The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-06
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A--Goal Keeper
B. Bright and left full back
c. Z. C-Right, left and center half-bacGs.
D. D. D.-0utside ami inside right and left for
warders and center forwarder.
E.-Kick-off.
Each team, when in position, has a goal
keeper one right and one left full-back, a
right nalf buck, left half-back and center
half back an outside and inside right for
warder, an outside and inside left for
warder ard a center. The goal is generally
8 feet = inches high, one at either end; the
field may be either fifty or seventY-five
yards wide and 100 or l25 yards in length.
The ball is kicked clean through the goal,
and on either side of the goal is bye. No
man i'll the field has a right to touch the
ball except the goal keeper. and even he is
not allowed TO run further than three yards
with it before dropping it.
After tossiAg for the kickoff the winning
team chooses Its position with is back to
the sun or the wind. should the latter be
blowing strongly. Then the fOrwarderS of
the team having the kickoff line up in posi-
ton and the center goes to the spot indicated
III the middle of the field and gets ready for
the Kick. Now, as no player is allowed to
touch the ball except with his foot, it is
clear that the tactics adopted must differ
greatly from those iii use under Rugby
rules, where the ball MAJ be seized and
The center forward may try to
kick it to the right or left, so that his out
side right or left forward may send it along
iowa goal. If he kicks it to the right
side, the right-forward tries to work it to
the left-forward and so on. Every man has
his partner and works with him and all the
team works together like a machine, every
part of which has its special duty assigned
to it. SO closely is this rule of playing
nhSarVa1 that snmatip1ns y-p1
think there was a string attached to
the ball, SO cleverly is it sent from one
member of the team to another When
they come near goal, they shoot and
through it goes ike ball shot from a can
non. The goal keeper. if he has an oppor-
tuuity, can punt it out Of his goal before it
goes through. He can only run it out in his
hands three yards and must then drop it.
Members of his own team, however, whom
close pressed, can send 1T past one side of
the goal, aud this is called a corner. When
one side makes a corner, 1t gives the other
side free kick. Again, when the ball
either by accident or design, touches the
hands or arms of a member of the team.
the opposing team is entitled to a free kick
Under associations rules, goals only are
counted, no notice being taken of the byes,
and the side capturing most goals wins.
The game lasts one and half hours and at
the end of forty-fve minutes the teams
change places, each taking the others end
of the field at the blowing of the referees
whistle. This gives each side living
chance. If the game were to be played in a
gale of wind, for instance, the side having
the wind behind, it would have an undue
advantage, and this would be equalized
by the change Of places midway in the
game.
There is referee and two umpires, one
to each side. Another marked difference in
our style of playing from that in vogue
here, is the entire absence of wrestling and
scrimmages. Since there can be no
grabbing and running off with the ball,
scrimmages are unknown under association
rules. There cah be no smuggling or tripping
The rules are rigid in this respect. In
Britain we have pretty nearly stamped out
Rugby rules, which allowed horse-play
at football, 10 the detriment of scien-
tific playing. There are, however,
some COLLEGE Ceams in Britain that play
under Rugby rules, and which could proba-
bly, give as striking an example ~ rough
football play as you could find an where in
the world. There are three brothers in
Edinburgh, members of Il Rugby team each
of whom is feet inches or over In hight
any one of whom can run with two or
three men on his back. But the Scottish
players, and indeed all players who go I'M
der association rules, as a scientific game,
consider cur game the best.
Among British PLAYERS the idea OF the
American game is that there is too much
rough play in It. We don't think that q
| really scientific game can be played where
big fellow, whichever he gets chance, can