the field or being in scrimmage
gets in front of the ball before it is in play and
he is not ION side'' again until the opposite side
has kicked the ball. The ''touch' refers to the
boundary line. and when the ball crosses the
line, either on the fly, the bound or in the hands
of a runner. it must be brought back to the spot
at which it crossed the line.
In case OF no goals being kicked. OF touch
downs scored, safety tOucll-downs-when in eX-
cess of fOur-cOunt against the side making
them. Thus Harvard was beaten by Yale though
neither goal or touchdown was scored on
either side, Harvard losing through making four
safety touch-downs to Yale's none.
How Bartlett Proposed to the BarO.
ness Burdett-COutts.
The London correspondent of the Buffalo
Commercial Advertiser writes: By the way, no
later ago than Saturday, was told by a we'll
known major in the army-a skillful story
teller for boys, who has laid down the sword
and taken up the pen-certain things in con-
nection with the remarkable union of Ashmead
Bartlett and Baroness Angela Burdett- Coutts,
which, until Saturday, was quite ignorant of.
1t seems that Mr.. Bartlett was "spoons" on an
attractive young lady, whom he most probably
in word on her own account and forced
the young gentleman's hand. If the Ba-
roness did not make the proposal
Sin good set terms" she gave the young
gentleman to understand that if he
made it he would not be refused, and that
amounted to the same thing The proposal was
made in railway carriage. am informed that
in order to hush matters up-in fact, to prevent
an action for breach of promise of MARRIAGE
handsome sum Of money was paid to the young
lady's family as a salve for the Tilted ones
wounded heart. The names of the parties con-
cerned in the transaction are known to me- It
is stated that the arrangement. which proceeded
comfortably enough up to a certain point. nearly
broke down when the discovery was made that
the golden ointment had been supplied by the
Baroness herself. AS far as her ladyship has
been able to do it she has made over her i'm
mense fortune to her youthful spouse. All, well,
let US hope that he reciprocates her extraordin-
airy. not to say infatuated, favors. If the pair
read the concluding passages Of Tennysons
Princess" together, and endeavor to live up to
the ideal set forth there, the result will be as
charmingly dyllic as even the Arcadian- minded
Baroness could desire