The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-18
FOOTBALL ON nonsxDA@


4 New ga &xeft1ng Qane Which % Hntes'
ssting Dreokiyn 1iAers.
Football. whether PLAYED under Rugby. In
tsroolleeiate. Or association rules. II oonsid
cred exciting enough sport to satisfy the most
sxscting individual Apparently. however. II
is too slow for Brooklyn's eilded youth. for on
Wednesday evening at the Riding and DRIVING
Clubs home. Facing the Prospect Park plaza.
the novel feature Of . game Of football on
ponies was tried with great success. and from
now on It promis ss to be one OF tho features Of
the clubs weekly entertainm ents.
Tho idea originated In this way: It 10 the
custom ofthe club to hold q weekly entsrtain-
ment on Wednesday evening Of esoh week.
which is known as directors night" There
are twenty directors. and each week q different
director 10 In charge. Tho programmes made
particularly enjoyable by the Introduction OF
and novel feature. nnn.sd - the ddrs 6;
the best riders In the club.
On last Wednesday eyening Alexander Bar
Won: s sa r Mr Barrie suddenly Thought
Of football on horseba and for the purpose
his assistance 6. ii. Robbins. an expert rider;
W I. Bull OF the Crescent football team. and
and the On 2
result Of the conferences 1t was decided to draw
set Of %ss Which Was done by Mr.
proved upon very easily. Tho rules as they
now stand road as follows:
I, There shall DO four playersO on . sido and ponies
q. The regulation Rugby football shall be the ball
The goal. shall consist NJ two plants one at each
Sy rIo' The so ana
b. n. cd. 70 II the walls y, o Of pc Tinr
ed tho bali II the GOAL me" payer ~n' mount
sSss II: s
Of The game sha DO started At tn. sentrs OF the field
.h,w when player dsmounts and picks mp the ball he
IN fs = carried under tn: RICH.
y II sn,li be considered a tcp, 70 grasp player
sss !. o an sf sa S. On ff
inT on ground. forward pass shall be considereda
Penalties for foul. shall be the los. of ball. and
10 OF rss 'y o ss s sr 81 . h. and r
Tesi three oasausfsf :isI
TsS ss, Of n.'yes .,
% @ Il ss sh
ifrepeated disquafy player.
On Wednesday evening. when the FIRST game
we'll -known Brooklyn people. Including some
OF the best oc.1uestrnns in the city. All were
rs.rss Cons
nelius Doremus and f. n. Douns were the
Several innovations were made in tho rules.
Tn. iirst Of these was in luio j. Which says
only four men shall play on y side" Five
to be too many. Rules . and 3 worked all
right No one seemed to ,indcrsan Rule T.
as 1t WIS decided that the player must not
only touch the goal but held the ball. Rules
.. y. Z; and . seemed TO work to the satisinc.
ton Of every ono. but Rule 8 was not observed
at ALL Foul tackles were, frequent. which
as for forward passes. they went every time.
Rule TO-. regarding penalties. was not OBJ
served. cither. II 1t had been put In force ono
times.
There was another dangerous feature. The
ponies. One OF the players Mr.. Beard. rode
big sixteen hand horse that looked as il he
others. The result was that in srrimmage
the big horse walked all over the little fellows.
and on several occasions some of tho players
had narrow escapes from being hurled to the
ground.
1t ls quite likely that tho new game will be
PLAYED in some OF the riding academies in this
city before long.