Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-10

THROW FoR GOAL.
thrown in order to win the game The contest
as before. consists of the rushing OF one mass
of men against another, each trying to force
the little ball Of rubber through the goal of
the opponents, but in this comes the main diff
ference between the new game and the old.
The players were formerly more Of a mob
than an organized team. The Indians of a vii.
lage played as a combined sport and religion
The game had to them a significance and, be-
sides lmpartlng certain medicine" qualities to
the players, was In effect a sort of training for
the hardshlps OF real warfare. Cunning and
uickery, SO natural to the Indian, were here
strongly developed. and the aborigine probs-
bly learned his first principles Of strategy on
the lacrosse field.
In the modern game the players are fewer in
number and systematically arranged upon the
heid as the following explanation Of the rules
will show, and there is an absence of the catch
as-catch-ean style of playing that characterized
the game when 1t was still the sport of the saw
age. Yet there were tricks Of hand and foo,
then that would be envied now BY the best OF
players, and the INDIAN today is, other things
being equal, the best lacrosse player. There
are several teams of red men in the north on
or near the Canadian border, and games are
frequently arranged at Buffalo between teams
of white men and Indians that are sure to be
exciting contests.
POINTS OF THE GAME.
IL - good thing to understand something
of the rules Of game such as lacrosse, where
there is a good deal dependent upon the hand
ling Of SO small an object as the ball that il
used. and a short synopsis is here given Of the
rules OF the game. as adopted by the AA.U.,
for the benefit of those who may want to 90 to
the game tomorrow morning. Twelve players
constitute full team and they are designated
as follows Goal-keeper, the man at the goal
for the purpose OF defending it from the on
slaught Of the enemy; point, the first fislder
out from goal; cover-point. in front of point
first, second and third defense field. the three
men next farthest advanced in the playing
field, forming a wall Of defense at a safe dis.
lance from goal; center, who plays midway be.
tween this line and the next which is called
first, second and third attack field. these men
being the force designed to carry the war into
the enemy's territory, and finally, two men well
out into the field, the nearest to the other goal
called outside home aud inside home sccordina
TO the side of the field on which they play. As il
all other field games each side has a captain,
who carries on his attack or defense by means OF
calls to his men, using, as a rule, q syste NJ
known only to himself and them. There is a
referee, who selects the two umpires who are
10 serve as the judges Of the game.
The referee has the power to serve AZ such
for one hour from the close of the game, and
not afterward, his decisions being final up tc
that time. 1t is his duty to see that the bal
is properly placed after fouls and being out OF
bounds and at the beginning Of the game. One
OF the umpires ftands at or near each goal, nc
change Of goals to be made during the game
Their duties consist simply in seeing whethe,
or not thrown ball passes between the flag,
that are placed on the goal posts as marker
and in either event to call out the decision anl
nothing else. The game lie started by '.facing'
the ball In the center Of the field between